3 more Red Kite today, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Avocet, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Firecrest and 5 flyover Crossbill of particular note.
A few more Sand Martin, Swallow, Chiffchaff and Wheatear but no great surge of numbers yet.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Goldfinch.
Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 2 Jay, 32 Magpie (fest!), 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch.
Hotwells (Bristol):
Oldfield Rd: 1 Chiffchaff.
Stoke Bishop (Bristol):
Church Ave: 2+ Siskin still regular in the garden.
Littleton Warth:
41 Shelduck, 22 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 2 Curlew.
Aust STW:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 7 Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper.
New Passage-Northwick:
110 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 130 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Merlin, 1 Water Rail, 40 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover (wetland still), 20 Dunlin, 47 Curlew, 60 Redshank, 13 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Water Pipit, 3 Siskin, 5 flyover Crossbill (Paul Bowerman).
Severn Beach:
Shore: 200 Wigeon.
Orchard Pools: 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff.
Western Approaches Park: 300+ Pied Wagtail into roost this evening, Royal Mail depot.
Portbury Dock:
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| 23/3/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis) mouth of the Avon this morning |
Portishead:
1 flyover Red Kite 11.30am, unusually, to south (John Croxton).Other stuff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel.
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| 23/3/16 Purple Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis) 1 of 6 birds at Battery Pt this morning |
Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 26 Canada Goose, 145 Shelduck, 85 Wigeon, 105 Teal, 1 Pintail, 6 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck (Blake's Pool), 1 Goosander (Blind Yeo), 8 Little Egret, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 35 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 100 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 160 Curlew, 320 Redshank, 28 Turnstone, 1 Short-eared Owl (Dowlais, mobbed by Corvids), 20 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 55 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 130 Meadow Pipit (steady migration to north-east), 2 Rock Pipit, 8 Bullfinch.Dundry:
50 Redwing, 2 Wheatear (sheepfield by village hall).
Banwell:
Winthill: 1 Siskin, 1 Brambling, in the garden.
Middle Hope:
4 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear, 120 Meadow Pipit, 8 Siskin, 1 Redpoll.
Sand Pt/Bay:
56 Shelduck, 1 Avocet still, 2 Raven, 2 Firecrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear, 2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll.
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| 23/3/16 Firecrest (Paul Gregory) 1 of 2 birds at the car-park this morning |
W-s-M:
Balmoral Way: 1 flyover Red Kite + a Marsh Harrier + 3 displaying Buzzard mid-day (Paul Gregory).Old Airfield: 8 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Sand Martin.
Hutton Moor: 3 Sand Martin.
Birnbeck Pier: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 flyover Siskin.
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| 23/3/16 Red Kite & Marsh Harrier (Paul Gregory) over the house....what a bummer! |
Bath area:
Combe Down: 1 Sparrowhawk.Midford: 6 Buzzard, 1 Raven.
Shockerwick: 1 soaring Red Kite over woods 11am (Julian Head).
Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 5 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 20 Shelduck, 40 Teal, 60 Shoveler, 2 Scaup, 17 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 3 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| 23/3/16 drake Scaup (Bob Brewer) off Stratford hide today, present here for a while now |
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, James Butcher, Teresa Chard, John Croxton, Nick Cryer, Pete Dommett, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Julian Head, Chris Perry, Steve Sanins, Kevin Smith, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Roger White, severnsidebirds.
