Thursday 29 March 2018

29-03-18 Thursday - Osprey


Rain showers with a high of 9℃

Osprey
Ring-necked Parakeets
Red Kites
Little Gulls 
Sand Martins and Swallows
Wheatear and Chiffchaff


BRISTOL

Finzell's Reach:
Pair of Peregrines
Blackcap 29th Mar 18 St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George:
Blackcap (f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Ring-necked Parakeets feeding on new buds in trees by Anchor car park, Oldbury village, then flew off noisily to NE. (New species for at OPS patch!)


29-3-18 Jay in Almondsbury garden (Vera Carpenter)

Severn Beach:
15+ Linnet


29-3-18 Kestrel at Aust Warth (Ian Loats)

Aust Warth:
Kestrel, lots of Skylark, 15+ Meadow Pipit

Almondsbury:
(Garden) 2 Jay, 1 male Blackcap, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

Easter Compton:
1 Little Egret, flock c.50 mixed Herring and LBB Gull with c.30 Jackdaw, 24 Rook, 2 LT Tit,
1 singing Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch.

Falfield:

Peregrine

Thornbury:

Streamside Walk: Ring-necked Parakeet

Kingswood:
Red Kite - tea time - heading South East

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury coast:
1 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 2 Blue Tit, 10+ House Sparrow, 5 Goldfinch,  2 Rock Pipit,  7 Linnet, 

Portbury Wharf:
Little gull Ad winter. First Sand Martin of year and a Barn Owl

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais Farm scrape:
16 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 7 Dunlin, 20 Redshank, 4 Skylark, 1 Wheatear.


BELOW M4 & BANES

29-3-18 Red Kite in poor light at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
Red Kite this morning over Down Road Marshfield heading north

Oldland Common:
(28-3-18) St Anne's Church: 2 Ring-necked Parakeets


29-3-18 Starlings in Keynsham garden (Talking to Bears)

Keynsham:
Keynsham ST6567 Garden Room full of Starlings

Peregrine box in preparation (@avglochris)
4 sightings of Peregrines flying around @The_ChocolateQ (old Cadbury/Fry's Keynsham) so hopefully box which has been supported by St Monica Trust and is having a camera installed will have been noticed.

Bath:
Prior Park NT:
First Chiffchaff


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

Burledge Hill:
Red Kite

Moreton:
Osprey, 4 Little Gulls (2 1st winter, 2 adult winter), 60 Sand Martin & 3 Swallow 


Reports: Talking to Bears, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, VÄ“ra Carpenter, Lee Gardiner, Chris Hall, Rob Laughton, Ian Loats, Glen Maddison, Duncan McLaughlin, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, Chris Stone,
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