Saturday 11 March 2023

11-03-23 Saturday - Sand Martin

Temp 1° to 6° C  Overcast with heavy rain in the afternoon - getting warmer in the pm, gusty SE wind.

Sand Martin
Ring-necked Duck
Brambling
Barnacle Goose
Yellow-browed Warbler

BRISTOL
11-03-23 Green Woodpecker Combe Dingle (Di  Bunniss)
Combe Dingle:
1 Green Woodpecker
11-03-23 Brambling Downend (Barry Dursley)
Downend - garden:
2 Blackcap (m), 1 Brambling

Westbury on Trym:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Blackcap (f&m)

Redland - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Redland Green Park
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
11-03-23 Grey Wagtail  Demery (Chris Teague)

Avening Green, Damery Bridge, Little R Avon:
1 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail,
11-3-23 Marsh Harrier OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Rock Pipit

Aust Wetlands:
1 Pintail (m)

Wickwar:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 

Hall End:
30 Redwing, 120 Fieldfare

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 40+ Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 20+ Meadow Pipit 

NORTH SOMERSET
11-03-23 Fieldfare Wraxall  (Pete Bunniss)
Wraxhall:
Winter Thrush
11-03-23 Barnacle Goose Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Barnacle Goose, 77 Shelduck, 56 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 112 Teal, 9 Goosander, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Curlew, 45 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull -ad, 11 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (f), 4 Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Skylark, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Wren, 36 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 8 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 18 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood - garden:
3 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Doves, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Starling, 1 Blackbird (m), 8 House Sparrow

Willsbridge - Siston Brook:
4 Mallard, 4 Buzzard - 2 displaying, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper - pr, 2 Mistle Thrush, 43 Redwing, 46 Fieldfare -1 flock, 2 Dipper - pr, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
50+ Redwing, 2 Fieldfare

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 25+ Sand Martin

Reported by: Rob Bright, Di & Pete Bunniss, Mark Coller, Adam Cross, Barry Dursley, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Sue & Nigel Kempson, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Phil Quinn, Paul Sadley, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague