03-07-22 Sunday - Ruff

3-7-22 Chiffchaff, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Temp 13 to 20°C. Grey day with midday rains but glorious sunny evening,  as I write temperature is still rising

Garganey
Ruff
Marsh Tit
Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Duchess Pond and Stoke Park:
7 Canada Goose (5 Juv), 49 Mallard, 7 Swift, 39 Feral Pigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 7 Woodpigeon, 14 Moorhen (7 Juv), 12 Coot (7 Juv), 4 Herring Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 32 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 18 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch

Snuff Mills:

1 Dipper,  1 Grey Wagtail

Whitchurch, Asda and Allotments:

1 juv Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard carrying prey, 1 juv Peregrine (1 male on 2nd)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

3-7-22 Marsh Tit, Lower Woods (Paul Sadley)

Lower Woods:

Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Nuthatch

Yate Rocks garden:
1 juv Green Woodpecker

Ridge Woods and Barnhill Quarry:

4 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch

Westerleigh:

1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET 

Portbury Wharf:

 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper

Tickenham, Moorend Spout:

50 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 12 Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Down Road:

Yellow Wagtail

Willsbridge and Siston Brook to Avon:
1 Buzzard with rabbit, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Swallow

Bath, Roundhill:
1 Swift, 1 Buzzard

Paulton:

2 Mute Swan, 11 (inc 3 juv) Mallard, 2 Swift, 20 Woodpigeon, 10 (inc 7 juv) Moorhen, 10 (inc 7 juv) Coot, 1 BH Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 24 LBB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 24 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
3 ad f Goldeneye, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 2cyr Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 1 ad m Peregrine, 2 Sand Martin 

Herons Green:

60 Mute Swan, 35 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, pair Great Crested Grebe, 12 BH Gull,  1 juv Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Tit, several Sedge Warbler, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail

Herriotts:
1 in eclipse male Garganey, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper

Litton Reservoir, Lower Lake:

1 Nuthatch, pair Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Grey Wagtail inc 2 young

Out of Avon

1 Roseate Tern at Noah's Lake, Shapwick

3-7-22 Nuthatch, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

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