An overcast and chilly morning turned into a damp afternoon. Temperature 8°C.
Avocets, Knot, Little Stint
Purple Sandpipers
Jack Snipe, Bearded Tits
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| Portrait of a Bewick's Swan at Chew (George Stacey) |
BRISTOL
Bristol Downs:
1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine.
Eastville Park:
Ingst:
NORTH SOMERSET
Mitchell's Pill / Holes Mouth:
Herriott's inc Pool:
Kingfisher.
Henleaze garden:
m. and f. Blackcap.
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
Stonechat
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
Stonechat
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| A smart male Stonechat at Stoke Park (Allan Chard) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
51 Lapwing, c.10 Curlew (inc. headstart '23'), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 1 Treecreeper with Long-tailed Tits, c.10 Meadow Pipit.
Oldbury Power Station:
51 Lapwing, c.10 Curlew (inc. headstart '23'), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 1 Treecreeper with Long-tailed Tits, c.10 Meadow Pipit.
Ingst:
(Winter bird survey ST5787) 2 Mallard, 45 Woodpigeon, 104 BH Gull, 24 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 87 Jackdaw, 7 Rook, 35 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 7 LT Tit, 3 Wren, 30 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 102 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch.
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| Lovely shot of a Purple Sandpiper, still at Battery Point (Paul Dunham) |
Mitchell's Pill / Holes Mouth:
32 Teal, 50+ Oystercatcher, 1000+ Dunlin, 59 Redshank, 5 Cormorant, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Rock Pipit.
New Pill / The Pipes:
4 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 6 Oystercatcher, 40+ Dunlin, 50+ Knot (flying south over the Channel about 200m offshore), 11 Turnstone, 23 Curlew, 29 Redshank, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 m. Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper still at Battery Point.
Kenn - garden:
1 m. Black Redstart (looks like it's going to over-winter here again).
Worle:
1 m. Blackcap in a garden.
BELOW M4 & BANES
R.Avon, Swineford:
Dam:
4 Purple Sandpiper still at Battery Point.
1 f. Blackcap still in a garden.
Clevedon - Yeo:
Clevedon - Yeo:
65 Canada Goose (Dowlais), 4 Mute Swan, c.30 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler (at KP), 220 Wigeon, Teal, c.50 Mallard, 1 m. Goosander (at Strode bridge being mobbed by Black-headed Gulls, it tried to bite back!), 6 Coot (KP), 1 Little Grebe, 7+ Avocet (flying out of Yeo mouth and landing on the estuary), 14 Oystercatcher, 26 Lapwing (Dowlais), 38 Grey Plover (good local count), c.90 Curlew, 24 Black-tailed Godwit (R. Yeo), 26 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 240 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint (Dowlais), 2 Jack Snipe (at mouth of R. Kenn), 3 Snipe, 350 Redshank, 50+ Black-headed Gull, Herring Gulls, 5 Little Egret, 2 Raven.
Kenn - garden:
1 m. Black Redstart (looks like it's going to over-winter here again).
Worle:
1 m. Blackcap in a garden.
BELOW M4 & BANES
R.Avon, Swineford:
1 m. Goosander.
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| A scruffy Shoveler at Chew - still in moult, perhaps (George Stacey) |
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Chew Valley Lake
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 f. Goldeneye
Stratford:
1 f. Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 m. Marsh Harrier, 3 Little Egret, 2 Bearded Tit (and an Otter)
1 f. Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 m. Marsh Harrier, 3 Little Egret, 2 Bearded Tit (and an Otter)
Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Goldeneye, juv. Marsh Harrier (main reeds), only 1 Cattle Egret in the roost.
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| A female Shoveler at Chew (George Stacey) |
Reports: Allan Chard, Richard Cox, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham, Geoff Hardman, Michael Moxon, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
