31-01-21 Sunday

Cold - between 0 and 2 °C. Snowed for a couple of hours from mid-day, though it didn't settle.

Lapwing (on Bristol playing field), Woodcock, Jack Snipe

Cattle Egret

Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Lesser Redpoll, Siskin
  
BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
Cold, snowy wet lunch- time walk in Ashton Court- most small birds in 5 minutes by the Pill Grove feeder - 2 Woodpigeon, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch

Bishopston:

Garden - 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m) - defers only to the Robin, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin (f & m) - while she eats he defends all the feeders. When she's done, he allows anyone to feed, except the BC

31-01-21 1st w f  Blackbird, Blaise Estate (Di Bunniss)

Blaise Estate + Henbury Golf Course:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Magpie, 9 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit,4  Blue Tit, 3  Great Tit, 3 Long- tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Blackbird , 8 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail

Brentry:

Garden - 50-60 Goldfinch

31-01-21 Jay, Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
The river still running fairly high - 5 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, c40 Feral Pigeon (all in one flock), 1 Stock Dove, 5 Moorhen, 7 Coot, c50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Cormorant, 1 m Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker(drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Magpie, 3 Coal Tit, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, c20 Starling, 6 Blackbird, c10 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Dipper, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Frenchay:

36 Goldfinch

31-01-21 Lapwing, Golden Hill, Bristol (Nick Hawkridge)
a highly unusual sight in Bristol

Henleaze - Golden Hill:

AWBS - 27 Feral Pigeon, 32 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Lapwing - roosting on playing field, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit - displaying, 2 Wren, 43 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 68 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Westbury-on-Trym:
Dipper still present on River Trym at  0930

 
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-01-21 Lesser Redpolls, Itchington (Heather England)

Fields between Almondsbury and Pilning:

Kingsmill Rhine - Kingfisher 

Moor Lane - probable Barn Owl  mobbed by a corvid on Moor Lane 

Horton Bushes:

Woodcock, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 25 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird, Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 4 Bullfinch (+ 3 Roe Deer)

Yate:

Brimsham Park Lake - 7  Mallard, 5 Goosander ( 1 male and 4 redheads), 4 Moorhen, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch
Greenways Road - 1  Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming
Goose Green - 12  Redwing, 1 Song Thrush
Garden - 1  f Blackcap, 6 Long-tailed Tit

31-01-21 Siskin, Downend (Barry Dursley)

Downend:

Garden - 2 m 1 f Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Sheepway Lane + Portbury Docks:

AWBS - 19 species. Highlights were 6 Curlew, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 pr. Bullfinch.  A party of 10 Magpies were mobbing a Fox

Clevedon-Yeo:
64 Canada Goose, 80+Shelduck, 100 Wigeon, 150 Teal,  6 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 (!) Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing (all at Dowlais, very poor numbers this winter), 26 Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 200 Curlew, 600 Dunlin, 10 Snipe, 350 Redshank, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 6 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing 

Bristol Airport:

1 Short-eared Owl again 

Nailsea Moor:

1 Barn Owl ( being mobbed by Jay)

Kenn:
1 Black Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail

Kenn Moor:

YACWAG Reserve - 4 Jack Snipe, 21 Snipe.

BELOW M4 & BANES

31-1-21 Green Woodpecker, Bath (Rob Hargreaves)

Bath:
Twerton to Centre (for Covid vaccine) -  34 species, inc 1 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 35 Mallard, 250 Feral Pigeon, 1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 16 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 6 House Sparrow, 8 Pied Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch 

31-01-21 Great Spot in the snow, Chew Stoke, (Lucy Masters)

Ubley:

Bickfield Lane - 24 Cattle Egret

Compton Martin:

Village Pond - Kingfisher

Paulton:

3 Mute Swan, 46 Mallard, 22 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 7 Blackbird, 100 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush

Sewage works - 2 Grey Wagtail, 75 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Lockdown so no reports

Reports: Peter Bryant, Matthew Bowell, Di Bunniss, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig,  John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, Ian Dickie, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Oliver Fournier, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey,  John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Trevor Riddell, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Richard Scantlebury, Martin Wightman