Friday 27 January 2023

27-01-23 Friday - Hume's Warbler

 Temp max +8° to 2C  Misty at first, with afternoon sun, but wind from the North East - so getting colder

Hume's Warbler
Ring-necked Duck
Bewick's Swan, Barnacle Goose
Woodcock 
Jack Snipe

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
5 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 15 Goldfinch
27-01-23 Red-legged Partridge Montpelier (Pete Harrison)
Montpelier:
1 Red-legged Partridge - still surviving, 1 Grey Wagtail
27-01-23 Carrion Crow Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard,120+Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 14 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 17 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 11 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 6 Carron Crow, 14 Blue Tit ' 5 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 25 Starling, 1 Song Thrush - full song, 4 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 25 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch (f), 2 Bullfinch, (f/m)1 Greenfinch, - wheezing, first for the year

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Pintail, many Curlew, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat - pr, Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll - over

Aust Cliff:
2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

New Passage/Northwick:
35 Barnacle Goose, 25 Greylag Goose, 19 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 70 Oystercatcher, 120 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 125 Turnstone, 5000 Dunlin, 25 Redshank, 

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 3 Bewick's Swan, 23 Shelduck, 45 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 55 Wigeon, 150 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 15 Coot, 2 Little Grebe,  70 Oystercatcher, 165 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 550 Black-tailed Godwit, 125 Turnstone, 120 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 28 Redshank, 1 Peregrine
27-01-23 Black Redstart SB (Chris James)
Severn Beach:
1 Canada Goose, 12 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 22 Ringed Plover, 110 Turnstone, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Stonechat

Wickwar:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling

Yate garden (1) - RSPB BGBW:
3 Woodpigeon, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m), 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap (f/m), 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch (f), 1 Greenfinch (f)
27-01-23 Redwing Yate (Chris Teague)
Yate garden (2):
1 Redwing

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 22 lapwing, Woodcock, 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 20+ Linnet 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Black Redstart
27-01-23 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Terry Winter)
Battery Point:
3 Purple Sandpiper

Gordano - Valley:
30 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot - - - plus a very vocal Harris's Hawk with falconer and dog!

Anchor Head:
3 Goosander (2m) - north past the head.

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
20 Mute Swan, 1 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe

Oldland Common - North Common:
1 Red Kite

Keynsham - STW:
8 Lapwing - flooded fields

Newton-St-Loe 'The Globe Inn':
80 Lapwing, 2 Red Kite - all circling over the pub

Compton Dando - STW
1 Hume's Warbler

Paulton:
1 Snipe, 25 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 150 Lapwing - flying about, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull - with Common Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake
27-01-23 Common Sandpiper  CVL (Andrew Harrison)
Heron's Green:

1 Common Sandpiper, numerous Pied Wagtail & Chaffinch

Reported by:  Derek Angell, John Barnett, Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Alan Daniells, Heather England, David Gibbs, Patrick Hancock,  Andrew Harrison, Pete Harrison, Ian Hayes, Chris James, Nigel Jones, Andrew Jordan, Rob Laughton, Nige Milbourne, Robert Morse, Mike Moxon, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Paul Sadley, Terry Winter
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