15-03-21 Monday - Kittiwake, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull all at CVL

Increasingly Spring-like feel to the day. Emerging butterflies. Bristol temperatures touched 14°C

Mandarin Duck

Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, Spotted Redshank
Kittiwake, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull

White Stork

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite

Merlin

Sand Martin

Siberian Chiffchaff

Penduline Tit

Black Redstart

Brambling, Siskin

15-03-21 Long-tailed Tits, Filton garden (Liza and Andy Barker)

15-03-21 Grey Wagtail, Eastville Park Lake (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:

2 singing Chiffchaff  (plus one in garden this morning)

Eastville Park:
sev Chiffchaff, 1 pr Grey Wagtail

Redland:
Garden - 1 Wood Pigeon, 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 1 Wren (investigating walls for nesting sites), 2 Blackbird, 8+ House Sparrow, 1 f Greenfinch(first in garden for ages)

Hotwells to Sea Mills:

Highlights of  16 species logged on bike ride - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven 

15-03-21 Stock Dove, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 22 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 7 Wood Pigeon, 7 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrow Hawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 23 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 3 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 5 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 12 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
inc WeBS count - 9 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 67 Teal, 122 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Oystercatcher, 38 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 22 Snipe, 5 Redwing (180 last week!), 2 m Stonechat 

Littleton:

inc WeBS count - 8 Canada Goose, 17 Shelduck, 12 Mallard, 69 Teal, 111 Wigeon, 82  Curlew( incl 4+ colour ringed and 1+ headstart birds) 45 Redshank, 2 Cormorant,  2 Grey heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 imm Peregrine (which might account for the lack of waders - no Dunlin!)

Tytherington:

Knepp Reintroduction Project White Stork still present today

Yate:
Brimsham Park Lake (Cooper's Lake) - 12 Mallard, 3 Goosander (1m 2f), 8 Moorhen, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch

Riverside Car Park - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Wagtail

Garden - 4 Buzzard thermalling, 2 Blackcap (usual male and female), 4 Long-tailed Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

15-03-21 Mandarin Duck, Naish House Lake, Clapton-in-Gordano (Lois Pryce)

Clapton-in-Gordano:
Naish House lake- 7 Canada Goose (2 pairs courting?), 5 Mandarin Duck (4m, 1f), c.20 Mallard, 1 Moorhen

Round Noah’s Ark Farm: 1 Sparrowhawk (carrying kill), 3 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Skylark, c.40 Winter Thrush sp. + 1 Roe Deer

Easton-in Gordano:

Field NE of Rudgleigh Inn- 2 Skylark, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting + 4 Roe Deer

Tyntesfield:

2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Rooks -nest building, 2 Ravens - at last year's breeding site, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Skylark,  1 Chiffchaff,  3 Goldcrest,, 1Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush,  7 Redwing, 18 Robin,  2 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin

[ No sign of m Black Redstart seen and photographed on 14-02-21] 

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 18 Canada Goose, 9 Mute Swan, 245Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 400 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 150 Teal, 6 Mallard,1 Pochard,  19 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 1 Water Rail,  4 Little Grebe, 18 Coot,  9 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 175 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 1 Snipe,  300 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 20 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Yeo), 20 Herring Gull, 14 LBB Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven, 10 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin (Dowlais), 1 Hirundine sp, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1000 Starling, 5 Redwing, 20 Pied Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail, 90 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 35 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Dowlais, Golf Course pool  -  60 Herring Gull, 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Greater Black-backed Gull

Kenn:
Duck Lane garden - 1 Black Redstart still

Sand Point/Bay:
21 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Stonechat,  6 Meadow Pipit, 1 pr  Bullfinch.

Weston Airfield:

2 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 40 Wigeon, Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 3 Penduline Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff (inc Siberian Chiffchaff), 4 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 40 Pied Wagtail, 6 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield area:

West Littleton Down - 380 Wood Pigeon in single flock, 1 Red Kite, 1 Brambling with c60 Chaffinches, mainly continental females 

Tormarton Road -1 Merlin

Bath:

Lower Weston - 4 Siskin

Twerton, AWBSurvey, 26 species - 7 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 19 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 19 Blue Tit, 14 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 11 Wren, 4 Starling, 18 m Blackbird, 16 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 44 House Sparrow, 19 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 

15-03-21 Mediterranean Gull (ringed) and Common Gull , Dam, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Dam:
3 Little Gull (2 ad, 1 1st w), Common Gull , 1 Mediterranean Gull , ringed 2P28 (presumed different from bird at Herriott's Bridge )

Heron's Green:
2 Cattle Egret  

Between HGB and Bickfield Lane -  7 Cattle Egret

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Kittiwake, 1 summer plumaged Mediterranean Gull (presumed different from bird at Dam), 7 Great White Egret

15-03-21 Water Rail CVL (Nigel Kendall)

Stratford:

3 Water Rail, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Dunnock

Robin Prytherch 

Very apt tribute to this 'quiet hero' of British ornithology from Stephen Moss https://t.co/Fovx9jYJeC?amp=1

Reports: John Barnett, Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Brian Chapman, Allan Chard, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Sean Davies, Paul Gregory, John Griffiths,  Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, MJ, Nigel Kendall, Brian Lancastle, John and Bryony Lewis, Andy Middleton, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce,  Dean Reeves, Patrick Hardyman Richards,  Harvey Rose, Steven Sanins, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn, Martin Wightman, Gordon Youdale