Wednesday 26 January 2022

26-01-22 Wednesday - Short-eared Owl

Temp 3 to 9°C. Cold, dull start Sunshine later in the morning, but the wind got up making it even colder

Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Golden Plover, Purple Sandpiper, Jack Snipe
Short-eared Owl
Siberian Chiffchaff, Penduline Tit
Black Redstart


26-1-22 Nuthatch, Blaise Estate (Diane Bunniss)
BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 8 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 7 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Bullfinch ( m ), 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

Fishponds Trading Estate:
2 Raven, 1 m Black Redstart still present

Stapleton:
18 Stock Dove, 36+ Redwing

Stoke Park:
2 Little Grebe, 9 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Wharf:
Jack Snipe, 1 f type Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 m/f Stonechat

Northwick Warth / Pilning Wetlands:
Golden Plover, 2 juv&f Marsh Harrier

New Pill / The Pipes:
Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit

Yate Rocks:
1 Goldcrest, 1 f Bullfinch, 3 Siskin

Yate, Dean Road Bridge Over river Frome:
1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 2 m/f Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

26-1-22 Curlew, near Battery Point (Vera Carpenter)
Portishead:
Battery Point: 2 (poss 5) Purple Sandpiper
Battery to Marina: 6 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mipit
Woodland Road: Jay, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush

Weston Airfield:
Penduline Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Stoke STW:
Siberian Chiffchaff, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Marksbury:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1000+ Crow Jackdaw Gulls & Pigeons on & over a farm tractor working land, 300+ Starling, 200+ mixed Finches + Linnet with 5+ Yellowhammer

Bath Lansdown:
10 Common Gull, c.50 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 4 Greenfinch

26-1-22 Jay, Bath (William Harrison)
Bath, Botanical Gardens:
2 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 10 Woodpigeon, 4 Jay, 2 Magpie, 40 + Fieldfare, 2 Blackbird

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake: 
1 drake Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe

26-1-22 Kingfisher, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)jpg
Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
9 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Water Rail, 13 Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30+ Redwing and Fieldfare, 2 Reed Bunting

26-1-22.Egyptian Goose + Shelduck, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:
1 Egyptian Goose, 9 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 60+ Teal, 18+ Goldeneye, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1m Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon
Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-Sea
Ring Ouzel at Brean Down
50 Cranes in one field on the Somerset Levels

Reports: Diane Bunniss, Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Rob Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Rupert Higgins, Matt Hull, Stephen Jones, Nigel Milbourne, Linda Moysey, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG