Wednesday 29 March 2023

29-03-23 Wednesday

Temp 10° to 13° C  Overcast all day, with rain on the light SE wind - getting heavier in the late afternoon.

Long-tailed Duck
Smew
Osprey

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden
2 Collared Dove and a singing Blackcap new for us today.

Greenbank Cemetery:
1 Willow Warbler

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Willow Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Damery Bridge - Little Avon River:
1 Red Kite - drifting south, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush,

Yate - garden:
1 Blackcap - singing

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Dowlais:
5 Shoveler, 30 Teal, 1 Black-tailed Godwit - in sum plum, 4 Redshank, 

Nailsea Wall:
2 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard, 2 Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Tit, 1 Swallow

Kenn Rd Bridge over Blind Yeo:
4 Mallard, 3 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 7 Magpie, 60 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS
29-03-2023 Long-tailed Duck BG (Dave Hughes)
Barrow Tanks:

Tufted Duck (f) main attraction for the Long-tailed Duck (m)

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
1 Smew

Stratford:
2 Scaup, 26 Goldeneye (5m), 1 Little Ringed Plover - fly past, 3 Snipe - over, 1 Mediterranean Gull - mid lake, 1 Osprey - north at 1pm, 200 Sand Martin - swelled to 500 as the rain intensified, 2+ Swallow

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Red Kite

Reported by:  Ben Crabb, Alan Daniells, Heather England, Matt Hall, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, Mike Moxon, Aravind Ramesh, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson