17-03-20 Tuesday - Short-eared Owl

Overcast and drizzly - Cold wind but warm in the shade.

Barn Owl Short-eared Owl
Wheatear
Sand Martin
Red Kite
Three Amigos still at BG

17-03-2020 Wheatear Badminton (Alan Daniells)

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
1 Cormorant - flyover

Stockwood Open Space Reserve:

7 Greenfinch - over a wide area

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Buzzard, 57 Wigeon, 32 Teal, 8 Curlew - feeding on Lag 1, 10/11 Chiffchaff - along Bridleway, 1 Stonechat

17-03-2020 Wheatear Badminton (Robert Hargreaves)

Badminton - BOC walk:
2 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 4 Buzzard, 10 Black-headed Gull, 250 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 15 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 160+ Jackdaw, 45 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 14 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 10 Blackbird, 24 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 12 Robin, 2 Stonechat, 6 Wheatear, 45+ House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 6 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Yellowhammer

17-03-2020 Yellowhammer Badminton (Alan Daniells)

NORTH SOMERSET

17-03-2020 Kestrel Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Greylag Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Kestrel, 3 hirundines, 3 Wheatear,  c70 Meadow Pipit - south in small flocks (except on of 55)

Bristol Airport:
28 Golden Plover - over.

Uphill - STW:
3 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin (f), 100 Starling, 1 Stonechat (f), 45 Corn Bunting

Burnett:
1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzards, 1 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel - two pairs one mating, 2 Raven, 7 Great Tit, 8 Blue Tit. 3 pairs of Long-tailed Tit nest building, 6 House Sparrow, 10+ Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 15+ Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Common Sandpiper, 11 Sand Martin,

Chew Valley Lake
2 Red Kite, 100+ Sand Martin

Stratford:
2 Scaup (m), 8 Chiffchaff

15-03-2020 Great White Egret CVL (Lauren Tucker) 

Reports: Derek Angell, John Barnett, Alan Daniells, Sean Davies, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Rob Laughton, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Chris Perry, Mark Ponsford, John Redmond, Howard Taffs, Lauren Tucker, Paul Williams, 

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