02-02-22 Wednesday - Black Redstart

Breezy, Dry, Cool dull start, lots of Sun as the day wore on - Temperature 8-11°C

Black Redstart

Penduline Tit

Black-necked Grebe

Brambling

Merlin

Yellow-browed Warbler

BRISTOL

Fishponds - Foundry Lane

1 Black Redstart (m)

Horfield - garden

1 Blackcap 

Sea Mills - R Trym:
1 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Grey Wagtail, 

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond, Sims' Hill:
20 Chaffinch, 30 Linnet, 12 Meadow Pipit 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - Shepperdine:

1 Merlin

Aust Wetland - a new area under construction

2 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 2 Common Gull, 70 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Linnet

New Passage - field by the M4 Bridge:
14 Curlew

Pilning Wetlands:

40 Canada Goose, 72 Shelduck, 10+ Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 400 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 140 Oystercatcher, 400 Lapwing, 7 Grey Plover, 130 Curlew, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, 800 Dunlin, 200 Redshank, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 20 Fieldfare, 

Chittening Warth:

1 Merlin

Severn Beach:

20 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Kestrel

Frampton Cotterell - Tubb's Bottom
1 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Linnet, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton in Gordano:

1 Sparrowhawk - sat in the bird bath for 75 mins!!

Portishead, Black Nore - AWBS:
8 Wigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 26 Woodpigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 15 Black-headed Gull, 21 Herring Gull,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw - nest hole prospecting, 40 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 15 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 1 Rock Pipit, 6 Greenfinch

02-02-22 Common Sandpiper Cl-Y (Paul Chapman)

Clevedon - Yeo:
5 Shoveler, 3 Goosander, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Little Grebe, 40 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 40 Redshank, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 3 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 

Weston-Super-Mare

 - disused Airfield: 20 Wigeon, 1 Peregrine, 1 Penduline Tit - 3 seen by others, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 

- private garden: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland church to Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven     -over, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper,    

02-02-22 Song Thrush Keynsham ( Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham - Memorial Park Pond:
40 Mallard, 11 Black-headed Gull, 1 Song Thrush

Bath:
2 Peregrine - same pair as last year on the nesting platform

Burnett:

24 Redwing, 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

02-02-22 Great Spotted Woodpecker CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch (2f&m), 

Villice - lane:
1 Raven, 3 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin

Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Pied Wagtail

02-02-22 Scaup CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
8 Scaup (3m), 20+ Goldeneye, 1 Moorhen, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker -yaffling, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 40+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat - pr

02-02-22 Chiffchaff CVL (Lucy Masters)

Herriott's inc Pool:
11 Shelduck, 20+ Shoveler, 160+ Teal, 18+ Pintail, 20+ Goldeneye, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Jackdaw, 10 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Goldfinch

Please Note;

The Birds Of South Gloucestershire Annual Review 2021 is now available as a free PDF download... see link below.

Reports: Paul Chapman, Judy Copeland, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Tim Fell, Lucy Masters, Hugh Maynard, Andrew Harrison, John Klosinski, Nige Milbourne, Dean Reeves, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, 

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