Our first Willow Warbler today plus an upsurge in Chiffchaff and Wheatear sightings.
The Smew still at Chipping Sodbury and the Slavonian Grebe still at Planet Chew.
Little Ringed Plover at Severnside and Portbury but generally still a shortage of small waders at the coastal sites.
23 Common Scoter off Clevedon noteworthy.
Otter Sightings: Otter Gill says thank you for all the sightings us birders have sent in recently. So much so in fact, that she is thinking of taking up birding in order to see more Otters herself....
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 1 Skylark.
Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Swallow, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 19 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch.
Huntingford Mill:
Little River Avon: 4 Siskin.
Chipping Sodbury:
The Smew still present.
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| map, courtesy of Martyn Hayes ST 740842 |
New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 8 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 68 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 55 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck, 70 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Coot, 1 Little Ringed Plover (evening), 9 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Curlew, 90 Redshank, 1 Turnstone, 1 Kittiwake, 2 Raven, 50 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff 2 Water Pipit.Abbots Leigh:
Pool environs: 4 Buzzard (2prs displaying), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch.
Sandy Lane end: 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 confiding Jay, 1 Coal Tit.
Portbury Wharf:
Pools & environs: 11 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Shelduck, 11 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 7 Mallard, 4 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Little Ringed Plover (island, blimey), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail.
Saltmarsh: 4 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 6 Meadow Pipit.
Estuary shore: 2 Canada Goose, 15 Shelduck, 95 Teal, 4 Mallard, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Jack Snipe, 8 Curlew, 55 Redshank, 1 LBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull.
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| 30/3/16 Little Ringed Plover (Mrs Trellis) only 150yds away....we feel blessed |
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| 30/3/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis) 3 birds on the saltmarsh...a major 'fall' for here |
Portishead:
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| 30/3/16 Siskin (special agent Horrocks) in the garden, Hillside Rd |
Kingston Seymour:
Middle Lane: 27 Little Egret 9.30am, presumably the same birds as counted at the seawall stretch.Clevedon coast:
Wains Hill-Yeo Est: 115 Shelduck, 65 Wigeon, 75 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 23 Common Scoter (upriver off Yeo Est), 30 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Water Rail, 22 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Lapwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 110 Curlew, 190 Redshank, 29 Turnstone, 2 Raven, 25 Skylark, 35 Sand Martin (mig to north), 30 Swallow (mig to north), 3 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 15 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail, 75 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Worle:
Plumley Park: 10+ Chiffchaff.
Brockley Combe:
1 Marsh Tit.
Dundry:
10 Buzzard, 11 Wheatear (field by Carpenter Arms pub), 1 flyover Siskin, 18 Yellowhammer.
Paulton:
Village environs: 1 Buzzard, 70 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 15 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Redpoll.
Sewage Works: 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail.
Bath 14/3/16:
Pulteney Bridge: 2 Otter (Jeff Hosier). Otter Gill says thank you.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff.
Planet Chew:
Willow Warbler: 1 in trees at Moreton car-park, our first of the season.
Other day stuff, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Barnacle Goose, 14 Shelduck, 5 Scaup (Moreton), 24 Goldeneye, 14 Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Raven, 300 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 singing Blackcap, 7 House Sparrow, 25 Pied Wagtail, 25 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling (Nunnery again), 3 Bullfinch.
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| 30/3/16 Slavonian Grebe (Chris Stone) mobile between Stratford & picnic site 1/dam |
