19-02-25 Wednesday - Grebes, Scaup

Temp 04°C to 12°C - a bit less overcast and much warmer today, though still felt cold sometimes in the light E wind to start, veering to SE/S as the day went on. Things seem to be on the move, with ducks, stonechat and chiffchaff all appearing some places this week, as well as the Wheatear yesterday and the Sand Martin in Dorset today. Have a look at the spring migrant arrival info here. 

Black-necked & Slavonian Grebe

Scaup

Brambling

BRISTOL

Avonmouth Park/St Andrew's Churchyard:

15 species inc: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
128 Carrion Crow

Riverside Park:

1 Little Egret, 2 Chiffchaff

Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock, 1 Barn Owl

Stoke Park:

1 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:
37 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler, 39 Gadwall, 446 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 191 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Oystercatcher, 192 Lapwing, 71 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

1 Common Sandpiper

Clevedon:
Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 8 Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Robin

Congresbury Moor:

4 Goosander (2 pairs), 10 Stock Dove, 6 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 45 Magpie (includes single flock of 18), 35 Long Tailed Tit, 8+ Chiffchaff (probable fall of migrants), 100 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 25 Greenfinch, 35 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin

WSM:

1 Goldcrest coming to garden fat balls

Backwell Lake:

20 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 9 Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 1 Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Cetti’s Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Raven, 1 Dipper, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Nuthatch, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch 

Stanton Drew:
Sandy Lane: 39 Cattle Egret, 1 Tawny Owl, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Redwing

19-02-25 Brambling, Stanton Drew (Tim Kilbride)

Garden: 1 Brambling

Paulton:

75 Woodpigeon, 30 Black-headed Gull, 5 Skylark, 100 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 70 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 40 Fieldfare

Marksbury:

9 Golden Plover

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

19-02-25 Scaup, CVL (Rod Taylor)#

Herons Green:
3 Scaup

19-02-25 Red Kite, Raven, CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Moreton:
2 Red Kite, 1 Raven

Stratford:
1 Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe

Herriotts inc. Pool:
6 Gadwall, 1 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Mediterranean Gull

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Rupert Higgins, Rich Keel, Tim Kilbride, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, Chris Vines

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