Thursday, 25 March 2021

25-03-21 Thursday - farewell, Robin

A very mixed morning with sunshine and prolonged showers, but a fine and sunny afternoon.  Cool westerly breeze, up to 14°C.  (A sad day, owing to Robin Prytherch's funeral.)

Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Plover
Jack Snipe
Merlin
SwallowSiberian Chiffchaff
Lesser Redpoll

Carrion Crow helping in the garden (Vera Carpenter)
BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
Chiffchaff calling above Pembroke Road

Old Sneed Park:
12-15 Lesser Redpoll in a garden

Canford Cemetery:
15 Lesser Redpoll at 9 a.m. - same birds as above?

Leigh Woods:
Marsh Tit, pr Siskin in a garden

Avocets on the beach at New Passage (Lisegirl)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

25-03-21 Black-tailed Godwit NP (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:

2 Stock Dove, 21 Canada Goose, 32 Shelduck, 31 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 86 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Avocet, 40 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover. 186 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Curlew, 160 Redshank, 8 Turnstone, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 15 Starling, 5 Pied Wagtail, 9 Meadow, Pipit, (and a lot of construction stuff in the way).

Moorend - Frome Valley Walkway:
1 Kingfisher, 1Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit2 Dipper -pr, 2 Grey Wagtail -pr, 

25-03-21 Dipper Moorend (Mike Prior)

NORTH SOMERSET


Portishead:
3 pr. Raven over the town.

Clevedon - Yeo:
On Dowlais scrape: 20 Teal, 6 Shoveler. 50+ Meadow Pipit. A Merlin flew South through the fields behind Dowlais scrape, as did the observer's first Swallow of the spring.

Congresbury Moor:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Jack Snipe, 10 Snipe, 1 Kestrel.

Sand Point/Bay:
Swallow over, heading north (10:15)

Weston airfield, Locking:
Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 3 Swallow over, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (no sign of the Pendulines today).


BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
singing Chiffchaff

Cameley:
pr. Raven nesting


RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
(yesterday - Wednesday) 3 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Sand Martin, 4 singing Chiffchaff, 30+ Pied Wagtail with two White Wagtail.

Chew Valley Lake - Herriott's Bridge:
1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Little Egret, 100+ Sand Martin.

Reports:  Ron Clevely, Geoff Davies, Patrick Haigh, Rob Hargreaves, Glen Maddison, Bob Medland, Mike Owen, Lisa Presland, Mike Prior, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Mark Savage, Sova, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds,