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1977
On a walk in Leigh Woods we saw 3 Nuthatches, 3 Treecreepers, lots of Blue and Great Tits and 2 Marsh Tits.
Then we went to Chew Valley Lake seeing 20 Goosanders, 18 Goldeneyes, 14 Pintails, 2 male Smew, 7 Tree Sparrows, a Barn Owl, a Bittern and a Water Rail.
1982
1990
2003
Another visit to Portbury Wharf, where the best bird was the male Ring-necked Duck.
2004
A visit to Severnside, at Chittening Warth there was a Short-eared Owl and by the power station 10 Redpolls feeding in a line of alders.
2005
The day started well, with a female Sparrowhawk sat in the tree in the garden for some time. A visit to Portbury Wharf where the only bird of note was a male Bullfinch. Then to Avonmouth Sewage Works where on the pool was a female Ruddy Shelduck which had a red ring on its leg, there had been a pair around on the estuary for a month or so, mainly off Chittening Warth.
The long staying male Ring-necked Duck had relocated to the nearby Honda Pools and I was able to get much closer to it there.
2008
The female Brambling was in the garden again and also a female Reed Bunting, a 1st for the garden.
2020
A drive north into Worcestershire, firstly, to Blackminster where there was a single Waxwing feeding in a berry tree by the railway crossing, only a few yards from the road. Fed for short periods, then flew up to a taller nearby tree to rest.
Then to Upton Snodsbury, where in a field near the village, there was a Glaucous Gull, probably a 2nd winter bird, apparently they can be difficult to age. The gull was on its own, feeding well judging by the muddy bill.
Waxwing.
Glaucous Gull.