Saturday, 13 February 2021

13-02-21 Saturday - Cattle Egret

 Never above zero °C - with that old east wind made it feel much colder - bit of snow too.

Jack Snipe 
Lapwing - cold weather movement
Cattle Egret
Short-eared Owl
Mediterranean Gull
 
BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Wren, 9 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin (f&m), 1 Dunnock

Eastville Park:
1 Mediterranean Gull - ad

Hotwells - Cumberland Basin:
Woodpigeon, Moorhen, 2 Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Cormorant, Magpie, Jackdaw
Carrion Crow, Robin, 40+ Goldfinch - preparing to roost.

Lawrence Weston Moor:
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Jay, 7 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 17 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 9 Redwing, 9 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch.

Redland - garden:
4 + Herring Gull over, 1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon,1 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Goldcrest,3 Blackbird, 9+ House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch (f),

Stockwood - garden:
Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Barn Owl, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), Starling, 4 Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 

13-02-2021 Jay St Anne's (Gill Sapsed)
St Anne's Park - garden:
2 Jay - on peanuts, Coal Tit,     

St George's:
Park: - 3 Little Grebe
Crews Hole: - Long-tailed Tit, on the feeders

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Jack Snipe - patch gold!!

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Blackcap (f&m) - in the garden

13-02-21 Madarin Wickwar (Mike Prior)
Wickwar - Lower Woods:
4 Mandarin Duck (2f & 2m)

Mayshill - Iron Acton:
1 Brambling (f), 60 Chaffinch, 300+ Linnet - very noisy

13-02-21 Sparrowhawk Bradley Stoke (Mike Prior)
Bradley Stoke:
1 Sparrowhawk

NORTH SOMERSET

13-02-21 Blackcap Pill (Paul Milsom)
Pill:

2 Blackcap (f&m) - one crashed into the window, flew off after a rest.

Portbury Prior'sWood:
85 Lapwing, Great Tit, Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, Robin, 

Clevedon - garden:
40, 29, 19, 13,  Lapwing - south west

Clevedon-Yeo:
small groups of Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 1 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 600+ Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 10 Redshank 

Bourton Combe:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Common Gull -1st-w, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 11 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 6 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit. 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 3 Redwing, 9 Blackbirds, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock.

Nailsea:
West End: - 4 Raven - over
Moor: - 88 Lapwing - best count, 7 Golden Plover, 4 Snipe, 4 Little Egret, lots of Fieldfare and Redwing, 4 Stonechat

Tickenham:
Moor: - 2 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 15 Redwing.
Church: - Sparrowhawk
Clevedon Rd - fields: - 120 Lapwing, 50 Black-headed Gull, 60 Starling.

Yatton:
North side: - 30 Lapwing - south west, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 20 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail and 15 Meadow Pipit.
Village: - 25 Lapwing - pm movement to south west

Bristol Airport:
1 Short-eared Owl

13-02-21 Cattle Egret Churchill (I Beadle)
Churchill:
2 Cattle Egret    

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
50 Lapwing, 20 Golden Plover, 1 Sparrowhawk

Chew Magna:
100 Lapwing - field by R. Chew, 1 Grey Heron - over, 1 Blackcap (m) - garden

RESERVOIRS

Heron's Green:
36 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Cattle Egret

Reports:  Nancy Barrett, I Beadle, Roger Bingham, Paul Chapman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Mike Jackson, John Lewis, Paul Milsom, Fiona Neate, Dave Nicholson, Jean Oliver, Lisa Presland, Mike Prior, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Ricky Seery, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs