Wednesday, 25 March 2020

25-03-20 Wednesday - Whitethroat

Temp 2 to 18°C. Wall to wall sun.

Whitethroat
Brambling
Red Kite, Merlin
Fieldfare
Willow Warbler
Sand Martin

BRISTOL

Redland - garden:
2 Herring Gulls(tucked up together on nearby roof), 2 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Blackbird - extra (m) seen off, 1 Robin - lots of singing, 11+ House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch

Bishopston - gardens:
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Raven - over, 2 Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch - and the evening view of the ISS going over.

25-03-2020 Blackcap Fishponds (Allan Chard)
Fishponds - garden:
2 Blackcap

Eastville - roof top lookout:
3 Stock Dove up on Purdown about 1.5km distant, Meadow Pipit - over
and in another garden a Bat flying about at 14:30 - Pipistrelle sp ?

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Moorhen, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, many common Tits,  4 Greenfinch, numerous Goldfinch

Stockwood - garden:
1 Rook - over
25-03-2020 Jay St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George - garden and R Avon.
2 Canada Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest,

25-03-2020 Goldcrest St George (Lee Gardiner)

SOUTH GLOS

Aust - cycle ride:
Heard 60 (sixty) Chiffchaff. Also 2 Whitethroat (previous earliest was 2/4/2012), 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 2 GS & 1 Green Woodpecker.
1 Swallow & 1 Wheatear at Berkeley

25-03-2020 Robin Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
Severn Beach & in the garden:
Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Robin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch


25-03-2020 Wren Wickwar (Alan Piper)
Wickwar:
1 Wren

Thornbury:
2 Kingfisher - playing chase along the brook, Long-tailed Tit - nest completed.

25-03-2020 Red Kite Yate (Mark Coller)
Yate - Common and gardens:
1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (f) - for the 4th day

Bradley Stoke - Three Brooks LNR:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Greenfinch - in song, on this lovely evening.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - garden:
Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch

25-03-2020 Little Egret Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Shoveler, 7 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 1 Pochard (m)  - unusual here, 1 Little Egret, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Peregrine, stooping on a Buzzard on a kill, 6 Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail

Clevedon - town and gardens:
2 Greylag Goose - over, 2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk - display flight, 2 Peregrine (f&m), 1 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff,  2 Greenfinch

25-03-2020 Marsh Tit Cadbury Hill (Mark Savage)
Yatton - Cadbury Hill/Stowey Road:
1 Grey Heron over, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling and finally seen, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush

Worle - garden:
2 Peregrine - going over, Rook - in a rookery, Raven - having a go at the Rook, 3 Robin

Banwell:
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, several Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush - singing, many Robin and Dunnock in song

Weston-super-Mare - garden:
MerlinSand Martin, Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Park - along Siston Brook:
Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Blue Tit,  Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Hanham - garden:
2 Raven
25-3-20 Woodpigeon, Keynsham Garden (Ian Stapp)
Keynsham garden:
8 Canada Goose (5.00 am flying to CVL calling), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 6 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 12 L BB Gull, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Rook (Rookery not far away), 2 Raven, 2 Blue, 4 Great Tit, 4 LTT, 2 Chiffchaff (calling), 2 Wren, 30+ Starling, 12 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 13 Goldfinch

Oldland Common - garden:
2 Buzzard - displaying above, Coal Tit, Blue Tit - in and out the bird box, Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m),

Twerton - garden:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great and 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush
Bath - St John's:
2 Peregrine - vid link to brood change over 

25-03-2020 Vista over Bath (Glen Maddison)
Lansdown to Bath via Primrose Hill:
Stock Dove, Kestrel, Raven, Bullfinch, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Goldcrest, 12 Greenfinch, and strangest was single late Fieldfare near Pipley Wood

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake - view from the garden:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 1 Red Kite, 1 Brambling - in the garden

Chew Valley Lake
No reports

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