07-03-21 Sunday - Glossy Ibis, Penduline Tit

Bright spring sunshine after a frosty start. Plenty of blossom. Bristol temperatures  1 - 7 °C

Mandarin Duck

Glossy Ibis 

Jack Snipe

Red Kite

Barn Owl, Little Owl

Bearded Tit, Penduline Tit

Wheatear, Black Redstart 

Siskin

07-03-21 Cormorant, Avon Trail (Gill Sapsed)
[ Looks really exotic in breeding plumage]

BRISTOL

Narroways and Boiling Wells:

4 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 BHGull,  3 Sparrowhawk,  1 GSWoodpecker, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, 1 Magpie, 3 LTTit 1 Blue Tit,  6 Great Tit , 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird,  6 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch

Redland Green:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-03-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:

Garden - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1f Blackcap

Tortworth:

1 pr Little Owl

Lower Woods, Wickwar:

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

07-03-21 Grey Wagtail, Chipping Sodbury, (Christopher Teague)

Hanham:

Avon Trail - 3+ Cormorant (3) + 1 first year bird. Heronry becoming occupied, approximately 10 individuals. 

Warmley:

Stream opposite Grange School - 1 Chiffchaff

Filton:

Garden - 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon,2 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:

Elwell Farm - 1m Wheatear

Portbury Wharf:
1 Pheasant, 1 pr Stock dove, 1 Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie,  1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Robin  4 Dunnock

Portishead:

4 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 1 pr  Wigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 9 Woodpigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1   Redshank, 12 Black-headed Gull, 11 Herring Gull,2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 16 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch

Clapton-in-Gordano:

 7 (5 m, 2f) Mandarin Duck on lake east of Naish House

07-03-21 Barn Owl, Gordano Valley (Jason Williams)

Gordano Valley:
1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard,1 Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 8 Raven

Clevedon -Yeo:
Dowlais - 40 Shelduck,  1 m Teal, 40 Wigeon, 12 Shoveler, 1 m Goosander, 1 Glossy Ibis reported,10 Oystercatcher, 20+ Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 6 Redshank, pair Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 1 m Peregrine, Skylark,  Stonechat, Grey Wagtail 

Backwell Common:

6 Magpie.

Backwell Lake: (viewing restricted*) 

7 Canada Geese, 35 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret

*Part of footpath on one side of lake out of bounds due to access improvement work.

Nailsea:
Nailsea School – 2 Raven

Kenn:

Garden - Black Redstart still present

07-03-21 Bearded Tit, Weston Airfield (Paul Gregory)

Weston Airfield:

3 pr Shoveler, 2 Coot, 1  Jack Snipe, 3 Penduline Tit still present, 6 Bearded Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

Beeks Lane - 3 Buzzard, 1 Skylark, 3 Fieldfare

 
Bath:
Oldfield Park - 1 Red Kite (possibly same bird as yesterday?)

Twerton - 6 Siskin on garden feeders

Newton St Loe:

2 Barn Owl, 1 juvenile Peregrine 

Hallatrow:

Tennis Court Farm - 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Stoke:

07-03-21 Blackcap, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

RESERVOIRS

Still locked down

07-03-21 Nuthatch, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Reports: Liza Barker, Phil Barlow, Geoff Blowfield,  Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Vera Carpenter, Paul Brian Chapman, Tony Cook, John Croxton,  Sean Davies, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate,  Paul Gregory, Nigel Kendall, Andy Leggatt, John Lewis,  Lucy Masters,  Dave Nicholson, Mike Owen, Jan Pridie, Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Gill Sapsed, Jason Williams, BirdGuides, NSLBirding