Saturday, 25 February 2023

25-02-23 Saturday

 Temp -1° to 6° C  Light cloud with a moderate breeze from the North-east.

Purple Sandpiper
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Smew
Grey Partridge

BRISTOL


Redwing/Great-Spotted Woodpecker, Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland (Green Park):

1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Black Redstart, OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, 1 Little Grebe, c200 Black-tailed Godwit (flying high to NE), 1 Kestrel, 14 Raven, 1 Black Redstart (fem), 2 Stonechat, 6 Reed Bunting


Pink-footed Goose, Northwick (Nigel Warren)

New Passage/Northwick:
6 Greylag Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose

NORTH SOMERSET

Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
5 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Grey Partridge

Saltford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 1 Song Thrush

Bullfinch, Twerton (Wayne Tucker)

Bath (Twerton garden):

Coal Tit, Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, Goldfinch

Compton Dando (STW):
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 2 Pied/White Wagtail (10minutes visit only - Hume's not seen)

Woollard:
1 Red Kite, 2 Grey Wagtail

Burnett (Two Headed Man junc):
1 Red Kite (Possibly the Woollard bird - reported 4hrs later)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (David Hughes)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck (Long Bay), 4 Great White Egrets, 3 Stonechat (2f+1m)

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
1 Smew

Reported by: Heather England, Tim Ford, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Sue Kempson, Rob Laughton, Andrew Mears, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Steve Richardson, Cliff Smith, Andy Stockhausen, Wayne Tucker, Nigel Warren, Jason Williams