Sunday, 12 March 2023

12-03-23 Sunday - Little Ringed Plover

Temp 8° to 12°C. Cloudy with some rain and a moderate breeze from the south west.

Long-tailed Duck, Smew
Pink-footed Goose
Mediterranean Gull
Little Ringed Plover
Cattle Egret, Water Pipit
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff
Brambling, Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Blaise/Coombe Dingle:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker,  1 Blackcap, 3 Grey Wagtail

Purdown:
40 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Rook, 3 Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, 11 Greenfinch

Sea Mills:
2 Shelduck, 33 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, 270 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Greenfinch

Downend:
1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 1 Blackcap (singing), 6 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 5 Goldfinch
12-02-23 Brambling, Downend (Barry Dursley)
Westbury-on-Trym:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck, 4 Moorhen (pairs), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Curlew,  2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, c20 Goldfinch

Little Avon:
2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dipper, Siskin flock
12-03-23 Grey Wagtail, Little Avon (Paul Sadley)
New Passage/Northwick/Pilning:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff , 2 Chiffchaff

Severn Beach:
1 Greylag Goose, 20 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Sparrowhawk

Yate - Brimsham Park/Kingsgate Park:
5 (2M 3F) Goosander, 2 Greenfinch
12-03-23 Goosander, Yate (Chris Teague)
NORTH SOMERSET

Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon - Dowlais/Kenn Moor:
2 Barnacle Geese, 60 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 60 Wigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 70 Dunlin, 120 Redshank

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
10 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Rook, 4 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Redwing, 300 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 15 Corn Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer

Pensford - Belluton:
2 Red Kite

Newton St Loe:
7 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 10+ Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 150+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goldfinch

Bath - Fairfield Park:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Peregrine - over the valley, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

Compton Dando:
1 Hume's Warbler
12-03-23 Cattle & Little Egrets, Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Stanton Drew:
14 Cattle Egret, 21 Little Egret
12-03-23 Cattle Egret, Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Gadwall, 9 Pintail, 18 Teal, 27 Pochard, 73 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 38 Coot, 1 Redshank, 3 GBB Gull, 77 Cormorant

Chew Valley Lake

Hollowbrook:
2 Red Kite, bat species

Heron's Green:
1 Smew (redhead)

Moreton:
2 Mediterranean Gull (adults)

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Raoul Chandrasakera, R Cox, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Alastair Fraser, Malcomb Gibbs, Martyn Hayes, Rupert Higgins, David Howes, Simon Isgar, Rob Laughton, Lois Pryce, Harvey Rose, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Lauren & Wayne Tucker