Monday, 3 April 2023

03-04-23 Monday - Yellow Wagtail & Osprey

Temp 6° to 14° C  Really bright morning - but a tad chilly and clouded over later, a light ESE wind.

Merlin
Redstart
Osprey
Goosander
Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail

BRISTOL

St Annes:
4 Buzzard - mewing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
48 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Plover, 130 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 26 Redshank, 7 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 26 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch, 

Orchard Pools:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Mallard + 6 ducklings, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Willow Warbler

Dyer's Common:
8 Canada Goose, 10 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Skylark, 6 Cetti's Warbler

Crook's Marsh:
1 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

Derelict Land ST5482:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Skylark

Wickwar West End:
1 Sparrowhawk

Winterbourne, Church:
1-2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 20-25 Linnet
03-04-23 Song Thrush Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter)
Almondsbury - garden:
1 Blackcap (m), 1 Song Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Tyntesfield:
1 Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 18 Jackdaw, 8 Rook, 1 Raven, 1 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Clevedon - Dowlais:
2 Mute Swan, pair Shoveler, 16 Teal, 3 Stock Dove, 12 Lapwing, 7 Grey Plover, 5 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 7 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, 11 Willow Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  8 Chiffchaff, 1 White Wagtail, 8 Greenfinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Merlin (f), 2 Swallow, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Redstart (m), 1 Brambling - over, 15 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Yellow Wagtail

Keynsham, STW:
Swallow flying round

Bath - St John's Chuch:
2 Peregrine - sharing incubation of 3 eggs, 1 Willow Warbler Herman Miller building Twerton

Stanton Drew to Pensford - along the R Chew:
2 Goosander (f), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher - busy pair, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Greenfinch

Chelwood - roundabout:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Carrs Woodland:
3 Green Woodpecker, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 f Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Lapwing, 1 Cattle Egret, 31 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap

Chew Valley Lake
03-04-23 Common Sandpiper CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:

2 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail
03-04-23 Cattle Egret CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:

1 Cattle Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper
03-04-23 Scaup CVL (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green:

47 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
6 Shelduck, 2 Scaup (f), 52 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander (f), 1 Grey Plover - flew off north, 10 Common Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey - 09:50, away high to NW,  3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Red Kite, 6+ Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c60 Sand Martin, c20 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff
03-04-23 Barn Owl, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Cettie's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Ringing Station:
3 Swallow - on the wires

Reported by: Peter Allen, John Barnett, Paul Bowdler, BUPP, Vĕra Carpenter, Steve Curtis, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, MJ, Nigel Kempson, Rob Laughton, Andy Middleton, Nige Milbourne, Jean Oliver, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Gill Sapsed, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG