Long-tailed Duck
Wheatear, Sand Martins, Swallow
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| They're back! One of 45 Sand Martins over Chew today (Bob Brewer) |
BRISTOL
no reports
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Wheatear (the earliest date recorded for South Glos.)
Thornbury:
first Chiffchaff singing today.
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| Long-tailed Tit (Bob Brewer) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Weston-Super-Mare:
(a Hewish garden)
8 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 14 Starling, 13 House Sparrow, 7 Chaffinch.
Uphill:
(yesterday, 27th) Short-eared Owl.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 17 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Skylark, 5 Greenfinch.
Bath - Twerton:
1 Mistle Thrush - 06:10 alarm call!
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
1 m. Long-tailed Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Pied Wagtail. 2 Grey Wagtail.
Chew Valley Lake
2+ Canada Goose, 28+ Mute Swan, 24+ Goldeneye, 14 Pintail, 10 Great Crested Grebe (numbers are very low this winter), the white Coot, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Raven, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper.
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe (nest-building on the pool.
Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay.
Stratford:
1 f. Scaup
Herriott's Pool:
7 Shelduck, 6+ Snipe, 2 ad. Mediterranean Gull. 1 Swallow, 45 Sand Martin.
Reports: Louise Bailey, Terri Borash, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Rob Hargreaves, Jon Mortin, Dave Nevitt, David Poulton, Brian Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
(yesterday, 27th) Short-eared Owl.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 17 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Skylark, 5 Greenfinch.
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| Great Crested Grebe in the rain - Chew (Bob Brewer) |
1 Mistle Thrush - 06:10 alarm call!
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
1 m. Long-tailed Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Pied Wagtail. 2 Grey Wagtail.
Chew Valley Lake
2+ Canada Goose, 28+ Mute Swan, 24+ Goldeneye, 14 Pintail, 10 Great Crested Grebe (numbers are very low this winter), the white Coot, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Raven, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.
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| Coot under attack - Chew (Bob Brewer) |
1 Common Sandpiper.
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe (nest-building on the pool.
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| Marsh Harrier from Moreton, Chew (Ian Stapp) |
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay.
Stratford:
1 f. Scaup
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| Pintail at Herriotts Pool (Ian Loats) |
Herriott's Pool:
7 Shelduck, 6+ Snipe, 2 ad. Mediterranean Gull. 1 Swallow, 45 Sand Martin.
Reports: Louise Bailey, Terri Borash, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Rob Hargreaves, Jon Mortin, Dave Nevitt, David Poulton, Brian Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
