Tuesday 23 January 2018

23-1-18 Tuesday - Grey Plover

Temp 9 to 13 ℃. Strong SW wind most all day. Rainy start, some sun late lunchtime. Odd showers

Bird order is IOC, BOU and Birdtrack, using 2018 BOU names. Copies of Avon list in Information Sites

Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Grey Plover
Firecrest 
Hawfinch

BRISTOL

Brandon Hill:
1 Firecrest, 25 Redwing

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
2 BH Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 13 Wood Pigeons, 3 Collared Doves, 10 Magpies, 4 Crows, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 42 Starlings, 4 Blackbirds, 22 Fieldfares, 7 Redwings, 7 Robins, 37 House Sparrows, 1 Pied Wagtails, 2 Chaffinches, 2 Greenfinches, 12 Goldfinches

23-1-18 Grey Wagtail, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler)
Eastville Park:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan (1 juv), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 4 Moorhen, 50 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Grey Wagtail

23-1-18 f Sparrowhawk, Ham Green (Chris Stone)
New Cut:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, Jay, Raven, Mistle Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


Oldbury Power Station:
2 Grey Plover

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 22nd:
75 Shelduck, 250 Wigeon, 40 Oystercatcher, 400 Lapwing, 14 Ringed Plover (Severn Beach), 110 Curlew, 500 Dunlin, 28 Redshank
23-1-18 Sparrowhawk, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
Severn Beach:
1 Sparrowhawk

23-1-18 Blackcap and Tits, Almondsbury (Vera Carpeneter)
Almondsbury garden:
1 Jay, 1 Coal tit, 1 f Blackcap

Coalpit Heath:
8 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 10 Moorhen, 75 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 14 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 120 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 16 Robin, 44 House Sparrow, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 14, Goldfinch, 17 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn, Duck Lane:
2 Tawny Owls calling, 1 f Blackcap

Uphill, WeBS:
30 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Goose, 73 Shelduck, 172 Wigeon, 78 Teal, 30 Mallard, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 56 Oystercatcher, 200 Lapwing, 42 Curlew, 600 Dunlin, 470 Redshank, 215 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull

BELOW M4 and BANES

Wick, Greenway Farm:
1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 6 Blackbirds, 20 Meadow Pipit

23-1-18 Stonechat, Marshfield (TBOSG)
Marshfield garden:
 1 Hawfinch

Keynsham, garden in ST6567:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch



RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Barnacle Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 17 Goldeneye, 32 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake:
Noticeable heat haze shimmer with the big waves very hard to ID anything out on the water

23-1-18 Common Sandpiper, Dam (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kestrel

23-1-18 Song Thrush, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Long-tailed Tits, 1 Song Thrush, 1 f Bullfinch

Woodford:
Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
2 f Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Stonechat

23-1-18 Wren, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
16 Wigeon, 1 Lesser Scaup, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 14 Tufted Duck
23-1-18 Tufted Duck, CVL (TtB)
Reports: John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Paul Clack, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Martin Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler, John Thorogood, Denise Whittle, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG