Friday 18 February 2011

Sightings 18/2/11

BRISTOL:
Stoke Bishop: 3 Blackcap and 2 Siskin in the garden today (RJ White).


SEVERNSIDE:
Chittening Warth: a Woodcock flushed from scrub near the Stup Pill section this morning (per severnsidebirds).

PORTISHEAD:
18.2.11 garden Green Woodpecker © Pete Evans, many thanks
5 Blackcaps also still present in the garden (PG Evans).

WESTON MOOR:
A good showing of birds here today: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Bar-headed Goose, 20 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, single Little Grebe, 12 Snipe, singles of Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 200+ Fieldfare, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Jay, 50+ Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 30 Siskin and 2 Redpoll (PG Evans).

CLEVEDON COAST:
A Stonechat on the seawall today (H Taffs). Only our 4th reported bird anywhere in Avon so far this month.

ABBOTS LEIGH:
18.2.11 garden Song Thrush © Alex Rhodes, many thanks.

Highlights in the garden today were, the Great Spotted Woodpecker again, a Nuthatch, 1 Jay and a Greenfinch (first here for 3 years!) (A Rhodes).

BLAGDON LAKE:
A juvenile White-fronted Goose new in at the lake today (first seen at Chew yesterday). Other reports, the 4 Scaup and the Smew still present (per BL birds)


Nailsea 14/2/11:
A Black Redstart present at the Southfield Trading Estate (M Lomax).

Backwell Lake 31/1/11:
31.1.11 the resident Bittern © Geoff Harris, many thanks.
Geoff captured this shot of the Bittern perched in one of the bank-side trees when the lake was frozen over.





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