Sunday 24 January 2016

Sightings 24/1/16

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, 15 Goldfinch.
Manor Woods: 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Long-tailed Tit of note.
Vicarage Rd: 1 garden Blackcap.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Firecrest still, next to Wickham bridge (Rich Scantlebury).

W-o-T (Bristol):
Badock's Wood: 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Eastfield Rd: BH Gulls seen hawking insects!...an indication of the mild weather.

Marshfield:
Shire Valley: 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 7 Raven, 200+ Fieldfare.
Rushmead Lane: 1 Red-legged Partridge, 80 flyover Golden Plover, 17 Skylark, 3 Corn Bunting.
West Littleton: 3 Stonechat.
Down Rd: 1 Merlin, 1 Yellowhammer, 100 Corn Bunting.
Plus large scattered flocks of Woodpigeon and Corvid sp around the patch.
24/1/16 Stonechat (Pete Coslett)
stables, near the Little Owl barn
Warmley Forest Park:
Wood & nearby environs: 2 Buzzard, 50 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 28 Magpie, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 100 Starling, 20+ Blackbird, 120 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 25 Goldfinch, 80+ Siskin, 10 Bullfinch.

Easter Compton:
Dyer's Marsh: 1 Little Egret, 70+ Lapwing of note.

New Passage-Northwick:
95 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 37 Shelduck, 3 Little Egret, 200 Lapwing, 1 Knot still (Chestle Pill), 700 Dunlin, 65 Redshank, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Water Pipit.

Congresbury:
Millenium Fields: 2 Blackcap, 50 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat, 30 Goldfinch.

Kingston Seymour:
22 Little Egret on inland fields.

Clevedon:
Lower Knowles Rd: 1 Black Redstart again (Shane Pannell).

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 2 Mute Swan, 50 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 3 Shoveler (Dowlais), 5 Little Egret, 24 Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 23 Grey Plover, 1,500 Lapwing, 1,200 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 200 Curlew, several 100 Redshank (not counted), 22 Turnstone, 1,200 BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 50 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 1,600 Starling, 1 Stonechat, 4 Rock Pipit.

Bleadon:
River Axe: 3 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 50 Fieldfare.

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Long-Tailed Tit, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper.

Wellow:
60 Fieldfare.

Newton St Loe:
Lake & environs: 11 Teal, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 17 Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail of note.
24/1/16 Red-breasted Merganser (patch tick) & Goosander (Lauren & Wayne Tucker)
Planet Chew:
24/1/16 Mediterranean Gull (Karle Burford)
Heron's Green

24/1/16 possible BH Gull x Mediterranean Gull hybrid (Brian Thompson)
Herriott's
Bird does show some similarities of both species, wing shots would be most helpful.

Otter: 1 seen at Heron's Green again 4pm.

Reports: Karle Burford, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Nick Cryer, Geoff Daniels, Paul Gregory, Higgy, Shane Pannell, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Kevin Smith, Gary Thoburn, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Jason Williams, severnsidebirds.