Siskin (not many this year)
BRISTOL
Golden Hill:
Winter bird survey: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Black-headed Gull (summer plumage), 1 Jay, 22 Fieldfare -
chuckling, House Sparrow (in 7 of 10 sectors), 2 Greenfinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Canada Goose, 10m 1f Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay,
7 Magpie, 30 Jackdaw, 8 Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren,
1 Nuthatch, 2m 1f Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 1m 3f Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch
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| 8-3-17 Courting Coots (Patrick Hardyman Richards) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 24 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 2 Mistle Thrush
2 Song Thrush, 110 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing
Almondsbury:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap (1 m, 1 f), 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin (f) (garden)
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| 8-3-19 Female Siskin and Bullfinch in an Almondsbury garden (Vera Carpenter) |
Kingsgate Park:
2 Gadwall (m, f), Several Redwing, Goldcrest
NORTH SOMERSET
Pill:
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| 8-3-19 Heron housekeeping at Pill (Tony Scott) |
Grey Heron - Nine active nests being added to and tidied at the riverside at Pill.
1 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Reed Bunting,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Portishead:
Kilkenny Place: 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie ( building nest)
1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock
Wraxall:
Birdcombe Court Farm.
18 Little Egret (14 with cattle; 4 with horses)
(Pre roost groups watched from Wraxall House lay by, 2 miles from Backwell Lake island roost)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Rock Pipit (by band stand, approx 10.15), 1 Curlew (Strode Road Bridge over Blind Yeo)
4 Goosander (3 f +1m), 2 Greenfinch (pair displaying), 1 Grey Wagtail (B&M Car Park)
No sign of Turnstones
Sand Point/Bay:
2 GBB Gulls, 2 Raven (tumbling display), 2 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 in Bay, 1 on the Down was a surprise) 1 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, 11 Linnet
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
Dipper
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| 8-3-19 Dipper at Willsbridge (Donna Harvey) |
Keynsham:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Goldfinch
Bath:
Lansdown: 350 Golden Plover (ploughed field north of Braithwaite Arms)
Wick (Golden Valley):
1 Buzzard, 10 BH Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 11 LBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 4 Magpie,
35 Jackdaw, 13 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Wren,
1 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 16 Robin, 16 House Sparrow,
2 Dipper (courting and chasing each other up and down the river), 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch,
2 Greenfinch, 24 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake
1 Black-necked Grebe (Moreton)
100 + Sand Martin
8 Little Egret, hybrid Pochard/Tufted Duck (Stratford)
1 Great White Egret, (Herriott’s Pool)
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| 8-3-19 hybrid Pochard/Tufted Duck and friend (David Hughes) |
Reports: Bill Blake, John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Stephen Curtis/Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, David Hughes, Andy Middleton, Dee Pope, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Tony Scott, Talkingtobears, Mike Thomas, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
