06/03/24 Wednesday - Sand Martin

Temp 4°C to 12°C - Sunny all day, with some wispy clouds around, A light, mainly SE wind up to 17 mph.

Sand Martin

Bearded Tit

Cattle Egret

Barn Owl

Short-eared Owl

Bristol

Bishopston - garden:

3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Dunnock - singing, 1 Grey Wagtail - poking about the veg patch

06-03-24 Peregrine Clifton (Matty England)

Clifton Down - Watch Point:

1 Peregrine

Filton - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

06-03-24 Redwing RGP (Mike Owen)

Redland:

- Redland Green Park: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch

- garden: 1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird (f&m), 2 Robin, I Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Rockhampton:

Redwing - in song, just like Iceland

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Kestrel - mating, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Black Redstart (m)

NorthwickWarth/New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:

55 Canada Goose, 42 Shelduck, 60 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 150 Wigeon, 450 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 8 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 9 Oystercatcher, 22 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 150 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 65 Redshank, 85 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
1 Short-eared Owl - watching the sunset

06-03-24 Raven Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
2 Kestrel - mating, 1 Raven

Awkley:

1 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 35 Redwing, 1 Greenfinch

06-03-24 Siskin Frampton Cotterell (David Hanks)

Frampton Cotterell - Black Rocks:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Barn Owl - hunting 16:45

Clevedon:

 - Dowlais: Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2 Raven, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch
- Blind Yeo: 15 Goosander

- garden: 2 Gulls, 1 Magpie

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - garden:

numerous House Sparrow - enjoying the sun

Hanham, Magpie Bottom:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming

Chew Magna:
15 Cattle Egret - over to NE

Norton Malreward:

1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch

Folly Farm:
1 Barn Owl - hunting 3:15 pm

Stanton Drew:
38 Cattle Egret

06-03-24 Moorhen Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
5 Mallard, 7 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 3 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 11 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Wren, 5 Robin, 2 House Sparrow

06-03-24 Dipper Midsomer Norton (Merv Carlyon)

Midsomer Norton:
1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

06-03-24 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

06-03-24 GS Woodpecker CVL (George Stacey)

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Firecrest, 1 Wren

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Bearded Tit (m)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Sand Martin

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Pete Brain, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Matty England, Paul Francis, David Hanks, Andrew Harrison, Annie&Nick Hawkridge, Iris Langson, James Lees, Andy Middleton, Brian Mulgrew, Mike Owen, Tom O'Shea, Nigel Povey, Martin Preedy, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Jack Wylson

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