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, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG