Murky start but clear nicely with fine blue skies - wind like cold steel, max temp 5°C
Long-tailed DuckPenduline Tit, Bearded Tit
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Brent Goose
Woodcock
Purple Sandpiper
BRISTOL
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 18 Shelduck, 1 Grey Plover, 213 Curlew, c900 Black-headed Gull, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush
New Passage/Northwick - Pilning Wetlands:
Weston-Super-Mare - airfield (disused):
c100 Canada Goose, 1 Shoveler, c40 Wigeon, 40+ Teal, 1 Stock Dove, 3 or 4 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Penduline Tit, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c5 Redwing, c20 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (f), 2 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting,
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail,
Bath - Walcot Gate, garden:
1 Water Rail - under the feeders
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (m), 1 Kestrel
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Siskin
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander (2m), 1 Common Sandpiper
Hollowbrook:
30 Teal, Pied Wagtail
Nunnery:
2 Scaup
Heron's Green:
7 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Barn Owl - hunting, back or the pool
Stratford:
2 Jack Snipe, 19 Snipe, 4 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (f&m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush2 Bullfinch
Reports: Graham Blacker, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, David Hanks, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Glen Maddison, Fen Marshall, Dominic Mitchell, Brian Mulgrew, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams,
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| 04-01-2022 Penduline Tit WSM (Allan Chard) |
Hengrove Mounds - pt 1 of BOC walk:
39 Common Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush - subsong from the scrub, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 9 Goldfinch
Manor Woods - pt 2 of BOC walk:
Manor Woods - pt 2 of BOC walk:
2 Teal (f&m), Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 4+ House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 18 Shelduck, 1 Grey Plover, 213 Curlew, c900 Black-headed Gull, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush
New Passage/Northwick - Pilning Wetlands:
1 Brent Goose, c50 Canada Goose, 3+ Greylag Goose, 12 Shelduck, c10 Shoveler, c10 Gadwall, low 100's Wigeon - estuary, c35 Mallard, c 10 Teal, c4 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2+ Oystercatcher, 100+ Lapwing - lots of movement, 50+ Curlew, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 400+ Dunlin, 30+ Redshank, gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, c25 Jackdaw, c40 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, c5 Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Goldfinch
Avening Green:
1 Woodcock
Coalpit Heath:
Avening Green:
1 Woodcock
Coalpit Heath:
32 Lapwing, 9 Little Egret - flying off to roost, 1 Little Owl,
NORTH SOMERSET
Ashton Wetlands - Ashton Brook:
NORTH SOMERSET
Ashton Wetlands - Ashton Brook:
2 Sparrowhawk (m) - circling & calling around Eucalyptus tree
Portishead - Battery Point:
6 Purple Sandpiper
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| 04-01-2022 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Howard Taffs) |
6 Purple Sandpiper
Weston-Super-Mare - airfield (disused):
c100 Canada Goose, 1 Shoveler, c40 Wigeon, 40+ Teal, 1 Stock Dove, 3 or 4 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Penduline Tit, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c5 Redwing, c20 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (f), 2 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting,
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 04-10-22 Kingfisher Willsbridge (Donna Harvey) |
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail,
Hanham - garden:
1 Blackcap
Oldland Common:
1 Pergrine - over
Bath - Walcot Gate, garden:
1 Water Rail - under the feeders
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (m), 1 Kestrel
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Siskin
Chew Valley Lake
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| 04-01-22 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey) |
4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander (2m), 1 Common Sandpiper
Hollowbrook:
30 Teal, Pied Wagtail
Nunnery:
2 Scaup
Heron's Green:
7 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Barn Owl - hunting, back or the pool
Stratford:
2 Jack Snipe, 19 Snipe, 4 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (f&m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush2 Bullfinch
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great White Egret,
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great White Egret,
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| 04-01-22 Teal CVL (George Stacey) |
Reports: Graham Blacker, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, David Hanks, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Glen Maddison, Fen Marshall, Dominic Mitchell, Brian Mulgrew, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams,
