15-03-24 Friday - Wheatear

Temp 5°C to 13°C - Some rain early then mostly cloudy, but the sun made a valiant effort! Moderate winds mainly from WSW gusting to 30 mph

Wheatear

Crane 

Sand Martin

Black-necked Grebe

Firecrest

15-03-24 Wheatear OPS (Heather England)

Bristol

Clifton Down:

1 Jay 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest - Zoo Bank, 3 Greenfinch, 

Eastville Park:

1 Canada Goose - ringing in Windermere 2022

Knowle:

1 Sparrowhawk (m)

15-03-24 GS Woodpecker Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

15-03-24 Siskin St Annes (Gill Sapsed)

St Annes:

30 Siskin - in the alder

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Avening Green - Little River Avon:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, Siskin

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Wheatear (m)

15-03-24 Wheatear Aust (Dave Hughes)

Aust Warth:
2 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 12 Meadow Pipit

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Crane - over NE, 4 Sand Martin

New Passage:

11 Avocet, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Sand Martin

15-03-24 Kestrel Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Cormorant, Kestrel, Rook, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird - nesting

Hall End:

1 Kestrel, Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail

Horton:

1 Little Owl

15-03-24 Red Kite Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:

1 Red Kite

Chipping Sodbury Ridge Wood:
Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook (lots of nesting activity), 2 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dunnock

Barnhill Quarry Lakes:

Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe

Petty France - Hazel Bodkin Wood:

4 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff - singing, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Highdale Rd garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 3 Robin

Bristol Airport:

2 Red Kite

Sand Point - vismig:
13 Shelduck, 36 Woodpigeon, 1 Curlew, 10 Common Gull, 200 Herring Gull, 573 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 alba Wagtail, 217 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 9 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 70 Linnet, 115 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting - - - - none movers: 1 Peregrine, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Stonechat

Weston-Super-Mare - Worle:

1 Chiffchaff - calling in the garden

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:

2 Chiffchaff - singing

15-03-24 Water Rail Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham - Memorial Park:
2 Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 1 Moorhen, 1 Magpie, 4+ Jackdaw, 5+ Rook, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 7 Wren, 8 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham, Broadmead:
3 Shoveler, 2 Grey Heron, Skylark - singing, 2 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff - singing, Meadow Pipit, Goldfinch

Marksbury:

1 Kestrel - hover hunting

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Mute Swan, 4 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander (m) - T2, 6 Little Grebe, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Coot, 40 Herring Gull, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 41 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goldfinch

Blagdon Lake:
2 Gadwall, 1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 2 Goosander (m), 7 Great White Egret, 2/3 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

4 Scaup, 1 Red Kite, c20 Sand Martin

Reported by: David Allward, Louise Bailey, Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Alan Daniells, Heather England, Ken Hall, Andrew Harrison, Pete Harrison, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Paul Moon, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Paul Sadley, Gill Sapsed, Chris Teague, Karen Wilkinson

 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG