26-02-23 Sunday - Firecrests

Temp -3° to 7°C  Cloudy with sunny spells - moderate breeze from east north east which made it feel colder.

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White-Fronted Goose

Mandarin Duck (unknown origin)

Ring-necked Duck

Long-tailed Duck

Smew

Grey Partridge

Purple Sandpiper

Spoonbill

Dartford Warbler

Firecrests

BRISTOL

Clifton Downs:
1 Firecrest

26-02-23 Dipper, Frome Valley Walkway (Mike Prior)

Hambrook to Frenchay- Frome Valley Walkway

1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

26-02-23 Kingfisher, Frome Valley Walkway (Mike Prior)

Troopers Hill:

1 Dartford Warbler 

26-02-23 Dartford Warbler, Troopers Hill (Lee Gardiner)

Victoria Park:

1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret (possible first for patch), 17 Pied/White Wagtail

26-02-23 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland:
1 (f) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay

26-02-23 Jay, Redland (Mike Owen)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine (on a kill, mobbed by corvids)

26-02-23 Peregrine, OPS (Heather England)

Aust Warth:
1 Spoonbill (per Birdguides)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
3 Canada Geese, 6 Greyag Geese, 56 Shelduck, 100+ Wigeon, 4 Lapwing, 120 Curlew, 200+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1500 Dunlin, 50 Redshank

Pilning Wetlands:

2 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 1 Pochard, 1 Tufted Duck, 60 Lapwing, 420 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Wagtail

Severn Beach:
5 White-fronted Geese, 55 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 20 Oystercatcher, 35 Curlew, 1200 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 60+ Redshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), Redwing

26-02-23 Redwing, Severn Beach (Merv Carlyon)

Yate-Nibley/Tubbs Bottom:
Stock Dove, Grey Heron, Buzzard, 40+ Chaffinch, 40+ Linnet

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 2 (m) Stonechat

Tormarton:
1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel, 28 Rook, 5 Skylark, 35 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 30 Linnet

26-02-23 Peregrine on kill, OPS (Heather England)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clapton-in-Gordano:

9 (6M 3F) Mandarin Duck (provenence unclear), 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven

Portishead- Battery Point:
2 Purple Sandpiper (per Birdguides) 

Felton Common:

1 Kestrel, 5 Redwing, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Grey Partridge

Wick:

1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 7 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail

Warmley Forest Park:

20+ Siskin

Willsbridge Mill/Hill:
1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Dipper

Willsbridge-Siston Book/River Avon:

4 Buzzards, 1 Kingfisher

Keynsham, Somerdale:

1 Sparrowhawk

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Water Rail (very unusual here)

26-02-23 Water Rail, Keynsham Duck Pond (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
1 Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
2 Teal (pair), 1 (m) Long-tailed Duck, 100 Cormorant

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7+ Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Blackcap (singing), 2 Stonechat (pair)

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Firecrest, 2 Redwing

26-02-23 Firecrest, Woodford, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Heron's Green:
1 (f) Smew

23-02-23 Smew, Heron's Green, CVL (Oli Mockridge)

Out of area:

Bradford-on-Avon

1 Dusky Warbler

Slimbridge:

1 White-rumped Sandpiper

Awre, Gloucestershire:

1 Richard's Pipit

Ham Wall:

1 Lesser Scaup

26-02-23 Peregrine being mobbed, OPS (Heather England)

26-02-23 Goldcrest, Frome Valley Walkway (Mike Prior)

26-02-23 Treecreeper, Frome Valley Walkway (Mike Prior)

Reported by: Raoul Chandrasakera, Nigel Kempston, Phil Barlow, Chris Hall, Mike Moxon, Mike Owen, Andrew Harrison, John Evans, Joe Sargent, Oli Mockridge, Lauren Tucker, Heather England, Nigel Jones, Mark Coller, Barry Dursley, John Lewis, Lee Gardiner, Merv Carlyon, Mike Prior, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG