Saturday 21 March 2020

21-03-20 Saturday - Purple Heron + numerous Red Kite

Much as yesterday - sunny with a very chill wind. Bristol temperatures 3 - 12 °C

Whooper Swan
Purple Heron
Great White Egret
Red Kite (up to 16 reported today)
Barn Owl
Avocet, Little Ringed Plover
Rock Pipit

21-03-20 Red Kite, Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)
BRISTOL

Avon Gorge: 
Red Kite in am

Bishopston:
1 Red Kite  at 10.20, a second at 15.00 drifting towards St Andrews, 1 Peregrine over, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff

St Andrews:
Red Kite at 15.07 ( presumed same as above)

Redland:
1 Wood Pigeon, 2  Collared Dove, 4 Feral Pigeon,2  Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 m  Blackcap, 2pr Blackbird, 2  Goldfinch

Blaise Estate:
28 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing over early morning, heading north-east

Coombe Dingle:
1 singing Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 pr Tufted Duck, 3 Peregrine, 30+ Chiffchaff, 20+ Sand Martin, 1 m Wheatear 1 summer plumaged 'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit by Lagoon 3 outflow

Aust to New Passage:
18 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, I Wheatear,  1 Stonechat,  16 Meadow Pipit,  20+ Pied Wagtail

15-20 Chiffchaff on Severnside

New Passage/Northwick:
12 Canada Goose, c.50 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, c.40 Wigeon, c.50 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 3 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Avocet, 2 Lapwing, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 123 Turnstone, 5 Redshank, GBB Gull,  1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, flock 60 Starling, 1 pr Wheatear, 9 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
From SB to the pipes -  3 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear,3 Stonechat 

Chipping Sodbury:
Red Kite  to west c 13.00

Little Badminton
Red Kite at 15.00

Oldland Common:
1 pr Coal Tits nesting in bird box, 1 singing Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

21-03-120 Wheatear, Clevedon (Rob Martin)
Clevedon, St Andrews Church - Dowlais: 
2 Mute Swan, c70 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 20 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, Curlew, 26 Knot, Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear 

Clevedon-Yeo:
Red Kite

Bristol Airport:
1 pair Peregrine

Sand Point/Bay:
4 Jay, a few Chiffchaff,  1 Wheatear (first of year for this observer here)

Crook Peak:
1 Fieldfare, 3 Chiffchaff,  6 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
8 Buzzard,3 Red Kite,Sparrowhawk,70 LBB Gull, 4 Herring Gull,18 Stock Dove,Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel,5 Raven, Sky Lark,2 Redwing,19 Fieldfare,30 Linnet, Yellowhammer,40 Corn Bunting

Bath:
Upper Weston - 2 Red Kite in pm, first at 13.50, second at 15.35, both heading SE 



21-03-20 Whooper Swan - notching up its 150th day at Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)
Newton St Loe:
Whooper Swan (150th Day!), 6 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 13 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron (on nest), 3 Red Kite7 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot,  2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Skylark, 1 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
1 Great White Egret,1 Snipe, singing Blackcap

Chew Valley Lake


Herriott's - inc Pool:

Purple Heron flew off the back of  Pool, towards fields to south (Chris Craig)


21-03-20  Goldcrest, Winford (Carole Finch)

Out of Avon:
1 White-tailed Eagle at Symond's Yat, Forest of Dean
Juv Laughing Gull still at Cheddar Reservoir

Reports: Derek John Angell, Nancy Barrett, Nick Beamson, Peter Bryant, Bryan Cook, Pete Coslett,  Chris Craig,  Paul Chapman, William Earp, Rob Emery, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Rob Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Henry Kirkwood, Brian Lancastle,  Rob Martin,  Dave Nevitt,  Tim McGrath, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Tim Salkeld,  Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Wayne and Lauren Tucker,  blagdonlakebirds, nslbirdingopsbirding