Tuesday 19 March 2019

19-03-19 Tuesday - Wheatear - and a fall of Chiffchaff - SPRING!

Dull start then sun nearly all day - and little wind !

Wheatear
Goosander
Marsh Harrier
Little Ringed Plover, Knot
Little Gull
Merlin
Sand Martin


19-03-2019 Wheatear Cl-Y - Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
BRISTOL

Clifton - garden:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (f)

Brandon Hill:
2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap - 1 singing, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Redwing.

Blaise - Stratford Mill:
2 Grey Wagtail

Southmead:
35 Starling
19-03-2019 Kingfisher Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Kingfisher  - playing chase - up and down the river.

Stockwood Open Spaces:
5 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker, various Tits,  2 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Yellowhammer (pr) - in the hedge by the yacht club

19-03-2019 Little Ringed Plover Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Little Egret, 1 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 10 Dunlin,  90+ Redshank,  1 Merlin, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Greenfinch

19-03-2019 Little Ringed Plover and Merlin (Aravin Ramesh)
Northwick Warth:
19-03-2019 Pied Wagtail Pilning Wetlands (Martin Tayler)
Winterbourne:
1 Grey Heron, 4 Stock Dove, 40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 singing Skylark, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 67 Linnet & 1 Roe Deer.

Yate:
1 Chiffchaff in the garden.

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:
3 Chiffchaff, in the garden.

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Gull still present, 4 Chiffchaff  and 1 Blackcap all singing,

Clevedon-Yeo, Dowlais:
It's spring the Wheatear (3) are back.

19-03-2019 Goosander Kingston Seymour (Howard Taffs)

Kingston Seymour, Bullocks Farm Ponds:
2 Goosander (f&m) - possibly a 1st for here.

Burrington Ham - BOC Tuesday walk:
6 Pheasant, 6 Buzzard, 67 Woodpigeon - 60 flock flying east, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 5 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 4 Long­-tailed Tit, 11 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 13 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 50 Meadow Pipit - over.

BELOW M4 & BANES

19-03-2019 Dipper Willsbridge Mill (Donna Harvey)

Bath:

Prior Park:
1 Chiffchaff - 1st singing this yr

How Hill:
4 Jay

St John's Church:
2 Peregrine - still on 4 eggs.

Cameley:
6 Chiffchaff - all singing

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

RESERVOIRS

19-03-19 Great White Egret Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
44+ Canada Goose, 46+ Mute Swan, 20+ Goldeneye, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 White Coot, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackbird. 20+ Chaffinch, 3  Reed Bunting

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

19-03-2019 Nuthatch CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Bullfinch (m)

Heron's Green and Pool:
2 Little Grebe,  4 Sand Martin

Moreton:
1 Stock Dove,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 12+ Long-tailed Tit,  1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren,  1 Song Thrush,  2 Dunnock, 3 Robin,  2 Bullfinch,  5 Goldfinch

Stratford:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Herriott's and Pool:
5 Shelduck, 9 Pintail, 46 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret - a flighty one, 1 Marsh Harrier (from), 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 10+ Starling, 3+ Pied Wagtail.

19-03-19 Great Spotted Wood Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, David Esam, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Bob Medland, Jon Mortin, Dave Nevitt, Aravind Ramesh,  Dean Reeves, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Chris Teague, 
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