Thursday 14 March 2019

14-03-19 Thursday - Lesser Scaup

Rather changeable - Wet to start, dry and windy, even a bit of sun

Long-tailed Duck
Lesser Scaup, Scaup
Short-eared Owl


14-3-19 Lesser Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Clifton - Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine

Bishopston:
1 Cormorant - over the garden at dusk.

Eastville Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Snuff Mills:
3 Grey Wagtail

Frenchay - Chapel Lane - R Frome:
1 Little Egret, 3 Goldcrest

14-03-2019 Blackcap St Anne's (Gill Sapsed)

St Anne's garden:
2 Magpie - nest building, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 2 Robin, 4 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl

14-03-2019 Carrion Crow Severn Beach (BriThompson)

Severn Beach - Sea Watch:
A few Gannet, Turnstone, c40 Kittiwake, Carrion Crow,

14-03-2019 Mistle Thrush Almondsbury (VÄ•ra  Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano Valley:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Lapwing

Clevedon - Ladye Bay - Sea Watch
A group of distant gulls on the water that could have been Kittiwake, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath - St John's Church
2 Peregrine (f&m) - now with 4 eggs

14-03-2019 Sparrowhawk Lansdown (Rob Hargreaves)
Lansdown:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk - sitting in the middle of this field, drying its feathers, while waiting for a Golden Plover for lunch, 1 Kestrel, Great Tits -lots, 8 Skylark, 4 Nuthatch, 60-70 Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush, 14 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove, 20 Jackdaw, 2+ House Sparrow,

RESERVOIRS

14-03-2019 Long-tailed Duck Barrow Tanks (Ian Loats)

Barrow Tanks:
Tufted Duck - several pairs, Mallard, 1 Long-tailed Duck - still hanging in there, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, Pied Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

14-03-2019 Common Sandpiper Blagdon (Ian Loats)
Chew Valley Lake
26+ Canada Goose, 44+ Mute Swan, 10+ Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 5 Great-crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Robin, 3 Reed Bunting,

Bittern Trail:
2 Nuthatch, 4 Bullfinch (f&m)

Heron's Green:
8 Woodpigeon, 60+ Sand Martin,

14-03-2019 Lesser Scaup CVL (George Stacey)

Moreton:
1 Lesser Scaup (m), 1 Scaup (f), 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, + other Tits, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 10+ Chaffinch,

Stratford:
1 Black-necked Grebe,

Herriott's and Pool:
5 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine, 5 Jackdaw, 20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail.

The Bristol Ornithological Club website - https://bristolornithologicalclub.co.uk/ has been refreshed and is now live. Some tweaks are being done live. 

Reports: Ollie Fournier, Hawk and Owl Trust, Ian Loats, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Jean Oliver, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG