20-03-22 Sunday - Ring-billed Gull

Sunny but a bit chilly in the cold SE wind - temp 3 to 13°C

Garganey

Long-tailed Duck

Purple Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Red Kite

Penduline Tit

BRISTOL

Redland Green Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Nuthatch

Sea Mills - WeBS:

8 Mallard, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Sandpiper, 120 Redshank, 18 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting

Southmead Lake - WeBS:

5 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron

20-03-22 Peregrine Stapleton (Stephanie Chadwick)

Stapleton:

2 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-03-22 Wheatear OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 100 Woodpigeon - over North East, 3 Coot, 1 Dunlin, 36 Redshank, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. dozens Skylark, ~30 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear (f), 5 Bullfinch, 30 + Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting (m)

20-03-22 Bullfinch OPS (Craig Lewis)

New Passage:
70 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, c100 Redshank

Pilning Wetlands:

2 Avocet, lots of Black-tailed Godwit, c20 Dunlin, 1 Marsh Harrier (f)

Rockhampton:

1 Red Kite - north

Wickwar - Hillhouse Farm, BBS recce:

1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 1 Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, 4 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch and for completeness - 4 Brown Hare, 3 Roe Deer

Chipping Sodbury:

- R Frome: 1 Little Egret, 

- Common: 1 Red Kite

Coalpit Heath:

1 Red Kite

Westerleigh, Windmill Fishing Lake:

2 Canada Goose, 4 Common Sandpiper - through, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 2 Kestrel, 1 Skylark. 2 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

20-03-22 Sparrowhawk Portishead (Gareth Watkins)

Portishead - Brompton Way:

1 Sparrowhawk

20-03-2022 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Mike Trew)

Portishead - Battery Point:
8 Purple Sandpiper

20-03-22 Black-tailed Godwit Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Yeo:
20 Shoveler, 15 Teal, 10 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 20 Redshank, 1 Wheatear

Weston-s-Mare - disused airfield:

1 Penduline Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite

Wick:
Raven, several Skylark, Meadow Pipit

Oldland Common:

3 Greenfinch

20-03-22 Jay Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham Memorial Park:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 11 Magpie, 20+ Rook, 3 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 11 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 5+ House Sparrow

Newton St Loe - WeBS, lakes now open:

2 Tufted Duck, 3 Grey Heron, 6+ Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Greenfinch

Bath:

 - St Johns: 2 Peregrine - 2nd egg today

- Charlcombe Valley and garden:

many Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard - pr, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie - in pairs, 7 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit - pr, 6 Blue Tit - in pairs, 2 Long-Tailed Tit - pr, 5+ Chiffchaff - singing), Goldcrest, Wren, 4 Blackbird - in pairs, female with nesting material, 4 Robin - in pairs, 4 Dunnock - singing, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch - feeder (2f&2m), 5 Goldfinch

Compton Dando:

2 Sparrowhawk and 3 Buzzard - displaying

RESERVOIRS

20-03-2022 Long-tailed-Duck BG (Mike Trew)

Barrow Tanks:
Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake
 
Villice:
2 Garganey (f&m)

Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Red Kite

Reports: Jonathan Bull, BUPP, John Burnett, Stephanie Chadwick, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Heather England, Tim Ford, Malcolm Gibbs,  Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Rupert Higgins, Mike Jackson, Nigel Jones, Nigel Kempson, Rich Meilcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Mike Owen, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Mike Trew, Gareth Watkins 

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