Whitethroat
Brambling
Red Kite, Merlin
Fieldfare
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) |
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) |
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
Severn Beach & in the garden:
Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Robin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Wickwar:
1 Wren
Thornbury:
2 Kingfisher - playing chase along the brook, Long-tailed Tit - nest completed.
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
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
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:
1 Merlin, Sand 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
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
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
Reports: Adrian Adams, Phil Barlow, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, John Budd, BUUP, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Anne Crowe, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Helen Horrocks, Rob Laughton, Glen Maddison, Tim McGrath, Nige Milbourne, Mike Moxon, James Payne, Darren Pearce, Alan Piper, Justin Quinnell, Dean Reeves, Mike Saffery, Mark Savage, Matt Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Martin Wightman, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
25-03-2020 Robin Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook) |
Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Blue Tit, Robin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
25-03-2020 Wren Wickwar (Alan Piper) |
1 Wren
Thornbury:
2 Kingfisher - playing chase along the brook, Long-tailed Tit - nest completed.
25-03-2020 Red Kite Yate (Mark Coller) |
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) |
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) |
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:
1 Merlin, Sand 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) |
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) |
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
Reports: Adrian Adams, Phil Barlow, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, John Budd, BUUP, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Anne Crowe, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Rod Holbrook, Helen Horrocks, Rob Laughton, Glen Maddison, Tim McGrath, Nige Milbourne, Mike Moxon, James Payne, Darren Pearce, Alan Piper, Justin Quinnell, Dean Reeves, Mike Saffery, Mark Savage, Matt Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Martin Wightman, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG