Sunday, 30 January 2022

30-01-22 Sunday - Little Owl . . . . .nice to see that so many people got out today

Sunny intervals changing to rain later by early evening - temperature 3 to 9°C

Little Owl
Black Redstart

Bearded Tit
Cattle Egret
Brambling
Red Kite
Marsh Tit
Golden Plover
Firecrest
Yellow-legged Gull
Merlin
Penduline Tit
Black-necked Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
30-01-22 Yellowhammer Burnett (NSL Birding)
BRISTOL


Brislington - garden:
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap (3m)
30-01-22 Song Thrush Blaise (Di Bunniss)
Blaise Estate:
4 Magpie, 1 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 7 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 7 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 7 Robin,1 Grey Wagtail,

Cabot Circus, River Frome, start of culvert:
1 Kingfisher

Fishponds:
1 Black Redstart

Hotwells / Cumberland Basin:
4 Mallard, 9+ Woodpigeon, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 36 Black-headed Gull, 13+ Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 3 Magpie, 56 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch
30-01-22 Kestrel Stole Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:

1 Mute Swan, 16 Mallard, 36 Feral Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 14 Moorhen, 12 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 15 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 10 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 21 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 8 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
some Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 3 Gadwall, 7 Teal, 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin, 6 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, dozens of Skylark, many Fieldfare and Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, many Meadow Pipit, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting

Aust Services & foreshore
C.50 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 1 Curlew, c.160 Black-headed Gull, 2 Kestrel, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

Aust Cliff:
4 Collared Dove, 1 Kestrel, 100+ flock of Jackdaw & Carrion Crow, 8 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 11 Goldfinch

Horton Bushes:
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 having a drumming contest, 1 Marsh Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 5 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch

Wickwar - Lower Woods:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Chaffinch

Yate - Tylers Field:
4 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 5 House Sparrow

Chipping Sodbury
- Ridge Wood: Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Magpie, Jackdaw, 14 Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 12 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 18 Blackbird, 17 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch
- Barnhill Quarry: 
2 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch

Frampton End:
some Chaffinch, 7 Brambling, c200 Linnet

Tubb's Bottom:
2 Skylark

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Firecrest

Clevedon Pier:
1 Black Redstart (f)

Clevedon - Yeo:
10 Wigeon, 4 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat (2 m), 1 Greenfinch - singing

Sand Point:
40+ Shelduck, 1 Peregrine

Weston s Mare - disused airfield:
3 Penduline Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Tormarton to Marshfield -Shirehill Rd:
1 Red Kite

Marshfield:
1 Merlin, 50 Common Gull, Skylark, 80 Starling, 80 Fieldfare, 2+ Stonechat, Chaffinch, 5+ Brambling, Greenfinch, 800 Linnet, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

Downend - garden:
1 Blackcap

Hanham - High Street:
1 Red Kite - over

Willsbridge:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m)

Warmley:
1 Jay - mimic call of a Buzzard, 1 Redpoll - over calling
30-01-22 Brambling Burnett (Ian Stapp)
Burnett:
8 Stock Dove, 40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - called 3 times, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Jackdaw, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 2 Robin, 200+ Chaffinch, 11 Brambling, 1 Bullfinch, 12 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch, 20 Yellowhammer, 

Saltford:
19 Golden Plover - golf club, 2 Little Owl
30-01-22 Red Kite NSL (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
2 Stock Dove, 3 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, 20+ Linnet

Bath:
2 Peregrine - back on the newly refurbished nest platform
30-01-22 Golden Plover Lansdown (Robert Hargreaves)
Lansdown:
400 Golden Plover

Midford and Tucking Mill:
5 tit species inc Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Dipper
30-01-22 Linnet Tunley (Patrick Hancock)
Tunley:
1 Buzzard, 16 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 26 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 30 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 700 Linnet (feeding on radish and brassica crop)

Chew Magna:
65 Greenfinch - pre roost, late pm

Bishop Sutton to Chelwood roundabout:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (m)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 50 Black-headed Gull, 70 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail

Blagdon Lake:
1 Scaup (m), 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kestrel

Denny Island:
22 Cattle Egret  - out of roost 9am

Heron's Green:
10 Teal - in the pool

Moreton:
3 Scaup (1m), 8 Goldeneye (3m), 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Kingfisher (m), 1 Bearded Tit  - calling

Stratford:
10 Goldeneye (4m), 10 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher (f), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Common Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull - ad, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Jonathan Angell, Paul Bowdler, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Ollie Fournier, Chris Hall, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Nick Hudson, Steve Hurley, Simon Isgar, Rob Laughton, Nige Milbourne, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Carol Rushton, Caleb Stradling,  Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams