04-02-22 Friday - Purple Sandpiper

Brief rain showers early on, then dry with sunshine, but cold in the wind.   Temperature 3 to 8°C

Purple Sandpiper

Avocet

Yellowhammer

Grey Plover, Jack Snipe

Marsh Harrier

Yellow-browed Warbler

Brambling

Penduline Tit

Crossbill, Redpoll

04-02-22 Jackdaw CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden
2 Blackcap (f&m)

City Centre - Cathedral and Floating Harbour:

1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Raven

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Gadwall, 9 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 3 Avocet - flying downstream, 5 Curlew, 1 Marsh Harrier (f),  2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, flock of Long-tailed Tit, 3 Stonechat.

Kington:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing.

04-02-22 Canada Goose NP (Véra Carpenter)

New Passage:

200+ Canada Geese, 100 Shelduck, 100+ Wigeon, 2 Teal, 100+ Oystercatcher, 200+ Curlew, 2 Pied Wagtail

Wickwar - West End - garden:

12 Long-tailed Tit onto the feeders

Frampton Cotterell - Tubb's Bottom
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 70 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill - AWBS:
36 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Herring Gull 4, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull 5, 1 Cormorant, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Magpie, 19 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 16 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 32 Starling, 27 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 28 Robin, 22 House Sparrow, 10 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer

Portishead - Battery Point:
6 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit

04-02-22 Stonechat CVL (Ian Stapp)

Clevedon - Keen Bridge over the Blind Yeo.
1 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen, 1 Little Egret, 8 Redwing.

Sand Point/Bay/Woodspring:
5 Teal, 1 Grey Plover, 30 Dunlin - down river, 1 Jack Snipe, 2500 gulls - CM, HG, LB, 2 Jay, 10+ Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 35+ Rock Pipit, 10+ Bullfinch, 40 Linnet

04-02-22 Penduline Tit WsM (Chris Teague)

Weston-Super-Mare:

 - private garden: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler
 - disused airfield: 3 Penduline Tit

East Harptree - Wood (a tiny corner is in NS)
2 Crossbill, 1 Redpoll

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland - Siston Brook:

1 Kingfisher

Willsbridge:

1 Goldcrest

Bath - Englishcombe Lane garden:

1 Sparrowhawk - went away hungry!

Marksbury:
2 Canada Goose, 8 Mallard, 50+ Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 200 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow & Rook, 50+ Starling, some finches - all on or over one stubble field

RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake

04-02-22 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest

Woodford:
3 Shelduck, 20+ Goldeneye, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush

Heron's Green:
 2 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe - pool, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Pied Wagtail

04-02-22 Cormorant CVL (Andrew Harrison)

Moreton:
20+ Goldeneye, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat - pr, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Shelduck, 11 Shoveler, 16+ Pintail, 50 Teal, 20+ Goldeneye, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Please note:
Anyone coming on the BOC Exe Coach Trip on Sunday must do a lateral flow test beforehand and wear a mask on the coach. Thank you.

Reports: Véra Carpenter, Bryan Cook, Ben Crabb, Jane Cumming, Paul Francis, Andrew Harrison, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, David Howes, Matt Hull, John Klosinski, Giles Morris, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague

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