Thursday, 26 January 2023

26-01-23 Thursday - Spoonbill

Light cloud &little sun. Variable wind starting westerly turning north-easterly. Temp 2 to 8°C.

Bewick's Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Mediterranean Gull
Spoonbill
Hume's Warbler
Marsh Tit
Brambling

26-01-23 Spoonbill, Clevedon Yeo (Mark Savage)
BRISTOL

Longwell Green garden:
Starlings, 20 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 12 Chaffinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Bewick's Swan (flew off south), 15 Yellowhammer

26-01-23 Turnstone and Ringed Plover, New Passage (Lisa Presland)
New Passage:
34 Barnacle Goose, 25 Greylag Goose, 50 Canada Goose, 14 Shelduck, 150 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 90 Oystercatcher, 35 Ringed Plover, 150 Curlew, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 2000 Dunlin, 50 Turnstone, 80 Redshank, 1 Peregrine 

26-01-23 Bewick's Swan, Pilning Wetland (Tony Scott)
Pilning Wetlands:
34 Barnacle Goose, 25 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Bewick's Swan (juv - same bird as at OPS?), 15 Shelduck, 70+ Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 120 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 300+ Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st winter), 2 Grey Heron  

Ridge Woods:
1 Jay, c30 Redwing

Yate garden:
8 Redwing

26-01-23 Goosander, Kingsgate Park (Mark Coller)
Kingsgate Park
5 Canada Goose, 5 Goosander (1m+1f in park & 2m+1f over)

Ingst: 
2 Mallard, 35 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 44 Rook, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 42 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 60 Redwing, 24 Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit,1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 20 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
     Battery Point - 5 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit 1 Rock Pipit  
     Port Marine estate -  1 Sparrowhawk, Redwings, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Linnet

26-01-23 Grey Plover, Turnstone and Dunlin, Clevedon Yeo  (Mark Savage)
Clevedon - Yeo / Dowlais:
170 Canada Goose (all at Dowlais), 80+ Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 30 Mallard, 6 Pintail, 70 Teal, 80 Lapwing, 35 Grey Plover, 60 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 650 Dunlin (500 appeared at the Kenn at HT), 170 Redshank, (all at Kenn), 25 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Spoonbill (juv, at mouth of the Yeo), 2 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine (behind Dowlais scrape), c5 Skylark

Clevedon, Strode Rode Bridge over Blind Yeo:
1 Common Sandpiper

Ashton Court:
Woodpigeon ++, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, Jackdaw +, 7+ Carrion Crow, Raven eard, 3+ Coal Tit, 1+ Marsh Tit, 5+ Blue Tit, 3+ Great Tit, 4+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 3+ Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 4+ Robin, 1 Dunnock, c25 Chaffinch with 1+ Brambling

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
50 Lapwing

Warmley Forest Park / Webbs Heath:
1 Green Woodpecker, 20+ Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch

River Boyd, Golden Valley, Wick:
1 Dipper

Wick:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

26-01-23 Treecreeper & Buzzard, Keynsham Lock (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham Lock:
1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, several Magpie, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldcrest, 3+ Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 30+ Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail

26-01-23 Hume's Warbler, Comton Dando (David Hughes)
Compton Dando:
1 Hume's Warbler still showing well, + 2 Chiffchaff, several Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Stanton Wick:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Marksbury to Burnett road:
30+ Lapwing, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (all flying)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 12 Goosander (inc 6m), 8 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 34 Cormorant, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake

26-01-23 Mute Swan, on frozen Herons Green pond CVL (Pete Bunniss)
Heron's Green:
1  Mute Swan, 8 Pochard, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 9 Magpie, 1 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 2 Stonechat (pool), 5 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
200+ Canada Goose (field back hide), 2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl (both calling by hide), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 30+ Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 50+ Starling, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Stonechat (m & f), 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting (m & f)

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Redwing

26-01-23 Marsh Harrier, Herriotts Bridge CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
20 Shelduck (pool), 50+ Teal, 1 Water Rail (calling from reeds), 10 Lapwing (over), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Phil Barlow, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Bowernman, Pete Bunniss, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Alan Daniels, Andy Gibb, Rupert Higgins, David Hughes, Nigel Jones, Andrew Jordan, Nigel Kempson, Paul Kimbrey, Roy Kinchin, Brian Mulgrew, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Carol Rushton, Mark Savage, Tony Scott, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Paul Tomkins, Gordon Youdale: