17-03-23 Friday - Wheatear - Little Gull

 Temp 10° to 15° C  positively balmy - a couple of heavy shower otherwise nice with light but gusty S wind.

Little Gull

Alpine Swift

Wheatear

Firecrest

Sand Martin

Barnacle Goose

17-03-23 Wheatear OPS (Heather England)

BRISTOL

Clifton Down - Sea Walls:

1 Buzzard, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Firecrest, - Ivywell Rd, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Redwing

Fishponds - trading estate:
2 Sand Martin - over going north

Redland - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff - 1st of the yr. 1 Blackcap (f) overwintering, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch - - - spring song on all fronts

Redland Green Park:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Stockwood - garden:
1 Chiffchaff 

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

17-03-2023 Alpine Swift OPS (Mike Trew)

Oldbury Power Station:

17-03-23 Jack Snipe CSC (Mark Coller)

70 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 1 Alpine Swift, 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 15 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 48 Common Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 14 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 21 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, 5 Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (m), 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunging

Damery Bridge:

1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Avening Green - garden:

2 Siskin

Wickwar - garden:

1 Chiffchaff, 40 Pied Wagtail - roost in neighbours garden

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, and 20+ Fieldfare

Frampton Cotterell - Black Rocks:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Firecrest. c10 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

17-03-23 Barnacle Goose Clevedon (David Gale)

Clevedon :
2 Barnacle Goose

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:

2 Mute Swan, 3 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff singing, Chaffinch, Linnet, 1 Siskin, 4 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting

Clevedon Marine Lake:

1 Little Gull 1st wint

17-03-23 Little Gull Clevedon ( Peter Walton)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Hanham, Avon Valley Woodland:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher

Burnett:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel

Chelwood Roundabout:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Goldeneye (m), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler

East Shore:

2 Red Kite

Woodford:
2 Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit,  2 Chiffchaff, Wren, 2 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, 6+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

17-03-23 Sparrowhawk CVL (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
20+ Woodpigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler 

Moreton:
1 Little Egret, 400/500 most BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 2 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 60+ Crow & Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 3 Blackbird

Stratford:
3 Scaup (f), c100 Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff - singing

17-03-23 Med Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
22 Mute Swan, 5 Shoveler, 3 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Mediterranean Gull - 3 full sum plum & 2nd wint, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, c10 Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Pete Allen, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Mike Davis, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, David Gale, Andy Gibb, David Hanks, Nigel Jones, John Lewis, Fen Marshall, Robbie Morse,  Mike Owen, Paul Sadley, Nige Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Mike Trew, Peter Walton

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