Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Sightings 8/3/16

Lemur (special agent Katie Horrocks)
Many congratulations to Katie who has just won the Longleat Junior Section photo competition.
She receives her award this Sunday 13 March from Simon King followed a safari tour with Simon.

Katie: Please send us some pics and words of your big day this weekend and we'll do a separate posting on Monday 14 March. Thanks.

Fishponds (Bristol):
Thingwall Park: 3 Blackcap this morning, garden.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
7/3/16 Firecrest (Allan Chard)
Avon Gorge (Bristol):
2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, both pairs in aerial conflict with each-other this morning.

Stoke Bishop (Bristol):
Church Ave: 2 Blackcap, 1 Grey wagtail, 3 Siskin.

Shirehampton (Bristol):
Station Rd: 1 Chiffchaff, presumed migrant and earliest spring record here for 8 years.

Thornbury:
Parkhill Farm area: 15 Little Egret this afternoon, near The Pithay.

Littleton Warth:
Aust end, 2 Canada Goose, 40 Shelduck, 90 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Curlew, 200 BH Gull, 2 singing Skylark, 300 Crow (muck-spreading field).

Aust STW:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit.

Aust:
Boar's Head pub: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 House Sparrow, including one very pale bird.

Aust Warth:
1 Kestrel.
7/3/16: 1 Short-eared Owl out briefly 6.20pm.

New Passage-Northwick Warth:
10 Mute Swan, 16 Canada Goose, 65 Shelduck, 14 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 14 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 50 Oystercatcher, 100 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 90 Curlew, 50 Redshank, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Pipit.

Portishead:
Kilkenny Place: 1 Blackcap, 12 Goldfinch.

Lulsgate:
Airport: 40 flyover Golden Plover.

Planet Chew:
Bittern: 1 fly-by at Stratford this morning.
Other stuff, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 18 Shelduck, 24 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting.
7/3/16 Common Sandpiper (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green wall
Reports: Allan Chard, Adrian Hockey, Steve Judd, Howard & Mary Lloyd, Duncan McLaughlin, Dee Pope, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Roger White, severnsidebirds.