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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire          Bird News 2012

Please email news to - birding.sglos@gmail.com - or text 07730 592386   FEBRUARY: (The 2012 year list is 114)   February4th Three Twite were seen in flight from the maize stubble field towards Lagoon III this morning. (Matt Plenty) • At New Passage a Water Pipit was present on the salt marsh.   February 3rd On Northwick Warth a Water Pipit was showing well at the edge of a frozen reedbed on Pilning Wetlands Reserve. At Aust  a Merlin and were seen again late afternoon. (Wilf King, Paul Bowerman)   February 2nd Three Twite were still present at Oldbury Power Station this afternoon consorting with small flock of Linnets, Reed Bunting and Goldfinch in the maize stubble fields. (William Earp) • At Marshfield 18 Golden Plover, five Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Owl, 17 Yellowhammer, eight Skylark, two Stonechat, six Red-legged Partridge and 13 Common Pheasant were all present. (Wilf King) • On Severnside at least two Short-eared Owls were out over the salt marsh at Aust around 17:40. (Paul Bowerman, Vic Savery)   February 1st A female Merlin was seen at Aust Warth this morning and a Short-eared Owl eventually appeared here just as it became dark at 17:30. (Paul Bowerman)

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