Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Golden Plover
Mediterranean Gull
Sand Martin
Brambling
BRISTOL
Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 m Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap (m), 2 Bullfinch (m & f)
Avon Gorge:
Peregrine pair seen copulating this morning
Finzells Reach:
Peregrine - probably doing the same, but being in town, more discreet!
Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Northwick Warth:
c80 Shelduck, c45 Curlew, c280 Black-tailed Godwit, c60 Knot, c180 Redshank,c30 Dunlin, c50 Oystercatcher
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| 02-03-19 Great Crested Grebe, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 m Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap (m), 2 Bullfinch (m & f)
Avon Gorge:
Peregrine pair seen copulating this morning
Finzells Reach:
Peregrine - probably doing the same, but being in town, more discreet!
Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Northwick Warth:
c80 Shelduck, c45 Curlew, c280 Black-tailed Godwit, c60 Knot, c180 Redshank,c30 Dunlin, c50 Oystercatcher
Yate:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Nuthatch, Treecreeper
Conham:
At least 6 active nests at Heronry on west bank of R. Avon at Eastwood Farm. Nest building still in progress. (11 nests there in 2017)
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon, Blind Yeo:
Strode Road bridge - 1 f Sparrowhawk
Nailsea:
1 Mar - 6 Little Egret in field, north of Nailsea High Street, near Wraxall border.
Claverham - garden (well visited last yr):
12 Chaffinch and, at last, the 1st Brambling
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 02-03-19 Golden Plover, Marshfield (Peter Coslett) |
58 Golden Plover off Tormarton Road
Newton St Loe:
12 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose in first field opp first passing place (off Park Lane)
Chew Valley Lake
34+ Canada Goose, 48+ Mute Swan, 28+ Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 white Coot, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (main reed bed), 7 GBB Gull (lake), 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 20+ Rooks (West Harptree), 23 Jackdaw (8 Herriotts & 15 Bishop Sutton), 28+ LTT + mixed tits (Woodford & Moreton), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Moreton, Stratford, H Green and Herriotts), 10+ Starling, 20+ House Sparrows (Bishop Sutton), 7+ Pied Wagtail (Dam HG Woodford and Herriotts), 3 Bullfinch (2 Woodford,1 Moreton Cottage), 6 Reed Bunting (Herriotts, Stratford and Moreton)
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper
Woodford:
1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin
Heron's Green:
12+ Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chiffchaff
Moreton:
1 pr Goosander, 1 m Wigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Treecreeper,3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 5 Wren, 2 Robin, 12 Goldfinch, 12 Chaffinch,
Stratford:
1 Pochard x Tufted hybrid, 30+ Sand Martin
Herriott's Pool:
2 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 14 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret ( not a lot at Chew recently), 5000+ Gulls, most BH with Common and other species, 2 Mediterranean Gull (1st w, 1 ad), 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reports: Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Henry Kirkwood, Brian Lancastle, Dave Playle, Ann Rossiter, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland
Newton St Loe:
12 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose in first field opp first passing place (off Park Lane)
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| 02-03-19 Mediterranean Gull, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
34+ Canada Goose, 48+ Mute Swan, 28+ Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 white Coot, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (main reed bed), 7 GBB Gull (lake), 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 20+ Rooks (West Harptree), 23 Jackdaw (8 Herriotts & 15 Bishop Sutton), 28+ LTT + mixed tits (Woodford & Moreton), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Moreton, Stratford, H Green and Herriotts), 10+ Starling, 20+ House Sparrows (Bishop Sutton), 7+ Pied Wagtail (Dam HG Woodford and Herriotts), 3 Bullfinch (2 Woodford,1 Moreton Cottage), 6 Reed Bunting (Herriotts, Stratford and Moreton)
Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper
Woodford:
1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin
Heron's Green:
12+ Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chiffchaff
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| 02-03-19 Wigeon, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 pr Goosander, 1 m Wigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Treecreeper,3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 5 Wren, 2 Robin, 12 Goldfinch, 12 Chaffinch,
Stratford:
1 Pochard x Tufted hybrid, 30+ Sand Martin
Herriott's Pool:
2 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 14 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret ( not a lot at Chew recently), 5000+ Gulls, most BH with Common and other species, 2 Mediterranean Gull (1st w, 1 ad), 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reports: Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Henry Kirkwood, Brian Lancastle, Dave Playle, Ann Rossiter, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland
