Black-necked Grebe, Common Scoter, Short-eared Owl, Merlin
Club trip to Herzegovina - one place now available - trip details at end, after Chew reports.
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| Garden birds (Rod Holbrook) |
BRISTOL
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| Kingfisher in Eastville Park (Steve Poulsom) |
Marsh Tit on sunflower hearts and Blackcap (f) on fat pellets.
Eastville Park:
1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 1 Chiffchaff.
Emersons Green:
Little Egret flew over.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl, Kestrel.
Iron Acton:
Merlin hunting along the Bristol Road.
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
3 Little Grebe, 2 Pintail, 'hundreds of'' Meadow Pipit and Pied Wagtail. 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest.
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| Little Owl, presumably near Pilning (Adam Rawson) |
Hinton Charterhouse:
Red Kite (2 p.m. - "directionless, just flapping about").
Paulton:
13 Buzzard, 40 LBB Gull, 2 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, mixed flock of 90 Carrion Crow & Jackdaw.
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
Egyptian Goose, Common Sandpiper, c. 250 Sand Martin,
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| Nice weather for ducks. Scaup in the rain at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
1 m. Common Scoter, 1 Black-necked Grebe.
Moreton:
15 Scaup (8m., 7f.), 16 Goldeneye, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler.
Herriotts End:
4 Shelduck, 3 Pintail.
Club trip to Herzegovina, 7-14 May 2017
A place has just become available on this upcoming BOC trip. Please contact bocbirds@gmail.com urgently if interested in joining us. Top target bird is Rock Partridge. 7 nights inc 2 in Croatia, price approx £850 plus flights from/to Bristol for which a booked seat may be transferable.
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Brian Edge, Dave Esam, Tim Ford, Patrick Hancock, 'Lisegirl', Steve Poulsom, Adam Rawson, Ian Stapp, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
