Saturday 4 March 2017

4 March '17 Saturday - Peregrine


Nice in the sun this morning at Chew and some nice rainbows

4-3-17 Rainbow at Chew (Ian Stapp)
Mediterranean Gulls in Bristol and Chew
Waxwings at Bradley Stoke
Red Kite at Yate
Black Redstart at Clevedon
Short-eared Owl at Uphill
Scaup, Black-necked Grebe at Chew

4-3-17 Peregrine in the City (Dan White)
BRISTOL
City Centre:
2 Peregrines

4-3-17 Grey Heron at Eastville (Gill Sapsed)

Eastville Park:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Dipper


Fishponds, Market Square garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (63rd Day)


Montpelier Station:
1 singing Blackcap


Sea Mills Station:
2 Buzzards, 1 Peregrine


Stapleton, Holy Trinity:
1 Peregrine

4-3-17 Mediterranean Gull at Eastville (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Bradley Stoke, Willow Brook Tesco's:
1 Sparrowhawk, 15 (nearly 14) Waxwings

Oldbury Power Station:
10 Stonechat, 1 m Yellowhammer

Littleton Pits:
2 Shoveler, 2 Cormorant, 3 Chiffchaff, 35+ Fieldfare, 10+ Redwing, 2 Siskin

4-3-17 Stonechat at Pilning (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick:
165 Teal, 21 Tufted Duck, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 75 Redshank, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 14 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 migrant Stonechat

4-3-17 Rock Pipit at Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach:
3 Rock Pipit

4-3-17 Red Kite at Yate (Adam Rawson)
Yate, Kingsgate Park:
1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, Ravens

Chipping Sodbury Common:
0 Smew

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Buzzard, 50+ Woodpigeon, 1 Tawny Owl, 4 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit,
2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 8 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing,
1 Pied Wagtail,5 Chaffinch, 6 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET:
4-3-17 Black Redstart at Clevedon (Lee Gardiner)
Clevedon:
1 f Black Redstart
4-3-17 Golden Plover at Clevedon  (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
3 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Knot, 100+ Dunlin, 20 Turnstone, 1 Peregrine, a few Skylarks singing (1st March)

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl
4-3-17 Short-eared Owl at Uphill (Higgy)

BELOW M4 & BANES


4-3-17 Peregrine (Steve Poulsom)
Taken from far away on Stapleton Ch
Marshfield:
20+ Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Owl, 2 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 14 Yellowhammer, 6 Corn Bunting


Keynsham, Manor Rd;
10 Magpies


Bath:
Apple Store: 300+ Pied Wagtail roosting in the tree outside
Race Course: 200+ Golden Plover flying south


Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 50 Fieldfare, 25 Yellowhammer


RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake am: 
1 Com Sandpiper (dam), 4 Goldcrest, 1 Jay, 1 singing Chiffchaff (lodge)

Litton Res pm: 
9 Tufted Duck, 12 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch at nest-hole, 1 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose (maybe other bird sitting on eggs?),  4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe
Spring Bay:
4 Black-necked Grebe
Nunnery:
11 Scaup (5m, 6f)
Heron's Green:
2 Scaup (1m, 2f), 1 Snipe

4-3-17 Goldcrest at Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
Scaup (2m, 3f), 6 Goldeneye, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
4-3-17 Chiffchaff (Chew Valley Ringing)


Stratford:
Mediterranean Gull,


Chew Valley Ringing Station:
6 wintering Chiffchaff


Herriotts End:
3 Greylag Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 2 Grey Wagtail


ID guide for Yellow-legged Gull (British Birds)
Reports: Des Bowring, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Garry Hughes, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Darren Pearce, Chris Perry, Steve Poulsom, Adam Rawson, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Thomas Weston, Dan White, Steve Wilmshurst,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG