Friday 5 February 2021

05-02-21 Friday - Barn Owl

A  sunny start, but cloudy with some rain showers in the afternoon. SSW breeze but quite cool. Bristol temperatures 6 to 9 Centigrade. Mostly park, allotment and garden birds today.

Goosander
Merlin
Barn Owl
Siskin 
05-02-21, Long-Tailed Tit (Lisa Presland)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
River still running high
6 Canada Goose, 9 Mute Swan - 5 1st winter, 30 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 49 Black-headed Gull,  3  Herring Gull, 6 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 10 Magpie, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 20 Starling, 1 Robin, 1 Dipper, 3 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

Redland garden:
2 Wood Pigeon, 4 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap-f,  1 Blackbird, 9 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail,

St Werburgh's:
Raven- nest rebuilding

Stockwood - view from a bedroom window:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 5 Goldfinches, 1 Long-tailed tit, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Blackbird,     1 Blue Tit, 1 Jay. (plus up to 5 Roe Deer )

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
28 Shelduck, 270 Wigeon, 3 Oystercatcher, 7 Turnstone, 35 Curlew, 120 Dunlin, 1 Merlin (f) Long-tailed Tit-at feeder ( see above)

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 49 Wigeon, 54 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 33 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Cetti's Warbler

Yate:
Chiffchaff- in garden- possible 'tristis'

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead Marina:
Cormorant

Portishead Seafront-Marine Lake and Woodhill Bay:
6 Tufted Duck-3m,3f, 48 Black-headed Gull, 2 Oystercatcher

Clevedon Garden:
Leucistic Carrion Crow

Clevedon-Yeo:
16 Goosander, 152 Dunlin, 48 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk-m,
2 Peregrine- m,f, Raven

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath-Victoria Park:
7 Siskin

Bloomfield:
Tawny Owl -hooting early morning

Stanton Prior:
16 Pheasant, 8 LBB Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 16 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel,            1 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 18 Blackbird, 24 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 10 Dunnock, 44 House Sparrow, 24 Pied Wagtail, 16 Meadow Pipit, 32 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet, 17 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Paulton:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 7 Magpie, 1 Raven, 45 Skylark, 1 Starling, 20 Redwing, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 25 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

All Locked Down

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Roger Bingham, Ken Carruthers, Paul Chapman, John Clark, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves,  Glen Maddison, Brian Martin, Dave Nicholson, Phil Quinn, Dean  Reeves, Ann Rossiter, Rich Scantlebury