Lovely day - bright sunshine, crisp and clear. Bristol temperatures went from -2 to +6°C
Golden Plover, Woodcock (22nd), Grey PhalaropeBarn Owl
Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest
BRISTOL
Clifton Down:
Durdham Down:
1 f Blackcap, Redwing, Greenfinch.
Marsh Tit
Yellowhammer
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| 25-01-21 Grey Phalarope, Channel View Bay, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
BRISTOL
Avon Gorge:
1 pr Peregrine sunning themselves on the Leigh Woods side (and later presumed same birds over the Downs, seen from the Portway)
1 pr Peregrine sunning themselves on the Leigh Woods side (and later presumed same birds over the Downs, seen from the Portway)
2 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 CoalTit, 9 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 pr Firecrest, 1 Tree Creeper, 9 Redwing
Durdham Down:
1 f Blackcap, Redwing, Greenfinch.
Eastville:
Garden - 1 pr Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest |
| 25-01-20 Kingfisher and Nuthatch, Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury) |
Eastville Park:
[Minimum overnight temperature was about -3C so the surface of the lake was frozen thick]
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mute Swan, c20 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, c40 Feral Pigeon (flock at lake), 3 Stock Dove, 3 Coot, c110 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 5 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 5 Nuthatch, c20 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mute Swan, c20 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, c40 Feral Pigeon (flock at lake), 3 Stock Dove, 3 Coot, c110 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 5 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 5 Nuthatch, c20 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail
Hotwells, New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
17 species, inc 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 25-01-21 Blackbird with last of crab apples, Redland, Bristol (Tony Scott) |
Garden - 1 m Blackcap plus Blackbird pictured above
St Andrews:
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| Redwing v worm, St Andrews Park, Bristol (Pete Harrison) |
Garden - 1 m Blackcap
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| 22-01-21 Woodcock, Long Ashton Park and Ride, Bristol (Chris James) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Ingst:
2 Mallard, 6 Rook, 21 Fieldfare, 19 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet
Yate:
Garden - 2 Raven, 1 f Blackcap
Coopers Lake - 4 redhead Goosander
Warmley Forest Park:
Clevedon-Yeo:
Channel View Bay - 80 Curlew, 7 Grey Plover, 2 Turnstone, 8 Knot, 40 Redshank, 1 Grey Phalarope -
Yatton:
Bath:
St John's Church - Another step forward today with the new pairing at Bath (new tiercel this year, same falcon since 2014); both birds in the nest box together; standard process of tiercel 'presenting' the nest to the falcon.
Newton St Loe:
Paulton:
1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 100 Skylark, 13 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit
RESERVOIRS
Locked down
Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Ken Carruthers, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Oliver Fournier, Patrick Hancock, Geoff Hardman, Chris James. Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Mike Moxon, Brian Mulgrew, Chris Perry, Mike Prior, Louis Pryce, John Rossetti, Mark Savage and Trevor Riddle, Richard Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Martin Wightman, BUPP
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| 25-01-21 This Black-headed Gull was ringed in Germany, Kingsgate Park, Yate (Mark Coller) |
Garden - 2 Raven, 1 f Blackcap
Coopers Lake - 4 redhead Goosander
Stoke Gifford:
Three Brooks Nature Reserve- 2 Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail 6 Bullfinch
Link Road - 1 pr stonechat ( present in area for about a month)
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| 25-01-21 Stonechat, Stoke Gifford Link Road (Mike Prior) |
Bromley Heath:
1 pr Kingfisher on small pond
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| 25-01-21 Siskin, Warmley Forest Park (Chris Perry) |
1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 2 Green Woodpecker,1 Goldcrest, 5 Blue Tit, 6 LT Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap, 6 Dunnock, 20+ Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 9 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 8+ Siskin
North Common:
1 Grey Wagtail (first for my street)
Wick:
Snipe, 1 m Yellowhammer (m) nr Highfield Farm, Wick
NORTH SOMERSET
Channel View Bay - 80 Curlew, 7 Grey Plover, 2 Turnstone, 8 Knot, 40 Redshank, 1 Grey Phalarope -
[Grey Phalarope video here]
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| 25-01-21 Golden Plover nr Wemberham Lane, Yatton (Mark Savage) |
18 Golden Plover (patch tick), 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 10 Fieldfare, 130 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 30 Linnet
Banwell:
Banwell to Puxton via East Rolstone - 3 pairs Mallard, 40 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, similar number of Redwing & Blackbird
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
Banwell:
Banwell to Puxton via East Rolstone - 3 pairs Mallard, 40 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, similar number of Redwing & Blackbird
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
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| 25-01-21 Peregrine pair, St John's Church, Bath (BUPP) |
St John's Church - Another step forward today with the new pairing at Bath (new tiercel this year, same falcon since 2014); both birds in the nest box together; standard process of tiercel 'presenting' the nest to the falcon.
Bloomfield garden - 10 Goldfinch
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| 25-01-21 Rook, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding) |
52 Species - 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 15 Golden Plover, 4 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 21 Starling, 75+ Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, 11 Yellowhammer
Chew Magna:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 m Chaffinch (singing briefly), 17 Greenfinch
Paulton:
1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 100 Skylark, 13 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit
RESERVOIRS
Locked down
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| 25-01-21 Blackcap, St Andrews, Bristol (John Rossetti) |
Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Ken Carruthers, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Oliver Fournier, Patrick Hancock, Geoff Hardman, Chris James. Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Mike Moxon, Brian Mulgrew, Chris Perry, Mike Prior, Louis Pryce, John Rossetti, Mark Savage and Trevor Riddle, Richard Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Martin Wightman, BUPP
