Tuesday 26 January 2021

26-01-21 Tuesday

 Not the best of days - rain until late morning, gloomy, overcast and not over 8 deg c

Egyptian Goose

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Wren

Durdham Down - Clay Pit Rd area:
Two groups - each with about 30 Starling and 30 Redwing eating worms, drinking and bathing in one of the temporary ponds that appear in this section

Hotwells to Ashton Court:
Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit - quite a lot, Great Tit, two flocks of Long-tailed Tit - in different places, Wren, 2 Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch

26-01-21 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park - R Frome:

1 Dipper

St George - garden:
Blackcap, Blackbird (f) - a welcome visitor

St Werburghs - Narroways, patch:
20 Woodpigeon, 10 Black-h Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-b Gull, 18 Magpie, 10 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 14 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 8 Long-t Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 8 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch    

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:
Stanshawes Lake (aka Coopers Lake from years ago): - 5 Goosander (3f + 2m)
Dean Lane - work: - Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit,  Goldcrest     

26-01-21 Little Egret Little Stoke Park(Adam Rawson)
Little Stoke Park:
1 Little Egret, 1 Goldcrest

26-01-21 Siskin Downend (Barry Dursley)
Downend - garden:
Siskin - still about after work

River Avon Trail - Bitton:
70 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose

26-01-21 Greenfinch NP (Lisa Presland)
New Passage:
Robin, Dunnock, 8 Greenfinch, Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin

26-01-21 Dowlais at its ordinary best (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:

Usual fare - nothing exciting today.

BELOW M4 & BANES

26-01-21 Pied Wagtail Keynsham (Ian Stapp)
Keynsham
Garden: 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 12+ Long-t Tit, 2 Blackcap (m + f), 2 Wren, 20+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 30+ Goldfinch

Manor Road area on exercise walk : 5 Pheasant, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 40+ Feral Pigeon, 20+ B-H Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 14 Lesser Black-b Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 40+Rook, 3 Magpie, 2 Jay, 7 Carrion Crow, 6 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 20+ Long-t Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 100+ Starling, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 50+ House Sparrow, 8 Dunnock, 12+ Chaffinch, 40+ Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

No reports

Reports:  Dru Brooke Taylor, Karle Burford, Allan Chard, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Meechem, Chris Mott, Lisa Presland, Adam Rawson, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs