Thursday 19 January 2023

19-01-23 Thursday - Hume's Warbler

Cold start in westerly to northerly wind, but bright sun brought temp up from -3 to +6°C.

Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Golden Plover
Jack Snipe
Hume's Warbler

19-01-23 Hume's Warbler, Compton Dando STW (Rich Andrews)
BRISTOL

19-01-23 Redwing, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 16 Mallard, 50+ Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 11 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Golden Plover, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 21 Magpie, 46 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 13 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 40 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 30+ Redwing, 5 Robin, 20+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

19-01-23 Peregrine, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
8 Shelduck, 15 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 1 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 Golden Plover, 3 Curlew, 5 Redshank, ~40 BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, ~30 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 18 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 16+ Reed Bunting

Wickwar:
2 Snipe flushed from flooded field

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Grey Hewron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

19-01-23 Cormorants, Portishead Marina (John Clark)
Portishead Marina:
2 Cormorant

19-01-23 Goldcrest, Tyntesfield (Pete Bunniss)
Tyntesfield:
5 Goldcrest

19-01-23 Little Egrets at roost, Backwell Lake (Robin Martin)
Backwell Lake:
20 Mute Swan, 5 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck, 69 Little Egret into the roost this evening

Weston Airfield:
c15 Mallard, several Teal, 1 Water Rail, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 small Egret (presumably Little, but heading off), 1 Kestrel, 4+ Cetti's Warbler, 5 to 10,000 Starling roosting, 3 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Dipper, 1 Bullfinch (m), 

North Wick:
2 Red Kite

Woollard Lane, Whitchurch:
1 Red Kite (same bird?)

Burnett:
2 Red Kite (same birds?), 2 Buzzard

19-01-23 Hume's Warbler, Compton Dando STW (Nigel Sluman)
Compton Dando STW:
1 Hume's Warbler still present, 1 Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks (no3):
1 Long-tailed Duck

19-01-23 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (Chris Craig)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret,  2 Raven (calling) 2 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 8+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stonechat (1m, 1f) 

Chew Valley Lake

19-01-23 Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush 

Heron's Green:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Starling, 2 Stonechat (M & F), 2 Pied Wagtail, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 

19-01-23 Shelduck, Herriotts CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
11 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler (m), 100+ Teal, 1 Water Rail (calling from reeds), 20+ Lapwing (over), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Phgil Barlow, Pete Bunniss, Mark Coller, Ken Carruthers, John Clark, Chris Craig, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughers, Nigel Kempson, Robin Martin, Mike Moxon, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Paul Sadley, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Geoffrey Suter, Bri Thompson,