Monday, 5 February 2024

05-02-24 Monday - Yellow-legged Gull

Temp 10°C to 11°C - overcast all day, with a fresh West South West wind gusting to 35mph

Yellow-legged Gull
Bittern

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Stonechat (f)

Filton Cemetery:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Redwing

UWE - Stoke Lane
1 Water Rail, 18 Siskin

Sims' Hill:
1 Rook - over, and quite rare on patch, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Chaffinch

Filton Park - garden:
1 Woodpigeon2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Blackbird (m), 1 Robin, 7 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Wetland/STW:
31 Shoveler, 38 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, c50 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail

Severn Beach:
8 Ringed Plover, 200+ Turnstone, 100 + Dunlin, 1 Fulmar - over high tide

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
16 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Pier:
1000 Dunlin - a little slo-mo-video

Clevedon - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
5 House Sparrow - garden record

Wick - Riding Barn Hill:
1 Kestrel

Compton Dando:
4 Collared Dove, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 2 Raven,
2 Coal Tit, 30 Great Tit - one group, 4 Skylark, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch,
1 Treecreeper, 1 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat,
1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 50 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 4 Yellowhammer,
4 Reed Bunting

Chew Magna - R Chew
35 Cattle Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
4 Scaup (2f, 1m & 1st yr), 2 Marsh Harrier (f/imm & 2yr)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Bittern - booming, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret

OUT OF AREA  - but not by much: 

North Nibley, Swinhay House Lake :- 
Canada Goose with 1 Lesser White-fronted Goose - on its way back to Slimbridge so it must have gone into our air space but not guaranteed !!

Reported by: Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, Simon Harding, Nigel Jones, Tim Mason, Nigel Povey, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland Bri Thompson, Mike Tranter, Liza White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG