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| 25/3/16 Molly Pannell, aged 7 (Lyndon Roberts) At the Gordano Valley Ringing Group site this morning A young birder is rarer than a diving Gannet at Planet Chew.... |
Summary:
A lovely sunny spring day but not much new in the way of migrants except for a House Martin at Sand Pt.
A Red Kite and 4 Bearded Tit also of particular note. Quite a few butterflies of various species out today, especially Brimstone.
Wet and windy over the next few days which may produce some seabirds off Severn Beach.
1 Dipper,1 Treecreeper.
St Andrews (Bristol):
Park: 1 flyover Red Kite, roof-top height 11.55am (John Rossetti).
Wick:
Golden Valley: 2 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blackbird of note.
Emerson's Green:
Ring Road: 3 Buzzard, 1 flyover Jay.
Oldbury Power Station:
25 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 3 Redshank, 1 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff.
Aust Services:
1 Merlin, adjacent fields, possibly the New Passage bird.
New Passgage-Northwick:
1 Merlin, 3 Little Ringed Plover (by the warden's building), 1 Snipe, 7 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 1 Wheatear, 2 Water Pipit.
Severn Beach:
18 Wigeon.
Abbots Leigh:
Pool: 3 Tawny Owl calling, late evening.
Portbury Dock:
1 Short-eared Owl this morning, unusual here (Chris Stone).
Other stuff, 70 Shelduck, 10 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 40 Curlew, 50 Redshank, 1 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Rock Pipit.
Portishead:
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| 25/3/16 Purple Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis) it took 2 attempts, but we finally got all 10 birds... |
Purple Sandpiper is an uncommon winter visitor into Avon, Nov-April. In recent years there have been only 2 fairly reliable roosts in the county, at Portishead and Sand Pt. The Portishead birds are particularly observer-friendly....and only 60yds from the car.
Gordano Valley:
Weston Big Wood: 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Bullfinch.Walton Common: 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit trapped/ringed, 2 Nuthatch.
Walton Moor: 2 Buzzard, copulating.
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| 25/3/16 Kestrel (Paul Milsom) Weston Big Wood this morning |
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| 25/3/16 Marsh Tit (Lyndon Roberts, GV Ringing Group) first one here in 6 years |
Clevedon coast:
1 Merlin (Dowlais, evening), 1 Wheatear.Sand Pt:
A House Martin here this morning (Paul Gregory). Our first one of the spring.
3 Canada Goose, 30 Shelduck, 10 Oystercatcher, 70 Curlew, 5 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear, 2 Siskin.
Banwell:
Winthill: 2 Siskin, garden.
W-s-M:
Balmoral Way: 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard.
Pensford:
Lord's Wood: 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush.
Bath:
Charmy Down: 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 36 Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Walcot: 4 flyover Siskin.
Hensley Rd: 1 garden Redpoll.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe still (Top End), 1 Common Sandpiper.
Planet Chew:
4 Bearded Tit this morning (Pete Burston).
Other stuff, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 22 Shelduck, 48 Shoveler, 4 Scaup (3m, 1f, Moreton/Stratford), 20 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Reed Bunting.
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| 25/3/16 Scaup with a Tufted Duck & Scaup wing-bar (Ian Stapp) |
