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| 22/3/16 Wheatear (Ian Stapp) finder Roger Palmer, fields at Stratford end this morning |
Summary:
It's getting very birdy now. Get out there and enjoy.
Clifton (Bristol):
Osbourne Rd: 160+ flyover Jackdaw 6pm to north-east.It's getting very birdy now. Get out there and enjoy.
Clifton (Bristol):
Oldbury Power Station:
5 Water Rail (around the lagoons), 15 Meadow Pipit. 1 Scandinavian type Rock Pipit (littoralis, lagoon 3/yacht club end).
Thornbury:
Itchington: 1 flyover Merlin mid-day (Dan White).
New Passage-Northwick:
3 Brent Goose up (morning), 60 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 150 Teal, 4 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 1 Little Ringed Plover new, 1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 5 Water Pipit, 2 Siskin.
Severn Beach:
55+ Brent Goose this afternoon (Paul Bowerman), 25 Shelduck, 80 Turnstone, 1 Wheatear (pipes section).
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 flyover Red Kite 12.45pm (Alex Rhodes). Other stuff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit.
Portishead:
Kilkenny Place: 1 Goldcrest, garden.
East Wood: 1 Tawny Owl this evening.
Walton Common (Gordano Valley):
1 flyover Crossbill.
Smithy the Woodcock: Is back in the Gordano valley after a long period of no transmissions. Sunlight is needed to activate his satellite tag and by his nocturnal and dense cover habits, this causes recharging problems.
Smithy was ringed and tagged in the Gordano Valley March 2014, travel details: HERE.
Middle Hope:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 60+ Meadow Pipit.
Sand Pt/Bay:
Avocet: 1 in the bay (Adrian Hockey).
Firecrest: 1 on the main path to the Trig point (Adrian Hockey).
Other stuff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Bullfinch.
W-s-M:
1 flyover Red Kite 2.30pm to west (Rob Purveur).
Old Town Quarry: 1 flyover Peregrine, 2 Blackcap.
Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, 10 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 21 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 1 singing Yellowhammer.
Bath:
Racecourse: 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 21 Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush, 60 Chaffinch.
Barrow Tanks:
27 Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye, 40 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Blagdon Lake:
17 Mute Swan, 45 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shoveler, 7 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 20 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 110+ Redwing, 20+ Chaffinch (dam spillway).
Bickfield Farm: 1 Buzzard, 8 House Sparrow.
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| 22/3/16 Common Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis) the long-staying bird, mostly at the dam |
Planet Chew:
Black-necked Grebe: 1 in summer plumage off Moreton, but distant (Ian Stapp).Long-tailed Tit: plenty of activity around the lake, including nest-building.
Other stuff, 4 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose (dam), 16 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 48 Shoveler, 4 Scaup (Stratford), 13 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Sand Martin, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 15 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| 22/3/16 Tufted Duck & Scaup (Mrs Trellis) Stratford hide this afternoon |
