After a frosty start with hazy distances, a clear dry day with a chilly SE wind.
Slavonian Grebe
Woodcock
Cattle Egrets
Bearded Tits
Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Water Pipit
Brambling
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| Golden Plover at Cold Ashton (Pete Coslett) |
Eastville Park:
12 Mute Swan, c,30 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 6 Coot, c.50 Black-headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 6 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 f. Tawny Owl, 1 m. Kingfisher, 1 Coal Tit, c.30 Blue Tit, c.30 Long-tailed Tit, c.10 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, c.20 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
Ashton Court:
Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull. LBB Gull, 1+ Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 4-6 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail.Woodcock
Ashton Vale - Colliters Brook:
1 Kingfisher
Ashton Court:
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| Sparrowhark (Patrick Hardiman Richards) |
Lockleaze:
Sparrowhawk.
Sea Mills:
2 Common Sandpiper.
2 Common Sandpiper.
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| Lapwings at New Passage (Lisa Presland) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Stonechat, 1 Redpoll, 1 Siskin (over).
Yacht Club/Pillhead Gout at HT:
Yacht Club/Pillhead Gout at HT:
14 Grey Plover, c.300 Dunlin, 138 Lapwing (+35 at Shepperdine).
7 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit.
7 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit.
Severn Beach/New Passage:
c, 300 Wigeon, Teal, 30 Lapwing, 70 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, Knot, 250 Dunlin, Redshank, 5 Turnstone, GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine. 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Stonechat.
c, 300 Wigeon, Teal, 30 Lapwing, 70 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, Knot, 250 Dunlin, Redshank, 5 Turnstone, GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine. 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Stonechat.
Charfield:
a garden Blackcap.
a garden Blackcap.
NORTH SOMERSET
Sheepway Lane and Portbury Wharf:
2 Pheasant, 9 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck, 18 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 9 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 7 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 10 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Dunlin, 60+ BH Gull, 10+ H Gull, 50 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 35 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Blackcap, 7 LT Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 10 Starling, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 8+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 27 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 20 Linnet. (Roe Deer, Red Fox).
Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Egyptian Goose (Yeo), 540 Shelduck, 17 Shoveler, 150 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 120 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Red-breasted Merganser (River Yeo, a mile upstream from Yeo Estuary), 7 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 6 Coot, 14 Oystercatcher, 225 Lapwing, 80 Grey Plover (Channel View sea wall, single flock), 240 Curlew, 7 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 15 Dunlin, 7 Common Snipe, 450 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Merlin, 3 Raven, 3 Bearded Tit (Blake’s Pools), 100 Skylark (to NE), 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1000 Starling (to SW), 1800 Fieldfare (to SW), 140 Redwing, 17 Stonechat, 11 Pied Wagtail, 80 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 50 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch, 50 Linnet, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 55 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting.
1 Mute Swan, 8 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel (1 Pipistrelle Bat).
Kewstoke:
2 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Brambling.
Sand Point/Bay:
Woodcock, 20 Skylark, 1 surprise Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 6 Goldcrest, 4 Fieldfare, 17 Redwing, a few Meadow Pipit, 110 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling (over), 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 13 Redpoll, 4 Siskin (over)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Red Kite over Rushmead Lane.
Cold Ashton:
flock of 120 Golden Plover.
Newton St Loe:
3 Stock Dove, 100 BH Gull, 2 Red Kite, 9 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 80 Fieldfare, 80 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer.Newton St Loe:
Bath:
Red Kite over the hospital.
Red Kite over the hospital.
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| Great Crested Grebe at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Blagdon Lake:
Common Sandpiper (dam), 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret.
Chew Valley Lake
6 Pintail, 41 Cattle Egret roosting, 2 ad Yellow-legged Gull (Heron's Green Bay + Herriott's Pool roost), c.200 Woodpigeon (no sign of the Lesser Scaup despite a good look).
7 Little Grebe, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 3 G BB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Redwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (m. & f. ).
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| Slavonian Grebe at Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp) |
Herriott's Bridge:
2 Shelduck, 12+ Wigeon, 2 Scaup, 20+ Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Water Rail, 1 Slavonian Grebe (with little Grebe in the channel), 1 Lapwing, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| Grey Wagtail at Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp) |
