21-03-19 - Thursday - Brambling

Temp 9 to 13 ℃. Dull dry not too cold, mostly Dull

Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Bar-tailed Godwit
Little Gull
Chiffchaff
Wheatear
Brambling

21-3-19 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail

21-3-19 Chiffchaff, Stoke Park (Allan Chard)

Stoke Park:
1 Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff

21-3-19 Mistle Thrush, Bristol (Jon Mortin)

St Andrews Park:
1 Mistle Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Canada Goose on nest, 4 Grey Plover, 80 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 70 Redshank, 120 Common Gull, 230 Woodpigeon to NE, 8 Chiffchaff, singing Blackcap, 20 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling

21-3-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Wharf (Paul Bowerman)

Aust Wharf:
1 Short-eared Owl

21-3-19 Wheatear, Northwick Warth (Brian Thompson)

NewPassage/Northwick Warth:
12 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 69 Oystercatcher, 66 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 205 Redshank, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

21-3-19 Little Gull, Portbury Wharf (Robin Martin)

Portbury Wharf:
14 Canada Geese, 6 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 15 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 20 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 20 BH Gull, 1 Little Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 50 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrsuh, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

21-3-19 Reed Bunting, Portbury Wharf (Robin Martin)

Clevedon-Tesco Supermarket:
1 Chiffchaff singing

Clevedon, Wains Hill:
5 Sand Martin, 1 singing Chiffchaff at home, 5 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

Clevedon-Yeo:
34 Canada Geese, 75 Shelduck, 110 Wigeon, 80 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck. 2 Litle Egret, 4 Coot, 8 OPystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 185 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 145 Redshank, 30 Herring Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 0 Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit

Worle:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill;
2 Kingfisher (rare here)

Wick, GoldenValley:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, Chiffchaffs,  1 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bath, Bath Uni to Bathwick:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven 4 Marsh Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 22 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 15 Linnet

Bishop Sutton:
3 Collared Dove, 30 Jackdaw,  15 House Sparrow

RESERVOIRS

21-3-19 Shoveler & Pintail with G-W Egret Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
32 Canada Goose, 42 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 23 Shoveler (Herriott's pool), 4 Gadwall, 10 Pintail, 30 Goldeneye, 3 Little Grebe

21-3-19 Great Crested Grebe CVL, (TtB)

8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (Herriott's pool), 0 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam)

21-3-19 mixed large Gulls Herriott's pool 2 (Ian Stapp)

27 Common Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest,  1 Treecreeper, 3 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch,  4 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting

Summer Migrant Arrival Dates 1996 - 2017

2019 dates will be updated when known and be shown in red
The list is sorted under average arrival date
The table is also available in the first section of the sidebar

Species	Earliest	Latest	Average	2017 or 19 in red
Sand Martin	23/02/08	21/03/06	08-Mar	24-Feb
Wheatear	28/02/98	25/03/06	10-Mar	28-Feb
Swallow	06/02/19	28/03/98	19-Mar	06-Feb
White Wagtail	01/03/07	09/04/97	23-Mar	17-Mar
House Martin	04/03/97	07/04/07	24-Mar	13-Mar
Willow Warbler	13/03/11	01/04/07	24-Mar	27-Mar
Ring Ouzel	09/02/08	28/04/99	27-Mar	10-Apr
Little Ringed Plover	12/03/15	30/04/94	28-Mar	17-Mar
Tree Pipit	16/03/92	27/04/91	03-Apr	04-Apr
Garganey	13/03/93	05/05/00	04-Apr	08-Apr
Redstart	17/03/11	21/04/90	04-Apr	30-Mar
Yellow Wagtail	21/03/92	20/04/90	07-Apr	02-Apr
Osprey	20/03/14	19/05/94	09-Apr	27-Mar
Sedge Warbler	30/03/07	18/04/98	09-Apr	08-Apr
Whimbrel	29/03/02	18/04/98	10-Apr	07-Apr
Common Tern	30/03/06	21/04/98	10-Apr	30-Mar
Reed Warbler	01/04/15	28/04/91	11-Apr	01-Apr
Whitethroat	02/04/12	24/04/90	12-Apr	04-Apr
Cuckoo	06/04/05	20/04/97	12-Apr	10-Apr
Grasshopper Warbler	28/03/97	24/04/96	13-Apr	06-Apr
Pied Flycatcher	30/03/02	19/05/07	12-Apr	18-Apr
Sandwich Tern	18/02/12	29/05/95	13-Apr	18-Mar
Arctic Tern	29/03/15	26/04/95	15-Apr	22-Apr
Garden Warbler	29/03/90	28/04/91	16-Apr	15-Apr
Swift	08/04/01	27/04/90	17-Apr	16-Apr
Hobby	30/03/90	28/04/91	17-Apr	17-Apr
Lesser Whitethroat	10/04/10	27/04/91	18-Apr	09-Apr
Whinchat	14/04/09	28/04/90	20-Apr	18-Apr
Wood Warbler	08/04/98	02/05/08	21-Apr	21-Apr
Nightingale	08/04/02	07/05/08	22-Apr	01-May
Black Tern	14/04/13	14/05/09	24-Apr	26-Apr
Little Tern	16/04/15	30/05/17	27-Apr	30-May
Spotted Flycatcher	21/04/03	17/05/09	01-May	06-May
Turtle Dove	05/04/70			11-May
Quail	08/05/96	29/06/91	01-Jun	27-May

Taken from the Avon Bird Report 2017 which has details of arrival and departure dates for both summer and winter visitors

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Anne Crowe, Stephen Curtis, Paul Francis, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Hayden James, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Robin Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson