08-02-21 Monday - multiple Siskin reports

Colder than yesterday (Bristol temperatures between 2 and 0°C) with a bitterly raw wind.

Red Kite

Siskin
 
BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

46 Magpie gathering to roost

Bedminster:

South Street park - 1 f Sparrowhawk

08-02-21 female Blackcap, High Kingsdown, Bristol (Keith Williams)

Coombe Dingle:

Garden - 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blackcap (m&f), 10 Blackbird, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin m &f - only one previous record, several years ago

Eastville:

Garden - 1 female Blackcap visiting fatballs daily for a week

08-02-21 Nuthatch, Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
9 Canada Geese, 9 Mute Swan, c20 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, c40 Feral Pigeon,  2 Stock Dove, 4 Moorhen, 7 Coot, c100 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron (adult), 2 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine (Stapleton spire), 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, c20 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 20 Redwing, 1 Dipper

[The river almost back to normal, but with a bitter wind. Noticeable lack of bird song ]

R Avon at Sea Mills:

c20 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper

New Cut:

22 species, including 2 Cormorant, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 pr Kestrel, 3 Grey Wagtail, 9 Goldfinch

08-02-21 Nice birds in Stockwood Open Space - Treecreeper and Siskin  (Bri Thompson)

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Treecreeper, 18 Siskin

Temple Gardens, BS1:

several Redwing 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Ram Hill:

1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 40 Rook, 2 Skylark (singing), 2 Nuthatch, 60+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 20+ Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer, 6 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxhall:

2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Great Tit, 6 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Chaffinch

08-02-21 Common Gull, Dowlais, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais - 2 Common Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail

08-02-21 Little Egret, Congresbury Yeo  (Mark Savage)

Congresbury Moor and River Yeo:
12 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 500 Redwing, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

08-02-21 Long-tailed Tit, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan, 45 Mallard, 23 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhen, 2 Cormorant, 50 Black Headed Gull, 100 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 15 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Starling, 51 Song Thrush, 350 Redwing, 100 Fieldfare,  3 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 30 Chaffinch,2 Bullfinch, 16 Goldfinch  6 Siskin, (year tick ), 10 Yellowhammer

08-02-21 Fieldfares, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Paulton:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite

08-02-21 snoozing Goldfinch, Newton St Loe (Rob Hargreaves)

Reports: Simon Carder, Allan Chard, William Earp, Ollie Fournier, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, John Lewis, Jean Oliver, Steve Sanins,  Gill Sapsed, Mark Savage, Richard Scantlebury, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Keith Williams, nslbirding