31 March '17 Friday - Ring Ouzel

March - in like a lion out like a lamb

Ring Ouzel at Crook Peak on the Mendip Hills
Redstart at Oldbury Power Station

31/3/17 Kestrel at Aust Warth (Adam Rawson)

BRISTOL

Abbots Pool, Failand:
4 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 7+ Nuthatch. Singing Chiffchaff widespread.

Pill Creek:
Kingfisher

St Werburghs:
1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 singing Blackcap, 2 Common Buzzard and 2 Raven at

Narroways LNR

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Redstart (gorgeous male in Orchard, earliest OPS record by one day), 5 singing Blackcap, 27 singing Chiffchaff,

1 singing Cetti's Warbler (by lake), 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 2 Peregrine (one female on nest shelf, male above), 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 8 Curlew (flushed by Peregrine), approx 50 Turnstone

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Several Chiffchaffs and Skylarks, 1 Wheatear and 1 Snipe

Aust Warth:
1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Merlin

31/3/17 Kestrel at Aust Warth (Allan Chard)

31/3/17 Merlin at Aust Warth (Adam Rawson)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Water Pipit, 2 White Wagtail (first sentry) with Meadow Pipits and Wheatear,  

16 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools:
2 Little Grebe, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 

1 Blackcap

Wick Golden Valley:
3 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 3 Little Grebe, 12 Mallard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Swallow, 

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch,  1 Treecreeper.

2 Mistle Thrush,  2 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET:

Crook Peak:
Ring Ouzel

Portbury Wharf:
Pair of Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Oystercatchers, c70 Redshank, 14 Dunlin,

8 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap

Portishead:
1 Rock Pipit, 6 House Sparrow

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Curlew and 2 Shelduck, then 12 Shelduck, 2 Wheatear further south

31/3/17 Wheatear south of Clevedon (Vera Carpenter)

Yatton:
Stawberry Line:
2 Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Bullfinch.

17 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting.

Weston-Super-Mare:
Weston Airfield:

1 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Stonechat & 20+ Skylark

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath
Garden - 2 Greenfinches where none have been seen for over a year
Peregine

31/3/17 Peregrine in Bath (Hamish Smith)
High over Bath in misty sunlight we get a clear view of the wing damage KP sustained a couple of weeks ago

High Littleton/Greyfield Woods:
1 Kingfisher

31/3/17 Male Kingfisher at High Littleton (Alex Carlisle)

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:
A cream crowned Marsh Harrier was noted along the west side of the lake at 11.15.

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Barnacle Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, 40+ Sand Martin, 1 Swallow

Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (car park), 1 Blackcap (car park)

31/3/17 Willow Warbler at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

1 Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler (pond side), 1 Little Grebe (pond), 11 House Sparrows, 6 Chaffinch (lake wall)

Moreton:
10 Scaup 5m 5f (flew in from Stratford way & had a wash), 5 Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, 5 Chiffchaff, 

1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay,  

3 Buzzard, 50+ Sand Martin

31/3/17 Scaup from Moreton hide (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
20 Scaup, 3 Willow Warbler

Herriotts End:
1 Bittern, 12 Shelduck, 50+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow and a few House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

31/3/17 Bittern at Herriotts End (Lee Gardiner)

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Alex Carlisle, Allan Chard, Dan @twit1144, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Wilfred King, Rich Mielcarek, Andrew Middleton, Liz Milner, Dave Nevitt, Chris Perry, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, Hamish Smith, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Sean Whyte.  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG