Thursday 15 February 2024

15-02-24 Thursday - our 2,999th post

Temp 13°C to 16°C - Cloudy and warm enough for butterflies to be on the wing to start, heavy rain in the pm.  A light to moderate wind from the SW round to the SE.

Ring-necked Duck
Scaup
Mediterranean Gull

Bristol

No reports.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
3 Common Scoter (heard), 1500 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
12 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander, 1 f Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail

Frampton Cotterell:
11 Little Egret

Chipping Sodbury:
2 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET
15-02-24 Snipe, Dowlais (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon - Dowlais:
10 Shoveler, 20 Teal, 6 Goosander, 2 Coot, 10 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Stonechat

Backwell Lake:
37 Canada Geese (most observer has seen there)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stanton Drew:
40+ Cattle Egret, 20 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
16 Shoveler, 1 Scaup, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake
15-02-24 Cormorant, CVL (Andrew Harrison)
Stratford:
1 f Scaup, 7 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier

Herriots:
6 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite

Out of area:
Cheddar Reservoir: 12 Scaup, 1 Little Gull
Stolford: 4 Cirl Bunting
Greylake: 1 m Baikal Teal

Reported by: Gary, Richard Belson, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Chris Teague, blagdonlakebirds, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG