Sightings 16/3/16

Special agent Horrocks: Katie has just won the Longleat photo competition junior section and spent a day around the park with renowned naturalist Simon King.
Katie's account of her big day: Katie at Longleat.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 1 Chaffinch, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch.

Avon Gorge (Bristol):

(15/3/16) Peregrine (Rod Holbrook)

Stoke Bishop (Bristol):

16/3/16 Siskin (Roger White)
3-4 daily in the garden, Church Ave

They look like 'captive' birds to us...no wonder they are 'daily' in the garden...

Snuff Mills (Bristol):

16/3/16 Dipper (Martin Tayler)
2 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper along the river Frome

Nibley:
River Frome: 1 Little Owl.

Aust Warth:

16/3/16 Merlin (David Gale)
snucked down out of the wind this afternoon

New Passage-Northwick:

Shore & wetland: 8 Mute Swan, 9 Canada Goose, 100 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 140 Teal, 25 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Lapwing, 1 Ruff new (from Clevedon?), 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew, 71 Redshank, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Water Pipit.

Severn Beach:
1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit.

Portbury Wharf:

(15/3/16) Bar-headed type Goose (Ian Macfarlane)

One of the regular birds that tours sites in the Gordano valley from time to time.

Clevedon: 

Dowlais coast: 3 Ruff today. They've lost one overnight, perhaps it went to Severnside.
Fosseway town: 1 Sparrowhawk.

Pensford:
Folly Farm: 1 flyover Red Kite 1.40pm to north-east (Ian Stapp).
Lord's Wood: 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper.

Bath:
Combe Hay: 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper (Cam brook), 1 Grey Wagtail.
What a nice spread of species....

Blagdon Lake:
21 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 3 Grey Heron, 11 Snipe, 35 Starling.

Litton Res:
1 Canada Goose, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 5 BH Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 11 Barnacle Goose, 18 Shelduck, 10 Goldeneye, 4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Sand Martin (Herriott's again), 1 Treecreeper, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Meadow Pipit, at least 1 Water Pipit (Moreton).

Reports: Teresa Chard, Nick Cryer, Andrew Ford, David Gale, David Hanks, Simon Harris, Rod Holbrook, Ian Macfarlane, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Roger White, severnsidebirds.