Monday 16 January 2023

16-01-23 Monday - Spoonbill

Temp 7 to 2°C  One rain shower otherwise nice sunny, wind moderate but NW wind was cold.

Spoonbill
Long-tailed Duck
Purple Sandpiper
Shag
Smew
Yellow-browed Warbler

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Redwing, a first for the garden
16-01-22 Kingfisher, Blaise Woods (Pete Bunniss)
Blaise Estate:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 1 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush ( singing ), 5 Robin
16-1-23 Redwing, Bishopston (Ken Carruthers)
St Andrew's Park:
1 Raven, 25 Redwing, 20 Goldfinch

St Werburgh's,  Horfield Brook
1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Shag - ad & juv

Wickwar:
1 Sparrowhawk - missed again, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Grey Wagtail

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
3 Goosander (2f), 

NORTH SOMERSET
16-01-23 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Vic Savery)
Portishead - Battery Point:
Purple Sandpiper
16-01-23 Reed Bunting Watercress Park (Rob Martin)
Watercress Park:
 Transect 1 - Poplar Wood
3 Stock Dove, 4 Wood Pigeon, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, Skylark, 5 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Goldfinch 2 Yellowhammer.
Transect 3 New Arable Fields 
2 Pheasant, c150 Stock Dove in large flock put up by raptor, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Kestrel, 3 Raven, 2 Great Tit, Robin, c10 Chaffinch, c20 Linnet, 8 Reed Bunting + 2 Roe Deer

Backwell Lake: 
Little Egret evening roost - 62 this evening!
8 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan, 2 Water Rail heard, 5 Moorhen, Coot, Little grebe, 30 Black-headed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 62 Little Egret in to roost, c140 Jackdaw into roost on island with egrets

Clevedon - Yeo, Estuary, Wain’s Hill,  High tide visit between 1100-1500
12 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 200 Shelduck, 300 Wigeon, 70 Mallard, 9 Pintail (Yeo), 145 Teal, 14 Goosander, 11 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 25 Lapwing, 175 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (Blind Yeo), 150 Redshank, 15 Little Egret, 475 BH Gull, 2 Great Black Backed Gull, 250 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Spoonbill (River Yeo), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Raven, 54 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 65 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham Park:
1 Buzzard, 50 Jackdaw, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 

Willsbridge:
1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch - pr, 1 Treecreeper, 
16-01-23 Wren Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Steel Mills:
1 Wren

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Robin
16-01-22 Yellow-browed Warbler, Compton Dando (John Aldridge)
Compton Dando - STW:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff

Bath:
Peregrine have been checking out the next tray on St John's Church

Paulton:
1 Kestrel, 40 Skylark, 60 Staling, 25 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck - asleep

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye (f)
16-01-23 Goosander CVL (George Stacey)
Wally Bank Path:
2 Goldeneye (m), 16 Goosander (6f/10m)

Heron's Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Shelduck, 1 Smew - redhead, 25+ Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 150 Black-headed Gull, 14 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail 
16-01-23 Cetti's Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+  LT Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 40+ Starling, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Shelduck. 4 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 20 Lapwing - over, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 LTT, 1 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: John Aldridge, Phil Barlow, Dianne and Pete Bunniss, Ken Carruthers, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Andy Harrison, Pete Hazelwood, Ian Hayes, Nigel Jones, Robin Martin, Trevor Riddle, Steve, Sanins, Paul Sadley, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp