Friday, 4 March 2022

04-03-22 Friday - Red Kite bonanza

Dry and sunny until mid afternoon then clouded over, light chilly NW breeze - top temp 11°C

Cattle Egret 
Black Redstart
Red Kite
Bar-tailed GodwitSpotted Redshank
Long-tailed Duck
Firecrest
Brambling
Jack Snipe
Sand Martin
04-03-22 GBB Gull CVL (Alex Carlisle)
BRISTOL


Bishopston Garden:
2 Blackcap (f&m) - male song is in 'tune up mode', a few indistinct notes then a blast of true bliss.

Clifton - garden:
1 Marsh Tit - 2 fleeting visits to the feeders - first time in 7 weeks

Eastville:
- Park: 1 Red Kite
- garden: 1 Sand Martin - over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Pheasant, 6 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, flock 30 Woodpigeon grazing, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 35 Curlew (field), 1 Snipe, flock 40 BH Gull flying low up Severn, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling repeatedly, 1 Peregrine, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Redwing - a few weeks since seeing a Redwing anywhere, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Black Redstart, 4 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit.

Oldbury Pill:
1 Barnacle Goose, 138 Wigeon, 18 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 41 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 54 Redshank

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Chiffchaff - singing

Severn Beach:
22 Ring Plover - roosting

Wickwar - West End:
1 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Yate:
- garden: Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
- town: 30+ BH Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull - over

Chipping Sodbury:
- Common: 2 Jack Snipe
- Ridge Woods: 1 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Magpie, 20 Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch
- Barnhill Quarry: 4 Mallard, Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, Magpie, Carrion Crow
04-03-22 Siskin Frampton Cotterell (David Hanks)
Frampton Cotterell:
- Black Rocks: 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Siskin
- Beesmoor Pond: 1 Chiffchaff - singing
- Glebeland: 1 Blackcap - singing

NORTH SOMERSET
04-03-22 Chiffchaff PW (Paul Chapman)
Portbury Wharf:

3 Chiffchaff

Portishead:
- Red buoy off Battery Point: 24 Turnstone, 6 Purple Sandpiper
- Boating Lake: Greylag Goose, 15 Tufted Duck, 

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 205 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 210 Wigeon, 155 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 12 Coot, 8 Little Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher, 35 Lapwing, 245 Curlew, 23 Bar-tailed Godwit -Yeo, 15 Knot - Yeo, 165 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 390 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank - Yeo, 750 Black Headed Gull, 15 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 205 Herring Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret (Yeo), 8 Little Egret, 4 Raven, 22 Skylark, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 25 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting.

Sand Point/Middle Hope - vismig: 
1 Dunlin at end of point, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 alba Wag, 65+ Meadow Pipit, 11 Chaffinch - over, 8 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch,

Weston-Super-Mare - disused airfield:
1 Mediterranean Gull

Worlebury Hill - path by quarry:
1 or 2 Firecrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
- Brookhouse Lane: 1 Woodcock - flushed, c200 LBB Gull - heading north, 1 Yellowhammer - singing
- Down Rd: Stock Dove, Buzzard, Raven, Skylark, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 200 Linnet, Corn Bunting

Willsbridge:
2 Mute Swan, 14 Feral Pigeon, 90 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 42 Magpie, 63 Jackdaw, 26 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 13 Blue Tit, 14 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 28 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 12 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 37 Robin, 1 Dipper, 16 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch
04-03-22 Blue Tit Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham Memorial Park:

24 Mallard, 12 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 2 Herring Gulls, 3 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite

Compton Martin:
1 Brambling - 3rd day

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
2 Great White Egret, 7 Red Kite - at least, 9 sighting in total, going over, 4 Buzzard - 2 local pairs

Chew Valley Lake
04-03-22 Goldeneye CVL (George Stacey)
Dam:

4 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 2 Reed Bunting,

Bittern Trail:
2 GS Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, lots of Robin

Villice:
80 Fieldfare - flock
04-03-22 Long-tailed Tit CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

1 Water Rail, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 1 GS Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Raven - lots of calling, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 LT Tit, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Robin, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
3 Scaup (f)
04-03-22, Coal Tit CVL( Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:

9 Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 4+ Pintail, 14+ Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail - calling, 10 Snipe - flew into main reedbed, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Cattle Egret - over, 3 Grey Heron, 2 GW Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff - singing

Reports: John Barnett, Alex Carlisle, Paul Chapman, Alan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Ed Drewitt, Rob Emery, David Esam, Paul Gregory, David Hanks, Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Rupert Higgins, Matt Hull, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Andy Middleton, Nige Milbourne, John Osborne, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweeetland