Sunday, 12 February 2023

12-02-23 Sunday - Mediterranean Gull

Temp to 3°C to 9°C. Light cloud with a light breeze from the South East.

Ring-necked Duck
Mediterrean Gull
Marsh Harrier
Hume's Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Black Redstarts
Hummingbird Hawk-moth

BRISTOL

Eastville Lake/Snuff Mills:
6 Coot (1 pair nest building), 200 BH Gulls, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch, 20 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail 

Manor Road - Garden:
2 Blackcap (f&m), 5 Chaffinch

Crew's Hole Woodland:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 9 Robin, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch

Trooper's Hill:
1 Dartford Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, 1 Black Redstart

12-02-23 Black Redstart, OPS (Heather England)
Aust Warth:
2 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechats

New Passage:
2 Barnacle Geese, 20 Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 100 Wigeon, 24 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, 11 Turnstone, 400 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron

Pilning Wetlands:
7 Shelduck, 31 Shoveler, 70 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 120 Teal, 120 Lapwing, 27 Curlew, 450+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Coal Tit (singing)

Severn Beach: 
30 Shelduck, 35 Wigeon, 60 Oystercatcher, 60 Turnstone, 25 Curlew, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Black Redstart
12-2-23 Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Merv Carlyon)
Westerleigh:
1 Red Kite

Hawkesbury Common:
2 Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 1 Mistle Thrush, 14 Redwing, 16 Fieldfare, 5 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Dowlais:
10 Shoveler, 3 Oystercatcher, 70 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin

Watercress Farm:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 9 Skylark, 80 Starling, 60 Redwing, 180 Fieldfare, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer

BELOW M4 & BANES

Longwell Green:
1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth

Oldland Common:
2 Red Kite
12-2-23 Meadow Pipit, Burnett (Rob Hargreaves)
Burnett/Compton Dando STW:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Hume's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 45 Meadow Pipit

Bath (
St Lukes/Entry Hill):
1 Little Owl, 3 Tawny Owl (all heard calling)

12-2-23 Goldfinch, Twerton (Wayne Tucker)
Bath, Twerton:
2 Coal Tit, 10 Blue and 10 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 (2f) Bullfinch, 10 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
56 Pochard, 1 Ring-necked Duck6 (2m) Goosander, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8Great White Egret, 5 Little Egrets, 3 (2f) Blackcap (1 singing), 1 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 205 Fieldfares, 2 Stonechats

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Tawny Owl, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin

Herriott's:
Mediterranean Gull

Reports: Jonathan Margetts, Merv Carlyon, Jon Angell, Rob Hargreaves, Geoff Hardman, John Lewis, Martin Tayler, Peter Bryant, Andy Gibb, Heather England, Martin Hayes, Nigel Milbourne, Simon Isgar, Chris Craig, Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, eBirdopsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG