Saturday, 3 April 2021

03-04-21 Saturday - Penduline Tit

Cooler again, with temperatures around 11°C but weather brightened up as the day progressed. 

Long-tailed Duck, Scaup, Garganey 
Slavonian Grebe 
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Osprey 
Penduline Tit 
Ring Ouzel, Fieldfare 
Pied Flycatcher, Redstart 
Siskin

3-4-21 Chiffchaff, Nibley (Barry Dursley)

BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Space:
7 Jay (together), Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Greenfinch

Fishponds:
1 Swallow

Downend:
2 Raven chasing Buzzard

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

3-4-21 Pied Flycatcher, near Frampton Cotterell (Mark Coller)

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Wigeon, Mallard, Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 2 Grey Plover, 78 Common Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 5 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 28 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 18 Wren, 3 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 100 Linnet

3-4-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, OPS (Peter Coslett)

Pilning Wetlands: 
1 Garganey, 5 Teal, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 2 Swallow

3-4-21 Garganey, Pilning Wetlands (Paul Bowerman)
Iron Acton:
Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Treecreeper, 1 Bullfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch

Hanham:
1 f Kestrel, 4 Swallow

3-4-21 Teal, Pilning Wetlands (Rob Emery)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
45 species: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, GBB Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, male Marsh Harrier, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Nuthatch, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting

Dowlais:
2 Shoveler, 15 Teal, 7 Redshank, 22 Meadow Pipit

Sand Point/Bay:
Swallow, Willow Warbler, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Redstart, a few Siskin

Weston-super-Mare, Locking Airfield:
Penduline Tits still

Banwell, Winthill:
1 Buzzard, 18 Rook nests, 1 Raven, 1 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 m Siskin (garden)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

3-4-21 Common Sandpiper, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, Swallow, Willow Warbler

Blagdon Lake:
Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Great Crested Grebe 1 GBB Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, Cormorant, Carrion Crow, Swallows, House Martin, Robin

Chew Valley Lake 

Dam:
Egyptian Goose

Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe

Herriott's inc Pool:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 16 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 4 Pintail, 4 Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 f Scaup, 1 calling Water Rail, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Gull, Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull intermedius, 8 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (fishing in the pool), 1 Red Kite, 7+ Buzzard, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 200+ Sand Martin, 100+ Swallow, 100+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

3-4-21 Osprey, Herriott's (CVL) (Ian Stapp)

OUT OF AVON

3-4-21 Firecrest, Stock Hill (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karle Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Barry Dursley, Adrian Dutt, Rob Emery, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Nick Hudson, David Hughes, Andrew Middleton, Giles Morris, Cliff Smith, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Christopher Teague, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG