14 March '17 Tuesday - Owls

Bit windy at times and overcast with sunny spells

Lots of breeding activity. Lots of Peregrine action and Sparrowhawks out and about. Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Percival Road BS8: (11/03/2017)
1 Wren, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 f Blackcap

New Cut:
3 Common Sandpiper

Eastville Park: BOC Walk
1 Peregrine (on Stapleton Church spire), 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail,
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Long-tailed Tit (nesting), 1 Green Woodpecker

14/3/17 Green Woodpecker and Grey Wagtail (Keith Williams)
Not to scale!

River Frome (Frome Vale):
2 Dipper


14/3/17  (Keith Williams)

Stockwood Open Spaces:
6 Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Goldfinch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE:

Chipping Sodbury Common:
22 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Redshank

Warmley Forest Park:

2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Bullfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Green Woodpecker
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldfinch,

NORTH SOMERSET:

Sand Point:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 100+ Curlew in Sand Bay marsh over high tide.
An early morning passage of birds heading NW over Sand Point included 120 Woodpigeon,
90 Meadow Pipit. Otherwise, 2 Chiffchaff , 1 Stonechat

Woodspring Bay: WeBS count

21 Mallard, 115 Shelduck, 17 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 2 Pintail, 122 Wigeon 

66 Teal, 9 Oystercatcher, 214Redshank, 71 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret

185 Black-headed Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 41 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Common Gull 

2 Wheatear on the seawall.

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl

14/3/17 Short-eared Owl (Clive Dodd)

Pensford:
1 Barn Owl


14/3/17 Barn Owl (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Corn Bunting (in numbers)

Bath:
St John's Church:
2 Peregrine, courtship and food passing


RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
7 Chiffchaff, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Sparrowhawk, (Painted Lady)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 2 Song Thrush

Herons Green:
2 Snipe, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dunlin (summer plumage), 1 Buzzard (the White one), 3 House Sparrow

Moreton:
30+ Pied Wagtail (with 20 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 6 Blackbird in the field on way in)     

1 Water Rail (in the recently cut drainage ditch), 2 Bullfinch (cottage), 8 Long-tailed Tit
3 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Buzzard (over hills around lake), 1 Raven (over Denny), 19 Scaup, 10 Goldeneye, 1 Jay, 2 Stonechat   

14/3/17 Scaup and Tufted Duck (Ian Stapp)
Scattered by a passing boat

Herriots:
2 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Wigeon, 1 Green Sandpiper (pond wall), 1 Chiffchaff (singing)
4 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail, 2 Curlew (flyover)


14/3/17 Goldeneye at Moreton, Great-crested Grebe at Herriots (Martin Tayler)
More birds in display mode

 

Reports: Chris P Duck, Ian Stapp, Alastair Fraser, Keith Williams, Paul Bowyer, Teresa Chard, John Martin, Robert Hargreaves, Giles Morris, Martin Tayler, Darren Pearce, Clive Dodd, Raoul Chandrasakera, Nigel Milbourne, blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG