24-02-19 Sunday- Sand Martin

Chilly first thing, developing into another gloriously sunny day in this super-early Spring spell
3° - 17°C

Jack Snipe
Yellow-legged Gull
Little Owl, Short-eared Owl
Sand Martin
Black Redstart
Siskin

23-02-19 ♂  Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Pete Blanchard)

BRISTOL
Redland:
Garden - 2 Jay, 2 LTT Tit, 1 m Blackcap

24-02-19 Pochard, Sea Mills (Tony Scott)
[A very unexpected sighting, demonstrating yet again 
that you never know what may turn up]

Sea Mills:
WeBS count - 1 Greylag Goose, 30 Mallard, 1 Pochard (v unusual here), 2 Grey Heron, 65 Redshank, 20 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 m Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Green Woodpecker,Peregrine pair active around nesting ledge, singing Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, Reed Bunting
Aust Sewage Works:
2 Raven, 5+ Chiffchaff (overwintering ), 2 Goldcrest

Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl late afternoon approx 17-40
Hoar Gout:
2 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Coot

NORTH SOMERSET

24-02- 19 Gadwall, Portbury Wharf (Chris Clarke)

Portbury Wharf:
6 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, 13 Lapwing, 7 (visible) Snipe, 1 2nd year Common Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull,  2 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Sand Martin  (flew over the North Pool from the south before heading north-west, the second earliest date for Avon, after one on Feb 23rd 2008), 3 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Stonechat

The Yellow-legged Gull  was on the North Pool Island displaying to Lesser Black-backed Gulls. There was another individual there on Friday the 22nd but this was a different bird again (it had some faint winter head streaking)

Sheepway Lane, Shipway Farm horse paddock - 20+ Redwing.

Along the footpath leading from Sheepway Lane (at the back of Elm Tree Close) - 12 Siskin, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Blackcap. 4 Raven and 3 Buzzards in the air at the same time over the nearby Portbury Dock car parks.

Drove Rhine - 1 Kingfisher
Clevedon:
Alexandra Road -the Black Redstart fly-catching from trees. Also reported from its usual site at the pier.

Clevedon-Yeo:
9 Canada Goose, 90+ Shelduck (30 on Dowlais with some display), Wigeon present, Teal present, 6 Goosander(1m , 5f, off Clevedon Yeo) 4 Little Egret, 2 Coot, 15 Oystercatcher, 21 Lapwing (all Dowlais), 1Grey Plover, 140+ Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 700 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe  (Blake's Pool), 2 Snipe, 150+ Redshank,  2 Chiffchaff 75+ Meadow Pipit ( quite a lot spread along the route)


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard,25 Stock Dove, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Raven, a few Sky Lark, 200 Linnet, Yellowhammer 

Stockwood: 
4 Raven

24-02-19 Peregrine pair, St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

24-02-19 Common Gull, Heron's Green, CVL (Lee Gardiner)

CVRS:

A wander around the hedgerows at CVRS this morning revealed a couple of pairs of Long-tailed Tits starting their nests. The nest seen was about a quarter built. T'other is deep within bramble so this will wait for a more thorough search to see if it is recordable for NRS

Out of Avon:

MENDIPS

24-02-19 Crossbill, East Harptree Wood (Raoul Chandrasakera)

East Harptree Wood:

At least 7 Crossbill nr chimney, 15+ Siskin  

Cheddar Reservoir:

Great Northern Diver and Scaup still present

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Pete Blanchard, Raoul Chandrasakera, Teresa Chard, Chris Clarke, Peter Coslett,  Rob Emery,  Alistair Fraser, Lisegirl, Matt Plenty, Matthew  Rogers, Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, BUPP, CVRS,