A flurry of activity near the feeders this morning. A male Blackcap, 10 Chaffinches, half a dozen House Sparrows, a Starling, a Wren and a Dunnock shared the space with a couple of lively Grey Squirrels.
Wildlife sightings in the Montpelier, St Andrews, St Werburghs and St Pauls areas of Bristol, UK
Sunday 28 February 2016
Montpelier Station
Thursday 25 February 2016
Garden birds
Guy has emailed to say he still has the Brambling appearing in the garden from time to time and a Song Thrush has been singing near the railway, also a pair of Bullfinches very regularly on his sunflower heart feeder.
Labels:
brambling,
Bullfinch,
song thrush
Location:
Montpelier, Montpelier
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Singing Blackcap
A taste of spring this morning - a singing Blackcap at the station! Also a couple of Chaffinches near the feeders, a single Starling, a singing Great Tit and a Long-tailed Tit.
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Park and station
Sunday 21 February 2016
St Andrews Park
Despite the wild wind and drizzle a few hardy souls turned up for this walk. There was a surprising amount of bird song despite the conditions and at least it was mild. The list in full:
Redwing - a count of 15 birds by one participant was very impressive
Starling - a mini-murmuration of 40 birds
Blackbird - a few
Dunnock - 1 or 2 heard
Blue Tit - seen by one of us
Great Tit - 1 by the bowling green
Long-tailed Tit - seen on 2 occasions
Coal Tit - heard and seen in a neighbouring garden
Chaffinch - just 2 or 3 seen
Goldfinch - several seen and heard
Greenfinch - 1 in full song
Carrion Crow - several around
Feral Pigeon - 1 or 2 near the play area
Woodpigeon - a few
Magpie - 2 or 3
Robin - a few seen and heard
Herring Gull - 1 or 2 drifting over
House Sparrow - just 1 male noted
Quite a bit of Frogspawn was in the pond.
Redwing - a count of 15 birds by one participant was very impressive
Starling - a mini-murmuration of 40 birds
Blackbird - a few
Dunnock - 1 or 2 heard
Blue Tit - seen by one of us
Great Tit - 1 by the bowling green
Long-tailed Tit - seen on 2 occasions
Coal Tit - heard and seen in a neighbouring garden
Chaffinch - just 2 or 3 seen
Goldfinch - several seen and heard
Greenfinch - 1 in full song
Carrion Crow - several around
Feral Pigeon - 1 or 2 near the play area
Woodpigeon - a few
Magpie - 2 or 3
Robin - a few seen and heard
Herring Gull - 1 or 2 drifting over
House Sparrow - just 1 male noted
Quite a bit of Frogspawn was in the pond.
Frogspawn |
Friday 19 February 2016
Garden birds
Jim has sent me a report of the birds in his garden today. Apart from the usual, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Jay, Collared Dove, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap, Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie and Blackbird he had a Goldcrest in the garden this afternoon. A fine collection of birds, and Goldcrest is a very good sighting.
In St Andrews Park this afternoon a pair of Mistle Thrushes were flying to and from a tree near where they nested a couple of years ago. I wonder......Also a couple of Blackbirds and a flock of 15 or so Goldfinches of note.
Blackcap (photo by Jim) |
Jay (photo by Jim) |
In St Andrews Park this afternoon a pair of Mistle Thrushes were flying to and from a tree near where they nested a couple of years ago. I wonder......Also a couple of Blackbirds and a flock of 15 or so Goldfinches of note.
Thursday 18 February 2016
St Pauls Cemetery
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Montpelier Station
Friday 5 February 2016
Narroways
An hour around the reserve this morning before the rain brought proceedings to a close: 1 Grey Wagtail (brook), Wren showed well at Lynmouth Rd, Robin at community garden, 2 Blue Tits and a Great Tit near bench, Black-headed Gull over the hill (local rarity!) also Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls flying over, Greenfinch and Chaffinch over cutting, Jay at Simon's Grove.
In Fairlawn Road there was a Magpie and a Blue Tit.
In Fairlawn Road there was a Magpie and a Blue Tit.
Magpie |
Blue Tit |
Tuesday 2 February 2016
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