Saturday, 1 April 2023

01-04-23 Saturday - Marsh Tit

Temp 8° to 12° C  Overcast with rain until midday, when the light WSW  wind veered round N and the sun came through in spells.

Smew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marsh Tit
Crane
Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Clifton Down - Avon Gorge:
1 Peregrine

Fishponds - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk
01-04-23 LBB Gull Redland (Nancy Barrett)
Redland - Chandos Rd, bakery:

Lesser Black-backed Gull - back for the summer

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Little Egret

Littleton - Village to Whale Warth:
1 Cattle Egret

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler

Yate inc The Common:
1 Peregrine - over towards Kingsgate Park, Blue and Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, Wren

Yate Rocks:
1 Sparrowhawk - bathing

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Greylag Goose, 1 Snipe, 5 Buzzard, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Wheatear, 40 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch

Frampton Cottrell;
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap - - all warblers singing 

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
14 Canada Goose, 10 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Collared Dove, 7 Moorhen, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk - mobbed, 1 Raven, 13 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch. Lots of singing birds

Tickenham - Cadbury Camp:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit - singing, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch

Kenn - Duck Lane garden:
2 Linnet

Wrington Warren:
1 Crane - over, going south at 13:20

Sand Point - Bay/Middle Hope:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 91 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear (f), 6 alba Wagtail, 123 Meadow Pipit, 14 Greenfinch, 17 Linnet 46 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Banwell - garden:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, Skylark - singing, 2 Pied Wagtail

Keynsham to Chewton Place - along R Chew:
8 Mallard, 4 Stock Dove - over, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven - also calls from nesting tree, 13 Magpie - together feeding, 3 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch
01-04-23 Jackdaw Keynsham (Nick Page)
Keynsham, Park Rd - garden:
Jackdaw - nesting material gathering, cardboard and hair
01-04-23 Rook Nesting Hallatrow (Patrick Hancock)
Hallatrow:

15 active Rook nests

Paulton:
1 Willow Warbler

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:
1 Smew, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Tern, 6 Cattle Egret, 1 Greater White Egret, 24 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl - hunting

Stratford:
1 Common Tern, 1 Cattle Egret
01-04-23 Willow Warbler CVL (Bri Thompson)
Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Red Kite, 1 Willow Warbler

Reported by:  Jon Angell, Nancy Barrett, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Barry Dursley, Patrick Hancock, David Hanks, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Steve Mackie, John Marks, Robbie Morse, Linda Moysey, Nick Page, Vic Savery, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Lauren Tucker, Jack Wylson