Tuesday 12 March 2019

12-03-19 Tuesday - Horrible weather

Wind with rain until after lunch, when it eased a little - even a touch of blue sky, but the wind could flail the skin from a rhino!

Hawfinch

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Blackcap - making a good attempt at full song - lost the plot a couple of time and came to a squeaky finish.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


11-03-2019 Little Egret OPS (Helen Christiansen)

Oldbury Power Station - Park Mill Farm
26 Little Egret - only bettered by yesterdays 28 (pic above).
Usual fare by the power station.

12-03-2019 Siskin Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury Garden:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (recognised the call), 1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Bullfinch (m), 2 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill - Watch House Hill
6 Herring Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, 7 Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow, Blue and Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Starling, 8 Blackbird, 1 Storm Cock - aka Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 22 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch

12-3-19 30 of 40 Little Egret roosting at Backwell Lake (Mike Thomas)
Backwell Lake:
40 Little Egrets to roost, most out of sight by 18.30

W-s-M, Worlebury:
2 Peregrine scrapping

BELOW M4 & BANES

11-03-2019 Kingfisher Willsbridge Mill (Donna Harvey)

Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher (pic from yesterday), 1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper. Well done for braving the rain.

Saltford - garden:
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - over, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Blackcap (f&m) 1st this wint, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch (f&m), 4 Goldfinch.

Bath:
12-03-2019 Peregrine Bath St John's (Hawk and Owl)
St John's Church:
2 Peregrine - now with 3 eggs.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

OUT OF AREA

Chepstow area:
5 Hawfinch

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Helen Christiansen, Paul Francis, Donna Harvey, Hawk & Owl Trust, Nick Hawkridge. Paul House, Mr Notton, George Rabin, Mike Thomas, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG