08-03-20 Sunday - Bearded Tit

Temp 8 to 12°C. A sunny blustery day with intermittent rain

Whooper Swan
Scaup
Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit

BRISTOL

8-3-20 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Lee Gardiner)

Avon Gorge:
1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven

Eastville Park:
4 Sparrowhawk at once, 1 singing Blackcap

8-3-20 Sparrowhawk, Lockleaze (Patrick Richards)

Lockleaze garden:
1 Sparrowhawk having a snack

Narroways, St Werburgh's:
Pair of Ravens performing prolonged roll display

St Andrew's Park, Bristol:
1 Jay, 1 Blackcap singing, 12 Redwing

Stockwood Open Space:
3 1m/2f Stonechat

Stoke Bishop garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 m/f Blackcap, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl

8-3-20 Great  Tit, Westerleigh (Peter Coslett)

Westerleigh:
1 Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 5+ Blue Tit, Great Tits singing

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston Moor:
8 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 8 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck,2 Coot, Siskin heard

BELOW M4 & BANES

8-3-20 Pied Wagtail, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Rushmead and Northfield Lanes:
1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 30 Starling, 15 Fieldfare, 9 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 20 Linnet, 12 Corn Bunting, 22 Yellowhammer

8-3-20 Peregrine at Bath (BUPP)

Bath, St John's Church
2 Peregrine, early trysts again

8-3-20 Whooper Swan, Newton St  Loe (Mike Trew)

Newton St Loe:
4 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, 4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 7 Cormorant, 7 BH Gull, 8 Common Gull, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Chaffinch

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark, 7 Blackbird, 9 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 m Scaup

8-3-20 Scaup at Stratford (Tony Bridges)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose at Heron's Green, 10 Scaup at Stratford, 1 Common Sandpiper at Heron's Green, 6 Bearded Tit and 2 m/f Reed Bunting at Stratford

8-3-20 Bearded Tit, Stratford (Lucy Masters)

Newton St Loe 2018/19 Bird Report is out, click for report

Summer Migrant Arrival Dates is waiting for the first Sand Martin, click for report

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Tonuy Bridges, Ken Carruthers, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Simon Isgar, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Patrick Richards, Lucy Masters, Andy Mears, Nigel Milbourne, Phil Quinn, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Mike Trew, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds