Monday, 11 March 2019

11-03-19 Monday - Goshawk

Temp 4 to 11℃. Sunshine all the way today, windy, but not too cold

11-3-19 Nuthatch, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck Black-necked Grebe
Goshawk
Marsh Harrier
Grey Plover
Iceland Gull
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest

11-3-19 Cormorant, Eastville Park (Ian Loats)

BRISTOL

Duchess Pond & Woods:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Treecreeper, 25 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Eastville Park:
1 Cormorant, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Robins

Redcliffe:
2 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Almondsbury:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Aust:
1 Short-eared Owl
11-3-19 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Rod Holbrook)
NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet - a first for the patch, 1 Chiffchaff - 1st singing this spring
Clevedon-Yeo:
9 Canada Geese, 150 Shelduck, 150 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 10 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander, 8 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 90 Curlew, 21 Turnstone, No Dunlin, 270 Redshank, 20 BH Gull, 5 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Stonechat

Sand Point:
1 Peregrine, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield village:
1 Goshawk over this morning and then drifted south

Willsbridge Mill:
2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 7 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath, St John's Church:
The two eggs of the Bath Peregrines are being cared for by both parents

Bath, Twerton garden:
Pair Greenfinch, first in three years or more

RESERVOIRS

11-3-19 Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks (Ian Loats)
Barrow Gurney Res Tank 1:
1 m Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Pied Wagtails

Blagdon Lake, 10th:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

11-3-19 Greylag Goose, Stratford Bay from Herriotts (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
36+ Canada Goose, 4 Greylag Geese, 1 Bar-headed Goose (Dam), 38+ Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck (Herriott's pool), 8 Pintail (Herriott's pool), 40+ Goldeneye

11-3-19 Scaup at Stratford (John Osborne)
1 f Scaup (Moreton), 3 Little Grebe, 7 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe (Stratford)

11-3-19 Great Crested Grebe, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
1 Marsh Harrier (Moreton), 4 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Walley Bank), 5 GBB Gull

11-3-19 Iceland Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
1 Iceland Gull (Herons Green), 1 Stock Dove (Moreton), 1 G-S Woodpecker (Moreton), 2 Jay (Moreton), 3 Raven (Moreton), 20+ L TT + mixed Tits, 50+ Sand Martin (Herons Green), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, 1 Song & 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

11-3-19 Bar-headed Goose, Dam (George Stacey)
Bob Brewer on the Exe Estuary - Out of Avon

David Hughes in Florida - Out of UK

Reports: John Barnett, BUPP, Vera Carpenter, Anne Crowe, Paul Gregory, Rod Holbrook, James Kelliher, Ian Loats, Dave Nevitt, John Osborne, Chris Perry, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Blagdon Lake Birds