Friday 21 January 2022

21-01-22 Friday - Merlin

 Frosty start. Dry, with sunshine at first. Light WNW. Temperature: minus1 to 6°C in Bristol.

Long-tailed Duck
Purple Sandpiper
Jack Snipe
Little Stint
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Marsh Tit
Penduline Tit
Brambling
21-01-22 Merlin, Kingston Seymour ( Paul Chapman)
One of 3 seen in Avon today 
BRISTOL

Clifton-garden:
1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap-m, 4 Long-tailed Tit

Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stapleton-Sims Hill:
70 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 55 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch 

21-01-22 Redwing, Sparke Evans Park ( Keith Williams)

Sparke Evans Park:
3 Cormorant, Redwings

21-01-22 Magpie, Arnos Vale ( Keith Williams)
Arnos Vale Cemetery:
1Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, Magpies

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin 

Aust Services/STW:
40 Wigeon, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail

Aust Warth:
20 Shelduck, 30 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 8 Redshank, 2 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit

New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
20 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 350+ Lapwing, 250 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1Knot, 16 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat
 
21-01-22 Brambling, Frampton End ( FC Nature)
Frampton Cotterel:
2 Peregrine, 1 Brambling, 500 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead- Battery Point:
1 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon- Kenn Road Bridge:
13 Mallard, 7 Goosander-4m,3f, 8 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe

21-01-22 Goosander, Blind Yeo ( Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Yeo 
Blind Yeo:
9 Goosander, 7 Little Grebe

21-02-22 Little Egret, Kingston Seymour ( Paul Chapman ) 
Kingtson Seymour :
2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 10 Little Egret, 50 Lapwing, 60 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 150 Redshank, 10 Snipe, Stock Dove, 2 Great Black-backed Gull,1 Merlin-f, 5 Stonechat, 10 Skylark 1 Blackcap.( total 67 species)

Weston-Super-Mare - Old Airport:
13 Mallard, 3 Water Rail, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin,                     3 Penduline Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  5 Stonechat, 11 Linnet, 5 Reed Bunting

Weston STW:
35 Herring Gull

Uphill 
WeBs count - 56 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck, 42 Wigeon, 16 Mallard, 167 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 37 Oystercatcher, 11 Lapwing, 45 Curlew, 600+ Dunlin, 275 Redshank, 55 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard
 
Axe Estuary:
1 Little Stint

BELOW M4 & BANES

21-02-22 Blackcap, Warmley ( Pete Coslett)

Warmley-garden:
1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest

Bath- Bloomfield:
1 Blackcap-m

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck -on tank 2

Chew Valley Lake

21-01-22 Goldeneye, CVL ( George Stacey)
Dam:
7 Goldeneye-2m,5f

21-01-22 Goosander, CVL ( George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
2 Goosander-pair, 2 Bullfinch-pair

21-01-22 Snipe,CVL ( George Stacey)
Stratford:
10 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

21-01-22 Kingfisher, Herriott's (Andrew Harrison )


Black -headed Gulls, Herriott's ( Andrew Harrison )

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose,  ice-skating Black-headed Gulls , 3 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Out of Area:
Greylake- Baikal Teal
Steart island- Kentish Plover


Reports: Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Phil Crouter, Jane Cumming,  Andy Davis, David Esam, Ollie Fournier,  Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Hill, David Howes, John Lewis, Brian Martin, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams   blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG