Temp 9°C to 14°C. Dry, fine and sunny with 60% high cirrus cloud and a brisk easterly wind, then clouding over towards evening.
Little Gull
Ruff
Short-eared Owl
Firecrests
Brambling
Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin
Redpoll, Crossbill, Siskin
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| What a little beauty! Firecrest at Woodford Lodge, CVL (Merv Carlyon) |
BRISTOL
Combe Dingle:
1 Firecrest
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Gull - adult winter, going upriver, 2 Wheatear.
VisMig (7:25-10:25), to NE (into the wind): 100+ Starling, 70 Fieldfare (50 + 20), only 2 Redwing!, 50 Chaffinch, 5 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, c.20 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin.
Aust Warth:
includes VisMig (7:15-12:15):
7 Wigeon, 58 Woodpigeon, 3 Ringed Plover, 54 Dunlin, 6 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 12 LBB Gull, Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kite, Short-eared Owl, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1043 Starling, 3 Stonechat, 8 Song Thrush, 624 Redwing, 877 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail, 22 Pied Wagtail, 33 Meadow Pipit, 587 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 4 Greenfinch, 24 Linnet, 8 Redpoll, 4 Crossbill, 360 Goldfinch, 94 Siskin, 9 Reed Bunting.
New Passage and Pilning Wetland:
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| Sparrowhawk in a garden at Yate Rocks (Linda Moysey) |
Severn Beach:
4 Shelduck, 16 Wigeon, 40+ Curlew, 1 singing Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 1 Brambling, Siskin.
Yate Rocks:
The garden Sparrowhawk is back.
Pucklechurch (BOC walk):
Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 50 Starling, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Redwing, Blackbird, 60 Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
A flock of 100 Fieldfare headed NE over Redcliffe Bay at 9:15 a.m. Garden arrivals: House Sparrow and Greenfinch new in today - even the local species are moving around this week.
Nailsea:
Sparrowhawk hunting close to town centre.
Sparrowhawk hunting close to town centre.
Uphill (WeBS):
410 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 25 Teal, 3 Cormorant, 83 Oystercatcher, 10 Lapwing, 17 Ringed Plover, 18 Curlew, 170 Dunlin, 92 Redshank, 20 BH Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail, 130 Starling.
410 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 25 Teal, 3 Cormorant, 83 Oystercatcher, 10 Lapwing, 17 Ringed Plover, 18 Curlew, 170 Dunlin, 92 Redshank, 20 BH Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail, 130 Starling.
Uphill village: first few Fieldfare over. Bleadon: 3 Swallow over.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
5 Red Kite at Rushmead Farm.
5 Red Kite at Rushmead Farm.
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| What a size difference! A pair (presumably) of Egyptian Geese at the Chew dam (Ian Stapp) |
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Little Egret, 5 GBB Gull (one bird with yellow ring D:GY)
2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Little Egret, 5 GBB Gull (one bird with yellow ring D:GY)
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| Little Egrets and GBB Gulls, adult ringed, at the dam (Ian Stapp) |
Woodford:
1 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Firecrest.
1 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Firecrest.
Villice:
7 Mute Swan (5 juvenile), 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard. Small numbers of Shoveler, Teal and Tufted Duck. 100+ Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher.
Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel
Moreton:
1 Water Rail, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 m. Stonechat.
Field at back of the hide: 100+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 70+ Woodpigeon, 4 Stock Dove, 300+ mixed corvid (most Crows).
Stratford:
11 Great White Egret visible from the hide at 9.45, 3 Marsh Harrier (two different males and a juvenile), 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Skylark to the south, 50 Redwing, 30 Starling to the east.
Herriotts Bridge:
2 Shelduck, 12 Pintail, 1 Water Rail (calling), 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting.
Out of area:
Hen Harrier (ringtail) W towards Tormarton at 10:30 a.m.. may or may not have crossed the county border into Avon.
Reported by: Rob Bright, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Adrian Hockey, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, contributors to local birding WhatsApp groups, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
