Marsh Harrier, Red Kite ( up to 18 reported today)
Avocet, Little Ringed Plover
Marsh Tit, Bearded Tit
Siskin
Crane
Laughing Gull and White-tailed Eagle - out of area - just!
Crane
Laughing Gull and White-tailed Eagle - out of area - just!
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| Seems to be the bird of the moment...22-03-20 Red Kite, Midsomer Norton (Tony Bridges) |
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| 22-03-20 male Bearded Tit, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters) |
BRISTOL
Clifton:
Percival Road - 1 Marsh Tit + 1 m Blackcap on feeders
Blaise Estate:
1 Marsh Tit
Bishopston:
Garden - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap(m), 1 Wren, 3 Starling, 5 House Sparrow
Heanleaze:
Garden - 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap (m+f)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan ( mid-estuary), 4 Wigeon, 1 Pheasant, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Stock Dove, 50+ Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 pr Peregrine, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff (the most common birds there!), 1 Song Thrush, 100+ Meadow Pipit to NE (inc. flock of 74 through low at 9:10am), 1 Chaffinch
Aust
1 Crane - 15:00 headed north
Northwick:
Northwick - 1 Little Owl
Orchard Pools - 10 Chiffchaff
Aust - Pilning Wetlands - New Passage:
11 Avocet, 7 Little Ringed Plover,17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot , 20+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sand Martin
Aust - Pilning Wetlands - New Passage:
11 Avocet, 7 Little Ringed Plover,17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot , 20+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sand Martin
0 Wheatear
' Vast numbers of Chiffchaff all along the hedgerow and many Skylarks and Meadow Pipits singing & displaying'
1 Grey Seal at 09:23 viewed from second yellow bunker.
Severn Beach:
'At least 5 Red Kite drifting upriver over Prince of Wales bridge. Thanks to Chris Stone picking them up from his balcony in Gwent'
Total 8/9 Red Kite - 3 of which flew from Gwent
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
4 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 1 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 34 Wigeon, 3 Mallard, 4 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Pheasant, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Moorhen, 22 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 7 Snipe, 2 Herring Gull, 64 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 18 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 14 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 6 Greenfinch, 17 Goldfinch
Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill vismig - 1 Stock Dove, 150 Woodpigeon, 5 alba Wagtail, 65 Meadow Pipit, 24 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 8 Linnet
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| 22-03-20 Red Kite disappearing from view, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
'I had high hopes for a kite over the garden this afternoon but when it did actually happen it was almost gone before I could rush to my camera'
Worle:
'Raptor fest over my garden now, with the 2 Peregrines showing again, female Sparrowhawk above my house and Buzzard just put in an appearance, putting all the Rooks and Jackdaws up, then 2 Ravens joined in. Superb'
'Raptor fest over my garden now, with the 2 Peregrines showing again, female Sparrowhawk above my house and Buzzard just put in an appearance, putting all the Rooks and Jackdaws up, then 2 Ravens joined in. Superb'
82 Teal, 7 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, Snipe, Kestrel, 60 Pied Wagtail
Dolebury:
1 White-tailed Eagle - juv - one of the released IOW birds - tracked from its Oxfordshire winter base.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Down Road - 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 50-60 Golden Plover, Kestrel
Marshfield:
Down Road - 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 50-60 Golden Plover, Kestrel
Bath:
Rush Hill - 1 Red Kite
Marksbury:
1 Red Kite at 11.00
Midsomer Norton:
4 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
10 Greylag (major influx for Chew), 4 Pintail, 4 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (one presumed to be same as at Heron's Green below), 2 fem -type Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine
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| 22-03-20 Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail, CVL (Rob Hargreaves) |
1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 12 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Reed Bunting
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| 22-03-20 Great Crested Grebes, Srtratford, CVL (Lucy Masters) |
2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Bearded Tit (m & f), 2 LTT, 1 Chiffchaff
1 Red Kite
Herriott's - inc Pool:
4 Greylag Goose, 2 Black-tailed Godwit new in
Out of Avon:
juv Laughing Gull still at Cheddar Reservoir
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| 22-03-20 Wren, Stratford, CVL (Rob Hargreaves) |
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Tony Bridges, Karle Burford, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Geoff Daniels, William Earp, Lee Gardiner, Andy&Lesley Griffiths, Robert Hargreaves, Rupert Higgins, Adrian Hockey, Brian Martin, Lucy Masters, Giles Morris, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Matt Scott, Oliver Smart, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, opsbirding
