Tuesday, 7 March 2023

07-03-23 Tuesday - Yellow-browed Warbler

 Temp 0° to 5° C  Overcast, light showers and sunny intervals - light wind from the North-east..

Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Merlin

BRISTOL

Ashton Vale - allotments:
1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (m)

Avon Gorge:
2 Peregrine (Leigh Woods side, viewed from Downs)

Westbury-on-Trym:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (junc Priory Avenue/Grange Park)
Great Spotted Woodpecker/Nuthatch, Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland (Green Park):

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch
Canada Goose, Duchess Pond (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 200+ Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth (only):
73 Shelduck, 70 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 48 Oystercatcher, 29 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 1 Merlin

Holes Mouth:
2 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 21 Teal, 15 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 8 Redshank, 160 Black-headed Gull

Wickwar:
2 Blackcap (m+f)

Yate (garden):
1 Redwing
Goosander, Yate (Vic Polley)
Yate (Brimsham Park):
5 Goosander (3m, 2f), 20 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, 4 Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, Redwing, 10 Stonechat

Watercress Farm:
2 Yellowhammer

Tyntesfield:
2 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 27 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 3 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Weston (airfield):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 2 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley (Forest Park):
Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, Magpie, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Willsbridge:
1 Moorhen, 2 Tawny Owl (pair with 2 eggs, private land), 1 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 9 Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Water Rail, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Water Rail
Yellowhammer, Burnett (Paul Tompkins)
Burnett (BOC Walk):
2 Mallard, 3 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, Starling, Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, Robin, 5 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, Goldfinch, 17 Yellowhammer

Compton Dando (STW):
1 Hume's Warbler

Marksbury (garage):
c150 Golden Plover

Bishop Sutton:
1 Red Kite (same bird seen at Chew Magna 15mins later)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult moulting to summer)
Smew, CVL (Roy Kinchin)
Nunnery:

1 Smew (f)

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Alex Carlisle, ~Chris, Phil Cass, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Andy Gibb, Andrew Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Roy Kinchin, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Mick Moxon, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Vic Polley, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Paul Sadley, Gary Stone, Paul Tompkins, Karen Wilkinson