22-02-21 Monday - Mediterranean Gull

Lovely day in Bristol - attractive spring sunshine. Temperatures rose to 14°C. 

Mediterranean  Gull

Red Kite

Barn Owl 

Marsh Tit

Lesser Redpoll, Siskin

22-02-21 Mediterranean Gull, Duchess Pond, Stoke Park (Serena Sweeting)

BRISTOL

22-02-21 Barn Owl, Ashton Marsh, Bristol (Chris James)

Ashton Marsh and Colliters Brook:

Highlights - 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1Chiffchaff, 12 Redwing, 1 Stonechat- m, 11 Meadow Pipit (30 species in total)

Bedminster:

Acta Centre Gardens and South Street Park - 6 Woodpigeon , 2 Collared Dove,1 Black-headed Gull ,1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow,,1 Raven- flyover, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Skylark- flyover, 2 Wren, 8 Starling,4 Blackbird, 3 Robin,1 Dunnock, 16 House Sparrow,, 2 Common Chaffinch, 1Goldfinch 

22-02-21 Jackdaw Clifton Down (Paul Dunham)

Clifton Down:

2 Peregrine - on the Leigh Woods side today, plenty of Jackdaw

22-02-21 Goldfinch and Siskin, Coombe Dingle (Alastair Fraser)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, 1 adult Mediterranean  Gull, 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

Stockwood Openspace:

1 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat (m), 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

55 Wigeon, 84 Teal, 1 tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 18 Oystercatcher, 13 Stonechatm, 2 Lesser Redpoll 

22-02-21 Mistle Thrush, Almondsbury garden (Verta Carpenter)

Almondsbury:

Garden - 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

22-1-02-21 Wren, New Passage (Lisegirl)
[One of a lovely series of photos of common birds taken from her hide]

Filton Park:

Garden - 1 Collared Dove, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Starling, 2 m Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 10 House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch

Siston:
Overscourt Woods - Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, Skylark over farm land to NE, Bullfinch, Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano:

1 Jay, 2 LTTit, 9 Skylark, 7 Yellowhammer ( record total) , 3 Reed Bunting plus 5 Roe Deer

Portbury Wharf:
Please avoid Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve until further notice. Avon and Somerset Police tweeted: 
Officers are currently at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve following reports of ordnance being discovered this morning (Mon 22 Feb). The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has been notified. Access is currently restricted and we'd please ask people to avoid the area at this time.

22-02-21 Meadow Pipit, Dowlais, Clevedon (Nigel Kendall)

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais - 18 Shoveler, 21 Teal, 12 Curlew, 51 Lapwing, 6 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 3 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit

Backwell:
14 species today (average for this February) - m + f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 different  Tit species,  including Marsh Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common -garden:

3 Buzzard - circling overhead, 2 Greenfinch

Bath:
Bloomfield garden - 1 m Blackcap again

22-02-21 Linnet, Yellowhammer & Chaffinch, Burnett (Ian Stapp)

Burnett:

12 Pheasant,,50+ Wood Pigeon, 12 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove,  20+ Gulls (BH & L-BB), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,  12+ Jackdaw, 20+ Rook & Carrion Crow, 5 Magpie, 6 Blue 4 Great Tit, 10+ LTT, 2 Blackcap (M&F), 5 Dunnock, 2 Wren 30+2 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, 12+ Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 50+ Linnet, 50 to 60 Yellowhammer     

6 Grey Squirrel, 2 Roe Deer, 1 Muntjac, 1 Hare, 5 Bumble Bees, lots of Honey Bees feeding on catkins

  

Chew Magna:

6 Siskin inc males in song

RESERVOIRS

Locked down

22-02-21 Muntjac, Burnett (Ian Stapp)t

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Judy Copeland, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham. Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Nick Hudson, Chris James, Nigel Kendall,  Robin Lambert, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Andy Middleton, Ian Stapp, Serena Sweeting, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Andy and Liza White