29-03-21 Monday - Osprey

Cold start - windy with lots of cloud. Warming up: Bristol temperatures rose from 10 - 18 °C

Lockdown restrictions partially lifted from today. 

Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe

Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank

Yellow-legged Gull 

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Osprey, Red Kite

Merlin

Barn Owl, Little Owl 

Penduline Tit

Siberian Chiffchaff

Firecrest 

Yellow Wagtail, Water Pipit

Siskin, Corn Bunting

Expected migrants included Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Wheatear

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

Garden - 6 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird,  2 Dunnock,  8 to 10 Goldfinch

29-03-21 Osprey being mobbed by Peregrine Crew's Hole, Bristol (Lee Gardiner)

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Crew's Hole:

1 Osprey, 1 Peregrine

Eastville:

Garden - 1 Linnet over 

Eastville Park:
1 Sand Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Stockwood Open Space1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted  Woodpecker drumming,  7 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin,  + 5 male Brimstone, 5 Peacock, 3 Small Tortoiseshell 

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Sand Martin, 7+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-03-21 Turnstone, OPS (Steve Richardson)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Pheasant, 1 Canada Goose, 31 Shelduck, 3 Mallard, 11 Wigeon (soon be none left), 31 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 1 Coot,  4 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 14 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 141 Curlew,  30+ Turnstone, 1 Greenshank, 114 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker,  7 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 7 Great Tit, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 30 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler , 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 1 Wheatear, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch

Pilning Wetlands:
3 Mute Swan, 5 Canada Goose, 4 Wigeon, 10 Mallard, 42 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 16 Gadwall, 9 Shoveler, 6 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 19 Black-tailed Godwit (although a reliable source said there were "hundreds" first thing before being flushed; the flushed birds flew north), 1 Dunlin, 29 Redshank,  2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 70+ Sand Martin (most fed over the wetlands and then flew north-west over the estuary), 5 Swallow, 1 m Wheatear, 18 Starling, 3 Pied Wagtail,  5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Linnet,

Northwick Warth:
16 Canada Goose, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Kingfisher (Chessle Pill)

Foreshore :

Low tide -  100+ Shelduck, 20+ Teal, 120+ Oystercatcher, 9 Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit* (almost certainly the flock seen earlier on the Wetlands) 

* on the Wetlands there were an additional two individual Black-tailed Godwits bringing the total to 19

Almondsbury:

Garden - 6 Jay

NORTH SOMERSET

Sheepway 

1 Little Owl , 1 Firecrest 

Portishead Boating Lake:

12 Canada Goose, 11 Mute Swan, only about 20 Mallard, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 30 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 0 BH Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail

Tyntesfield:

3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Rook, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, 3 Nuthatch (1 gathering mud), 1 Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Robin, 2 Chaffinch

Watercress Farm, Wraxall:

BBS-type Survey on 28th - 1 Pheasant, 1 Mute Swan (pond outside boundary), 1 Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, 34 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Magpie, 24 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 14 Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 10 Skylark, 2 LT Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Blackbird, 55 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 48 Linnet, 18 Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer + 2 Roe Deer, 1 Hare

Clevedon:

Noc mig recordings in past week include 6 small flocks of Common Scoter +  Common Gull, Teal, Canada Goose, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Grey Heron, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Dunnock , Redwing

Clevedon - Yeo:

Dowlais - 2 Swallow, 6 House Martins and a trickle of Meadow Pipit all going south

Wain's Hill - Yeo - 275 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 2 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 14 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher, 10 Lapwing, 3 Ringed Plover, 140 Curlew, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Redshank, 9 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard,  1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 10 Skylark, 400 Sand Martin (KP), 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear (Yeo), 100 Meadow Pipit (most to SW), 3 Bullfinch, 5 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, 6 Reed Bunting

Sand Point:

14 Shelduck, 2 Curlew, 10 singing Skylark, 2 Swallow, 12+ Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, several Chiffchaff 

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Backwell:

Fields to west - 1 Red Kite 15:30, heading east

 

Weston Airfield:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 50+ Sand Martin, 3 Penduline Tit,  Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

Winscombe:

Station - 1 Willow Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-03-21 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
Rushmead Lane - 3 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 1 f  Merlin, 12+Skylark, 10 House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, 20+Linnet,  10+Yellowhammer, 10 Corn Bunting

Bath:

St John's Church - Peregrine egg no 3 laid at 08.48am
Twerton garden - Water Rail again

Southstoke -  1 Red Kite (going west),1 Buzzard, 2 singing Skylark, 1Nuthatch

Newton St Loe:
9 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 4 Buzzard,  1 Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch,  2 Starling,  1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch + Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock and Brimstone

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, small numbers of Sand Martin, 13 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap

29-03-21 Osprey, CVL (Simon Isgar)

Chew Valley Lake
1 Osprey - time and location not clear, but possibly same bird as over Bristol ( see above)?

29-03-21 Reed Bunting, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

6 Little Grebe,2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Swallow, 1 Reed Bunting + 2 Hare reported field back pool first thing

Bickfield Lane fields - 6 Cattle Egret with Little Egret 

Moreton:

 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 12 + Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4+Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Pied Wagtail, 6+ Chaffinch

29-03-21 Yellow-legged Gull, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 16 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 12+ Teal, 6 Pintail, 16+ Goldeneye, 2 Slavonian Grebe,

8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit,  1 Yellow-legged Gull, 25+ Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull , 2 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite (reported around 12.30), 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark,  100+ Sand Martin, 3-4 Swallow, lots Chiffchaff, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Bryan Cook, Peter Coslett,  Alistair Crine, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Heather England,  Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner,  Paul gregg, Paul Gregory,  Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Dave Horlick,  Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Glen Maddison,  Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver,  Phil Quinn, Adele Remazeilles, Steve Richardson,  Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, Paul Williams BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,    TBOSG