Thursday, 19 March 2020

19-03-20 Thursday - 500 Sand Martin

Temp 5 to 8°C. Damp drizzly day

19-03-20 Whooper Swan, NSL, (Rob Hargreaves)
Whooper Swan
Mandarin
Cattle Egret
Red Kite
Avocet, Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit
Sand Martin
Wheatear

BRISTOL
19-3-20 Chiffchaff, Bristol (John Rosetti)
Bristol garden:
1 Chiffchaff

St Andrews Park:
1 Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit, 4 House Sparrow locations

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine, 15 Sand Martin, 15 Chiffchaff, 80 Meadow Pipit

19-3-20 Avocet, Northwick Warth (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Pilning Wetland:
Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, 30 Sand Martin


NORTH SOMERSET

19-3-20 Pheasant, Portbury Wharf (Howard Taffs)
Portbury Wharf:
Pheasant, 2 Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff

Portishead Boating Lake:
Sand Martin, 2-3 Chiffchaff

Clevedon Dowlais:
7 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 5 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 2 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit

Banwell garden, view from self-isolation:
2 Stock Dove, 2 m/f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 f Bullfinch plus the usual mix of House Sparrows, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Dunnocks, Robins, Blackbirds and Tits

BELOW M4 & BANES

19-3-20 Wheatear, Marshfield (TBOSG)
Marshfield:
5 Wheatear

Willsbridge:
2 Dipper

Chew Magna to Stanton Drew - flooded fields:
1 Cattle Egret, 14 Little Egret

Bath, Lansdown:
50 Golden Plover, 5 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 50 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

19-03-20 Red Kite, NSL, (Rob Hargreaves)
Newton St Loe:
1 Whooper Swan, 12 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Red Kite 16:20, 2 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Tits, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Bath, Tucking Mill Reservoir:
1 f Mandarin

RESERVOIRS

19-3-20 Wheatear, Barrow Tanks (Paul Davison)
Barrow Tanks:
Wheatear

Chew Valley Lake:
500 Sand Martin between Denny Island and picnic site No.2

Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Paul Davison, Paul Francis, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, Michael Newstead, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, John Rosetti, Matt Scott, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Keith Williams, Paul Williams, ,blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds , TBOSG