Saturday 18 March 2017

18 March '17 Saturday - Cattle Egret

A rather miserable dark day, but at least the rain stayed off

Willow Warbler on Brown's Folly
Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks
Scaup, Cattle Egret at Chew Valley Lake

18-3-17 Goldcrest in Bristol (Allan Chard)
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
2 Sparrowhawk, a few Goldcrest

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 10+ Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Sheppardine:
12 Shelduck, 35 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 2 Mallard, 1 Peregrine, 9 Oystercatchers, 2 Redshank, 55 Turnstone, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull

18-3-17 Pintail at New Passage (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
frisky Shelducks, 3 Pintail, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Peregrine, 14 Grey Plover, 4 Lapwing, 1 colour-ringed Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Jay

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Ringed Plover

Backwell Lake:
21 Sand Martins battling with the strong winds

BANES

Brown's Folly, Dawn chorus
1 Willow Warbler

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank No3, WeBS:
2 Canada Goose, 9 Teal, 12 Mallard, 8 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 77 Tufted Duck, 1w male Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 51 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 27 Coot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 4 Sand Martin

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper
18-3-17 Cattle Egret  on Denny Island (Sean Davies)
Picnic Site 2: 
1 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret, (both on Denny Island)

Stratford:
15+ Scaup

Herriotts Bridge:
4 Pintail, 1 Green Sandpiper

18-3-17 Peregrine at New Passage (John Martin)
Just outside Avon:
Garganey at Slimbridge, Sandwich Tern on Axe Estuary, Berrow

Reports: Rich Andrews, Louise Bailey, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, ‏Lee Gardiner, Pete Hawkins, John Martin, Jon & Viv Tottle, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding,  severnsidebirds, TBOSG