Temp 12° to 7° C Dank and miserable, but it did clear, just not for long! Moderate but gusty westerly wind.
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-necked Duck
BRISTOL
Bishopston - garden:
BRISTOL
Bishopston - garden:
1 Jay - 2nd day, 1 Blackcap (f)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Severn Beach:
7 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 13 Curlew, 114 Turnstone, 20 Dunlin, 1 (adult) Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing)
New Passage:
2 Barnacle Geese, 32 Shelduck, 25 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 32 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 12 Curlew, 245 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine Falcon
Pilning Wetlands:
4 Greylag Goose, 3 Shelduck, 42 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 120 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 1 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, c25 Lapwing, c45 Curlew, 55 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 + Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Starling and Redwing - mixed flocks
4 Greylag Goose, 3 Shelduck, 42 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 120 Wigeon, 300 Teal, 1 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, c25 Lapwing, c45 Curlew, 55 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 + Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Starling and Redwing - mixed flocks
Yate Brimsham Park:
1 Mute Swan - imm, five pairs of Goosander, 15 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch (m), 3 Greenfinch
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Skylark - ascending in song flight
Old Sodbury Community Woodland:
1 Green Woodpecker
NORTH SOMERSET
Little Avon:
NORTH SOMERSET
Little Avon:
Portishead- Battery Point:
3 Purple Sandpiper - forced into view by the battering waves
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Red-legged Partridge
Shortwood - Pomphrey Hill:
3 Purple Sandpiper - forced into view by the battering waves
BELOW M4 & BANES
18-02-23 R-l Partridge Tormarton (Les Williams) |
Red-legged Partridge
Shortwood - Pomphrey Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk
Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper - early evening
Bath - St John's Church:
Peregrine in residence
Hunstrete - AWBS:
Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper - early evening
Bath - St John's Church:
Peregrine in residence
Hunstrete - AWBS:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 250 mix of Jackdaw Rook and Carrion Crow, 1 Song Thrush, 200 mix of Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake
1 Ring-necked Duck, 7/8 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat (m)
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
3 Scaup (f) - close in.
Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Mediterranean Gull - 2ad & a 1st wint, 1 Yellow-legged Gull
Reported by: Heather England, Dru Brook-Taylor, BUPP, Vĕra Carpenter, Alan Daniells, Julian Eastoe, Paul Francis, Anthony Goodwin, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Andy Mears, Robbie Morse, Martin Wightman, Les Williams
18-02-23 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (Les Mears) |
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
3 Scaup (f) - close in.
Herriott's inc Pool:
3 Mediterranean Gull - 2ad & a 1st wint, 1 Yellow-legged Gull
Reported by: Heather England, Dru Brook-Taylor, BUPP, Vĕra Carpenter, Alan Daniells, Julian Eastoe, Paul Francis, Anthony Goodwin, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Andy Mears, Robbie Morse, Martin Wightman, Les Williams