Tuesday 25 February 2020

25-02-20 Tuesday - Common Scoter

Wet and windy but with some nice spells of sun.

Common Scoter, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Short-eared Owl
Cattle Egret

25-02-2020 Short-eared Owl Severnside (Malcolm Black)

BRISTOL


Redland - garden:
2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Blackbird (m), 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch (f), 2 Goldfinch, 1 Treecreeper - 1st in 50 yrs

Avonmouth - Kings Road
5 Shelduck, 1 Mallard, 5 Cormorant, 1 Rock Pipit

25-02-2020 Blackcap Fishponds (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Canada Goose, 9 Shelduck, 196 Wigeon, 78 Teal, 19 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Plover, 82 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 30 Curlew, 65 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 103 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 61 Redshank, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 10 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat

25-02-2020 Short-eared Owl Severnside (Malcolm Black)

New Passage - garden:
Magpie, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET


Portbury Wharf:
28 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 13 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 18 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 5 Teal, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe,  6 Moorhen, 28 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 7 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 10 Snipe - flushed, 10 Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 34 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Woodpigeon, 5 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 4 Robin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 5+ Goldfinch

Portishead:
1 Cormorant - marina area

Weston Moor - lamping session last night
Moorhen, 17 Woodcock (3 caught, 2 ringed), and Meadow Pipit.

Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Canada Goose, 100+ Shelduck,  ~50 at Dowlais, 120 Wigeon, ~ 60 at Kenn mouth and up Yeo, 160 Teal, 120 at Kenn and up Yeo, Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck all at KP, 3 Little Egret, 8 Coot at KP, 12 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing at Dowlais, 1 Ringed Plover, 160 Curlew, 1 Knot, 150 Dunlin - 70 up Yeo, + 80 at Blackstones,  200 Redshank - 150 up Yeo + 50 at Kenn, 1 Spotted Redshank - up Yeo, Black-headed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-b Gull



BELOW M4 & BANES

25-02-2020 Peregrine Bath (BUPP)
Bath:
2 Peregrine - falcon is making increasingly frequent and lengthy visits to the nest box

Chew Stoke - Scot Lane:
1 Stonechat (m)

RESERVOIRS

25-02-2020 Common Scoter BG tank 3 (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks:
3 Common Scoter 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver

Chew Valley Lake:

From the road to Heron's Green from Stratford - Summerlea Farm:
1 Cattle Egret, 15 Little Egret, c1500 Starling

On the Lake
1 hybrid Goose - Greylag x Canada Goose

Herriott's - roost:
14 Great White Egret - in between 17:55 and 18:05

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Malcolm Black, BUPP, Allan Chard, John Clark, Sean Davies, Rich Giles, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Mike Hutchinson, Rich Mielcarek, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, Molly Pannell, Lisa Presland, Lyndon Roberts, Harvey Rose, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG