Tuesday 16 February 2016

Sightings 16/2/16

Generally, much of the same in the birds on show except for a surprise flyover Marsh Harrier at Worle late afternoon.
Sand Martin and Wheatear must have started leaving Africa by now, we wish they would book a few EasyJet flights instead of doing it the traditional way.

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Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 3 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch, 16 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch.

St George (Bristol):
Crew's Hole: 1 fly-past Kingfisher.

New Cut (Bristol):
River Avon: Otter prints in the mud (Margaret Gorely).

Redland (Bristol):
Greenway Rd: 4 Blackcap, reliable here apparently.

Stoke Park (Bristol):
1 Snipe, 2 Raven in display.

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
16/2/16 Dipper (Allan Chard)
regular here
Marshfield:
Down Rd: 1 Brambling.

Aust Warth:
1 Jack Snipe, 2 flyover Raven, 10 Skylark, 20 mixed Fieldfare/Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 5 Rock Pipit.

New Passage-Northwick:
10 Mute Swan, 20 Canada Goose, 42 Shelduck, 400 Wigeon, 15 Gadwall, 120 Teal, 30 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck, 32 Coot, 60 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 500 Dunlin, 70 Curlew, 30 Redshank.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 2 Tawny Owl calling early morning.

Portishead:
Marina: 7 Mute Swan, 15 Canada Goose.
Battery Pt: 1 Purple Sandpiper.
Boating Lake: 4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 13 Tufted Duck.
Springfield Rd: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blackcap.

Woodspring Bay 15/2/16:
Yeo Est south-side WeBS: 76 Shelduck, 112 Wigeon, 81 Teal, 4 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 1 Cormorant, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 260 Lapwing, 32 Dunlin, 192 Curlew, 41 Redshank, 249 BH Gull, 3 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull.

Worle:
Sainsbury's: 1 flyover immature Marsh Harrier 4.20pm to west (Paul Gregory).

Sand Bay:
2 Dartford Warbler, 4 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 8 Linnet.

Uphill:
37 Oystercatcher, 50 Ringed Plover, 830 Dunlin (3 yellow-dyed birds), 8 Curlew, 80 Redshank, 8 Skylark, 4 Rock Pipit.
16/2/16 Ringed Plover (Robert Hargreaves)

16/2/16 Short-eared Owl (Brian Sweeting)
first appeared here Nov 2015 & fairly regular during Jan/Feb so far
Litton Res:
1 Canada Goose, 8 Teal, 22 Mallard, 28 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Little Grebe, 1 Jay, 7 Long-tailed Tit of note.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Chiffchaff.

Planet Chew:
Villice-Heron's Green: 5 Mute Swan, 28 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 13 Pochard, 196 Tufted Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Grey Heron, 26 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch.
Woodford: 13 Barnacle Goose.

Reports: Adrian Adams, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Paul Collins, Lee Gardiner, Margaret Gorely, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Chris M Jones, Giles Morris, Karin Rhodes, John Rickard, Rich Scantlebury, Brian Sweeting, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.