Sunday, 22 January 2023

22-01-23 Sunday - Swans and Geese from Slimbridge

Temp max +5° to -2C  v cold, fog to start, with the wind strong enough to make it feel colder - from the South East

Firecrest
Whooper Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Hume's Warbler
Bewick's Swan
Barnacle Goose
Woodcock
Smew
Ring-necked Duck
Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

Bromley Heath - garden:
1 Blackcap (m)

Clifton Down - Zoo Bank, south end:
1 Firecrest, several Redwing

Downend - garden:
5 Chaffinch

Eastville Park:
64 Lapwing, Peregrine, 1 Blackcap (f), 5 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare

Fishponds- garden:
1 Blackcap (m), 10 Chaffinch

Redland - garden:
3 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, 16 Lapwing - south, 1 Snipe

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

22-01-23 Meadow Pipit OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
38 Canada Goose, 9 Bewick's Swan, 7 Whooper Swan, 40+ Lapwing, 5 Grey Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 200 Dunlin, 17 Redshank, 2 Mistle Thrush, lots of Redwing and Fieldfare, 1 Redstart, 6 Stonechat, lots of Meadow Pipit
22-01-23 Short-eared Owl Aust (Matty England)
Aust Warth:
Bewick's Swan
, Whooper Swan, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel

New Passage/Northwick:
51 Barnacle Goose, 11 Greylag Goose, 1 Ross's Goose, 15 Bewick's Swan, 7 Whooper Swan, 100 Shoveler, 8 Pintail, 
22-01-23 Greenfinch SB (Craig Lewis)
Severn Beach:
1 Greenfinch

Wickwar:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coal Tit

Yate Rocks:
5 Redwing - on ivy

Yate - garden:
1 Blackcap (f) - chasing all comers off the feeder

Yate: 
16 Greenfinch

Yate Rocks to Oxwich Farm and Lady Wood:
2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 15 Starling, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, 50 Linnet, 16 Yellowhammer, 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Greenfinch

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Lapwing flying over NW, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, c30 Rook in the rookery, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, c50 Redwing split between the paddocks and the woods, Blackbird (1 of which had a pure white secondary or tertial), Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods
1 Song Thrush

Bristol Airport:
18 Lapwing - over

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - garden:
2 Blackcap (m), 1 Fieldfare

South Siston:
4 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 19 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 6 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 21 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Blackbird, 36 Redwing, 6 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Linnet,  9 Goldfinch, 9 Siskin, 

North Common:
2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 2 Jay, 6 Redwing

Willsbridge:
2 Dipper - very active

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Song Thrush

Keynsham, Locks:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, lots of Magpie,  several Blue & Great Tit, 40+ Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bath - garden:
2 Stock Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Tawny Owl - heard at dawn, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 1 Song Thrush, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch, 

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, 8 Teal, Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 50+ Jackdaw, 100+ Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 20+ Blue Tit, 30+ Great Tit, 2 Wren, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 8 Mistle Thrush, 7 Redwing, 6 Blackbird, Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15+ Chaffinch, 8+ Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
22-01-2023 Hume's Warbler Compton Dando STW (Jason Williams)
Compton Dando STW:
Hume's Warbler

RESERVOIRS

22-01-23 Mute Swan CVL (Lucy Masters)
Barrow Tanks - WeBS:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 50 Teal, 37 Mallard, 75 Pochard - (highest count since 2013), 165 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 59 Coot, 22 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret


Blagdon Lake:

225 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 10 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
2 Mute Swan at dawn

Herons Green:
1 Smew - redhead

Stratford:
1 Scaup (f), 2 Woodcock 

Herriott's:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff

Reported by:  Jon Angell, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Matty England, Nicholas Galley, Richard Giles, Matt Hall, Andrew Harrison, Adrian Hockey, Nigel Jones, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Tate Lloyd, Craig Lewis, Andy Mears, Robert Morse, Mike Moxon, Linda Moysey, Derek Miller, Fiona Neate, Elin Nystrom, Jean Oliver, Matt Plenty, Jonathan Margetts, Lucy Masters, Aravind Ramesh, Matt Rogers, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Jason Williams
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