Monday 7 March 2016

Sightings 7/3/16

7/3/16 Lapwing over Planet Chew (Ian Stapp)
500+ Lapwing over the lake this morning, best numbers recorded here in a long time.

Sand Martin: None today, we think they will arrive this Thursday when the weather gets warmer and winds develop from the south-west.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 22 Magpie, 2 Raven, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch.

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Durville Rd: 10 House Sparrow.
Crox Bottom: 1 Jay, 7 flyover Raven, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 17 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 9 Dunnock, 15 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch.

Emerson's Green:
Emerald Park: 1 flyover Peregrine.

Cribbs Causeway:
B & Q: 1 juvenile Snowflake in the car-park this morning (Brian Thompson), first report we've heard of locally this winter.
Please do not try to twitch it as it may cause traffic disruption. Thanks.

Tockington:
Moor Lane: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Village surrounds: 1 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Siskin, 10 Redpoll.

Shepperdine:
7/3/16 Knot (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Peregrine (usual bird), 1 singing Skylark, 6 Stonechat.

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl, dusk.

New Passage-Northwick:
7 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 14 Gadwall, 195 teal, 9 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 60 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Curlew, 60 Redshank, 2 Stonechat.

Portbury Dock:
3 Snipe, 10 Turnstone, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Rock Pipit.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 1 fly-by Red-breasted Merganser past Dowlais this morning to south.
Other stuff, 20 Canada Goose, 170 Shelduck, 85 Wigeon, 75 Teal, 19 Shoveler, 9 Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Merlin, 28 Oystercatcher, 10 Grey Plover, 75 Lapwing, 1 Knot, 850 Dunlin, 170 Curlew, 365 Redshank, 52 Turnstone, 3 Raven, 19 Skylark, 25 Redwing, 2 Stonechat.

Saltford:
Bird in Hand pub: 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 9 Redwing.

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 3 Stock Dove, 100 Woodpigeon, 50 Skylark, 16 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 70 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 15 Yellowhammer.
Some Skylark, Chaffinch and Yellowhammer in song.

Newton St Loe:
2 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl this evening. Owl fest.
Other stuff, 21 Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Siskin, 3 Bullfinch.

Haydon (Radstock):
7/3/16 Goldcrest (Rob Beale)
Litton Res:
1 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 5 Teal, 23 Tufted Duck, 10 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail.
7/3/16 Kingfisher (Mrs Trellis)
Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 42 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 18 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 14 Pochard, 134 Tufted Duck, 8 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Buzzard, 500 Lapwing, 23 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 BH Gull (ring TU3V), 3 GBB Gull, 200 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Robin, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 1 flyover Siskin, 2 Bullfinch.

7/3/16 Stonechat (Mrs Trellis)
along the Moreton-Stratford track this morning

Reports: Rob Beale, Teresa Chard, Nick Cryer, Tim Ford, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Steve Sanins, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.