Friday 29 March 2019

29-3-19 Friday - Hoopoe

Temp 4 to 16 ℃. Still good weather again today, dry warm with hazy Sunshine

Lesser Scaup
Grey Partridge
Goshawk, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Little Ringed Plover
Mediterranean Gull
Hoopoe
Merlin
Swallow, House Martin
White Wagtail, Water Pipit
Brambling

BRISTOL
29-3-19 Song Thrush, Avon Gorge (Jon Mortin)
Avon Gorge:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
2 LBB Gull, 17 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 4 Wren, 16 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 5 Robin, 36 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch

Horfield Common, Maple Road, 07.45:
Swallow

Sea Mills:
2 Shelduck, 26 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker

St George:
Buzzard over

Stoke Park, Duchess Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 9m 2f Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 9 Mallard, 7 Coot, 8 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, 15 Starling, 4m 2f Blackbird, 2 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1m Bullfinch, 5m 1f Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2m Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-3-19 Merlin in the fog, New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

NewPassage/Northwick Warth, 0555-0930:
19 Gadwall, 37 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 129 Black-tailed Godwit, 180 Redshank, 1 m Merlin, 60 Sand Martin, 30 Pied Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting

29-3-19 Buzzard in Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury garden:
3 Buzzard in the village, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 m Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Kennaway Road:
Goshawk (garden tick)

Clevedon, Dowlais:
Teal, Golden Plover, Cetti's Warbler

Weston Moor:
2 Gadwall, 35 Pheasant, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Buzzard, 3 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 19 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 6 Roe Deer

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
Fieldfare

Winscombe kitchen window:
2 m Grey Partridge huddled in garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-3-19 Goldfinch, Overscourt Wood (Peter Coslett)
Siston, Overscourt Woods:
3 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Treecreeper, Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, Goldfinch

29-3-19 Dipper at Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)
Willsbridge:
Kingfsher and Dipper
23-3-19 Red Kite, Bath (Tony Cook)

Bath, Lansdown:
Hoopoe over road to racecourse

Bath:
Red Kite over Moorfields 12.00, 3 Buzzard over Twerton
Brambling at Claverton Down

29-3-19 Brambling still at Claverton (Tony Cook)
Bath, Bear Flat & Midford to Monkton, 28th:
1 f Goosander, 6-8 pairs Marsh Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 singing Blackcap, 5 m Greenfinch

Bishop Sutton:
5 Collared Dove, 20 Jackdaw, 20 House Sparrow

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper

29-3-19 Great-White Egret, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
48 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 40 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 15 Shelduck, 29 Shoveler (Herriott's pool), lots Gadwall, 11 Pintail, 20 Teal, 30 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret,  1 Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (Stratford), 5 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 8 GBB Gull, 1 colour-ringed RED4  JM Herring Gull (Herriott's), 4 Stock Dove, 1 . Barn Owl (Herons Green), 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 2 Raven, 7 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 7 House Martin (Herons Green), 10 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest

29-3-19 Treecreeper, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
4 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail (Dam), 10 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

29-3-19 Reed Bunting, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Anthony Cook, Peter Coslett, Tim Cox, Andy Davis, Greg Dawes, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Paul Marshall, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Peter Rock, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Kurt Vickery, Chris Vines, Paul Williams