Long-tailed Duck
Red Kite
Ringed Plover, Golden Plover,
Little Gull, Yellow-Legged Gull
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Sand Martin, still no House Martins reported
Chiffchaff
Redwing and Fieldfare back in large numbers
Wheatear
Meadow Pipit - large numbers reported
Brambling, Hawfinch
BRISTOL
Bedminster Bridge:
2 Meadow Pipit
Eastville Park:
Red Kite
Ringed Plover, Golden Plover,
Little Gull, Yellow-Legged Gull
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Sand Martin, still no House Martins reported
Chiffchaff
Redwing and Fieldfare back in large numbers
Wheatear
Meadow Pipit - large numbers reported
Brambling, Hawfinch
18-3-18 Meadow Pipit, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle) |
Bedminster Bridge:
2 Meadow Pipit
18-3-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury) |
7 Canada Geese, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 100 Starling, 30 Redwing, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail
Henleaze:
100 Fieldfare and 50 Redwing over in 10 minutes this morning
2 hours later for 30 mins:
15 Golden Plover, 59 Starling, 232 Fieldfare, 172 Redwing, 27 Goldfinch all going East100 Fieldfare and 50 Redwing over in 10 minutes this morning
2 hours later for 30 mins:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
18-3-18 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Hilary Billinghurst) |
1 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, large Starling flock, 1-2000 Fieldfare off river going East, many Meadow Pipits, 1 sum plum Water Pipit, several Reed Bunting
18-3-18 New Passage (John Martin) |
1 Golden Plover, 3 Snipe, 11 Skylark, 1000 Starling murmuration
18-3-18 Red Kite, Thornbury (Theo Stowell) |
1 Red Kite at 12.50
Yate, Coopers Lake:
1 ad Yellow-Legged Gull
NORTH SOMERSET
18-3-18 Little Gull, Portbury Wharf (Jason Williams) |
5 Pochard, 2 ad winter Little Gull (Chris Stone)
Yesterday's 2nd winter Iceland Gull was seen 3 days earlier than a 1st winter Iceland Gull last year
18-3-18 Goosander, Portishead (Chris Clarke) |
1 m Goosander
Backwell Lake:
15 Mute Swan, 3 Canada Geese, 1 Muscovy Duck, 3 Shoveller, 14 Mallard, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 50 Black-headed Gulls
Nailsea gdn:
2 m Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail
1 Peregrine hunting
Hewish:
9 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 15 Starling, 4 Robin (using feeders), 9 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 1 m Reed Bunting
Butcombe, The Batch:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap ( 1M 1F), 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird (3M 1F), 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch (2M, 2F), 3 Bullfinch (2M, 1F), 2 Greenfinch (1M, 1F)
Uphill:
1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet
18-3-18 Green Woodpecker, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt) |
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 & BANES
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch
Corston gdn:
1 Sparrowhawk
18-3-18 Peregrine, St Johns (BUPP) Falcon laid egg 20.17 yesterday and had to wait till late today for tiercel to take his turn |
Peregrine braving the snow in East facing nest
Bath gdn flyover:
4 Cormorant, 1 Red Kite, 1 Redshank, 100's Fieldfare and Redwing, Hawfinch
A flock of Linnets on bird feeders
Bath, Prior Park:
Stock Doves, Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming, Nuthatches, plenty Hawfinch
18-3-18 Redwing, Twerton (Jean Tye) Crossbill version |
7 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 + 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 + 4 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 m Blackcap, 14 Starling, 11 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 + 4 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 + 2 Robin, 23 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 + 1 m Chaffinch,
Paulton:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 13 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Greenfinch
SWT: 1 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 60 Meadow Pipit
RESERVOIRS
1 Long-tailed Duck (No.1), 2 Wheater, 1 Sand Martin
Blagdon Lake:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Ringed Plover, 16 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 2 Sand Martin
gdn: 1 Fieldfare, 1 ad ♀ Brambling
Meadow Pipits all over the place
Dam:
20 Goldeneye
20 Goldeneye
18-3-18 Redwing, Woodford (Ian Stapp) |
1 Sparrowhawk, 100 Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush
Herons Green:
2 Buzzard, 4 GBB Gull, 30+ Starling, 10 Meadow Pipit
Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay
18-3-18 Dunlin, Herriotts (Bob Brewer) |
4 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 12 Pintail, 4 Teal, 3 (1m) Goldeneye, 1 Dunlin, 1 GBB Gull, 20 Fieldfare. Meadow Pipits
Breeding started for peregrines yesterday so be careful not to interfere with Schedule 1 Birds over the next few months