Friday 30 March 2018

30-03-18 Friday - Lots of Bramblings

Bright at first and then rain and more rain and then bright again and then more rain.

Brambling 30th Mar 2018 Claverham (Higgy)

Wheatear,  

Scaup
Brambling
Little Gull

BRISTOL


Sparrowhawk v Blackcap 30th Mar 2018 St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George:
Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, (unusual garden visitor), Blackcap (f)

St Anne's
Blackcap (m) back on the feeder + the usual garden favourites.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Thornbury - ish:
records taken while doing a 13 mile run. - glad you stayed in S Glos.
4 Buzzards 1 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Singing Skylark and 12 singing Chiffhaff.

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning wetland:
c.70 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 2 Curlew, c.30 Dunlin, c.60 Redshank, 2 confiding juv Mistle Thrush on power lines, 7 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, flock c.20 Goldfinch.

Gadwall 26th Mar 2018 Kingsgate Park Yate (Dan White -- Mondays pic, this time f)
Yate Kingsgate Park:
6 Gadwall, 1 Cormorant, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, and a Nuthatch.

Filton Airfield:
1 Buzzard - very wet!

Siston Common:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - courtship display flight


NORTH SOMERSET
Brambling 30th Mar 2018 Claverham (David Playle)
Claverham:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, and 51 Brambling - yes FIFTY ONE - in the garden, on, under and around the feeders.

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Gull - just starting to see the hood coming through.

Clevedon-Yeo:
16 Canada Goose, 23 Mute Swan - (Part of the N Somerset flock?), 50 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler - (At KP), 45 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 2 Pochard 2 - (At KP), 15 Tufted Duck - (At KP), 2 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant  - (At KP), 23 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 22 Turnstone, 8 Dunlin - (migrant schinzii's), 95 Redshank - (15 at Kenn and 80 up Yeo), 1 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 3 Raven, 2 Wheatear - (m), 15 Linnet.

Wain's Hill:
Several calling Chiffchaff.

Blind Yeo/Dowlais: combined report
3 Ringed Plover, only 9 Redshank left - 130 normal in winter, 5 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail (f & m)

Sparrowhawk 30th Mar 2018 Weston-super-Mare (David Gibbs)
Weston-Super-Mare:
Sparrowhawk  - on x Feral Pigeon.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Little Egret,


RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
11 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 or 6 singing Chiffchaff, a Blackcap doing the same, 8 Redwing and 21 Meadow Pipit.

Chew Valley Lake

Parkland:
Wheatear (m)

Dam:
Egyptian Goose, 2 Chileo Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper,

Moreton:
2 Little Gull (1st wint), Chiffchaff - several all singing.

Stratford:
4 Scaup (2f+2m), 60 Sand Martin

OUT OF AREA:

Slimbridge:
2 Sandwich Tern just pitched up outside Discovery Hide

Cheddar Res
Slavonian Grebe



Reports: Andrew Archer, Karl Burford, Mark Coller, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, David Gibbs,Anthony Goodwin, Higgy, Robert Kelsh, Chris Mott, David Playle, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Matt Scott, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG