06-03-18 Tuesday - Ruff

Temp 5 to 9℃ and mostly back again. Sunny and stayed sunny for a change, beautiful day

Scaup
Marsh Harrier
Ruff
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Chiffchaff
Hawfinch
Avocet
Common Scoter

BRISTOL

6-3-18 Woodpigeon, Concorde (Patrick Richards)

Concorde Way cycle track:
1 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 14 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, 17 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit,12 Starling, 9m 3f Blackbird, 9 Robin, 20m 25f House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1f Chaffinch, 1f Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Blackcap singing, 1 Treecreeper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine to OPS: 
4 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, c.40 Wigeon, 5 Pintail, 1 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Moorhen, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 16 Curlew, c.20 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine (grooming on pylon), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch

6-3-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Malcolm Black)

Aust:
2 Pintail, 10 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 30 Lapwing, 40 Curlew, 300 Dunlin, 5 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark singing, 10 Stonechat, 30 Linnet

M4 by M48 Junction:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet flying East 100 up

6-3-18 'White' Ruff, Northwick (Brian Lancastle)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
4 Gadwall, 100's Wigeon, c60 Oystercatcher, 40 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover (flew to Wales), c60 Curlew, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 "white" Ruff, 40 Turnstone, 1000 Dunlin, 1 Green Woodpecker heard

Almondsbury:
1 Buzzard, 2 f Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

6-3-18 Ruff, Portishead (Iain Macfarlane)

Avocet 6th Mar 18 RPD (Bristol Port)

Portishead, "Swan Lake" ecology park:
1 Ruff

Royal Portbury Dock:
2 Avocet

Portbury Warth:
2 Goldeneye

Weston Super Mare - Marine Lake:
1 Common Scoter.

Common Scoter 6th Mar 18 WSM - Marine Lake (Rob Capel)

Bleadon Levels and Uphill
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch.

20 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 8 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine. 

BELOW M4 & BANES

6-3-18 Lots of Buzzards, BANES (Bob Brewer)

Willsbridge:

7 Jay (1 group), 3 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3  Hawfinch, 7 Greenfinch

Bath Peregrine:
Site taken over by Feral Pigeons

Bath, Prior Park:
6  Hawfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:

12 Goldeneye

Bittern Trail:
2 (m and f) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 10+ Fieldfare

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

6-3-18 Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 150 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100 Woodpigeon

Great Spotted Woodpecker 6th Mar 2018 CVL (George Stacey)

Moreton:

8 (5f) Scaup, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl calling by cottage, 1 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 100 Fieldfare and Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 10 Goldfinch

Stratford Lane:
5 Little Egret, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull

6-3-18 Redshank, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts:
5 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 20 Pintail, 1 Redshank, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Out of UK

Bob Brewer's latest photos from India

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