Saturday 12 February 2022

12-02-22 Saturday - Purple Sandpiper, change of venue

A light SW breeze with some early sun steady 8-9 °C

Penduline Tit
Brambling
Firecrest
Black-necked Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Purple Sandpiper
Avocet

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge - R Avon
1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank

Bishopston - garden
2 Blackcap (f&m) - full bursts of song when the sun shone.

Blaise Estate:
2 Firecrest

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Treecreeper, 4 Siskin - early
12-02-22 Buzzard Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park:
- Duchess Pond: 1 Mute Swan, 22 Mallard, 55+ Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 12 Moorhen, 11 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 32 Black-headed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 16 Magpie, 50+ Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Firecrest,  20+Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 9 Goldfinch.
- Sims' Hill
1 Buzzard, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 5 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Oystercatcher, 12 Avocet, 23 Curlew, 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Turnstone, 18 Knot, 100 Dunlin, 15 Redshank

Severn Beach:
Turnstone, 1 Purple Sandpiper

Wickwar:
2 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine (pr), 2 Raven (pr) - displaying 

Nibley:
1 Little Egret
12-02-22 Brambling Frampton Cotterell (Craig Lewis)
Frampton Cotterell:
Skylark - singing everywhere
- Church: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet
- Tubbs Bottom, R Frome: 1 Grey Wagtail, <20 Chaffinch, 20 Brambling, 40-50 Linnet
- Mayshill: 2 Redwing
- Iron Action: 4 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
influx of Canada Goose, 7 Goosander (3m)

Yatton:
29 Mute Swan, 1,000 B H Gull, 200 Herring Gull, 100 LBB Gull, 8 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 750 Starling, 25 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush
12-02-2022 Penduline Tit WeM (James Packer)
Weston-Super-Mare:
3 Penduline Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
1 Raven - calling
12-02-22 Goldfinches Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham:
- Memorial Park: 52 Mallard, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Goldfinch
- Memorial Woods: 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 3 Bullfinch, 20 Goldfinch,
- Playing field: 15 Rook

Bath - Twerton garden:
3 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 15+ Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 5 Blackcap (4m), 3 Blackbird (m), 2 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow,  14 Chaffinch, 

12-02-22 Yellowhammer Brambling Chaffinch & Jay Burnett (Ian Stapp)
Burnett:
2 Pheasant, 8 Stock Dove, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 20 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 20+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 2 Robin, 9 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 100+ Chaffinch, 5 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 20+ Yellowhammer

Paulton:
10 Stock Dove, 30 Woodpigeon, 1 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 150 Corvid (Rook, Carrion Crow), 17 Skylark, 80 Starling, 3 Fieldfare, 14 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit

Tunley:
1 Sparrowhawk, 20 Rook, 70 Starling, 40 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 100 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 300 Linnet (finches feeding in field of brassicas)

RESERVOIRS
12-02-22 Long-tailed Duck BG (Jean Tye)
Barrow Tanks:
Mallard, Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 8+ Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake
12-02-22 Scaup CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Villace:
Scaup

Reports: Paul Chapman, Ron Clevely, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock,  Andrew Harrison, Pete Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Jones, Rob Laughton, Craig Lewis, James Packer, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Matt Rogers,  Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Ben Sykes, Jean Tye
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