Temp 9 to 14°C. Cloudy start but has turned into glorious evening
Whooper Swan
Common Scoter - large migration over Avon last night, maybe more tonight
Green Sandpiper
Spoonbill
Red Kite
Swallow, House Martin
Fieldfare
BRISTOL
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| 3-4-20 Osprey, Avon Gorge (Miguel Anton) |
1 Osprey, 3 Peregrine
Bishopston, Gloucester Road:
1 Raven, 1 m Blackcap
Fishponds, Symington Road:
1 Swallow
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| 3-4-20 Rook, Fishpool Hill (Mark Dads) |
For 39 years Rook has been an extremely rare visitor to the garden, only slightly more occurrences than Icterine Warbler, but this spring 2 Rooks have been regularly visiting
Common Scoter - heard at 22:08
Stapleton:
1 Sparrowhawk
Stockwood:
8 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 Magpie, 2 House Martin, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch + 2 Roe Deer
Common Scoter - heard at 22:08
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| 3-4-20 Sparrowhawk, Stapleton (Martin Tayler) |
1 Sparrowhawk
Stockwood:
8 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 Magpie, 2 House Martin, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch + 2 Roe Deer
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 3-4-20 Spoonbill, Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl) |
1 Spoonbill
Severn Beach, 21.05:
Common Scoter start going over
Thornbury:
Fieldfare and Meadow Pipit moving
Filton A38 EWS - Airfield:
1 Mute Swan, 5 Coot, 1 Chiffchaff
NORTH SOMERSET
Kenn, Duck Lane:
1 Swallow
Wemberham Lane:
18 Fieldfare
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| 3-4-20 odd Crow over Worle (Dean Reeves) Becoming well-known |
Common Scoter heard overnight, 1 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 14 Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch
Youngwood/ Netherton Wood Lane:
1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven
BELOW M4 & BANES
Overscourt Woods:
1 Sparrowhawk, pair of Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Red Kite mobbed by 2 Crows and a Pied Wagtail at Goose Green
Bath, Twerton:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted and 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch
Newton St Loe:
5 Pheasant, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Whooper Swan, 10 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 5 Moorhen, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Spotted and 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch
Timsbury:
1 Swallow
RESERVOIRS
All Closed
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| 3-4-20 Green Sandpipers at CVL (Lucy Masters) |
2 Green Sandpiper
Protection of rare breeding birds, Schedule 1, is now in force
List here and in side bar
Lockdown Updates
Home Patch 1 - a rerun of a series posted on Bird News as very apt for the present
Cryptic Puzzle 1 with answers
Reports: Miguel Anton, Roger Bingham, Paul Bowerman, Alex Carlisle, Ken Carruthers, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, John Croxton, Mark Dadds, Barry Dursley, Paul Gregory, Geoff Hardman, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Lisegirl, Lucy Masters, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Andy Scrase, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds , TBOSG
