Wednesday 25 January 2017

25 Jan '17 Wednesday - Common Scoter

Lovely day again, quite warm in the sun, fog mid afternoon

This is the first day for months no Great White Egrets have been reported

25-1-17 Mute Swan (Gill Sapsed)
But a Swan has appeared at Eastville after being absent for months
Red Kite in Bristol
Jack Snipe at Aust and Chew
Red-crested Pochard and Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks
Black Redstart at Oldbury and Weston-Super-Mare
Common Scoter, Ring-necked Duck and Black-necked Grebe at Chew


BRISTOL
25-1-17 Kingfisher and Reed Bunting in Bristol (Allan Chard)
Bristol Garden:
1 f Blackcap, 1 f Reed Bunting

25-1-17 Long-tailed Tit & Great Spotted Woodpecker (Gill Sapsed)
Eastville Park:
Sunny frozen lake, 1 Mute Swan (missing for months), BH Gulls a plenty, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 small flocks Long-tailed Tit

Longwell Green, Court Barn Road:
3 m Bullfinches

Whitchurch, Court Farm Road:
1 Red Kite (11.50 am)


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 ad m Black Redstart, 2 Stonechat

Aust Warth saftie: 
5 Shelduck, 70 Wigeon, 23 Teal, 5 Lapwing, 1,150 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 4 Curlew,
5 Redshank, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

NewPassage 23-1-17:
350+ Wigeon and 120 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 350+ Lapwing, 500 Dunlin, 300 Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Redshank

Severn Beach: 
1 Mute Swan, 8 Gadwall, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 House Sparrow shopping

Tortworth, along the Little Avon River:
A flock of Siskin


NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Black Redstart at the Police station, 7 Waxwings reported yesterday at Tesco's - keep a lookout


24-1-17 Short-eared Owl (George Stacey)
Showing 1 o'clock at Uphill yesterday
Uphill:
1 Peregrine attacking a magpie but not yesterday's Short-eared Owl


BANES


North Wick:
21 Buzzard, 17 in one field


RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 3:
3 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
9 Barnacle Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 ad Ring-billed Gull (yesterday), 
1 ad Mediterranean Gull2 Greenfinches, Chaffinches heard

Chew Valley Lake:


25-01-17 Common Scoter by the Dam (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Scaup (3m 2f), 4 Goldeneye, 20 Goosander, 1 Common Scoter, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Denny:
Ring-necked Duck, 4 Goosander

25-1-17 Fieldfare at Woodford  (Bob Brewer)
Woodford:
91 Canada Geese, 20 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Pheasant, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 
40 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch
Heron's Green:
3 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, The white Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe, 2 Stonechat

25-01-17 Water Pipit at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
6 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 20+ Chaffinch

25-1-17 Bewick's Swan at Stratford (Bob Brewer)
Stratford Bay:
7 (8) Bewick's Swans
Herriots End:
12 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail

25-1-17 Wader flocks at Uphill (Simon Williams)
Reports: Philip Appleton, Bob Brewer, Ken Carruthers, Allan Chard, Anne Crowe, Trevor Ford, Robert Hargreaves, Jeff Hazel, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Vic Polley, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Simon Williams, Mrs Trellis, , blagdonlakebirdsopsbirding, severnsidebirds