Sunday 10 January 2016

Sightings 10/1/16

Pomarine Skua Records 2015
Date
Site
Number
Notes

5/5/15
Sand Pt
1


5/5/15
Severn Beach
4
1 pale, 3 dark

6/5/15
Anchor Head
1


6/5/15
Severn Beach
19
Flocks of 12 & 7

9/5/15
Anchor Head
2


9/5/15
Sand Pt
3
All pale phase






2/6/15
Severn Beach
1
pale






27/7/15
Severn Beach
1
pale 6.55pm






13/11/15
Sand Pt
2


13/11/15
Severn Beach
1
Pic available?

15/11/15
Anchor Head
1
Video available?

15/11/15
Sand Pt
1


18/11/15
Severn Beach
1
Pic available?

29/11/15
Sand Pt
1


29/11/15
Severn Beach
1
Pic available?






1/12/15
Severn Beach
1







Pomarine Skua records: The Recorder is missing some supporting words for the above sightings.
If you saw any of the above birds, please could you send some a brief description to the Recorder. It would be a shame if the records were lost to the Report for want of a few words.
Thank you. 

Bishopsworth:
Crox Bottom: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Treecreeper.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Dipper, 1 Otter again.

Marshfield:
8 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 19 Golden Plover, 400 mixed Corvid, 40 Skylark, 200+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 25+ Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer, 40 Corn Bunting.

Yate:
Harescombe: 1 garden Chiffchaff.

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chaffinch, 12 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 20+ Siskin, 4 Bullfinch.

Oldbury Power Station:
LT count: 147 Wigeon, 320 Teal, 160 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 64 Curlew, 20 Redshank.
Other stuff, 2 Shoveler, 2 Raven, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Stonechat.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: A Slavonian Grebe new in on the wetland today (Pete Hancock).
Other stuff, 3 Mute Swan, 35 Shelduck, 350+ Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 40 Oystercatcher, 170 Lapwing, 120 Curlew, 120 Redshank.
10/1/16 Slavonian Grebe (Pete Hancock)
only 4 previous Severnside records, last one in 2010
Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools: 1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay.

Portishead:
Sea-front: 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew.
Kilkenny Place: 1 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit.
10/1/16 Green Woodpecker (Geoff Harris)
Lower Down Rd garden
Clevedon coast:
Yeo Est: 110 Teal, 1 male Merlin, 600 Dunlin, 140 Redshank of note.

Keynsham:
Lock Keeper pub: 2 Egyptian Goose, in flooded fields.

Bath:
Lansdown Racecourse: 1 male Merlin (Derek Angell), chasing the Linnet flocks near the entrance this afternoon.

Blagdon Lake:
10 Barnacle Goose, 2 Goosander, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 40 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Planet Chew:
3 Scaup (Stratford, 2m, 1f), 25 Little Egret again (HGB), 1 fly-through Marsh Harrier (Sutton Wick/Herriott's end morning & afternoon), 1 flyover Peregrine, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff.

Reports: Derek Angell, Phil Baber, Patrick Hancock, Pete Hancock, Martyn Hayes, Mike Jenkins, Chris Johnson, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Chris Perry, Dee Pope, Lois Pryce, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, BL birds.