Saturday 4 February 2023

04-02-23 Saturday - Siskin

Temp 8 to 10°C. A grey day, winds very light, lot of winter thrush movement

Long-tailed Duck
Hume's Warbler
Black Redstart
Siskin
Mediterranean Gull

BRISTOL

Avonmouth, Accolades Wine Lake:
2 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, 1 Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Reed Bunting

Avonmouth, Hoar Gout:
8 Gadwall, 3 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 4 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Stonechat, 7 Bullfinch

4-2-23 Dipper, Little Avon (Paul Sadley)
Little Avon:
1 Dipper

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
m/f Gadwall, 5 pair Tufted Duck, 3m 2f Goosander, 1 Little Grebe

Chipping Sodbury:
Black Redstart

Old Sodbury:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf NR:
1 Water Rail at dusk

Clevedon - Beach & Tesco:
2 Curlew - beach, murmuration of Starling - Tesco

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando:
Hume's Warbler, 50 Starling, 80 Fieldfare, 30 Siskin

Bath City Farm, AWBS:
9 Collared Dove, 2 Raven, 24 Blue Tit, 2 Blackcap, 3 Mistle Thrush, 60 Redwing, 9 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Jay, 8 Magpie, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Herriott's Pool:
1 Mediterranean Gull 

Out of Avon
Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-Sea

Reports: Peter Bryant, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Julian Eastoe, Malcolm Gibbs,  Rob Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Nigel Kempson, Jonathan Margetts, Mike Prior, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, birdguides, blagdonlakebirds, eBirdopsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG