Saturday 30 January 2016

Sightings 30/1/16

Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Firecrest still.
Other stuff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Coal Tit.
30/1/16 Sparrowhawk (Gill Sapsed)
Marshfield:
30/1/16 Corn Bunting (Brian Thompson)
Marshfield is the stronghold for Corn Bunting in Avon. 100+ birds reported here this month on several dates plus smaller numbers at other times. No other Avon site attracts such numbers.

Wick:
Golden Valley: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Treecreeper. 

Winterbourne:
Pond: The drake Wood Duck still at anchor.

Oldbury Power Station:
14 Pintail down, 1 immature Little Gull up of particular note, both good sightings for the estuary.
Other stuff, 3 Mute Swan, 1 Red-legged Partridge.

New Passage-Northwick:
10 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 32 Shelduck, 700 Wigeon, 25 Gadwall, 110 Teal, 34 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 50 Oystercatcher, 200 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 185 Curlew, 47 Redshank, 19 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Rock Pipit.

Portishead:
Battery Pt: 9 Purple Sandpiper still.
Boating Lake: 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck.
Marina: 9 Mute Swan, 22 Canada Goose.
South Rd: 1 Jay.

Weston Moor (Gordano Valley):
1 Woodcock this evening.

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane: 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 200 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit.
The Wood Kilns: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch.

Clevedon coast:

30/1/16 Arctic Skua (Howard Taffs)
Channel View seawall this morning
Another or same Arctic Skua was seen in Bridgwater Bay this morning too.

Sand Bay:
Beach Rd: 2 Dartford Warbler still, opp No.43 today but they are socially mobile along the road.

Uphill:
4 Shelduck, 10 Teal, 2 Grey Heron,  1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 200 Lapwing, 2 Raven, 4 Stonechat, 6 Greenfinch.
No Owls today.

Newton St Loe:
Lake & surrounds: 6 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 16 Common Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch.

Willsbridge:
Siston Brook: 3 Dipper.
30/1/16 Dipper (Matt Scott)
Blagdon Lake:
7 Barnacle Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 170 Pochard, 3 Black-necked Grebe.

Litton Res:
1 Canada Goose, 27 Tufted Duck, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 88 Canada Goose, 22 Shelduck, 22 Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 2 Scaup, 8 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 70 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Redpoll.


Reports: Rob Emery, David Gale, Chris Johnson, John Martin, Chris Perry, Arthur Redman, John Rickard, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Roger Staples, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.