Saturday 10 February 2018

10-02-18 Saturday - Barn Owl

Temp 2 to 10℃. Wind mostly SSW up to 20 mph. Damp day with up to 1 inch of rain, some sun

Barn Owl
Gyr Falcon
Ring-necked Parakeet
Hawfinch, RedpollSiskin

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
2 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 30 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 9 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Wren, 70 Starling, some Blackbird, 30 Fieldfare, 29 Redwing (best winter thrush count so far), 2 Robin, 21 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch.

One Tawny Owl heard in a back garden on Bishop Rd.

Crews Hole:
Tawny Owl calling early am

10-2-18 Magpie, Love is 2 together in a bush (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park Woods:
1 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gulls, 18 Woodpigeons, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays, 21 Magpies, 31 Jackdaws, 6 Carrion Crows, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tits, 1 Marsh Tit, 18 Blue Tits, 16 Great Tits, 5 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Nuthatches, 2 Treecreepers, 4m 3f Blackbirds, 1 Robin, 8 Goldfinches.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, 9th:
4 Tufted Duck, 300 BH Gull, 220 Common Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat

10-2-18 Bullfinch, Bradley Stoke (Mike Prior)
Bradley Stoke South:
Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

Bristol Airport:
70 Golden Plover over

Backwell Lake:
25 Mute Swan, 1 Muschovy Duck, 2 Gadwall, 14 Tufted Duck, 3 (2f) Goosander, 4 Cormorant

10-2-18 Blackcap, Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
2 Coal Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 3m 2f Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 f Chaffinch, 1m 2f Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 2 m/f Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES
10-2-18 Little Egret, Shire bridge (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
Shire Valley:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 5 Raven

10-2-18 Linnet, Down Road (Peter Coslett)
Down Road:
2 BH Gull, 190 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 50 Woodpigeon, 2 Stonechat, 48 Pied Wagtail, 200 Linnet

Marshfield town:
Hawfinch

Siston Brook, Oldland:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet,Hawfinch

10-2-18 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
Courtship rituals, tiercel demonstrating his nest to falcon
Chew Magna, St Andrew's Churchyard:
Hawfinch

Pensford/Belluton:
1 Barn Owl

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake, 9th:
3 Barnacle Geese, 63 Wigeon, 1 m Scaup, 7 Goosanders, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 1 Blackcap

Chew Valley Lake:
Moreton:
2 Snipe, 1 Redpoll, few Siskin

Herriotts:
1 Green Sandpiper
10-2-18 Gyr Falcon, Priddy (Chris Craig)
Out of Avon
Presumed Gyr Falcon again, 16.05 for 5 mins on minor Yoxter / Priddy Road, Mendips

Urban peregrines - by Ed Drewitt, School of Biological Sciences, on 22 February 2018, 7.30 - 9.00 PM
Public Lecture in association with the Friends of the Botanic Garden at
The Frank Theatre, Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL

Birding in the Bristol Region by Fat Birder, which has most information you need to know about birding in the Avon region, has been added to Information Sites in sidebar

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