14-03-20 Saturday - Little Ringed Plover

Temp 8 to 11°C. Some misty morning rain, midday warmth and then cool again

Ring-necked Duck
Slavonian Grebe
Bittern
Little Ringed Plover
Laughing Gull, Mediterranean Gull
White Wagtail
Water Pipit
Brambling

14-3-20 Laughing Gull ,CVL (Matt Plenty)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
9 Canada Goose, 4 singing Blackcap

Redland garden:
3 Herring Gulls(overflying), 1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Blackbird (Pair), 1 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow

Stoke Park:
4 Canada Goose, 4 Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 5+ Redwing, 1 pr Stonechat, c12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

St George garden:
1 Jay, 2m 1f Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Sparrowhawk, 35 migrating Woodpigeon descended from very high when a shower hit and landed in trees, 1 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl

14-3-20 Little Ringed Plover, Northwick Warth (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
7 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 7 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 10 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 12 Redshank, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 280 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 10 Pied Wagtail, 45 Meadow Pipit moving, 1 Water Pipit

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 m Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
4 Gadwall, 36 Little Egret to roost

Clevedon-Yeo:

205 Shelduck, 80 Wigeon, 135 Teal, 1 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 19 Little Egret, 2 Cormorant, 20 Coot, 26 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 4 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 260 Curlew, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 175 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Yeo), 21 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 14 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail (Yeo), 130 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 25 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
2 Sparrowhawk,  1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 50 Fieldfare and 10 Redwing

Uphill:
7 Canada Geese, 42 Mute Swan, 40 Shelduck, 44 Teal, 10 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 34 Oystercatcher, 22 Curlew, 18 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, pr. Stonechat, 2 Goldcrest, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham Butts:
4 Skylark, 14 Raven

Paulton:
1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 5 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

14-3-20 Slavonian Grebe, Blagdon Lake (Paul Williams)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

14-3-20 Ring-necked Duck, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 m Ring-necked Duck at Heron's Green, 12 Scaup, 75 Goldeneye, 1 Crane over Herriott's, 1 1st year Laughing Gull, 1 Barn Owl on Grebe Trail, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Brambling with Chaffinch, Otter

14-3-20 Great Crested Grebe, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Stratford:

Bittern booming, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting

Chew Valley Ringing Station:
A 9+yr old Jay, 3 Blackbirds - none of which were showing signs of breeding but one was carrying quite a lot of fat. A couple of Moorhens

14-3-20 Little Gull, Cheddar Reservoir (Sean Davies)

Out of Avon
Garganey at RSPB Greylake, Little Gull at Cheddar Reservoir

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, John Clark, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, David Esam, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Julian Head, Hayden James, Robert Kelsh, Rob Laughton, Lucy Masters, Darren Pearce, Matt Plenty, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins ,Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines, Tim Warren, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds