Wednesday 18 January 2023

18-01-23 Wednesday - Hume's Warbler?

 Temp max 6°C  feeling cold, overcast, a dusting of snow miserable, still gusty wind from WNW.

Hume's Warbler
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Ring-necked Duck
Smew

BRISTOL

Redland - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 3 Blackbird (1f\2m), 1 Robin, 10 House Sparrow

Shirehampton, Lamplighters Marsh NR:
2 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper - over to Pill and back, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Stonechat (m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
13 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 65 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Black Redstart (m), 1 Stonechat, 
18-01-23 Short-eared Owl Aust (Paul Dunham)
Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl

Yate:
garden 1: 1 Blackcap (m) 
- garden 2: 1 Blackcap, 4 Greenfinch
- Dean Rd: 1 Cormorant - over

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush singing, c15 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET
18-01-23 Common Sandpiper Clevedon (Karen Jayne)
Clevedon:
- Strode Road Bridge: 1 Common Sandpiper 
- Kenn Road Bridge: 24 Goosander, 2 Grey Herons, 1 Little Egret
- Pill: 20 Goosander (7m)

Backwell Lake:
18 Canada Goose, 10 Mute Swan, 4 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Cormorant, 60 Little Egret - 4:45 pm roost, 1 Green Woodpecker and a lovely Jackdaw roost clattering

Kenn Moor:
7 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 7 Snipe, 9 Cormorant 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Raven
18-01-23 Marsh Tit Cadbury Hill Yatton (Mark Savage)
Yatton - Cadbury Hill:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Marsh Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
10 Red-legged Partridge, 20 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Warmley - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)

Oldland Common - St Bernard Lovell:
1 Tawny Owl - calling at 1am
18-01-23 Black Redstart Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, Somerdale:
1 Black Redstart

Keynsham, Lock/Marina:
1 Cormorant, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing, 2 Blackbird - pr, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

Bath - St John's Church:
2 Peregrine - copulation noted

Stanton Prior:
3 Red Kite
18-01-2023 Hume's Warbler Compton Dando STW (Ian Stapp)
Compton Dando:
1 Barn Owl - flushed, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Hume's Warbler,  Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Robin, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail
18-01-2023 Hume's Warbler Compton Dando STW (Les Williams)
Hunstrete - road:
40 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 40 Redwing, 20 Chaffinch, 40 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 1 Scaup, 1 Smew (f), 21 Goosander (9m), 3 Great White Egret, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake
18-01-23 Redpoll CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:

1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Redpoll 

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, BUPP, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Paul Dunham, Barry Dursley, Paul Francis, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, Andrew Harrison, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Karen Jayne, Iris & Andrew Langson, Nige Milbourne, Trevor Riddle, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Martin Wightman, Les Williams
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