12-03-20 Thursday - Laughing Gull still - Whooper Swan 141st day at NSL

Temp 8 to 12°C. A sunny blustery day with intermittent rain - which was sometimes hail!

Knot
Laughing Gull
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
Firecrest
Whooper Swan

12-03-2020 Laughing Gull CVL - Woodford (Paul Masters)

BRISTOL

St George:
Canada Goose - on the river, honking. Unusual but annual for a day or so.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

12-3-20 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Rob Hargreaves)

Aust Warth:
2 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 200 Starling, 6 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting

12-03-2020 High Tide New Passage (Lois Pryce)

New Passage:
8 Canada Goose, 20 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon, 80 Oystercatcher, 215 Curlew, 60 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 40 Dunlin, 80 Redshank, 4 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit

Iron Acton to Yate:
2 Barn Owl on verges

Little Stoke- garden: 11-03-2020
3 Blackcap (2f) - feeding on ivy berries

Wick - Golden Valley:

1 Buzzard. 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrines, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Dippers

NORTH SOMERSET

12-03-2020 Nuthatch Pill (Paul Milsom)

Pill:
Blue Tit, 1 Nuthatch, Goldfinch

Weston-s-M, Grove Park:
1 Firecrest

Yatton:
14 Fieldfare - could be the last

12-03-2020 Snipe Portbury Wharf (Howard Taffs)

Portbury Warth:
Snipe - only thing remaining at high tide this morning - apart for a Roe Deer.

BELOW M4 & BANES

University of Bath:
1 Blackcap in song

12-03-2020 Magpie Newton Park (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
1 Whooper Swan, 3 Tufted Duck, 10 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Chaffinch

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

Paulton - STW:
4 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, 1 Treecreeper, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dipper, Dunnock, 4 Grey Wagtail, 20 Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Great White Egret - no humours gull in among the Black-headed and Common Gull

12-03-2020 Laughing Gull CVL - Woodford (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Laughing Gull - video clip, 1 Common Sandpiper at Heron's Green, 2 Sand Martin

Reports: Heather England, Karle Burford, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Dom Godfrey, Robert Hargreaves, Ian Hayes, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Robert Kelsh, Dave Nevitt, Paul Milsom, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Mike Saffery, Nigel Sluman, 
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