Wednesday 15 March 2023

15-03-23 Wednesday - Alpine Swift & Wheatears

Temp 1° to 8°C. Overcast and glum, rain, and a gentle breeze from the south.

Alpine Swift
Wheatears- spring is here
Jack Snipe, Smew
Spoonbill, Avocet
Ring-necked Parakeet
15-03-23 Alpine Swift, OPS (Mark Coller)
BRISTOL

Sea Walls:
2 Peregrine
15-03-23 Peregrine, Sea Walls (Matty England)
Stoke Park:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Purdown/Eastville- vis mig:
2 Stock Dove, c500 Woodpigeon, 4 Common Gull, 2 Siskin
15-03-23 Nuthatch, Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland:
Jay, Nuthatch, Redwing
15-03-23 Jay, Redland, (Mike Owen)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
15-03-23 Alpine Swift, OPS (Bri Thompson)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Alpine Swift (short video here), 2 Water Rail, c50 Turnstone, 29 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 (M) Wheatear
15-03-23 Wheatear, OPS (Peter Hazlewood)
Severn Beach:
1 (M) Wheatear

Yate - Brinsham Lake/Kingsgate Park:
10 Tufted Duck, 8 (4M 4F) Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 5 Blackcap

Yate - Rocks/Lady Wood/Lower Woods:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 32 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Jack Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon to Yeo estuary:
2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 255 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 235 Wigeon, 315 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 14 Oystercatcher, 5 Avocet, 25 Lapwing, 95 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 26 Turnstone, 75 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 300 Redshank, 2 Spoonbill, 3 Grey Heron, 26 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 22 Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 14 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 190 Meadow Pipit (to NE), 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham Memorial Park/Somerdale:
5 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 15 Goldfinch
15-03-23 Kingfisher, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)
RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Firecrest

Heron's Green:
1 (F) Smew, 50 Sand Martin

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Matty England, Andrew Harrison, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Linda Moysey, Tony Natt, Mike Owen, Lisa Presland, Steve Sanins, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson 
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