Thursday 7 March 2019

07-03-19 Thursday - Gannet, Firecrest

Temp 6 to 10℃. Some Sunshine, cloud wind, wet most of the time this morning.

Egyptian Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Gannet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Peregrine
Sand Martin
Firecrest


7-3-19 Long-tailed Tit in Golden Valley (Chris Perry)
BRISTOL

7-3-19 Mating Peregrines, Avon Gorge (Tony Scott)
Avon Gorge:
2 Peregrine mating

Redland Winter Bird Survey:
Not one gull on The Downs sector, 1 Blackcap - 1st in song, 2 Goldcrest, 22 Redwing, 40 Goldfinch

7-3-19 Chiffchaff in Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)
Duchess Pond this morning:
10m 2f Mallard, 9 Moorhen,1 Coot, 7 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 11 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 2 Robin, 11 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1m Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch 2m Reed Bunting

7-3-19 Dipper in Eastville Park (Paul Cousins)
Eastville Park:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Heron, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, c40 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 46 Redshank, c200 BHGull.

Easter Compton:
6 Mallard,  c 50 Herring & LBB Gull, 90 Jackdaw, c 20 nests visible in rookery + 30 Rook, 10 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Barn Owl hunting (caught prey 7.50am, possibly a vole), Cetti's Warbler showing, Chiffchaff singing, Greenfinch singing

Portishead, Kilkenny Place, 6th:
1 Goldcrest, 4 Goldfinch

Sand Point:
2 Gannets up river, Tawny Owl, Firecrest!

BELOW M4 & BANES


7-3-19 Egyptian Goose in Golden Valley (Chris Perry)
Wick, Golden Valley:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Canada Geese, 4 Little Grebe, 42 Common Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 32 Jackdaw, 16 Rook, 5 Magpie, 21 Woodpigeon, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit

7-3-19 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
Bath, St John's Church:
The first egg of the Bath Peregrines breeding season was laid at 06:33 this morning, a full ten days earlier than last year

RESERVOIRS

7-3-19 Long-tailed Duck still chasing after the Tufties (Jon Mortin)
Barrow Tanks:
18 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, Kestrel on the Bristol Link Road

Blagdon Lake:
19 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

7-3-19 Goldeneye at CVL  (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
2m +2f Goldeneye

Bittern Trail:
1 Goldcrest, 3m + 1f Bullfinch

Moreton:
3 f  Goldeneye, 1 Jay, 20+ Sand Martin

Stratford:
2m +2f Goldeneye

Herriotts:
1 Snipe

7-3-19 Goldcrest on Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Out of Avon
East Harptree Wood:
Greenfinch, 3 Crossbill still

Bob Brewer on the Exe Estuary - Out of Avon

David Hughes in Florida - Out of UK

Reports: BUPP, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Michael Hutchinson, Jon Mortin, Chris Perry, Dee Pope, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Tony Scott, George Stacey, blagdonlakebirds