23-03-18 Friday - Kittiwake

Temp 8 to 12℃.  Warmer today, still windy, still dull, but a little warmer, rain from 17.30

23-3-18 Kittiwake,  Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Bittern
Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Kittiwake
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Chiffchaff 

23-3-18 Little Gull at Portbury Wharf (Robin Martin)

BRISTOL

23-3-18 Kestrel at Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

Stoke Park:
1 Kestrel, 1 m Stonechat

GARDEN BIRDS IN AVON

23-3-18 Pheasant, Portishead (Robert Hargreaves)
Through garden, then jumped up on roof for the sea view

Portishead, Beechwood Rd:
1 Pheasant, 2 Greenfinch

The Batch, Butcombe:
1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (F), 1 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird (M), 2 Robin, 5 Chaffinch (2M, 3F), 2 Bullfinch (1M, 1F), 3 Greenfinch (1M, 2F)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Chiffchaff calling

23-3-18 Barn Owl, Aust Warth (Allan Chard)

Aust Warth:
1 Barn Owl, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 m Merlin, 1 Skylark, 40 Starling, 1 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

23-3-18 Little Gull at Portbury Wharf (Chris Stone)

Portbury Wharf:
20 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, c12 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 5 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 ad Little Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti’s warbler (heard), 5 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Chiffchaff , 6 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

Kenn, Duck Lane:
2 Chiffchaff 

Clevedon - Yeo - Kingston Seymour:
Barn Owl on the dung heaps and Wheatear on the sea wall

23-3-18 Mistle Thrush, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
2 Buzzard, 1 Snipe (flushed from a copse!), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 singing Skylark, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush

BELOW M4 & BANES

Siston Brook:
1 Buzzard, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Jay, 3 Skylark (Warmley), 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

Newton St Loe:
18 Teal, 4 Coot, 2 Green Woodpecker, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Hare

23-3-18 Mediterranean Gull, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

23-3-18 Redshank and Common Sandpiper, the Dam (Lee Gardiner)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank

23-3-18 Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton Hide:
1 f Scaup, 1 Bittern (fly by),  3 Little Gull, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kittiwake (a rarity for Chew)

Herriott's Bridge:
3 Little Gull (2 1st winter, 1 2nd winter)

23-3-18 Chiffchaff at Portbury Wharf (Robin Martin)

Reports: Rich Allsop, Terri Borash, Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Anne Crowe, John Croxton, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Robin Martin. Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Chris Teague, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, Talking to Bears, TBOSG