17-02-19 Sunday - Redpoll

Temp 8 to 13℃. Cloudy down, windy on coast with a sunset later

Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Redpoll, Siskin


BRISTOL

Canford Cemetery:
2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 1 Raven (fly over), 12 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Chaffinch

Coombe Dingle, Blaise:
1 Grey Wagtail
17-2-19 Peregrine at Finzels Reach (Dan White)
Finzels Reach:
1 Cormorant, Herring and LBB Gulls, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Black Redstart, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch

River Trym to Sea Mills:
3 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Magpie

Sea Mills (creek area):
10 Mallard, 12 BH Gull

River Avon (high tide):
3 Mallard, Lapwing (a distant flock with waders)

Whitchurch, Horse World:
10 Starling, 30+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl, 3 Redpoll

Aust:
Short-eared Owl
17-2-19 Reed Bunting, Severn Beach (Rob Emery)
Severn Beach:
1 Jay, 3 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Wains Hill:
13 Goosander on estuary, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, Song Thrush singing, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch

17-2-19 Grey Plover, Channel View (Rob Hargreaves)
Clevedon-Yeo:
c.50 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 1 m Pintail on sea (KP), 30 Teal, 8 Goosander  (Blind-Yeo), 1 Little Egret, 6 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 60 Curlew, c.900 Dunlin, c.100 Redshank, several 100s BH Gull south at sunset, 1 Peregrine, 40 Fieldfare, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 m Bullfinch

Backwell Lake, 16th:
11 Swans, Tufted Ducks, 4 Cormorant and 3 Little Egret into roost but Starlings all flew over

17-2-19 Siskin in Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford garden:
1 pair Collared Dove, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 m 1 f  Blackcap, 4m 2f  Blackbird, 1 m Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 23 Goldfinch, 2 pairs Siskin

Claverham:
37 Chaffinch under the feeders - alas no Brambling or Siskin so far this year.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe
33 Mallard, 36 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots Great & Long-tailed Tits, few Blue and Coal, no Thrushes, 1 f Bullfinch

16-2-19 Pied Wagtails, Southgate, Bath (PaulSalkovskis)
Bath, Apple Shop:
c.300 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 16th:
19 Mute Swans, 2♂ 1♀ Scaup, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 imm ♀ Peregrine Falcon, 2 Skylarks, 3 Reed Buntings

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
A couple of nice recaptures of Reed Bunting this weekend. Both not encountered here since ringing. One ringed October 2018, t'other ringed October 2016

Reports: Morris Benson, Teresa Chard, Tony Cook, Anne Crowe, CVRS, Rob Emery, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Mark Hynam, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Playle, Anne Rossiter, Rob Salkovskis, Rich Scantlebury, Dan White

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