Friday 1 April 2022

01-04-22 Friday - House Martin

Sunny with a ESE wind - temp 4 to 8°C - there was a tiny sprinkling of snow late afternoon

House Martin
Purple Sandpiper
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
10 Jay - flock, 9 Redwing - going over north
01-04-22 Nuthatch Redland Park (Mike Owen)
Redland Park
2 Nuthatch - a pr

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
11 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 92 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 49 Wigeon, 45 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 18 Oystercatcher, 30 Avocet - a little video from Paul Bowerman, 19 Curlew, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Redshank, 3 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 

Wickwar:
1 Kestral

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
1 Goosander (f) - over, 1 Willow Warbler

Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook (around 35 nests), Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (1 f), 5 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch (f&m) , 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Frampton Cotterell - Black Rocks:
1 Willow Warbler - singing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
 - Battery Point: 1 Curlew, 6 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit
 - Lake Grounds: 2 Shelduck, 4 Moorhen, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Dunnock, 1 White Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail
 - garden: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Clevedon
- garden: 2 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting
- Dowlais: 2 Pintail, 2 Oystercatcher
- Wain's Hill: 3 Swallow - north

Kingston Seymour - lanes:
2 Cattle Egret

Backwell Lake:
18 Canada Geese, 24 Mute Swan - 2 nest sites, 8 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 10 Mallard, 1 Muscovy Duck, 6 Moorhen, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Magpie, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:
2 Raven - nesting noted

Willsbridge:
Kingfisher, 6 Jay - nesting, 4 Nuthatch - in prs, Treecreeper, 2 Greenfinch (f&m)

01-04-22 Robin and Dunnock Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham:
- Manor Road Community Woodlands: - 10 Woodpigeon, 5 Magpie, 6 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch
- garden: 2 Carrion Crow - nesting again, Coal Tit & Blackbird doing the same but next door.
01-04-22 Carrion Crow Keynsham (Ian Stapp)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
House Martin

01-04-22 Fieldfare CVL (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake

2 Raven - nesting noted, Chiffchaff and Blackcap - singing nearly everywhere

Dam:
20 Sand Martin

Parkland:
12 Fieldfare, Brambling 

Villice:
4 Garganey (f&3m), 5 Teal, 

Nunnery:
430 Black-headed Gull - feeding in open water, c30 Fieldfare, 3 Blackcap - singing, 6 Brambling

Heron's Green:
12 Cattle Egret - back fields, 

Moreton:
6 Common Gull
01-04-22 Kingfisher CVL (Peter Coslett)
Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, Swallow

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Rob Emery, Trevor Ford, David Gale, Richard Giles, Andrew Harrison, Martyn Hayes, David Howes, Mike Jackson, Nigel Kempson, Robin Lambert, John Lewis, Fiona Neate, Mike Owen, Paul Sadley, Cliff Smith, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland