Saturday, 9 March 2019

09-03-19 Saturday - Little Gull

Temp 8 to 12℃. Lots of Sunshine, very windy no boat fishing, exciting sailing

Bar-tailed Godwit
Woodcock
Jack Snipe
Little Gull
Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

Bishops Knoll:
1 singing Chiffchaff
9-3-19 Redshank st Sea Mills (Jon Mortin)
Sea Mills:
1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 12 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Woodcock Reedbed 2

9-3-19 Chiffchaff at New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage/Nortwick Warth:
c.20 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, c.90 Shelduck, 26 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, c.130 Wigeon, 14 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 11 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 17 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, c.45 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 ad winter Little Gull

Clevedon-Yeo:
9 Canada Geese, 220 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 8 Oystercatcher, no Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 140 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 60 Dunlin, 1 possible Little Stint, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 220 Redshank, 200 BH Gull, 1 Gbb Gull, 40 H Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

9-3-19 Two Peregrine eggs (BUPP)
Bath, St John's Church:
The second egg of the Bath Peregrines breeding season was laid 55 hours and 38 minutes after the first

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Res Tank 1:
1 superb Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great White Egret

9-3-19 Little Grebe, Stratford (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
38+ Canada Goose, 34+ Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck (Herriotts pool), 12 Pintail (Herriotts pool), Pochard + Tufty Hybrid (Moreton), 20+ Goldeneye (most Stratford), 5 Little Grebe (Stratford & HG), 6 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret (Herriotts pool)

9-3-19 Buzzard & two Lesser BB Gulls Chew (Ian Stapp)
4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Moreton), 1 White Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 6 GBB Gull, 5 Stock Dove (Moreton), 1 G-S Woodpecker (Moreton), 3 Jay (Moreton), 1 Raven (Moreton), 20+ L TT + mixed Tits, 100+ Sand Martin (Stratford to Moreton), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff (Moreton), 1 Treecreeper (Moreton), 3 Goldcrest

9-3-19 Redwing, Moreton to Stratford lane (Ian Stapp)
2 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (Moreton Cottage) 5 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Reports: BUPP, Stephen Curtis, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Lisegirl, Jon Mortin, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp Blagdon Lake Birds