03-01-19 Thursday - White-fronted Goose

Temp 4 down to 2℃. Dull grey day

White-fronted Goose
Mandarin Duck, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe
Barn and Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart

3-1-19 White-fronted Geese at New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
6 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull (rare here), 3 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 31 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove; 7 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 52 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 14 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 8 Robins, 19 House Sparrow,  1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch

Blaise:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Goldcrest

Brandon Hill:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 18 Long-tailed Tit

3-1-19 Goosander, Eastville Park (David Hughes)

Eastville Park:
1 m Goosander, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Kestrel on Hawkfield Road, Hartcliffe

St Anne's Park, garden count:

Blush of Goldfinch 2, Taggle my Leader LTT 10, Dipsy Dunnock 2, Robin rocks 3, Strolling Wood Pigeon 4 + 1 on carousel (bonkers) 🤔, Blue tits small & Great 5, Chaff my inch 15, Urban 3, Coal TitOver: Swan, Jay 2. GSW 2, Cormorant 4

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
67 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 500 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover (Oldbury Pill), 2 Ringed Plover (Shepperdine), 3000 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Oldbury Pill), 2000 BH Gull, 250 Common Gull, 2 Peregrine, 3000 Starling, 1 1st winter Black Redstart (Jetty), 2 Stonechat, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

3-1-19 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Lisegirl)

Aust:
3 Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel

3-1-19 Reed Bunting at NP (Lisegirl)

New Passage:
5 White-fronted Geese, 1 Peregrine, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch

3-1-19 Fieldfare, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
3 Jay, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury, Sheepway:

3 Buzzard, 10 Lapwing, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 14 Magpie, 10 Skylark, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldfinch

3-1-19 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier (Brian Thompson)

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 m Mandarin Duck (Blind Yeo), 1 Barn and 1 Short-eared Owl (Dowlais), Skylark, 1 Black Redstart (Pier), Rock Pipit

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 20 Redwing

W-s-M, Worlebury Hill Rd/Worlebury Golf Course:
8 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 28 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Blackcap (Worle), 2 Goldcrest (Worle), 10 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 27 Chaffinch, 18 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Woods:
First ever Nuthatch seen here

3-1-19 Corn Bunting at Marshfield (Brian Thompson)

Marshfield:

Corn Bunting

3-1-19 Song Thrush, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham Gardens:

1 Feral Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Black Cap male, (first for this winter) 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch

3-1-19 Rook at Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)

Newton St Loe:
14 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Coot, 3 Common Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Skylark, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 55 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1♂Gadwall, 1♂Pintail, 1 pair Goosanders, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail

Barrow Tank No 1:
1 m Long-tailed Duck

3-1-19 Shoveler at Bernard King (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 f Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
6 Shoveler, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker  1 Coal Tit + many Blue and Long-tailed Tits

Woodford:
6 Bullfinch

Nunnery:
1 Lesser Scaup

Reports: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Rod Holbrook, Hayden James, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, NSL-Birding, Matt Plenty, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Wayne Tucker