Wednesday 7 March 2018

07-03-18 Wednesday - Common Scoter

Temp 4 to 10℃. Good bright Sunshine today, still cold in the wind

Scaup
Common Scoter
Red Kite
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Spotted Redshank
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
Ring-necked Parakeet
Marsh Tit
Hawfinch
7-3-18 Kestrel, Aust Wharf (Malcolm Black)
BRISTOL

Bedminster, River Malago:
1 Little Egret this morning, back this evening

BS7 garden:
1 Redwing

Montpelier:
1 Blackcap singing

Percival Road:
2 Marsh Tit still

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station: 
4 Grey Plover, 150 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit,

7-3-18 Merlin, Aust Wharf (Malcolm Black)
Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin

New Passage/Northwick Warth/Severn Beach:
70 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 2 Goosander, 6 Buzzard, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Turnstone, 1 Raven, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Mistle Thrush

Yate, 12.10:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

7-3-18 Avocet, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)
Portbury Warth:
3 Avocet, 1 Knot

Clevedon-Yeo, CVF-Blake's Pools:
80 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 80 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 7 Lapwing, 11 Grey Plover, 100 Curlew, 12 Turnstone, 550 Dunlin, 130 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 15 Skylark

7-3-18 Common Scoter, WSM - Marine Lake (Clive Dodd)
Weston Super Mare - Marine Lake:
Common Scoter still there at 17.15

Butcombe, The Batch:
1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blackbird, 2m 1f Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, 11.10:
1 m Hawfinch
7-3-18 Yellowhammer, NSL (NSL-Birding)
Newton St Loe:
1 Buzzard, 10 Common Gull, 40 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 3 Treecreeper, 1 m Blackcap, 30 Linnet, 25 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
7-3-18 Great-Spotted Wood, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
7 Goldeneye
7-3-18 Redwing, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100+ Redwing, 4 ( 2f 2m ) Bullfinch

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 2 GBB Gull, 30 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch

7-3-18 Bullfinch, Villice (George Stacey)
Villice:
Only 2 (m & f) Bullfinch

Herons Green:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper

7-3-18 Great-crested Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
6 (2m 4f) Scaup, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Buzzard, 2 Lapwing, 1 GBB Gull, 200 Woodpigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl calling by cottage, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush singing, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
7-3-18 Cormorant, Stratford (Bob Brewer)
Stratford Lane:
1 Grey Heron, Cormorant

Herriotts:
1 Barnacle Goose, 5 Shelduck, 34 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 17 Teal, 2 Goldeneye (lake), 2 GBB Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler
7-3-18 Buzzard near Villice (Bob Brewer)
Out of UK

Reports: Rich Allsop, Malcolm Black, Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Rob Capel, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, ChrisPDuck, Clive Dodd, Paul Gregory, Steve Hawes, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Mike Meechem, Trevor Riddle, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Dan White, Denise Whittle, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG