Wintering rarities - Cattle Egrets and Waxwings.
Spring migrants - Red Kite, Wheatear, hirundines arriving.
BRISTOL
1 Dipper.
Eastville Park:
1 Grey Wagtail.
St Andrews Park:
2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Redwing.
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| Green Woodpecker at Ashton Court (Mrs Trellis) |
1 Green Woodpecker anting, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 4 Nuthatch.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Bradley Stoke:
10+ Waxwing (still at Tesco but not many berries left)
Oldbury Power Station:
20 Shelduck, 19 Teal, 87 Wigeon, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 31 Curlew, 1 Water Rail, 7 Common Gull, 2 singing Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 23 Redwing, 14 Stonechat (site record).
Aust Warth:
3 Stonechat.
Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
6 Canada Goose, 44 Shelduck, 350 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 12 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 400 Dunlin, 13 Turnstones, 2 Water Rail, 1 Sparrowhawk,
55 Pied Wagtails.
Pilning lanes:
1 Little Owl
Olveston, garden:
1 m Blackcap
Avonmouth:
1 Wheatear
NORTH SOMERSET:
Backwell Lake:
20 Little Egret (this evening, but did not stay to roost), 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 8 Redwing.
Weston-Super-Mare:
Worle:
1 singing Chiffchaff.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Toghill Farm, Wick:
2 Cattle Egret
Newton St Loe:
9 Grey Heron + 3 nests, 20 Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Meadow Pipit
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| Little Owl around Pilning (Vic Savery) |
1 Little Owl
Olveston, garden:
1 m Blackcap
Avonmouth:
1 Wheatear
NORTH SOMERSET:
Backwell Lake:
20 Little Egret (this evening, but did not stay to roost), 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 8 Redwing.
Weston-Super-Mare:
Worle:
1 singing Chiffchaff.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Toghill Farm, Wick:
2 Cattle Egret
Newton St Loe:
9 Grey Heron + 3 nests, 20 Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Meadow Pipit
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 m. Scaup, 1 Red Kite (circling over farmland between BL and Chew at 1420 hrs), Coot on nesting platform, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, Reed Bunting singing.
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Red Kite (flying west around West Harptree at 12:43 - heading for Blagdon then?).
7 + Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (from Moreton and Stratford).
Dam:
8 Barnacle Goose (presumed feral), 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye.
Woodford:
12 Scaup (5 m 7 f. off Nunnery), 1 m. Common Scoter, 10 Goldeneye.
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1000+ gulls sp. (following a muck-spreader), 2 Stonechat.
Moreton:
1 Shelduck, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 f. Stonechat, 1 Siskin.
Herriotts End:
4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Reports: Derek Angell, Adrian Hockey, Andy Middleton, Jonathan Mortin, Steve Poulsom, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Tim Warren, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 m. Scaup, 1 Red Kite (circling over farmland between BL and Chew at 1420 hrs), Coot on nesting platform, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, Reed Bunting singing.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
1 Red Kite (flying west around West Harptree at 12:43 - heading for Blagdon then?).
7 + Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (from Moreton and Stratford).
Dam:
8 Barnacle Goose (presumed feral), 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye.
Woodford:
12 Scaup (5 m 7 f. off Nunnery), 1 m. Common Scoter, 10 Goldeneye.
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 1000+ gulls sp. (following a muck-spreader), 2 Stonechat.
Moreton:
1 Shelduck, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 f. Stonechat, 1 Siskin.
Herriotts End:
4 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Wagtail.
