05-03-24 Tuesday - Bearded Tit

Temp 4°C to 12°C - Some light rain to start, then turned positively spring like in the pm. A light wind from the W/N. Blog will be updated by 830pm if any more records come in.

Ring-necked Duck

Bearded Tit

Black Redstart

05-03-24 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Mike Owen)

Bristol

Arnos Vale Cemetery & Park:

5 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, c20 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch

Bedminster:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest

Clifton Down:

2 Buzzard, 2 Firecrest

Lamplighters Marsh:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler (first site record)

Redland:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

05-03-24 Black Redstart, OPS (Peter Coslett)

Oldbury Power Station:

3 Black Redstart (2f 1m)

Aust:

Short-eared Owl

05-03-24 Blackcap, Severnside (Lise)

Severn Beach:
1 Blackcap

Easter Compton:

7 Mallard, BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 12 Meadow Pipit, 6 Goldfinch

Yate:

Kingsgate Park: 10 Tufted Duck, 5f Goosander, 10+ Siskin

Garden: 2 Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon garden:

2 Magpie, 1 Blackbird, 4 Robin

Yatton:
1 f/juv type Black Redstart

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lincombe Barn:
many Siskin

Compton Martin:
1 juv Woodpigeon, 2 Siskin

Folly Farm:

1 Buzzard, 1m Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay,
1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 220 Starling, 5 Redwing,
1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Bath - Free Fields Wood:
4 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

05-03-24 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (Roger Staples)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

05-03-24 Goldeneye, CVL (Andrew Harrison)

Dam:

2 Goldeneye

Woodford:
1 Firecrest

Stratford:
2 Bearded Tit (1m 1f)

Out of area:

Cheddar Res: Scaup, 2 Little Gull, 2 Sand Martin

05-03-24 Scaup, Cheddar (George Stacey)

Reported by: Lise, Wildlife BS5, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Julie Evans, Andrew Harrison, John Lewis, Blake Norton, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Roger Staples, Bri Thompson, Roger White,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG