24-03-23 Friday - Mandarin Duck

Temp 7 to 13°C.  Sun & showers. Sometimes strong SW wind.

Mandarin Duck

Scaup

Smew

Little Ringed Plover

Kittiwake

Little Gull

Brambling

Lesser Redpoll

24-03-23 Lapwing, Dowlais (Paul Chapman)

BRISTOL

24-03-23 Wren & Blackcap, Redland Green (Mike Owen)

Redland Green:

Blackcap, Wren

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

5 Mistle Thrush (1 singing)

Pilning Wetlands:
4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Wickwar:

4 Grey Heron

24-03-23 Grey Wagtail, Kingsgate Park (Mark Coller)

Kingsgate Park:
1 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch

Chipping Sodbury 

- Common:
2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 9 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, Blackbird, 3 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

- Golf Course:

Woodpigeon, Magpie, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, Robin, 1 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, 2 Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, 2 Dabchick, 2 Curlew, Black-headed Gull, 1+ Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, several Chiffchaff , 1 Wren, Robin, Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 4 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Dowlais:

10 Shoveler (7 drakes), 8 Teal (4 drakes), 10 territorial Lapwing, 6 Redshank (one pair displaying)

Tickenham:

Tickenham Church, Land Yeo, Moorend Spout, Parish Brook and Causeway - 
2 Mute Swan, 2 Mandarin Duck (pair on the Land Yeo, just east of Tickenham Church, unusual in this area), 2 Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 11 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren,  12 Common Starling, Blackbird, Robin, 3 Stonechat, Dunnock, House Sparrow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 8 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Rickford:

2 Red-legged Partridge - in the garden, 1st in nine years

BELOW M4 & BANES

24-03-23 Sparrowhawk, Hanham (Paul Sawyer)

Hanham garden:
1 Sparrowhawk (m)

24-03-23 Peregrines + Egg, Bath (Hawk & Owl Trust)

Bath:

Peregrine pair have first egg

24-03-23 Goldcrest, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Newton St Loe:
1 Mute Swan, 6 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 11 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Heron (nest), 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush , 1 Grey Wagtail 7 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
20 Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 1 Kittiwake (ad), 2 Great white egret, 70 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff singing

Chew Valley Lake

93 Goldeneye

24-03-23 Brambling and Willow Warbler, Ringing Station CVL (Chris Craig)

Ringing Station:

Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Brambling

Heron's Green:
1 Smew (f), 2 Little Grebe, 17 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler

24-03-23 Cattle Egret, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
4 Shelduck, 8 Goldeneye, 1 Little Gull, 17 Cattle Egret - same birds as above?, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine 1 Jay 3 Cetti's Warbler

24-03-23 Little Gull, CVL (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:
3 Teal, 3 Scaup (1 ad, 2x 2cy), 25 Goldeneye, 1 Kittiwake (1st w), 1 Little Gull (1st w) - same bird as above?, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrier (both 2cy), 1 Peregrine (ad), 86 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Rich andrewsBrooke-Tayler, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Dave Hughes,  MJ, Nige Milbourse, Mike Owen, Paul Sadley, Paul Sawyer, Julie Smallbone, Ian Stapp, Wayne Chris Teague, & Lauren Tucker 

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG, Hawk & Owl Trust