Nice in the sun this morning at Chew and some nice rainbows
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| 4-3-17 Rainbow at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Waxwings at Bradley Stoke
Red Kite at Yate
Black Redstart at Clevedon
Short-eared Owl at Uphill
Scaup, Black-necked Grebe at Chew
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| 4-3-17 Peregrine in the City (Dan White) |
City Centre:
2 Peregrines
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| 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
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| 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
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| 4-3-17 Stonechat at Pilning (John Martin) |
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
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| 4-3-17 Rock Pipit at Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle) |
3 Rock Pipit
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| 4-3-17 Red Kite at Yate (Adam Rawson) |
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:
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| 4-3-17 Black Redstart at Clevedon (Lee Gardiner) |
1 f Black Redstart
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| 4-3-17 Golden Plover at Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
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
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| 4-3-17 Short-eared Owl at Uphill (Higgy) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 4-3-17 Peregrine (Steve Poulsom) Taken from far away on Stapleton Ch |
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
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| 4-3-17 Goldcrest at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
5 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
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| 4-3-17 Chiffchaff (Chew Valley Ringing) |
Stratford:
1 Mediterranean Gull,
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
6 wintering Chiffchaff
Herriotts End:
3 Greylag Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 2 Grey Wagtail
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| ID guide for Yellow-legged Gull (British Birds) |
