Scaup
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Crane
Mediterranean Gull
Ring-necked Parakeet
Sand Martin
Hawfinch
Siskin
Corn Bunting
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| 11-3-18 Robin nest-building. From what can be seen of the ring number, it appears that she hatched and was ringed here in 2012 (Chew Valley Ringing Station) |
BRISTOL
Floating Harbour:
1 Great Crested Grebe again
Arnos Vale Cemetery:
1 Buzzard, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest
Bishopston:
1 Blackcap singing
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| 11-3-18 Sparrowhawk through living room window, Henleaze (Tim Clarke) |
Garden: 1 m Sparrowhawk
Stockwood Open Space:
Tawny Owl calling
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
3 Short-eared Owl
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| 11-3-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, New Passage (John Martin) |
2 Ring-necked Parakeet ( briefly at the Glen).
Vis mig to NE included 122 BHGull, 155 Woodpigeon, 12 Pied Wagtail, 43 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 14 Siskin
Pilning Wetland:
m Pochard, 18 Tufted Duck, 3 Black-tailed Godwit
Pilning:
1 Mediterranean Gull
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| 11-3-18 Blackcap, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon:
2 Common Crane (flying NE at midday)
Nailsea Moor:
4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 5 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 5 singing Skylark, 4 Fieldfare, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 11-3-18 Rock Pipit, Weston-super-Mare (Lee Gardiner) |
Marine Lake- 1 Common Scoter (not always on the lake itself now; is using the sea too, and can be distant )
Butcombe:
3 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
10 Red-legged Partridge,7 Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 Raven, 30 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 40 Corn Bunting, 40 Yellowhammer
Willsbridge:
7 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 4 Robin, Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail
Oldland:
St Anne's churchyard: 2 Hawfinch still.
Hanham:
Buzzard displaying, 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine. Also Brimstone by the Hanham Heronry
Keynsham:
Memorial Park - 2 Kingfisher, 1 Tree Creeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail
Bath:
Twerton garden- 1m Blackcap
Prior Park:
Signs of spring with displaying Sparrowhawk, plus singing from Stock Dove, Marsh Tit, Long tailed Tit (nest building), Goldcrest, Song Thrush
Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 10 Common Gull, 30+ Stock Dove 1 Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 5 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Hawfinch, 11 Greenfinch, 20+ Yellowhammer. Also 1 Brimstone Butterfly
Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 8 Scaup (3m/5f), 5 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler,10+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 9 Blackbird, 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting
Herriotts Bridge:
5 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 14 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 16 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 400 BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 11-3-18 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Chris Teague) |
10 Red-legged Partridge,7 Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 Raven, 30 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 40 Corn Bunting, 40 Yellowhammer
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| 11-3-18 Dipper, Willsbridge (Steve Mac) |
7 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, singing Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 4 Robin, Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 11-2-18 Grey Wagtail, Willsbridge (Steve Mac) |
St Anne's churchyard: 2 Hawfinch still.
Hanham:
Buzzard displaying, 2 Sparrowhawk, Peregrine. Also Brimstone by the Hanham Heronry
Keynsham:
Memorial Park - 2 Kingfisher, 1 Tree Creeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail
Bath:
Twerton garden- 1m Blackcap
Prior Park:
Signs of spring with displaying Sparrowhawk, plus singing from Stock Dove, Marsh Tit, Long tailed Tit (nest building), Goldcrest, Song Thrush
Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 10 Common Gull, 30+ Stock Dove 1 Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 5 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Hawfinch, 11 Greenfinch, 20+ Yellowhammer. Also 1 Brimstone Butterfly
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
10 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper
Woodford:
3 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Treecreeper, 20+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch
Heron's Green:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Sand Martin (just in, late this afternoon), 3 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail
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| 11-3-18 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Robert Hargreaves) |
BOC Walk - 1 resident Greylag Goose, 14 Shoveler, 45 Teal, 10 Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 3 (1m) Goldeneye, 5 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Raven, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Grey Wagtail, 1 f Reed Bunting
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
10 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper
Woodford:
3 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Treecreeper, 20+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch
Heron's Green:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Sand Martin (just in, late this afternoon), 3 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail
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| 11-3-18 Scaup pair, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
4 Goldeneye, 8 Scaup (3m/5f), 5 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler,10+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 9 Blackbird, 2 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting
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| 11-3- 18 Mediterranean Gull, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
5 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 14 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 16 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 400 BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Reed Bunting
Just out of area: Stock Hill, Mendip: 1 Hawfinch 2 Common Crossbill
Reports: Rich Allsop, Rich Andrews, Andrew Archer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karle Burford, Rob Capel, Paul Brian Chapman, Teresa Chard, Chris Hall, Tim Clarke, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Kempson, Lisegirl, Steve Mackie, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Nick Page, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Nigel Tucker, Birdguides, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
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| 11-3-18 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Robert Hargreaves) (Even at a distance it's still a handsome bird) |
Reports: Rich Allsop, Rich Andrews, Andrew Archer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karle Burford, Rob Capel, Paul Brian Chapman, Teresa Chard, Chris Hall, Tim Clarke, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Kempson, Lisegirl, Steve Mackie, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Nick Page, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Nigel Tucker, Birdguides, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
