Sunday 11 February 2024

11-02-24 Sunday - Hawfinch

Temp 5°C to 10°C - after some heavy rain, a few sunny hours, but rain not far away. Wind eventually settled down to a Westerly but light with some 24 mph gusts.

Hawfinch
Cattle Egret
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
11-02-24 Hawfinch Lower Woods ( Mark Coller)

Bristol

Bishopston - AWBS
2 Blackcap (m), 3 Redwing

Eastville - All Hallows Rd:
1 Chiffchaff - a little video

Mouth of the R Avon:
4 Wigeon, 41 Avocet, c.10 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean  Gull - ad, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting.

Sea Mills: WeBS count
33 Mallard, 6 Common Sandpiper, 10 Dunlin, 40 Redshank, c 450 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
3 or 4 Skylark - singing

Wickwar - Lower Woods:
4 Stock Dove, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Hawfinch

Yate - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - chased off by Carrion Crow, 3 Greenfinsh

Almondsbury:
1 Red Kite - over

NORTH SOMERSET
11-02-24 Black-necked Grebe PW (Jason Williams)
Portbury Wharf:
15 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, 25 Tufted Duck, 1 Black-necked Grebe, c20 Lapwing, 3 Cetti's Warbler 

Portishead Boating Lake:
22 Tufted Duck
11-02-24 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Jason Williams)
Portishead - Battery Point:
8 Purple Sandpiper, 6 Rock Pipit
11-02-24 Common Sandpiper-Grey Wagtail CL-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Gordano Valley:
22 Gadwall, 12 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - garden:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m)

Compton Martin - garden:
1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap

Stanton Drew:
40+ Cattle Egret
11-02-24 Kingfisher Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Memorial Park:
12 Mallard, 25 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 8 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS
11-02-24 Long-tailed Duck BG (Bri Thompson)
Barrow Tanks - inc WeBS:

9 Mallard, 14 Teal, 58 Pochard, 64 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Moorhen, 41 Coot, 12 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Herring Gull, 7 Cormorant

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Scaup (m), 4 Goldeneye, 6 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Tawny Owl - calling at 12:45

Chew Valley Lake
6+ Goldeneye, 3 Goosander (f), 1 Meadow Pipit

Dam:
1 Mediterranean Gull - ad

Herons Green:
1 Scaup (m) 1st wint, 1 Barn Owl

Stratford:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Barn Owl - sorry fellas; flushed from your day roost 

Reported by: Mark Coller, Matt Coward, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Andy Gibb, Andrew Harrison, Tim McGrath, Howard Oakden,  Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Joe Sargent, Tony Scott, Rosemary Setter, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams, Keith Williams