Sunday, 19 February 2023

19-02-23 Sunday - Avocet

Temp 7° to 11°C. Generally little cloud, sunny with a moderate breeze from the west.

Ring-necked Duck
Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Smew
Avocet
Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Dartford Wabler
Hume's Warbler
Black Redstart

BRISTOL
19-02-23 Sparrowhawk, Troopers Hill (Vera Carpenter)
Troopers Hill:
2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Dartford Wabler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch
19-02-23 Jay, Troopers Hill (Robbie Morse)
Stockwood Open Space:
1 (f) Sparrowhawk, 13 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


Little Avon:
1 Dipper
19-02-23 Dipper, Little Avon (Heather England)
Aust- Undercliff:
Skylarks, 2 (pair) Stonechat
19-02-23 Stonechat, Aust (Vic Savery)
Severn Beach:
60 Oystercatcher, 16 Ringed Plover, 12 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull (colour ringed), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 (f) Black Redstart
19-02-23 Mediterranean Gull, Severn Beach (Severnside Birds)
Pilning Wetlands/New Passage:
2 Barnacle Geese, 6 Greylag Geese, 53 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 120 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 45 Oystercatcher, 15 Curlew, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Turnstone, 600 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 1 Little Egret

Frampton Cotterell- Mays Hill:
Mixed flock of 300- Chaffinch and Linnet
19-02-23 female Goosander, Brimsham Park (Mark Coller)
Yate- Brisham Park:
6 (3M 3F) Goosander
19-02-23 male Goosander, Brimsham Park (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Skylark

Horton & Horton Bushes:
1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, Muntjac, Brimstone Butterfly

Horton to Hawkesbury Upton loop:
2 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, good numbers of Skylark, Fieldfare, Chaffinch and Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET
19-02-23 Curlew, Portbury Wharf (Jason Willams)
Portbury Wharf:
10 Shoveler, 70 Wigeon, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet, 12 Curlew, 35 Redshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
19-02-23 Reed Bunting, Portbury Wharf (Jason Williams)
Portishead- Weston Big Wood/Blackrock Quarry:
4 Buzzards, 65+ Raven

Gordano- Weston Moor:
45 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 3 Fieldfare, 12+ Pied Wagtail

Kingston Seymour:
16 Little Egret
19-02-23 Little Egret, Kingston Seymour (Jason Williams)
Clevedon- Colehouse Lane:
Highlights of winter bird survey: 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 5 Chaffinch, 9 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge/Longwell Green:
3 Red Kite

Bath- Lansdown:
Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Starling, Redwing, Fieldfare, Linnet

Compton Dando STW:
1 Hume's Warbler

Paulton:
3 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
WeBS count: 1 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 43 Pochard, 105 Tufted Duck, 1 (m) Long-tailed Duck42 Coot, 8 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret

Blagdon Lake:
22 Mute Swans, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 5 Great White Egret, 6 Buzzard, 

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
Siskin, Lesser Redpoll

Heron's Green:
1 Smew

Moreton:
3 Scaup, 1 Sparrowhawk, Stonechat
19-02-23 Scaup, Moreton, CVL (David Hughes)
Out of Area

Slimbridge:
1 White-rumped Sandpiper

Ham Wall:
1 Lesser Scaup, Glossy Ibis, 2 Penduline Tit

Shapwick Heath:
1 American Wigeon

Reported by: Robbie Morse, Mark Coller, Peter Bryant, David Hughes, Phil Barlow, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, Rupert Higgins, David Poulton, Vera Carpenter, Steve Richardson, Jane Cumming, Paul Francis, John Hansford, Heather England, Sean Davies, Vic Savery blagdonlakebirdsopsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG