18-01-24 Thursday - Woodcock & Snipe

Temp -8°C to 4°C. Cold. Clear blue sky all day. Light breeze from north/west.

Woodcock

Jack Snipe

Common Snipe - lots

Cattle Egret

Goshawk

Marsh Tit

Firecrest

Siskin

18-01-24 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Matt Scott)

BOC are running a coach trip to the Exe Estuary on Sunday 18 February, leaving the Water Tower on the Downs at 0800, Cost £20. 

If you would like to join the coach, please contact Judy Copeland - membershipatboc@gmail.com.

BRISTOL

Lamplighters Marsh:

4 Collared Dove, 2 Redshank, 2 Reed Bunting

Clifton Down:

1 Firecrest, 5-6 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch (calling), 1 Greenfinch (over)

Redland garden:

1 Blackcap (m)

Knowle:

2 Raven (over)

Stockwood Open Space:

c50 Fieldfare

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-01-24 Redwing, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Feral Pigeon, 3 Ringed Plover, c100 Redwing

Aust Warth:

38 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat

18-01-24 Fieldfare, Northwick Warth (Rosemary Setter)

Northwick Warth / Pilning Wetland:

83 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, 18 Shelduck, 11 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 70 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 260+ Teal, 300 Lapwing, 95 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, a few Snipe, 80 Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Goshawk (flying upriver), 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, c12 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 1 (tailless!) Pied Wagtail

18-01-24 Reed Bunting, Severn Beach (Vic Savery)

Severn Beach:

1 Mute Swan, 21 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 110 Wigeon, 28 Teal, 5 Lapwing, 80 Curlew, 43 Turnstone, 100+ Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Blackcap (m), 3 stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit,  15+ Reed Bunting

Wickwar:

1 Barn Owl (calling)

Yate Rocks garden:

1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Fieldfare

Yate Rocks to Tanhouse Lane:

50 Wood Pigeon, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 5 Redwing, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch (1m, 1f), c100 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch 

Chipping Sodbury Common:

9 Stock Dove, 1 Woodcock, 4 Jack Snipe, 15 Common Snipe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 1 Yellowhammer

18-01-24 Firecrest, Emersons Green (Chak Kan Lam)

Emersons Green Village Park:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Firecrest, 1 Redwing, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Court:
1 Raven, 4+ Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, several Blue Tit & Great Tit, small flock Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, c20 Redwing

18-01-24 Purple Sandpipers, Battery Point (Mike Hutchinson)

Battery Point, Portishead:
8 Purple Sandpiper

18-01-24 Stonechat, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

Dowlais, Clevedon:

Small flock winter thrushes inc 4 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat

Blind Yeo Bridge, Strode Rd, Clevedon:

9 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Wagtail

Kingston Seymour Lanes:

4 Cattle Egret

Yeo, east of Phipps Bridge:

4 Teal, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Redshank

Little River, Yatton:
1 Cattle Egret

Backwell Lake:

14+ Snipe

North Worle:

2 Lapwing (over)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Longwell Green garden:
7 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare

Bath, Twerton garden:

2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 2 m/f Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing 

Bath, Twerton City Farm AWBS:

1 Buzzard, 14 Magpie, 80 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Coal Tit, 26 Blue Tit, 17 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 6 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 9 Blackbird, 21 Robin, 10 Dunnock, 45 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch 

Radstock:

BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 3+ Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Pied Wagtail, 1 Siskin (m)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
   no3 - 64 Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Lapwing (over), 2 Common Sandpiper

Blagdon Lake:
1 Scaup (1st-winter drake), 15 Goosander (6 drake),  1 Common Sandpiper, 8+ Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake:

18-01-24 Goldcrest, Woodford CVL (Rick Ayrton)

Woodford:
Goldcrest

18-01-24 Kingfisher, Nunnery CVL (Lucy Masters)

Nunnery:
1 Kingfisher

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Rick Ayrton, Graham Blacker, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Michael Hutchinson, Karen Jayne, Nigel Kempson, Chak Kan Lam, Lucy Masters, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, Joe Sargent, Vic Savery, Matt Scott, Rosemary Setter, Gary Stone, Howard Taffs, Gwen Thomas, Roger White

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