Monday 5 March 2018

05-03-18 Monday - Snow nearly gone

Temp 5 to 10℃ and mostly back. Sunny start ending in heavy rains

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare Dual (Charlie Fayers)
Fierce battles have raged the last few days for food
Scaup
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
HawfinchSiskin
5-3-18 Pintail, rare at Weston Moor (Peter Evans)
BRISTOL


5-3-18 Gadwall, Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)
"First Gadwall I've seen on the Lake"
Duchess Park:
1m Gadwall, 4m 2f Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 11 Moorhen, 1 Snipe, 3 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 8 Feral Pigeon, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 21 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Starling, 8m 5f Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 1m Stonechat, 20m 19f House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1f Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 14 Goldfinch

5-3-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher still here

SS Great Britain:
1 Coot (1st in 7 years of looking)

St Andrew's Park:
30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


5-3-18 Merlin, Aust ( David Hughes)
Aust:
1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 m Merlin, 4 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET
5-3-18 Dunlin, Woodhill Bay (David Howes)
Portishead, Woodhill Bay:
2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank

Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Yeo:
260 Shelduck, 25 Shoveler, 300 Wigeon, 3 Pintail (Yeo), 175 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 8 Oystercatcher, 150 Lapwing, 40 Grey Plover, 130 Curlew, 10 Turnstone, 30 Knot, 2150 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 375 Redshank, 51 Skylark, 8 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit

5-3-18 Siskin, Yatton (Higgy)
Yatton, Stowey Road:
1 Goldcrest, 1 (2nd in 8 years) Siskin


5-3-18 Reed Bunting, Weston Moor (Peter Evans)
Weston Moor:
1 tired Pintail (my first here), 12 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler calling to Clapton Moor, 4 (2 pair) Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

Weston-super-Mare:
150 Dunlin

5-3-18 Dunlin, Uphill beach (Simon Williams)
Uphill, River Axe:
c.1000 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare, Dual (Charlie Fayers)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1  Hawfinch
5-3-18 Song Thrush, Keynsham (TtB)
Keynsham:
ST6567: 1 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow
Garden: 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch

Bath Peregrine:
Looking ready to lay today, was practising

Bath, Southstoke:
50 Lapwing over, unusual here

Newton St Loe:
4 M Swan, 48 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 60 Lapwing (not rare now), 40 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 65 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

Compton Martin:
1 m Blackcap in the garden, 1st of the ‘winter’

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 38 Lapwings, 100-200 Fieldfares

5-3-18 Stonechat, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
20 Goldeneye

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 400 Fieldfare & Redwing, 2 Song Thrush


5-3-18 Goldeneye, Villice (Bob Brewer)
Villice:
Teal, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Heron, Buzzard, 80 Starling

Herons Green:
1 Buzzard
5-3-18 Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
6 (5f) Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Buzzard, 150 Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

Stratford Lane:
1 Egret

Herriotts, mostly iced over:
5 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 8 Pintail, 2 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing

5-3-18 Starling, Villice (Bob Brewer)
Out of UK

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare, Dual over (Charlie Fayers)
Reports: Bob Brewer, Ken Carruthers, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Peter Evans, Charlie Fayers, Margaret Gorely, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Higgy, Matt Hobbs, Adrain Hockey, Rod Holbrook, David Howes, David Hughes, Nigel Milbourne, Paul Milsom, Rob P, Patrick Richards, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Talking to Bears, Denise Whittle, Simon Williams, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG