Saturday, 20 March 2021

20-03-21 Saturday - Mandarin

Temp 8 to 12°C. Another grey day - very bland

20-3-21 Siskin, Bath (NSL Birding)

Mandarin, Long-tailed Duck
Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe
Red Kite
Sand Martin
Penduline Tit
Siberian Chiffchaff
Siskin


BRISTOL

Filton Park garden:
8 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m & f), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird m /f, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch m /f, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin m/f

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-3-21 Black Redstart, OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
Wigeon, Teal, 1 m Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 imm m Black Redstart, Linnet

20-3-21 Goldcrest, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury: 
1 f Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest

Horton Bushes:
1 Pheasant, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Nuthatch, 20 Redwing + 3 Roe Deer

NORTH SOMERSET

20-3-21 Egyptian Goose and Tufted Duck, Clevedon-Yeo (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon-Yeo:

1 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 180 Wigeon, 6 Mallard, 40 Teal, 1 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 6 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 7 Oystercatcher, 10 Lapwing, 90 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 40 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe, 240 Redshank, 6 BH Gull, 30 Common Gull, 80 Herring Gull, 25 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3+ Skylark, 8 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 28 Blackbird

Nailsea garden:
Flyovers: Woodpigeons, Herring Gulls, 6 Jay, Crows and Jackdaws, 1 Raven, Starlings
In garden: 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 16 House Sparrow, Goldfinches

Nailsea, Moor and West End:
2 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 12 Stock Dove, 25 Lapwing, 1 Little Owl

20-3-21 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (Brian Thompson)
Weston-s-Mare - disused airfield:
2 Penduline Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

20-3-21 Long-tailed Tit, Shire Valley (Mike Prior)
Marshfield, Shire Valley:
Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff singing, Goldcrest, Wren, Chaffinch , Goldfinch, Corn Bunting 3 pairs, Yellowhammer

20-3-21 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield, Northfield Lane:
3 Buzzard, 10 Skylark, 30 Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet, 10 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer

Saltford Golf Course/ Long Wood:
70 Fieldfare
20-3-21 Sparrowhawk, Bath garden hide (NSL Birding) 
Bath, Pennyquick:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 5 Siskin

Cam Brook, Combe Hay to Midford:
Mandarin

Paulton:
25 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 31 Fieldfare, 4 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
20-3-21 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Gill Sapsed)
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake - Herons Green:
8 Cattle Egret.

Editor's Note.
Winter Migrant Departure Dates has been added to Information Sites (at the bottom). There is a small window in April to see a few before they go for the summer and Schedule 1 comes into effect

Reports: Liza & Andy Barker, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Vera Carpenter, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Anne Crowe, Philip Crouter, Heather England, Trevor Ford, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Simon Harris, NailSea Nature, Harvey Rose, Gill Sapsed, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG