SARA Sharpness's 14/2/13 bird sightings

There was:

• 1 great crested grebe in summer plumage
• A few mallards
• 10 wigeons
• Herring, black headed, lesser black backed and greater black backed gulls
• 1 redshank
• 2 Meadow pipits
• 10 cormorants with 1 in summer plumage
• 2 mute swans on the canal
• 10 wood pigeons
• 5 redwings
• 2 blackbirds
• 2 song thrushes
• Great and blue tits
• 30 linnets went to roost in a tree on the left of the walkway in the field
• 1 buzzard
• 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER possibly 1 feeding on the mud in the stones otherwise a coomon sandpiper. If confirmed it would be the 2nd record in Gloucestershire. It showed features like yellow legs, short tail, grey back and also had a small call when it flew off. On the other hand, there is always a common sandpiper who winters on the Berkeley Shore so it could be it.