Sunday 3 January 2021

03-01-21 Sunday


Chilly and dull. Bristol temperatures started at below 1°C, and slowly crept up to 4 °C

Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe
Avocet, Golden Plover
Great Northern Diver
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Short-eared Owl (2nd)
Siskin, Corn Bunting 


BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 f Blackcap

Redland:
Garden - 6 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 f Blackcap, 8+ House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover (flew downriver from Shepperdine)

Aust Warth:
2nd - 2 Short-eared Owl + (today ) 4 Stonechat, 1 m Reed Bunting

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
Totals include BOC trip - 25 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, c.40 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, c.200 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot, c.70 Oystercatcher, c.80 Lapwing, c.40 Curlew, 3 Turnstone, c.30 Dunlin, 20 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Pied Wagtail


03-01-21 male Sparrowhawk, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
Garden - 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Blackcap (2 pairs), 3 Goldfinch



03--01--21 Blackcap, Yate (Christopher Teague)
Yate:

Garden - Wood Pigeons, Collared Dove, Blue Tit, 1 m Blackcap, Starling, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Chaffinch

Charlton Hayes:
1 pr Stonechat (opposite Lidl)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
Pier - 2 Canada Goose (over), 1 Rock Pipit

Dowlais -  134 Canada Goose, 52 Wigeon, 54 Teal, 46 Lapwing, 61 Curlew, 150 Redshank, 110 Dunlin + 1 Hare


03-01-21 Avocet, Clevedon - Yeo  (Jason Williams)
from Channel View to Yeo - c 60 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 35 Teal, 5 Oystercatcher, c 150 Curlew, c 4000 Dunlin  (best count I have had for some time), Snipe, c 150 Redshank, 15 Avocet, 12 Turnstone , c 45 Grey Plover, 2 Golden Plover2 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 1 pr Stonechat, 2Rock Pipit


03-01-21 Golden Plover, Clevedon - Yeo sea wall (Jason Williams)



03-01-21 Siskin, Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
2 Collared Dove, 1 m Sparrowhawk,  2 m 1 f Blackcap,1 Wren, 3 Starling, 5m 3f Blackbird, 3 m 4 f House Sparrow 2 Dunnock, 1 m Chaffinch, 2 m 1 f Siskin, 20+ Goldfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
6 Stock Dove, 10 Golden Plover, 7 Buzzard,  4 Kestrel, 3 Raven, c400 mixed Corvid flock,  100 Fieldfare, 1 1st w f  Stonechat, 20 Yellowhammer, 80 Corn Bunting 

Bath - south of:
2 Barn Owl

Stanton Prior:
10 Common Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 20 Starling, 80 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 5 Pied Wagtail, 100 Chaffinch

Paulton:
40 Woodpigeon, 8 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 55 Skylark, 5 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 10 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Ad m Long-tailed Duck (no 1 Tank) and juv Great Northern Diver  (no 2 Tank) still

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 pr Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose

Heron's Green:
2 Slavonian Grebe still (distant, with  Little Grebe)

Moreton:
10 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier (presumed same as at Herriotts below)

 
03-01-21 Common Gull, Herriotts Bridge, CVL  (Mark Savage)

Herriott's Bridge
Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, c 20 Common Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail




Reports: Nancy Barrett, Karle Burford, Vera Carpenter, Chris Craig,  David Goodliffe, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Mike Moxon, Lois Pryce, Mark Savage, Kevin Smith,  Howard Taffs, Chris Teague,  Jason Williams, BirdGuides,   blagdonlakebirds,   opsbirding