28-02-21 Sunday - Little Stint

Another day of glorious spring sunshine after a chilly start. Bristol temperatures 2 - 14°C. 

Mandarin Duck,  Long tailed Duck

Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Jack Snipe

White Stork

Red Kite 

Barn Owl

Firecrest

White Wagtail

Redpoll, Siskin, Yellowhammer

 

28-02-21 Urban wall Heron, St George's Park, Bristol (Gill Sapsed)

BRISTOL

Clifton Down:

Zoo Bank - 10+ Redwing, 1 Firecrest, Goldcrest, Bullfinch  

Durdham Down - 1 Sparrowhawk

Leigh Woods side of the gorge -  Peregrine 

28-02-21 Little Egret, Coombe Dingle car park (Di Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle:

Car Park - 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher early morning

Garden - 1 Sparrowhawk

Bishopston, County Cricket Ground:

1 Buzzard circling

Eastville:

From rooftop vis mig point - 1 Red Kite (northeast at 15.35), 5+ Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel 

Henleaze:

Eastfield Road - 2 Raven still present, on rooftop being mobbed by Carrion Crows

Narroways

8  Feral Pigeon, 35 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 12 BH Gull, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 18 Magpie, 2  LTTit, 14 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit,   2 Chiffchaff,, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Goldcrest, 22 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 18 Robin,16 Dunnock,2  Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch

28-02-21 Little Grebe, St George's Park, Bristol (Gill Sapsed)

St George's Park:

 5 Canada Geese, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest. a few Starling,  1 Mistle Thrush 

St Werburgh's Road:
2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail

Mina Road Park:
1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-02-21 Avocet, Oldbury Power Station (Jan Hanley-Platt)

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Shelduck,c 50  Wigeon, 1 Tufted Duck, 1  Water Rail, 1 Avocet, c 20 Curlew, c 50 Turnstone,  3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c 25 Long-tailed Tit, 5+ Chiffchaff, c 10  Fieldfare, c 20 Redwing, 2  Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 3  Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

28-02-21 Peregrine, Aust (Mike Prior)

Severn Bridge Aust:
2 Peregrine, Green Woodpecker

Pilning Wetlands:
Mallard, Teal, Wigeon ,Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Redshank, 2 Snipe, Dunlin, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Carrion Crow, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail

Itchington:

1 White Stork- from Knepp Release programme. Same bird seen on Friday at Cribbs Causeway, subsequently moved here 

Webbs Heath and Overscourt Woods, Siston:

2 Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 9 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Redpoll, 3 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Clapton-in-Gordano:

7 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Mandarin Duck, 12 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Raven, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch.

Clevedon-Yeo:

28 Canada Goose, 90+ Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 180 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 10 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, 0 Avocet 0 (maybe they have left, more likely I missed them) 16 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 110 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 900 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint  (in the same place as in January), 1 Jack Snipe, 13 Snipe, 200+ Redshank, 80+ Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Raven, 1 White Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit

Bourton Combe:

18 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2  Raven, 7 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 5 Wren, 5 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 11 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 21 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3  Goldfinch

Tickenham Moor:

2 Raven.

Wraxall 

5 Pied Wagtail

Nailsea Jacklands Fishery:

1 Little Egret.

Claverham Drove (near Yatton):

40 Mute Swan

Kenn:
Garden - Black Redstart again

Kingston Seymour:

2 Mute Swan, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 GS Woodpecker, 105 Jackdaw, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit. Lots of song, notably Wrens and Song Thrushes

28-02-21 Firecrest, Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare (Adrian Dutt)

Weston-super-Mare:

Grove Park - 1 Firecrest

28-02-21 Siskins, Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford:
Garden - 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1m Blackcap,3m 1f Blackbird, 2 Dunnock,  3 (1 m 2 f) Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Shire Valley from West Littleton - Pheasant, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, 40 Common Gull, Lesser-black backed Gull, 2 Buzzards, Skylark, 15 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer

Saltford:
2 Chiffchaff, 10 Redwing, 1 Yellowhammer.  1 Otter catching fish

Bath:

Bloomfield garden - 1 f Blackcap, 1 m Chaffinch, a rare visitor, last seen about 12 months ago

28-02-21 Bullfinch pair from garden hide, NSL-Birding

Newton St Loe:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl (heard), 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel,  4 Raven, 9 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Siskin 

Compton Dando:

2 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk displaying, 1 Nuthatch. Also 1 Brimstone.

Stanton Prior:

2 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Barn Owl flying near midday, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 50 House Sparrow, 24 Chaffinch (19 singing), 1 Greenfinch, 4 Yellowhammer (1 singing)

RESERVOIRS

Still locked down 😒

Herriott's Bridge:

3+ Goldeneye, 1 Long-tailed duck - one very showy male scoped from Herriott's (the Barrow Tanks bird on the move?) 

Red Kite - circling south of lake, seen from Herons Green

28-02-21 Sunset with Prince of Wales Bridge (Mike Prior)

Reports: Jon Angell, Peter Bryant,  Di Bunniss, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Adrian Dutt,  Heather England, Ollie Fournier, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, John and Bryony Lewis, Gary Magill, Brian Martin, Chris Perry, Dendy Platt, Mike Prior, Robert Proctor, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Larry Sweetland,  nslbirding