02-01-19 Wednesday - Firecrest

Bright though frosty early on - cloudier later (0 - 5 degrees)

Mandarin Duck, Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Marsh Tit
Firecrest 
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

North Bristol:
A Barn Owl hunting the rough ground between the M32 And M4 at 5.20 this morning.



02-01-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Bishopston: 
1 me Blackcap, 3 m Chaffinch

 Blaise:
1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
45 Greylag Goose

Oldbury Power Station:
1 fem/juv Pochard (on lake - first here for 3 years), 1 Black Redstart

Oldbury Yacht Club - 1m Sparrowhawk (chasing Meadow Pipits)


02-01-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Lisegirl)

Aust Warth:
4 Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
40 Golden Plover

Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Jay, 11 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch,  2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch

Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon-Yeo:

Dowlais area - 49 Shelduck, 21 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 10 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron,  1 Buzzard, 9 Oystercatcher, 60 Lapwing, 20 Curlew,  6 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, 435 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow,  20 Skylark, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet

Blind Yeo - 1 f Goosander, 1 Little Egret

02-01-19 roosting Little Egrets, Backwell Lake (Mike Thomas)
Backwell Lake:
7.30 - 8.35 a.m. - 7 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 25 Little Egret (all but one left the island roost by 08.16. Sunrise officially 08.16! Photo taken at 08.00),  2 Cormorant, 25+ Black-headed Gull (coming in from around 08.00am).

Wick St Lawrence STW
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Firecrest in the car park

Bleadon:
3 Little Egret + 1 also seen later at Uphill Marina,  1 Short-eared Owl, 1  Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
20 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 30+ Golden Plover,50+ Lapwing, 200 Common Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl along Rushmead Lane (looked like it had caught a Mole),  1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 150+ mixed Corvids, 7 Skylark, 50+ Starling, 250 Fieldfare plus  mixed flock 50+ Redwing/ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 300+ Linnet, 150-200 Corn Bunting, 50 Yellowhammer

02- 01-19 Dipper, Willsbridge Mill (Brian Thompson)
Willsbridge:
Mill - 1 Dipper


02-01-19 Mandarin Duck, Keynsham (Brian Thompson)
Keynsham: 
1 Mandarin Duck
Garden- 2 Herring Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch


02-01-19 Blackbird,. Keynsham (TalkingtoBears)

Bath:
Bear Flat, garden - 1 Blackcap (first of winter at this site)

Midford:
01-01-19 1 Peregrine flying north

Midford to Tucking Mill and return: 33 species in total including - 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Raven, 5 species of Tit including 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper.


Newton St Loe:
22 Teal, 46 Mallard, Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher,1 Kestrel, 3 Marsh Tit, 1Treecreeper, 53 Redwing, 1 Grey WagtailBullfinch

RESERVOIRS
02-01-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow No 1 Tank (Alex Carlisle)
(No apologies for including yet another photo of this splendid bird)
Barrow Tanks:
No 1 Tank - 1 ad m Long-tailed Duck still
No 3 Tank - 2 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
8 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

East Shore:
1 Great White Egret (viewed from Moreton)

Woodford:
4 Bullfinch at car park

Morton:
Peregrine - hunting in the fields behind

Nunnery:
Male 1st w Lesser Scaup + 4 fem Greater Scaup

Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 25 Snipe, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
9 Shelduck, 1 Barn Owl (16:30 - got so close to the cars!)

Out of Avon:
Cheddar Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 1st w. m  Scaup, 1 m Red-crested Pochard 
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Alex Carlisle, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Paddy Doyle, William Earp, Ian Foster, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Mike Meecham, Jean Oliver, Chris Perry, Carol Rushton, Stuart Sammonds, Kevin Smith, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Birdguides

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