Saturday, 2 April 2022

02-04-22 Saturday - Redstart - Short-eared Owl

 Sunny with a NNE wind - temp; barely got over 7°C after a hard frost.

Redstart
Short-eared Owl
Brent Goose, Avocet
Cattle Egret
Willow Warbler
Little Gull

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 6 Jay, 1 Raven - over calling, 3 Chiffchaff and 4 Blackcap all singing, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Greenfinch
02-04-22 Nuthatch Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Redwing, 1 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit, 

Aust Warth:
13 Brent Goose

New Passage/Northwick:
80 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 18 Avocet - on the tide line, 40 Curlew, 1 Wheatear (m)

Pilning Wetlands:
13 Brent Goose, 12 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 50 Wigeon, 50+ Teal, 1 Pochard (f), 5 Tufted Duck, 31 Avocet, 8 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 15 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 190 Redshank, 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f)

Severn Beach - Vismig:
1000 Woodpigeon, 75 Meadow Pipit, 30 Goldfinch  - - and locally - -13 Brent Goose db, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Wickwar - West End
20 Fieldfare

Thornbury:
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Redstart (m), 4 Bullfinch - 2pr, 

Westerleigh:
2 Raven - with a nest of chicks

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
39 Curlew - roost on salt marsh edge at HT.

Clevedon:
 - Wain's Hill - vismig: 200 Woodpigeon, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 20 Meadow Pipit, 20 Linnet - - and locally - - 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 
 - Dowlais: 5 Mute Swan, 2 Pintail (m), 1 Little Owl

Kingston Seymour Lanes:
2 Cattle Egret

Sand Point/Bay:
300 Woodpigeon, 4 Blackcap - singing, 1 Ring Ouzel, Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear (f&m), 85 Meadow Pipit, 1 Siskin 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap - singing, 1 Wren
02-04-22 Kestrel Willsbridge (Chris Hall)
Willsbridge & Mill:

3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper - chasing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Hanham Lock:
1 Willow Warbler
02-04-22 Blackcap Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
1 Mallard, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Magpie, 16 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Great Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (m), 10 Wren, 8 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch

Compton Martin - Bickfield |Farm:
2 Cattle Egret - over

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Red Kite, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Redwing

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing, Swallow
02-04-22 Tufted Duck CVL (NSL Birding)
Chew Valley Lake
 
Woodford:
10+ Redwing
02-04-22 Garganey 2 CVL (Lee Gardiner)
Villice:

3 Garganey (1f 2m)
02-04-22 Brambling CVL (Tony Bridges)
Nunnery:

Little Gull, 30 Fieldfare, c20 Brambling

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Green Sandpiper

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