Sunday 5 February 2023

05-02-23 Sunday - Pink-footed Goose

 Temp -1° to 7° C - Sunny with light winds from the South-East.

Pink-footed Goose
Dartford Warbler
Ring-necked Duck
Merlin
Hume's Warbler

BRISTOL

Filton (garden):
1 Sparrowhawk (fem- caught pigeon which eventually escaped), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m+f), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Starling, 2 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch

Red-legged Partridge, Montpelier (Simon Bowles)

Montpelier:

1 Red-legged Partridge (St. Andrews Road)

Stoke Park:
1 Water Rail, 4 Greenfinch

Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Greenfinch 

Redland (garden):
2 Blackcap (m)

Troopers Hill:
1 Dartford Warbler

Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Mike Prior)

Avon Gorge/Clifton Downs:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 1 Raven 3 Goldfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
4 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Reed Bunting, OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station:
150 Curlew, 14 Turnstone, 250+ Dunlin, 11 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine (possibly 1+), 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch, 20+ Reed Bunting (lagoon 3)


Pink-footed Goose, Pilning Wetlands (Mark Coller)

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pink-Footed Goose (1st Sentry box pool)

Wickwar (garden):
3 Great-spotted Woodpecker (2m+1f)

Coalpit Heath:
1 Little Owl, 83 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods (Nightingale Valley):
Little Egret, Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Raven, Robin, Grey Wagtail

Clevedon:
1 Sparrowhawk, c12000 Starling (viewed from Tesco carpark)

Backwell (garden):
2 Blackcap (m+f), 1 Grey Wagtail

Congresbury(River Yeo):
7 Goosander

Kenn:
15 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat

Sand Point/Bay:
c100 Skylark (as 1 flock at Middle Hope)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Merlin (Tormarton Road)

Shortwood:
1 Raven


Song Thrush, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Song Thrush

Keynsham (garden):
50+ Rock Dove, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 27 Goldfinch

Somerdale:
1 Goosander (male - on R. Avon)

Longwell Green/Keynsham/Saltford:
1 Red Kite (assuming the same bird a-wandering)

Bath (Twerton):
Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch

Burnett:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel


Hume's Warbler, Compton Dando (Lee Gardiner)

Compton Dando:

3 Collared Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 1 Hume's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4+ Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 100 Fieldfare, 30+ House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 4 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 4 Yellowhammer

Marksbury:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 150+ Crow/Jackdaw

Hunstrete:
150+ Woodpigeon, 30+ Lapwing, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 6 Magpie, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, 60+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, 26+ Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer, Publow (Ian Stapp)

Publow:

6 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Cormorant, 2 Jay, 12+ Jackdaw, 3 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 12+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail, 30+ Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer

Pensford (village):
5 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 20+ Jackdaw, 3 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 20+ House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Goosander (fem)

Chew Valley Lake


Teal, CVL (Stephanie Chadwick)

Villice (BOC Walk):

1 Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Scaup, Goldeneye, Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Goldcrest


Coot, CVL (Stephanie Chadwick)

Heron's Green 
(BOC Walk):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 1 female Smew, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret

Goldcrest, CVL (Stephanie Chadwick)

Moreton 
(BOC Walk):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Coot, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, Raven, 1 Goldcrest, a large number (c100) Redwing in the fields and woods behind the hide

Stratford (BOC Walk):
Mute Swan, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Scaup, Goldeneye, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard and possibly glimpsed)

Herriott's inc Pool (BOC Walk):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Scaup, Goldeneye, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st Winter), Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail


Reported by:  John Barnett, Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles, Pete Brain, Stephanie Chadwick, Mark Coller, Crabb Family, Alan Daniells, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Chris Gray, Andrew Harrison, Donna Harvey, Steve Hurley, ~Jack, Mike Jackson, Robin Lambert, Mike Prior, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, ~Simon, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Wayne Tucker, Liza White
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