Friday 7 January 2022

07-01-22 Friday- Cattle Egret

Light cloud in the morning, rain and sleet in the afternoon. Light to moderate Westerlies. Bitterly cold: temperature 1-5°C

Common Scoter, Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Purple Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Woodcock
Shag
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Penduline Tit
Marsh Tit
Black Redstart

07-01-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Rob Hargreaves)
BRISTOL

Bishopston garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Black Redstart-m,f- by the jetty

Aust Services:
14 Mallard, 2 Curlew, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Blackbird, 11 Robin ( inc. 3 feeding together), 1 Pied Wagtail.

07-01-22 Redshank, New Passage ( Lisa Presland)

New Passage:
1 Redshank

Bradley Stoke - Three Brooks LNR:
27 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 55 Moorhen, 28 Black-headed Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

07-01-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point ( Jason Williams)

Portishead- Battery point:

1 Pochard, 5 Purple Sandpiper , 2 Rock Pipit

Portishead Lake:
3 Pochard-m, 13 Tufted Duck

Gordano- Weston Moor:
2 Woodcock-at dusk

Clevedon seafront:
1 Rock Pipit

Clevedon Court Wood:
1 Marsh Tit

Clevedon - Yeo:
07-01-22 Cattle Egret, Kingston Seymour ( Paul Chapman)
Kingston Seymour and Blakes Pools:
9 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 30 Turnstone, 1 Cattle Egret -patch first, 1 Marsh Harrier-f/imm, 1 Raven, 5 Stonechat

Blind Yeo:
7 Goosander-4m

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Common Scoter-f, 10 Grey Plover, 1 Shag

Weston-Super-Mare- disused  Airfield:
1 Penduline Tit

Congresbury- River Yeo:
1 Little Egret 
Banwell- garden watch:
20 species, inc. 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker-2m,1f, 1 Marsh Tit,  8 Blue Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Goldfinch, 13 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch -m

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
4 Woodpigeon, 3 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 14 Carrion Crow, 8 Skylark, 150 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 55 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 16 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks-T2:
15 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch  

Blagdon Lake:
4 Gadwall, 130 Wigeon, 75 Mallard, 55 Teal, 38 Pochard, 370 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 15 Goosander-9m,6f, 7 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 520 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 170 Black-headed Gull, 80 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 50 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare 

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goosander

Heron's Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Goldeneye, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret

Moreton:
4 Scaup-2m, 1 Marsh Harrier-2cy 

Stratford:
1 Jack Snipe, 17 Common Snipe, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, David Jackson, John Lewis, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Carol Rushton, Vic Savery, Howard Taffs,  John Thorogood, Jason Williams   blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG