21-03-21 Sunday - Jack Snipe

Lovely spring day with appreciable warmth in the sun. Bristol temperatures up to 13 °C

Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe

White Stork

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Penduline Tit

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Ashton Gate:

10 Buzzard over Irby/Smyth Roads at 1300

21-03-21 Blackcap pair, Horfield (Sue Howard)

Horfield:

Garden - 4 Feral Pigeon, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Blackcap (f & m), 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 2 Blackbird (f & m), 1 Robin, 2 Greenfinch (f & m), 4 Goldfinch

BS6 (Cotham, Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park, St Andrews)

4 Jay (Kingsdown Parade) plus Coal Tit in 4 sites, House Sparrow in 5 sites

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

21-03-21 Headstart Curlew no 21, Lagoon 1, OPS (Matt Plenty)

Oldbury Power Station:
Head start Curlew 21 - see photo above. No sign of recent companion no 23 though may be in the area.

21-03-21 White Stork, Itchington (Heather England)

Itchington:

White Stork GB63 (Knepp Reintroduction Project) still here after 3 weeks. Still moving around readily from farm to farm. Distanced view on walk to the Ladden Brook today.

21-03-21 Dipper, Frome Valley footpath near Winterbourne (Christopher Teague)

Winterbourne - St Michael's Church area:

Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 10 singing Skylark, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, flock of about 30 + 7 Roe Deer

Winterbourne to Hambrook:

Stock Dove,1 Kingfisher,  Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 5 Grey Wagtail

Hambrook:

1 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Magpie, 65 Jackdaw, 4 Crow, 11 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 13 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 21 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

Wick:

1 Red Kite (perhaps same bird as Kingswood below?)

Siston:

Overscourt woods - 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 10+ Chiffchaff singing. Also 5 Roe Deer + 2 Small Tortoiseshell

Kingswood:

1 Red Kite (perhaps same bird as Wick above?)

NORTH SOMERSET

21-03-21 Ravens, Weston Moor (Howard Taffs)

Weston Moor:

6 Buzzard, 9 Raven

Clevedon - Yeo:
Kingston Seymour seawall - Egyptian Goose,  100 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, Jack Snipe, Snipe, 100 Redshank, 30 Common Gull, 2 GBBGull, 4 Little Egret, 2cy Marsh Harrier, 5 Chiffchaff,  Cetti's Warbler

Nailsea:

Green Pastures Road pond – 4 Mallard
Wraxall House Fields – 1 Moorhen, 15 Magpie, 2 Greenfinch
Tower House Woods – 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Raven (fly-over), 1 Goldcrest

Fields between Woods and Nailsea – 7 Little Egret.
Jacklands Fishery Ponds – 1 Moorhen, 1 Greenfinch

21-03-21 Penduline Tit and Siberian Chiffchaff, Weston Airfield (Robin Martin)

Weston Airfield:

3 Penduline Tit, Chiffchaff, Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting

Banwell:
Stock Dove, Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 12 occupied Rooks nests  with many others +  Jackdaws in the surrounding fields, Carrion Crow (nest, visible from the garden, growing daily), 2 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, 25 Starling, 2 Song Thrush,  30+ Fieldfare, 6+ Goldfinch + 1  Brimstone 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Northfield Road - 1 Buzzard, 5 Skylark, 2 Corn Bunting

Tormarton:

1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

No reports ( still locked down)

21-03-21 Roe Deer, Winterbourne (Mike Prior)

Reports: Phil Barlow, Peter Bryant, Paul Brian Chapman, Philip Crouter, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Ollie Fournier, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Geoff Hardman, Sue Howard, Robin Martin, Matt Plenty, Mike Prior, Dean Reeves, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, John and Pauline Thorogood, Bob Webber, Keith Williams