07-03-22 Monday - Little Gull

Temp 3 to 10°C. Warm start developing into full sun, a hint of spring if not for the North wind

Little Gull

Merlin 

Ring-necked Parakeet

Penduline Tit
Firecrest

Water Pipit

Brambling, Crossbill

Red Kite

7-3-22 Firecrest, East Wood (Paul Chapman)

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:

1 Red Kite

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

28 Feral Pigeon, 33 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 16 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 10 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 9 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Wren, 14 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 9 Redwing, 8 Robin, 32 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Bishopston - garden:

1 Brambling

Hotwells - B bonded storage

1 Peregrine - flew over my head

Sims Hill:

2 m Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 16 Linnet

Stoke Park:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Greenfinch, 1 m Reed Bunting

UWE Stoke Lane entrance:

c10 Chaffinch, c7 Siskin, c10 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Gadwall, 17 Wigeon, 57 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 1 ad f Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 

Aust vismig 07:00-08:45:

37 Meadow Pipit, 44 Chaffinch, 4 Brambling, 1 Crossbill

7-3-22 Northern Herring Gull, Pilning Wetland (Brian Lancastle)

Pilning Wetland:
1 Northern Herring Gull (L a argentatus)

Frampton End, Tubbs Bottom:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, c.15 Yellowhammer

Coalpit Heath:
2 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

7-3-22 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Dave Horlick)

Portishead, Battery Point:
20 Tufted Duck, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Linnet

Portishead, East Wood and Woodlands Rd:

2 Firecrest, 5 Nuthatch

Portbury Wharf:

9 Canada Geese, 7 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, 70 BH Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 43 LBB Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Goldfinch, 1 f Reed Bunting

Clevedon-Yeo 08:00-12:30:
20 Canada Goose, 185 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 170 Wigeon, 180 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 10 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 19 Oystercatcher, 35 Lapwing, 165 Curlew, 7 Turnstone, 215 Dunlin, 275 Redshank, 600 BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 3 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 9 Skylark, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 100 Redwing, 200 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit Blakes Pools, 3 Rock Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting

Weston Airfield:

3 Penduline Tit,

BELOW M4 & BANES

7-3-22 Kingfisher, Keynsham (Andy Harrison)

Keynsham Memorial Park:

37 Mallard, 1 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Chaffinch

Chocolate Factory Nature Walk:

4 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 13 Carrion Crow, 2 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Bath, lower Primrose Hill:

3 Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 16 Greenfinch, 5 (3m) Bullfinch, 14 Goldfinch

7-3-22 Peregrine, Bath (BathPeregrines)

Bath, St John's Church:
9 visits to box by Tiercel T-21 and Falcon F-14 Peregrines

7-3-22 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cameley (Bob Medland)
Strange drumming sound found to be metallic

Cameley:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c.120 Redwing, c.40 Fieldfare, 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Moreton:
1 1st-winter Little Gull

Stratford:
1 1st-winter Little Gull, 7 Little Egret off the lane, 40 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare

Herriotts:
1 Chiffchaff

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, BUPP, Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Frampton Cotterell Nature, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, Andy Harrison, Dave Horlick, Hayden James, Gareth Jones, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Bob Medland, Hetty Metcalfe, Andy Middleton, Aravind Ramesh, Steve Sanins, Vic Savery, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs,  blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG