Sunday 14 February 2021

14-02-21 Sunday - Black Redstart

Miserable - wet and windy. Marginally warmer: up to 5°C in Bristol


Avocet
Black Redstart (new location)
Siskin

BRISTOL

14-02-21 Male Sparrowhawk, St Andrews, Bristol (John Rossetti)

Malago Greenway:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Robin, 1 Wren, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goldfinch 

Victoria Park:
4 Woodpigeon, 26 Black-headed Gull, 2 Carrion Crow, 18 Starling, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

South Street park:
Sparrowhawk -m: flashed by my head as it shot down British Road

Sea Mills:

WeBS count - 9 Mallard, 45 Black-headed Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 9 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Snipe

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Common Snipe, 2 (ad) Common Gull, 1 Raven

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Downend:
Garden - 2 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

14-02-21 male Black Redstart, Tyntesfield (Bryony Lewis)
Tyntesfield:
Male Black Redstart showing well in rose garden below the house this afternoon
Also 12 Woodpigeon,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest,  2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch

Portishead:
2 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 3 m. Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen
Very changeable at the moment. The lake is down to about 60% ice. Most of the geese have gone missing but the swan count has doubled and a few Tufties have returned, having left when the lake was 90% frozen.

Clevedon-Yeo:
48 Canada Goose, 60+ Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 180 Wigeon , 50 Teal, 10 Mallard, 8 Coot, 12 Avocet  (again swimming on the river), 2 Oystercatcher, 1 (!) Lapwing, 16 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 140 Curlew, 14 Turnstone, 60 Knot, 1600 Dunlin (my best count for some time), 250+ Redshank, 100+Black-headed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 300 Starling, 4 Rock Pipit 

Backwell Lake:
8 Canada Geese, 39 Mute Swan, 14 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 25 Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 7 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 100+ Black Headed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Locked down

Reports: Jane Cuming, Barry Dursley, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Bryony Lewis and Peter O'Byrne, John Lewis,  Harvey Rose, John Rossetti, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland