Monday 19 February 2024

19-02-24 Monday - Waxwing

Temp 8°C to 13°C - Sunny most of the time, but a gusty West wind knocked a couple of deg off the ambient.

Waxwing

Bristol

Bishopston - garden
1 Coal Tit & 1 Great Tit  - - blasting it out at first light
19-02-24 Goldcrest Snuff Mills (Allan Chard)
Snuff Mills:
1 Goldcrest

UWE - Stoke Lane:
c15 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
3 Egyptian Goose - over south
19-02-24 Short-eared Owl Aust (Mike Prior)
Aust Warth:
3 Short-eared Owl

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
4 Pintail, 11 Knot

Wickwar:
1 Cormorant

Horton:
1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn - garden:
2 Chiffchaff - one singing

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
3 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 6 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin and 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Broadmead Lane:
1 singing Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 150+ Pied Wagtail - probably a lot more than that but flying everywhere, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 20 Linnet, 1 singing Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Siston Brook - R Avon confluence:
12 Redwing
19-02-2024 Waxwing K&A towpath Bathampton (Andrew Harrison)
Bathampton - K&A toe-path and the Downs
5+ Common Gull, 3+ Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Waxwing, 4+ Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Starling, 3+ Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 2+ Dunnock, 5+ Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 or 2 Firecrest
19-02-24 Scaup CVL (Bri Thompson)
Stratford:
2 Scaup (f&m), 1 Sparrowhawk

Reported by: Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Mike Prior, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Rob Treble