10-02-22 Thursday - Somerset's Day

Temp 6 to 9°C. Bright and breezy, cold in the breeze, hail in places

Grey Plover, Purple Sandpiper
Red Kite, Merlin, Ring-necked Parakeet
Penduline Tit

Cattle Egret
Avocet
Barnacle Goose

BRISTOL

Bishopson - garden:

2 Blackcap (f&m), 2 House Sparrow (f&m)

10-2-22 Kingfisher, Dingle (Diana Bunniss)

Dingle Car Park, Stone Bridge, River Trym:

1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Raven, 1 Yellowhammer, 

New Passage:

90+ Shelduck, 150 Wigeon, 1 Avocet, 70 Oystercatcher, 50 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, 400 Dunlin

Pilning Wetlands:

250 Wigeon, 300 Lapwing, 40 Curlew, 450+ Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 2 Grey Heron

Severn Beach:

1 Stonechat, 7 Greenfinch

10-2-22 Fieldfare, Almondsbury (Véra Carpenter)

Almondsbury Orchard:

150-200 Fieldfare and Redwing, 40-50 Goldfinch

Frampton Cotterell:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Filton - Parkway Station:

c600 Starling - a mini murmuration, seen the last few days from 4:45pm - stand by the access road.

NORTH SOMERSET

10-2-22 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Tony Bridges)

Portbury and Portishead:

30 Canada Goose, 7 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 3 Oystercatcher, 23 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, c.230 Dunlin, 4 Purple Sandpiper, 7 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Egyptian Goose, 40 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 150 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 80 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 5 Oystercatcher, 150 Lapwing, 15 Grey Plover, 100 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 200 Redshank, 500 BH Gull, 75 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Merlin, 1 f Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 1 Fieldfare and 10 Redwing

10-2-22 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (Matt Hull)

Weston Airfield:

12 Teal, 2 displaying Kingfisher, 3 Penduline Tit, 1 Bearded Tit heard, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, many Starling - murmuration, 7 Stonechat, 13 Reed Bunting

Burrington Combe:

1 Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES

Conham to Hanham Mills - and back;

5 Mallard, 4 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Cormorant, 15 Grey Heron - nests visible at Eastwood Farm, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 1 Dunnock

10-2-22 ringed Blackcap, Hamham (Peter Coslett) 

Hanham:

1 ringed Blackcap

10-2-22 Blue Tit, Manor Road Community Woodland (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham:

- Manor Road Community Woods: 125 BH Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  c24 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Starling (Minsmere Rd), 6 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow, 4 Chaffinch

 -  STW: 1 Stock Dove

Newton St Loe:

2 Teal - not much else as lake dredging still going on

Bath:

1 Sparrowhawk - on neighbour's roof

Stanton Drew:

34 Cattle Egret - with cows, 3 Buzzard, 12 Fieldfare, 15 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Litton Res:

27 Little Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 50+ Redwing

10-2-22 female Scaup, Villice Bay (George Stacey)

Villice Bay:

8 2m/6f Scaup

10-2-22 Red Kite, Herriott's Bridge (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's:
1 Egyptian Goose, 9 Shelduck, 6+ Shoveler, 20 Teal, 200 Pochard, 1 f Scaup (Lake), 20 Goldeneye, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 

Reports: Pete Brain, Diana Bunniss, Véra Carpenter, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, David Gibbs, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Rob Laughton, Frankie Macrow, Brian Martin, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Matt Swaine, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG