Wednesday, 27 January 2021

27-01-21 Wednesday - Short-eared Owl

 A damp old day - 9°c max.

Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
 
BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Woodpigeon on clean-up duties, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

Clifton Down, Zoo Bank:
16 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Long-t Tit, 1 Firecrest (f), 1 Goldcrest (f), 7 Blackbird - group with 3 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch (f)

Clifton - Garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - most days, 1 Coal Tit - a regular, 1 Marsh Tit - sporadic visitor, plus     30 Redwing and a Mistle Thrush close by.

27-01-21 Kingfisher & Dipper EP (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:

2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper - one singing

27-01-21 Great Tit Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

1 Mute Swan - juv, 15 Mallard (4f+11m), 45+ Feral Pigeon, 7 Woodpigeon,7 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 86 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 30+ Magpie, 43 Jackdaw, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Blackbird (2f+6m), 25+ Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 2 Stonechat -pr, 35+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch - pr, 1 Bullfinch (m), 3 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate - Dean Rd:
Pied Wagtail

Awkley:
2 Pheasant, 6 Moorhen, 5 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 28 Rook, lots of Tits including 18 Great Tit, 4 Long-t Tit, 1 Nuthatch, c.70 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush - on mistletoe berries, 4 Chaffinch, 15 Goldfinch - flock

Hambrook
40 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 4 Greenfinch, 1 M Bullfinch

Bradley Brook LNR
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch (1f+2m), 6 Goldfinch as well as lots of BT, GT, Robin, Blackbird and Magpie

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
1 Short-eared Owl - looming out of the fog

BELOW M4 & BANES

27-01-21 Blackcap Warmley (Pete Coslett)
Warmley - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)

Marshfield: (26-01-21)
1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Blackcap (m) - garden, 2 Mistle Thrush

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Blackcap (m), a few Goldcrest - alas no YBW.

27-01-21 Yellowhammer Keynsham (Nick Page)
Keynsham:

Broadmead Lane: - 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Buzzard, 10 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit

Manor Woods/Keynsham Manor: - 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie - group, 30 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1+ Goldcrest, 50+ Redwing, a finch flock comprising - 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 10 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting

Bath - central garden:
Flock of Long-tailed Tit and 8+ Redwing

27-01-21 Kestrel Bath (Robert Hargreaves)
Bath, Lyncombe Vale:
3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 18 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 1 Redwing, 15 Blackbird, 50 Robin, 15 Dunnock, 7 Goldfinch

Paulton:
1 Meadow Pipit, 28 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

No reports

Reports:  John B, Allan Chard, Pete Coslett, Barry Dursley, Davis Esam, Ollie Fouriner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Jeff Hosier, Rob Laughton,  Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards