Monday 11 March 2024

11-03-24 Monday - Wheatear

Temp 7°C to 10°C - Cloudy all day with light winds boxing the compass  - from N to SW

Wheatear
Merlin
Little Gull
Firecrest

Bristol

Avonmouth:
Meadow Pipit - many were moving NE along the R Severn

Eastville Park:
26 Canada Goose, 1 Little Egret, 2 Tawny Owl

Filton Park - garden:
2 Collar Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m), 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Wren, 3 Starling, 1 Blackbird (m), 2 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

Filton Abby Wood:
16 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 6 LBB Gull, 2 Kestrel, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff - two singing,  3 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 40 Siskin

Lawrence Weston Moor:
1 Mallard, 1 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 18 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
11-03-24 Nuthatch Redland (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:
1 Nuthatch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat (m), 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting (m)

UWE Stoke Lane:
1 Chiffchaff

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
27 Shelduck, 52 Wigeon, 22 Mallard, 85 Wood Pigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 90 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 405 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 27 Redshank, 7 Lesser black-backed Gull - heading NE, 3 Peregrine, 3 Chiffchaff - one singing, 85 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 62 Meadow Pipit
11-03-24 Cattle Egret LW (Matt Plenty)
Littleton Warth:
1 Knot, some Redshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret

Aust Warth/Services:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap - singing, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Stonechat

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 9 Pintail, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 19 Avocet, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit - on the move, Siskin.

Easter Compton:
3 Little Egret

Wickwar - gardens:
1 Chiffchaff in each, 

Emerson's Green, Pomphrey Hill
2 Raven, 20/30 Redwing, 1 Greenfinch


NORTH SOMERSET
11-03-24 Black-necked Grebe PW (Tim Mason)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 16 Teal, Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Egyptian Goose, c200 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 6 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, c50 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, c30 Curlew, 5 Turnstone, 4 Little Egret, 5 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Meadow Pipit

Clevedon - garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 
11-03-24 Chiffchaff BLR (Rob Martin)
Backwell Lake:
14 Canada Goose, 16 Mute Swan, 1 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 12 Feral Pigeon, 10 Woodpigeon, 7 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap - singing in the garden, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 6 Redwing, 4 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch.

Woodspring Bay:
30 Avocet, 1 Merlin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - garden:
1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 1 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch - singing

Siston Common - Siston Brook:
1 Little Egret - fishing under the bridge

Marshfield:
2 Jack Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff, 220 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, several Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
14 Chiffchaff round the lake today, 13 were singing - most must be new in
11-03-24 Mediterranean Gull CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:

2 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 

Picnic Site 2:
1 Marsh Harrier

Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 6 Little Gull - inc 1 1st wint,  1 Med Gull - with BH Gulls, 1 Grey Heron,  1 Tawny Owl, 1 G-S Woodpecker -  drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 12+ L TT,  Cetti's Warbler,2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 1 Firecrest -calling, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Treecreeper, 4 Wren, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 6+ Redwing, 7+ Robin, 2 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
2 Goldeneye 1 Water Rail - calling, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron 1 Buzzard, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff - singing, 100+ Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail
11-03-24 Ducks CVL (George Stacey)
Stratford:

4 Scaup (1m 3f) 12+ Goldeneye - mostly (f), 1 Oystercatcher - over, 1 Marsh Harrier - 2nd yr, 1 Chiffchaff - singing

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 2 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff - singing,  2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Reported by: John Barnett, Andy Davis, Ed Drewitt, Barry Dursley, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, Rupert Higgins, Rob Martin, Tim Mason, Andy Middleton, Giles Morris, Blake Norton, Mike Owen, Lee Patch,  Alan Piper, Matt Plenty, Nigel Povey, Jackie Powell, Mike Prior, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Rod Taylor