Thursday 9 February 2023

09-02-23 Thursday - Water Pipit

Cloudy early, brighter later. Temp 5-11°C. Wind southwesterly turning northwesterly.

Ring-necked Duck
Smew
Hume's & Dartford Warblers
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Siskin

BRISTOL

09-02-23 Firecrest, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Firecrest
09-02-23 Dartford Warbler, Troopers Hill (Alex Handover)
Crews Hole / Troopers Hill:
11 Mallard, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 4 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Dartford Warbler - showing well and singing (Troopers Hill), 4 Goldcrest, 9 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Mallard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

09-02-23 Water Pipit, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
25 Pied Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
Hundreds of Lapwing, Godwit and Dunlin, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

09-02-23 Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Nigel Sluman)
Severn Beach:
1 Black Redstart

09-02-23 Dipper, Little Avon (Chris Teague)
Little Avon:
1 Dipper

Yate Rocks:
3 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Congressbury Moor:
8 Goosander, 6 Snipe, 6 Litttle Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker. 1 Song Thrush

Nailsea Moor:
13 Canada Goose, 18 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard (2 pairs), Woodpigeon, BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard,  Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Buzzard, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Wren, Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 12 Fieldfare, Robin, 5 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

09-02-23 Blackcap & Starling, Weston-super-Mare (Dean Reeves)
Weston-Super-Mare:
6 Collared Dove, 3 Jackdaw, 20+ Starling, Robin, 12 House Sparrow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard and 2 Raven feeding on a dead deer

Wick:
1 Buzzard - a regular on telegraph poles on Riding Barn Hill

09-02-23 Blackcap & Grey Heron, Warmley (Peter Coslett)
Warmley garden:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Blackcap

Burnett / Keynsham Road:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Compton Dando STW:
1 Hume's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 6 Snipe, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, flock of House Sparrow, 4 Siskin

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
6 Wigeon, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Smew (f), 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail

09-02-23 Siskin, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
100+ Canada Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ mixed tits mostly Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 50+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 6+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 20 Chaffinch, 4 possibly 5 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting 

Herriott's inc Pool:
33 Mute Swan, 16 Shelduck (pool & Lake), 4 Gadwall, 2  Pintail, 100+ Teal, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail (calling from reeds), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher. 7 Jackdaw, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail. 3 Pied Wagtail 

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Alan Chard, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Matty England, Trevor Ford, Paul Francis, Alex Handover, Peter Hazelwood, Nigel Jones, John Lewis, Linda Moysey, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague
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