02-01-23 Monday - Spoonbill

 Temp 7° to 9°C  -  A beautiful, but chilly day, light WSW winds

Spoonbill

Bittern

Water Pipit

Smew

Firecrest

Cattle Egret

Jack Snipe

Black Redstart

Scaup

Ring-necked Duck

Long-tailed Duck 

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit - singing

City Centre - Finzell's Reach

2 Peregrine, 10+ Greenfinch came in to roost with others already in place

Clifton Down - Zoo Bank:

1 Firecrest

Cumberland Basin - exit lock

1 Kingfisher

Filton, UWE - Stoke Lane:

1 Water Rail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
9 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 11 Bullfinch

Severn Beach:
2 Jack Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Water Pipit, 

Wickwar:

2 Mute Swan - bathing, 20 Teal - flushed, 5 Grey Heron - roosting, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl - calling as stupid-o-clock, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling

Thornbury - garden:

3 Blackcap - singing

Yate:
 - Brimsham Park: 6 Goosander (3f/3m)
 - garden: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
 - Dean Rd: Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 2 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 60+ Lapwing, 1 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 

02-01-2023 Spoonbill Cl-Y (Peter Skett)

Clevedon - Cl-Y and Pill:
Avocet, 1 Spoonbill - over at 16:02, heading south west, 1 Merlin, 

Nailsea Moor:

3 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, Stock Dove, 120 Lapwing, 100 BH Gull, 5 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Raven, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, dozens of Redwing, fewer Fieldfare, 15 Stonechat, 17 Pied Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Nailsea, Towerhouse Wood:

1 Siskin

Kenn Moor:
28 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat and 5 Meadow Pipit.

Weston-Super-Mare:

- Airfield (disused): 200 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 150 BH Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 4 Cetti’s Warbler and 1 Stonechat

- Shrubbery Rd: 1 Black Redstart

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:

3 Dipper, 

Hanham - Warmley Brook:

2 Dipper

02-01-23 Kingfisher Keynsham (Paul Tompson)

Keynsham - Lock:

1 Kingfisher, Blackbird

Swineford:

1 Red Kite, 20 Redwing

Newton St Loe:
2 Swan, 48 Mallard, 9 Teal, 8 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

02-01-23 Buzzard Burnett (Andrew Harrison)

Burnett:

1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Compton Dando to Publow - R Chew:

Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dipper, 2 Greenfinch, lot of Goldfinch

Stanton Wick:

2 Buzzard

Marksbury:
150 mix of Jackdaw and Carrion Crow, 100+ Starling

Chew Stoke:
1 Buzzard, 1 Magpie, some Rook - around the rookery

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney res:
1 Long-tailed Duck 

02-01-2023 Ring-necked Duck BL (Chris Teague)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 5 Goosander

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
1 Marsh Harrier (f), 6 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare

02-01-2023 Scaup CVL (Keith Williams)

Nunnery:
1 Scaup (f)

02-01-23 Goldeneye CVL (Iand Stapp)

Heron's Green:
40+ Canada Goose, 4 Pintail, 3 Wigeon, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Smew, 1 Lapwing, 12+ Common Gull, 2 G-BB Gull,  2 Grey Heron, 16 Cattle Egret, 2 G-W Egret, 11 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f) - over reeds far side lake, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 6+ Chaffinch 

Moreton:
 4 Pintail, 10+ Teal, 1 Scaup (f), 20+ Goldeneye, 3 Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G BB Gull, 1 G-W Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 60+ Starling, 20+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 6+ Fieldfare, 3 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Linnet

02-01-23  Water Pipit CVL (Rob Martin)

Stratford:
2 Goosander - over, 56 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Pipit

02-01-23 Kingfisher looking green in the light CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Shelduck, 30+ Teal, 3 Water Rail - calling, Common Gull, 2 G-BB Gull, 1 Bittern - flushed, 2 Grey Heron, 4 G-W Egret - in to roost, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

1 Otter - surfaced at the end of the channel

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Phil Barlow, Graham Blacker, Dru Brooke-Tylor, Tony Cook, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniells, Barry Dursley, Margaret Gorely, Matt Hall, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, Robert Hargreaves, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Hayden James, Matt Plenty, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Stuart Sammonds, Peter Skett, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Paul Tomkins, Keith Williams, Paul Williams

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