Rare Breeding Birds in Avon: Please send us any records you have as the season unfolds. We won't publish them on the blog for obvious reasons but we will record them on the spreadsheet and pass them on to The Recorder for the county Report. Thanks everyone.
Still very quiet for migrants though we did get our first Wheatears today...at Oldbury.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.
St Andrews (Bristol):
Park: 20 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush.
Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Dipper.
Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| 20/3/16 Grey Wagtail (Gill Sapsed) |
Marshfield:
Around the lanes, 12 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Buzzard, 1 Merlin (Rushmead end), 400 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit, 20 Yellowhammer, 200 Corn Bunting. |
| 20/3/16 Fieldfare & Yellowhammer (Dave Hughes) |
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| 20/3/16 Red-legged Partridge (Dave Hughes) Dave had a good couple of hours on the Marshfield patch today |
Warmley Forest Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 18 Starling, 15 Blackbird, 12 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Chaffinch, 16 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch.
Oldbury Power Station:
Yacht Club: 2 Wheatear (Pete Hazelwood). Our first of the season.
Other stuff, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat, 2 Redpoll, 2 Reed Bunting.
AWT Reserve: 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Goldfinch. |
| 20/3/16 Wheatear (Pete Hazelwood) |
Littleton Warth:
Warth: 5 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Oystercatcher, 17 Curlew, 2 Skylark, 150 Starling.
New Passage-Northwick:
1 Avocet in with the Redshank this morning (Paul Bowerman).
Other stuff shore & wetland, 130 Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 120 Teal, 4 Pintail, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Redshank, 1 Water Pipit.
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| 20/3/16 Avocet (Paul Bowerman) possibly the bird seen at Aust on 11 March |
Portishead:
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| 20/3/16 Purple Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis) Battery Pt this evening first records from here since 27 Feb |
Tickenham:
Jacklands Lakes: 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.Clevedon coast:
15 Shelduck, 6 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 8 Lapwing, 80 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 44 Redshank, 25 BH Gull, 4 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit.
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| 20/3/16 Black-tailed Godwit (Jason Williams) Dowlais |
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Dipper, 15 Starling, 25 Redwing.Newton St Loe:
4 Mute Swan, 30 Teal, 4 Goosander, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Owl, 3 Green Woodpecker, 100 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 125 Starling, 20 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 60 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, 20 Yellowhammer.
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| 20/3/16 Goosander (Robert Hargreaves) |
Bath:
Lidl store: 1 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch.
Paulton:
Village lanes: 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Dipper (Cam Brook), 11 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Chaffinch.Sewage Works: 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail.
Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sand Martin.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe (Top End hide), 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, both at dam.
Planet Chew:
Heron's Green: 5 Scaup (4m, 1f).
Other stuff, 2 Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stonechat.
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Patrick Hancock, David Hanks, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, David Hughes, Chris Johnson, John Martin, Thomas McLeung-Weston, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Jason Williams, severnsidebirds.
