Tuesday, 28 March 2023

28-03-23 Tuesday - Osprey

 Temp 7° to 11° C  Prolonged rain on a moderate breeze from the South

Osprey
Swallow
Common Crane
Willow Warbler
Little Gull
Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

Crew's Hole:
1 Red Kite
Chiifchaff/Willow Warbler, Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 21 Mallard, 12 Feral Pigeon, 17 Woodpigeon, 10 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 16 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 39 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 18 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 8 Greenfinch, 57 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

UWE (Glenside Campus):
1 Crane (flyover)

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 30+ Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler

Yate (Rocks):
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Greenfinch (m+f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Long Ashton:
3 Raven, 1+ Chiffchaff

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (No1 Tank)

Chew Valley Lake

1 Osprey (assume same bird reported from Moreton, Denny, Heron's Green, Stratford, and with a large fish at Woodford)

Heron's Green:
1 Smew (f), 500+ Sand Martins (described as distant - use Stratford count?)
Scaup, Moreton (Simon Mackie)
Moreton:

1 Scaup (Fem)

Stratford:
2 Scaup (Fem), 1 Little Gull (Adult Winter Plumage), 1 Marsh Harrier (Fem), c500 Sand Martin, 3+ Swallow

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Swallow

Reported by: Rita Andrews, Paul Bowdler, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Matthew Hall, Patrick Richards, Simon Mackie, Linda Moysey, Mike Moxon, Robbi Morse, Larry Sweetland