18-02-24 Sunday - Short-eared Owls

Temp 11°C to 13°C - cloudy, with some sun amd the odd shower. Moderate winds from the WSW.

Short-eared Owls

Ring-necked Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Mediterranean Gull

18-02-24 Sparrowhawk, Yate, (Mark Coller)

Bristol

18-02-24 Redshank, Cumberland Basin (Ian Loats)

Cumberland Basin:

1 Redshank, 40 Black Headed Gulls, 3 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard being mobbed by numerous Corvid, 3 LongTailed Tit, 1 Wren

Westbury:

1 Black Redstart (Birdguides) 

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 45 Feral Pigeon, 11 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 8 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 29 Magpie, 49 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Wren, 11 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 11 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 8 Meadow Pipit, 10 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

18-02-24 Stonechat, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
3 Short-eared Owl, many singing Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 1 singing Reed Bunting

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 singing Chiffchaff

18-02-24 Turnstone, New Passage (Lise)

New Passage:

80+ Turnstone, Dunlin, Redshank, Kestrel, pr Stonechat

18-02-24 Goosander with lunch, Yate (Mark Coller)

Yate - Kingsgate Park:

19 Tufted Duck, 9 Goosander (3m 6f), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull, pr Kingfisher, 1 singing Blackcap, 18 Siskin

18-02-24 Med Gull, Yate (Mark Coller)

Yate Rocks gardem:
1 singing Blackcap, 3 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

18-02-24 Black-necked Grebe, PW (Jason Wiliams)

Portbury Wharf:
4 Gadwall, c25 Wigeon, 23 Tufted Duck, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 12 Lapwing, Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler

Portishead:
Purple Sandpiper, Rock Pipit

Weston Moor:
29 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 11 Mallard, 3 Teal, 40 Common Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Siston Common:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Marshfield - Withymead:
1 singing Blackcap

Emerson's Green
2000 Starling

Newton St Loe:

10 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 7 Little Grebe, 30+ Black headed gull, 250+ Common gull, 30 Herring Gull, 50 LBB Gull,  4 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 14 Skylark, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 15 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 Barn Owl

Stratford:
1 m Scaup

Herriotts inc. Pool:

3 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Snipe, 7+ Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 8 Siskin

Reported by: Lise, Jon Angell, John Barnett, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Tim Ford, Andrew Harrison, Karen Jayne, Ian Loats, Linda Moysey, Nick Page, Patrick Richards, Dean Reeves, Joe Sargent, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG