Friday 26 February 2021

26-02-21 Friday - White Stork

 Temp 8 to 10°C. A sunny Spring-like day. Light Westerly airstream.

Goosander
Little Ringed Plover
Red Kite
Merlin
White Stork
Great White Egret
Little Owl
Marsh Tit
Chiffchaff
Firecrest
Black Redstart               
   
26-0-21, Peregrine, Clifton Down ( Keith Williams )
BRISTOL 

Ashton Marsh and Colliters Brook:
25 species- Highlights :1 Kestrel,  2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit

26-02-21, Marsh Tit, Clifton Down ( K Williams)
Clifton to Downs/Gorge and back to Kingsdown:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit - zoo bank, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest- zoo bank, 2 Redwing

26-02-21, Coots fighting, Eastville Park ( Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
4 Coot, 1 Jay, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper

Narroways- Millenium green:
20 Woodpigeon, 8 Herring Gull, 3 Jay, 20 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven 18 Blue Tit, 14 Great Tit, 6 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 10 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Robin, 10 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch  

Sea Mills:
600 Black-headed Gull

Westbury-on-Trym- wildlife park and golf course:
1 Nuthatch, 4 Grey Wagtail 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

26-02-21, Little Ringed Plover, New Passage ( P. Bowerman)
Northwick Warth:
Little Ringed Plover 

New Passage:
1 Grey wagtail
26-02-21, Cormorant, Bradley Stoke ( V. Carpenter )
Bradley Stoke - Woodlands Golf Course:
4 Canada Goose, 1 Moorhen, 2 Cormorants 

26-02-21, White Stork, Cribbs Causeway (Steve George) 
Cribbs Causeway:
White Stork- Knepp reintroduced bird ( between Morrisons and Tile Flair !)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk,  9 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin-m, 2 Peregrine, 10 Skylark, 5 Stonechat

26-02-21, Goosander, Yate ( Mark Coller)
Yate- Kingsgate Park:
6 Goosander -m,5f, 2 Coal Tit, 1Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail- on river

Yate- Ridge Woods NNR
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1+ Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock

NORTH SOMERSET

26-02-21, Skylark, Dowlais (Paul Chapman ) 

Clevedon-Blind Yeo, Dowlais:
40 species - Highlights: 60 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 2 Goosander-pr, 5 Little Grebes,10 Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing, 15 Curlew, 300 Dunlin, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey heron ,3 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl 1 Kingfisher, 6 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Stonechat- pair
 
Kenn garden:
1 Black Redstart

26-02-21,Raven,Weston Moor ( Howard Taffs)
Weston Moor:
4 Canada Goose, 4 Gadwall,9 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Raven

Wraxall:
2 Mallard, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 12 Stock Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (all drumming), 5 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 19 Rook, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 5 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath- Tucking Mill::
2 Mallard, 130 Feral Pigeon, 1 Moorhen, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 4 Marsh Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 30 Robin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch

Paulton:
2 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Common Sandpiper , 1 Great White Egret

26-02-21, Heron's Green ( Lucy Masters)
Chew Valley lake

Herriotts Bridge:
3 Great White Egret

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Simon Carder, Vera Carpenter, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Jamie Edmonds, Rob Hargreaves, John Lewis, Lisegirl Lucy Masters Jean Oliver, Tony Scott, Christopher Teague, Keith Williams  blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG