Wednesday 25 January 2023

25-01-23 Wednesday - Woodcock

Temp max +8° to 2C  Mist, fog and murk with a light wind from the West.

Woodcock
Purple Sandpiper
Hume's Warbler
Bewick's Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
3 Woodpigeon, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 5 Blackbird, 20 Redwing, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch (f), 10 Goldfinch

Floating Harbour:
3 Wigeon - rare here but clear enough in the early morning murk - the whistle is distinctive

Mina Rd, Park:
1 Little Egret - 2nd day, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, several Wagtail, 
25-01-23 Blackcap Redland (Tony Scott)
Redland - garden:

2 Blackcap (f/m) - feeding on crab apple

Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock
25-01-23 Teal Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 12 Mallard, 1 Teal (m), 150 Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, 2 Water Rail, 20 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 24 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 7 Magpie, 23 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 11 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 39 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, (2f/2m), 2 Bullfinch, (1f/1m), 8 Goldfinch 

UWE - east entrance:
2 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
133 Canada Goose, Ross's/Snow Goose, 1 Bewick's Swan- juv, 294 Teal, 256 Wigeon, 84 Mallard, 1 Gadwall, 6 Snipe, 55 Turnstone, 58 Lapwing, 85 Curlew, 70 Dunlin, 8 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat

Shepperdine:
34 Barnacle Goose - flying up and down the estuary in the fog    

New Passage/Northwick Warth
55 Canada Goose, 7 Barnacle Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 17 Shelduck, 240 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 80+ Oystercatcher, 90 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 150 Curlew, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, 40+ Turnstone, 8000+ Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 1 Peregrine 

Pilning Wetlands:
20 Teal, 30 Lapwing, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe 

Severn Beach:
25 Greylag Goose, 75 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1 Grey Plover, 20 Curlew, 30 Turnstone

Severnside Knowhow depot:
1 Green Woodpecker - in the short grass

Yate - Coopers Lake:
8 Goosander (3f/5m)

NORTH SOMERSET
25-01-23 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Roy Kinchin)
Portishead - Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit

Banwell:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m),1 Marsh Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (f/m), 1 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird (2f/3m), 6 Robin and 10 other species.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge - Mill:
2 Dipper, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Redwing
25-01-23 Goldcrest & Hume's Warbler Compton Dando STW (Chris Teague)
Compton Dando - STW:
1 Red Kite, 1 Hume's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Robin, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat
 
Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Caroline Gill, David Howes, Roy Kinchin, Mike Meechem, Andy Middleton, Brian Mulgrew, Geoff Pring, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Sue Sayer, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, John Thorogood, Gordon Youdale
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