03-02-22 Tuesday - Pectoral & Wood Sandpipers

Gentle north-westerly swinging to north-easterly, light cloud,  temp 9-15°C

Brent & Barnacle Geese

Arctic & Black Terns

Arctic Skua

Pectoral & Wood Sandpipers

Spotted Redshank

Spoonbill 

Great White Egret

Marsh Harrier

Hobby

Cuckoo

Ring-necked Parakeet

Marsh Tit

Yellow Wagtail & Tree Pipits

BRISTOL

03-05-22 Coot family & Reed Bunting, Duchess Pond (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 15 Mallard, 21 Feral Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 11 Moorhen (inc 4 young), 21 Coot (inc 14 young), 1 Little Grebe, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Jay, 9 Magpie, 20 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 White Throat, 4 Wren, 16 Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Whinchat, 12 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 7 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch,1 Reed Bunting

Bedminster garden:

1 Firecrest singing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
9 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe + 2 young, 1 Buzzard, Rookery with about 30 nests plus Rooks, c.30 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 11 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet (3 pairs, one carrying nesting material).

Oldbury Village:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay

Road by Water Treatment Works between Oldbury & Thornbury:

50 Hirundines (Swallow, House and Sand Martin)

03-05-22 Pectoral Sandpiper & Spotted Redshank, Pilning Wetland (Paul Bowerman)

Pilning Wetlands:

1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

03-05-22 Whitethroat & Wheatear, Severn Beach (Vic Savery)

Severn Beach:

Vis Mig: 1 Swift, 1 Avocet, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 4 Turnstone, 58 Dunlin, 1 Kittiwake, 4 BH Gull, 74 Herring Gull, 14 LBB Gull, 75 Arctic Tern, 52 Black Tern, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Hobby, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 198 Sand Martin, 1787 Swallow, 163 House Martin, 23 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 8 Tree Pipit, 15 Linnet, 142 Goldfinch

Present: 1 db Brent Goose, 15 Whimbrel, 1 Little Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Garden Warbler, a fall of Whitehroat, 6 Wheatear

Bristol & Bath Science Park, Emersons Green:
4 Grey Heron, 6 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler

- Emerald Park Estate next door: 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

03-05-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
Battery Point:

Purple Sandpiper, + a flyover of Little Egret and 4 Rock Pipits

Lake Grounds:

c15 Tufted Duck

Weston Big Wood:

c 45 Raven

Ladye Bay, Clevedon:

1 Hobby

Backwell Lake:

Canada Goose pair + 5 goslings, Mallard pair + 5 ducklings, 1 Gadwall (m), 1 Little Grebe, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler

Brockley Combe:
1 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 14 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

03-05-22 Sedge Warbler, Puxton Moor (Di Bunniss)

Puxton Moor:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Wren, 1 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 8 Reed Bunting

03-05-22 Whinchat, Sand Point (Matt Hull)

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Brent Goose (up channel), 15+ Whimbrel, 219 Swallow, 11 Sand Martin, 17 House Martin, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 17 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (in MoD), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

03-05-22 Siskin, Banwell (John Thorogood)

Banwell garden:
2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Charmy Down:

1 Kestrel (m), 23 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

Coot +5 young, 3 Common Sandpiper (on the dam),  1 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler 

Chew Valley Lake
 

03-05-22 Barnacle Goose, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
2 Canada Goose + 4 Goslings, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper (wall), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 30+ Martins & Swallows, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtil       

Woodford:
2 Shelduck, 5 Great-crested Grebe, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Raven, Swallows & Martins, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail

 03-05-22 Sedge Warbler, Heron's Green (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 1 GBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 6 Swallows, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting     

Moreton:
2 Shelduck, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 6+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap

Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Canada Goose + 6 Goslings, 6 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler (3M 2F), 30+ Gadwall, 1 Pochard (M), 5 Coot (sitting on nests in the pond), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 30+ Martins & Swallows, 1 Sedge Warbler, lots Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting

Reports: Pete Allen, Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Alan Chard, Alan Daniells, Tim Ford, Rob Hargreaves, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Matt Hall, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Paul Marshall, Lois Pryce, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Jason Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG