13-03-23 Monday - WeBS - Gannet

Temp 12 to 14°C. Cloudy, showery, and sunny with blustery winds from SW.

Pink-footed Goose
Ring-necked Duck

Mediterranean Gull
Kittiwake, Gannet

Spoonbill
Sand Martin
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
3 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 11 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 9 BH Gull, 31 Herring Gull, 12 LBB Gull 3 Cormorant

13-3-23 Redwing, Redland Park (Mike Owen)

Stoke Park:
1 Snipe, 197 BH Gull, 1 ad full summer Mediterranean Gull (first on patch for 2 years), 42 Common Gull (patch record count), 10 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull

UWE Stoke Lane entrance:-

4 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

17 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 28 Mallard, 39 Teal, 1 Little grebe, 38 Redshank, 1 f Black Redstart, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 17 Canada Goose, 153 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 111 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 48 Teal, 1 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 47 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 45 Curlew, 300 Dunlin, 61 Redshank, 4 BH Gull, 1 Peregrine, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

Severn Beach:

7 Mallard, 1 Curlew, 45 Kittiwake, 30 BH Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 26 Herring Gull, 52 Gannet (largest single group), 1 Black Redstart

Holes Mouth: 

1 Teal, 7 Oystercatcher, 18 Turnstone, 25 Redshank, 13 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

44 Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 2 Pochard, Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Portishead:

2 Cormorant on H&W Pontoon (1st for ages)

Woodspring Bay to St Thomas's Head:

37 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 145 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 120 Teal, 15 Tufted Duck, 15 Coot,  2 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 58 Curlew, 350 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 400 Redshank, 650 BH Gull, 6 Common Gull, 59 Herring Gull, 48 LBB Gull, 6 Cormorant, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Sand Martin

Backwell Lake:

6/7 hirundine, probably Sand Martin

Axe Estuary/Uphill:
2 Canada Goose, 11 Mute Swan, 122 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 1 Mallard, 121 Teal, 35 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 26 Redshank, 33 BH Gull, 17 Herring. Gull, 12 LBB Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley, old Grange School:

2 Dipper

Paulton:

2 Pheasant, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 50 Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 3 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 13 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

56 Canada Goose, 26 Mute Swan, 8 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall,  83 Mallard,  Teal 31, 19 Pochard, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 206 Tufted Duck, 10 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 243 Coot, 10 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 23 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Chew Valley Lake
4 Pintail, 2 f Scaup, 500 BH Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 5 Sand Martin at Stratford

Herriott's:
1 LBB Gull, adult, intermedius race

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