Thursday, 23 February 2023

23-02-23 Thursday

Cool in northerly wind. Temp 5° to 8°C. Mainly overcast, but a bit of sun and dry after early rain.  

Ring-necked Duck
Smew
Spoonbill
Hume's Warbler
Lapland Bunting - probably

BRISTOL

Horfield Common:
35+ Pied Wagtail in feeding flock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

23-02-23 Black Redstart, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
90 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 1 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 100 Curlew, c3000 Dunlin, 31 Redshank, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Black Redstart (m)

Severn Beach:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon seafront:
4 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ringed)

Clevedon Yeo:
70+ Canada Goose (dawn roost at Dowlais), 140 Shelduck, 11 Shoveler (Dowlais), 110 Wigeon, 10 Mallard, 150 Teal, 11 Pintail (in flight over Yeo), 4 Coot, 6 Oystercatcher, 6+ Lapwing, 12 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 75 Curlew, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit (with Curlew up Yeo), 210 Dunlin (80 at Kenn mouth, 130 well up Yeo), 480 Redshank (350 well up Yeo, 130 at Kenn), 250 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Spoonbill, 3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, few Skylark one singing weakly, 1+ Raven, 2 Rock Pipit, Lapland Bunting - probably (Dowlais)

Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Barn Owl

Uphill (WeBS count):
9 Mute Swan, 137 Shelduck, 8 Wigeon, 3 Mallard, 53 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 2 Moorhen, 96 Oystercatcher, 13 Curlew, 6 Dunlin, 75 Redshank, 35+ BH Gull, 21 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull. 

Wrington:
Flock 2-300 gulls: mainly LBB Gull, c20 Herring Gull, c10 Common Gull, 1 BH Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush singing, 2 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch singing, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Yellowhammer (one singing)

BELOW M4 & BANES

23-02-23 Dipper, Siston Brook (Donna Harvey)
Siston Brook:
2 Dipper

Compton Dando STW:
1 Hume's Warbler still showing well

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m) - in Long Bay, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Stonechat (m)

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
1 Smew (redhead)

Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (m)

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Jane Cumming, Andy Gibb, Ken Hall, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Matthew Rogers, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery,