17-03-18 - Iceland Gull

Bitingly cold: chill winds, snow flurries. Spring 'on hold' today.

Long-tailed Duck
Avocet 
Jack Snipe
Iceland Gull, Mediterranean Gull
Sandwich Tern (16th)
plus Chiffchaff, Sand Martin

17-03-18 Sparrowhawk in garden, Marshfield (Denise Whittle)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail in the snowflakes
Hartcliffe:
1 Raven
Stockwood Open Space:
15th: m+f Stonechat

16th: Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Song Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
16th: 1 Sandwich Tern heading downriver

Littleton Warth:
WeBS Count - 72 Teal, 71 Wigeon, 93 Curlew, 20 Dunlin, 26 Redshank, 36 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff 

Aust Warth:
1 Jack Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

17-3-18 Iceland Gull, Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)

Portbury Wharf:
4 (2m/2f) Pochard, 2nd w Mediterranean Gull, 2nd w Iceland Gull  (briefly mid-afternoon before flying off south)

 17-03-18 Purple Sandpiper, Clevedon-Yeo (Rob Hargreaves)
Looking a bit lost on the mud

Clevedon-Yeo:
Clevedon-Yeo - Dowlais:35 Shelduck, 0 Wigeon, 1 Goosander (Blind Yeo), 4 Oystercatcher, 14 Lapwing, 8 Curlew, 150 Dunlin, 1 Purple Sandpiper (last seen here Feb 2012), 80 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

17-03-18 Goosander, Blind Yeo (Rob Hargreaves)

Nailsea Moor: 
1 Chiffchaff

Backwell Lake:
24 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 22 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull

17-03-18 Reed Buntings in a garden at Kenn Moor (Higgy)

Kenn Moor:
Garden: 13 Reed Bunting (10 m, 3 f - a garden record)

Butcombe:
Garden:1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap (1m 1f), 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Bullfinch (1m 1f), 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

17-03-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marshfield (Denise Whittle)

Marshfield:
Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk, pair Great Spotted Woodpecker (no sign of the Hawfinch today)

Keynsham:
Garden in ST6567: 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Goldfinch

Bath:

17-03-18 Carrion Crow, Twerton (Jean Tye)

Twerton garden: 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull ( a garden tick),3 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove,3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 7 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch (first for over a year) 

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
WeBS count: 1 Greylag Goose, 20 Teal, 7 Mallard, 6 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 89 Tufted Duck, 1
Long-tailed Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 32 Coot, 60 Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 3 Sand Martin

Chew Valley Lake

17-03-18 Avocet, Herriott's Pool, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herriotts Bridge:
1 Avocet

17-03-18 House Sparrow, Twerton (Jean Tye)

Reports: Rich Allsop, Andrew Archer, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Trevor Ford, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood,  Higgy, Brian Lancastle, Steve Marriott, John Martin, Trevor Riddle, Chris Stone, TalkingtoBears, Bri Thompson, Jean Tye, Denise Whittle,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG