04-02-19 Monday - Red-crested Pochard

Temp 7 to 12℃. Dull start, mild all day, even warm in the Sun later on

White-fronted Geese
Red-crested Pochard, Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Avocet
Barn & Short-eared Owl

Water Pipit

4-2-19 Red-crested Pochard, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (f), in our small garden - only 2nd time for the G. in 42yrs

Eastville Park:
1 f Kingfisher, 2 Dipper

Create Centre:
1 Peregrine - sat on top

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

4-2-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Adam Rawson)
Aust to Northwick Warth:
Short-eared Owl

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
White-fronted Geese, 2 Buzzard, 500 Lapwing, 20 Curlew, 190 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Knot, 70 Dunlin, 2 Kestrel, 150 Fieldfare/Redwing, 40 Pied Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Avocet on estuary
4-2-19 Golden Plover & Lapwing, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Backwell Lake:
38 Little Egret to roost. Last bird in at 17.35. Sunset 17.06

Clevedon-Yeo, Dowlais:
160 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 10 Redshank, 45 Skylark

4-2-19 Skylark, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Widcombe:
1 f Blackcap taking Cotoneaster berries in the garden

Bishop Sutton:
3 Collared Dove, 14 House Sparrow

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 13 Goosanders, 5 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets

4-2-19 Shoveler, Moreton (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
18+ Canada Goose, 28+ Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck (Herriotts), 4 Wigeon, 2 Pintail (Herriotts), 4 2m Red-crested Pochard (Moreton), 2 f Scaup (HG)19 Goldeneye, 2  m/f Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 0 Little Egret,  5 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 White Coot, 6 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 5 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove

4-2-19 Barn Owl, Moreton Cottage(Ian Stapp)
1 Barn Owl (Moreton Cottage)

4-2-19 Kingfisher, Stratford (Bob Brewer)
3 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 20+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat (Moreton), 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail (W), 6 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 6 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch (W), 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

4-2-19 Jay, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

The Birds Of South Gloucestershire Annual Review 2018

Developments in bird tracking. A talk by Mike Bailey
Date: Wednesday, 13th February 2019
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Venue: Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, Bristol BS9 3AA.
see previous days for more details

Reports: Bob Brewer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, David Horlick, Stephen Jones, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Adam Rawson, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Michael Thomas, Jeremy Towler

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