Friday 5 January 2018

5-1-18 Friday - Firecrest

Wind's dropped! Cloud with long sunny spells. Getting colder.

Firecrest
Corn Bunting
Red Kite
Hawfinch
Long-tailed Duck
Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Castle Park:
Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (s), Peregrine +Grey Wagtail (Finzell's Reach)

Brandon Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Firecrest, 1 Jay, 22 Redwing

5/1/18 One of the Firecrests at Brandon Hill (Paul Milo)
Bishop Road to Horfield Common:
13 Magpie, 11 Wood Pigeon, 2 Cormorant, 37 Starling, 5 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Robin
2 Greenfinch , 4 Chaffinch, 11 Goldfinch, 3, Blackbird, 1 Sparrowhawk

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing (from grass edge of pill), c. 45 Curlew, 1 Dunlin (flushed from salt marsh), c.25 Redshank, 2 Skylark, 1 Bullfinch
Aust Services: 1 Song Thrush singing, c.80 Pied Wagtails (coming to roost in the 5 small trees each side of the Services’ entrance)

New Passage/Northwick:
-1 Snow Bunting (Brian Lancastle found the carcass.  It looked like a young bird taken by a falcon – probably a Merlin or Peregrine)

Winterbourne:
Bradley Brook LNR ST6381: 1 Buzzard, 6 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove,
1 Green & 1 GS Woodpecker, 70 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest

Hawkesbury:
2 Stonechat, c200 Fieldfare, Corn Bunting (heard)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
5 Mute Swan, 23 Canada Goose, 5 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 16 Shoveler
3 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 38 Lapwing, 3 Curlew
c30 Dunlin (in flight), 3 Snipe 
5/1/18 Some of the Teal at Portbury (Robin Martin)
Portishead:
11 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck (Boating Lake)
5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit (Saltmarsh)

Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpipers (10:15)

Uphill:
Uphill was really quiet, a few Teal and Redshank, heard a Curlew and found 1 male Bullfinch in the bushes. Still no sign of any Short-eared Owls (WH)

Bleadon:
10 Fieldfare, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Little Egret, 1 GW Egret, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk,
1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cormorant, 20 Teal, 1 Little Grebe

Churchill:
6 Bullfinch (4m 2f, close-up)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:
Red Kite (roundabout on ring road)

Marshfield:
c400 Golden Plover, 120 Fieldfare, Stonechat, Kestrel, 100 Chaffinch, 2 Corn Bunting

Oldland:
Hawfinch (St Anne's Church)
5/1/18 Hawfinch at St Anne's Church (David Hughes)
Bath - Weston:
Blackcap (f on garden feeder)

5/1/18  Female Blackcap (Sean Whyte)
Two spend nearly all day, every day, in the garden, eating apple, sunflower hearts, and fat-balls

Willsbridge Mill:
1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tit,  2 Goldcrest,  2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, and 6 Goldfinch. Apologies for the late report


RESERVOIRS:


Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck (No 1)

Chew Valley Lake:

Villice:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 40 Redwing

Herons Green:
1 Kestrel, 41 Lapwing

Moreton:
1 Lesser Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Bullfinch

5/1/17 F and M Bullfinch (Robert Hargreaves)
 Herriotts:
10 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Reed Bunting

Compton Martin, Bickfield Lane:
2 Shelduck, 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 8 Fieldfare, 7 Chaffinch

5/1/18 Cattle Egret (Robert Hargreaves)
Reports: John Budd, Alastair Fraser, David Hughes, George Rabin, Nigel Sluman, Niall Machin, John Martin, Dan White, Paul Milo, Sean Whyte, Mike Jackson, Lois Price, Robin Martin, Jon Mortin, Phil Baber, William Hewitt, David Howes, Teresa Chard, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG