Saturday 25 March 2023

25-03-23 Saturday - Sandwich Tern

Temp 7° to 13° C  Some early rain with a strong gusty SW wind. Better this pm with sun and less wind.

Sandwich Tern
Common Scoter
Kittiwake
Smew
Gannet
Arctic Skua
Sanderling
House Martin
25-03-23 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Steve Mackie)
BRISTOL


Blaise Estate:
3 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Grey Wagtail

City Centre - harbourside:
Kittiwake

25-03-23 Great Spotted Woodpecker Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 14 Mallard, 32 Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 12 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Jay, 16 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, (1f, 2m), 17 Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 33 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Swallow - NW low over the estuary, Meadow Pipit

Severn Beach:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Sanderling, 13 Kittiwake, 1 Sandwich Tern - downriver, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Gannet
25-03-23 Chiffchaff Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Wickwar - garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap (m)

Yate Rocks:
1 Red Kite

Nibley - Tubbs Bottom:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail (m), c50 Linnet

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine - over, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 12+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Siskin, 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
11 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 350 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 30 Wigeon, 25 Mallard, 120 Teal, 4 Moorhen, 16 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 77 Oystercatcher, 12 Lapwing, 190 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Snipe, 130 Redshank, 5 Kittiwake - Wain’s Hill), 50 Black Headed Gull, 30 Common Gull, 3 Great Black Backed Gull, 265 Herring Gull, 36 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2 Gannet - Wain’s Hill, 9 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 14 Skylark, 1 House Martin - Kenn, 4 Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 45 Meadow Pipit - NE.

Backwell Lake:
11 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Collared Dove, 9 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant,
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 1 Song Thrush. 3 Blackbird,
4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hinton - Corporation Plantation:
24 Rook, 2 Raven

Pucklechurch, Hodden Lane:
38 Rook, 3 Skylark
25-03-23 Grey Wagtial Willsbridge (Robbie Morse)
Willsbridge:
2 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
1 Smew (f)

Stratford:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Kittiwake and 1 Little Gull - way out on the lake, c100 Sand Martin

Reported by: Peter Bryant, Paul Bowerman, Di Bunniss, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, Barry Dursley, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Steve Mackie, Robbie Morse, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, Bri Thompson