Saturday 17 February 2024

17-02-24 Saturday

 Temp 10°C to 14°C - cloudy but not cold. The SE to SW winds were light, but gained strength towards evening with the onset of fairly heavy rain.

Black Redstart
Mediterranean Gull
Ring-necked Duck

Bristol
17-02-24 Firecrest, Bristol (Matt Hobbs)
Sneyd Park
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch (f)

Stoke Park - Sims' Hill:
3 Stonechat

Filton - BAWA:
27 Black-headed Gull - 3 dark hoods noted, c25 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Jackdaw, 36 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 36 Pied Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
17-02-24 Black Redstart OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
3 Black Redstart (f+2m), 14 Stonechat

Wickwar:
1 Little Owl

Wickwar - West End:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl, trail cam pics of each

Wickwar - Lower Woods:
Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, Jay, Raven, Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
13 Tufted Duck, 7 Goosander (4f+3m), 5 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 7 Siskin, 

NORTH SOMERSET
17-02-24 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Di Bunniss)
Portishead - Battery Point:
1 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

Clevedon - Yeo:
10 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 8 Goosander, 2 Coot, 12 Turnstone, 1 Mediterranean Gull - 2nd wint, 15 Common Gull, 2 Raven, Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 4 Siskin

Kingston Seymour - AWBS:
4 Stock Dove, 50 Woodpigeon, 20 Collared Dove, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 37 Jackdaw, 24 Carrion Crow, 13 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 600+ Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 100+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge - Keynsham:
400+ Black-headed Gull

Clutton - North End:
1 Kestrel (m)

Pensford - Lords Wood:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3+ Marsh Tit, plenty of Goldcrest - singing, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 11 Redwing - subsong heard, 

Keynsham, Broadmead Lane:
49 Canada Goose, 8 Mallard, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 400+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 15 Blue Tit, 6 Skylark, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 10+ Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 100+ Pied Wagtail, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch
17-02-24 Blackbird - leucistic  Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham - garden:
2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackbird

Hicks Gate:
1 Grey Wagtail, 50 Goldfinch

Bath - Bathampton - inc Station
1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, many Great Tit - singing, 1 Greenfinch - singing

Burnett - Business Park to Middle Piece Lane:
100 Woodpigeon, 5+ Skylark - singing, 500 Starling, 200 Fieldfare, 15 Chaffinch, (feeding in stubble fields)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper

Herons Green:
1 Mediterranean Gull - 2nd wint

Stratford:
2 Gadwall, 3 Scaup (2f+m), 1 Red Kite

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Goosander, 3 Great White Egret

Reported by: Di Bunniss, Paul Chatman, Mark Coller, Matt Coward, Jane Cumming, Ben Crabb, Alan Daniells, Heather England, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Sue Kempson, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Hugh Maynard, Andy Mears, Linda Moysey, Nick Page, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Joe Sargent, Paul Tompkins