23-01-23 Monday - Geese & Woodcock

Temp 0 to 8°C. Still with clear blue skies, some clouds at times.

Barnacle Goose, Bewick's Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Avocet, Woodcock
Little Gull
Spoonbill
Marsh Tit, Hume's Warbler

Firecrest, Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

23 Feral Pigeon, 27 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 10 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull., 1 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 13 Magpie, 7 Crow, 13 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 m/f Blackcap, 23 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 11 Redwing, 8 Robin, 16 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 4 Pied Wagtail

Hotwells, Cumberland Basin:

4 Mallard, 32 Feral Pigeon, 1 Moorhen, 21 BH Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 62+ Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 43 Jackdaw, 3+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush singing, 

23-01-23 GSW Redland Park (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

11 Lapwing - over to south 09:26, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Redwing

Stoke Park:
1 Water Rail, 1 Common Snipe

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

23-01-23 Bewick's Swan, OPS (Hugh Gregory)

Oldbury Power Station:

c.50 Barnacle Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, 1 escaped Ross's Goose, 2ad +2 juv Bewick's Swan, 2 Shoveler, 6 Grey Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Black Redstart, 1 Stonechat

Aust Warth:

15 Bewick's Swan, 51 Barnacle Goose, 1 escapee Ross's Goose,  6 Pintail,  2 Water Rail, 12 Avocet, 1 Great White Egret

Northwick Warth:
2 Barnacle Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 1 Bewick's Swan, 16 Shelduck, 148 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 39 Teal,  75 Oystercatcher, 137 Curlew, 41 Turnstone, 3000 Dunlin, 92 Redshank, 90 BH Gull, 3 Grey Heron

Severn Beach:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Black Redstart

Holes Mouth to Mitchells Pill:

14 Shelduck, 18 Gadwall, 26 Mallard, 55 Teal, 67 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 23 Turnstone, 31 Dunlin, 15 Redshank, 200 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Gull

Filton - garden:

1st timers underlined: 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Starling, 1 Redwing, 15 House Sparrow, 4 Goldfinch

Old Sodbury, Cross Hands:

1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Phoenix Way:
1 LBB Gull, 1 Chiffchaff

Portishead Seafront / Woodlands Road:

Curlew, Redshank, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Rock Pipit

23-01-23 Spoonbill, Avocet and Grey Plover (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:

5 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 2 Goosander, 13 Oystercatcher, 23 Avocet, 21 Grey Plover, 60 Curlew, 9 Turnstone, 550 Dunlin, 10 Snipe, 120 Redshank, 1 juv Spoonbill

Weston Moor:
5 Woodcock flying at dusk

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham:

30 Lapwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 

Chew Stoke STW:

7+ Chiffchaff, 60 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail

Burnett - lane

50+ Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, Blue & Great Tit, 20+ Redwing, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, 6+ Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

23-01-2023 Hume's Warbler Compton Dando STW (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando STW:

1 Hume's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 

23-01-23 Meadow Pipit, Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham, Somerdale Hams:

5 Canada Geese over, 1 m Kestrel, flocks 20+ Redwing and Fieldfare, 30 MeadowPipit

Marksbury/Burnett traffic lights:

1 Red Kite am and pm

Newton St Loe, inc Bath Mill:

4 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 12 Stock Doves, 3 Little Grebe, 21 Lapwing near Globe, 1 Woodcock, 5 Common Gull. 36 Fieldfare, 22 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush,  1 Red Kite over Church, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, calling Nuthatches, 2 Treecreeper, 1 f Bullfinch

Best bird was a 

Hinton Charterhouse:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

213 Canada Geese, 8 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 13 Wigeon, 45 Mallard, 13 Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck,  403 Tufted Duck, 140 Pochard, 9 m + 16 f Goldeneye, 903 Coot, 2 Snipe, 33 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail

Litton Reservoir:

4 Mute Swan, 44 Mallard, 34 Teal, 53 Tufted Duck, 29 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 12 Little Grebe

Chew Valley Lake
1 m Pintail (Herons Green), 2 Goosander (Herriotts), 50 Lapwing over Herriotts, 4+ Great White Egret, 2 f Marsh Harrier

Stratford:
1 f Scaup, 5 Goldeneye, 1 f Goosander, 2 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler

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