02-03-25 Sunday - Glossy Ibis

Temp -02°C to 13°C - a glorious day, lots of skylarks singing made it even better. A light wind from SW/S/SE in the pm. Blog will be updated later, if any more reports come in.

Glossy Ibis

Scaup

Water Pipit

BRISTOL

No reports.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Buzzard, 15 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Glossy Ibis, 40 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit

02-03-25 Goosander, Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - Kingsgate Park:

2 Goosander

Coalpit Heath:

6 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark, 5 Song Thrush, 21 Fieldfare

02-03-25 Red Kites, Raven, Inglestone (Chris Teague)

Inglestone:

2 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch

Horton:

1 Little Owl

02-03-25 Sparrowhawk, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

1 Sparrowhawk, Marsh Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

10 Little Grebe, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Cetti's Warbler

02-03-25 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Jason Williams)

Portishead:

6 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit

Clevedon:

Garden: 4 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 16 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Blackrock/Weston Big Wood:

2 Buzzard, 50+ Raven

Walton in Gordano:
1 Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES

Conham:

2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch

Hanham Hills/Cleeve Wood:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Meadow Pipit, 6 Bullfinch

Willsbridge:

2 Dipper, 1 Nuthatch

Keynsham:
Broadmead: 9 Snipe
Somerdale: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite

Paulton:

2 Long-tailed Tit building a nest, 1 Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
1 Barnacle Goose, 3 Scaup, 1 Barn Owl

Scaup, CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
40 Pochard

GC Grebe weed dance, CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Julian Head, Mike Jackson, Nigel Kempson, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Steve Richardson, Paul Sadley, Paul Sawyer, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Jason Williams

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01-03-25 Saturday - Avocet

Temp 00°C to 12°C - a jolly nice day, a light NE wind in the pm.

Avocet

Water Pipit

BN and Slavonian Grebe

Scaup

Mediterranean Gull

01-03-25 Cattle Egrets, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Robin, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock

Temple Quarter:

1 Chiffchaff 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Avocet

Yate: Kingsgate Park:

11 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

BOC walk - 43 species: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, 8 Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, c15 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Stonechat, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (near Portishead marina), Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting

Clevedon:
Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 2 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Kenn Moor:
1 Woodcock

Near Congresbury:

1 Barn Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

01-03-25 Red Kite, Marshfield (Les Williams)

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite

Stanton Drew:
1 Tawny Owl back in garden

01-03-25 Dipper, Midsomer Norton (Merv Carlyon)

Midomer Norton:

Dipper

01-03-25 Barn Owl, PSJ (Merv Carlyon)

Near Peasedown St John:

1 Barn Owl

Bath:

Kilkenny Lane: 4 Stock Dove, 1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery:

2 Scaup

Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Scaup

01-03-25 BN Grebe, CVL (Dave)

Moreton:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, pr Goosander,  2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 23 Cattle Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Bearded Tit

01-03-25 Barnacle Goose, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:
1 Mediterranean Gull

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Black Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Little Grebe,  2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, + Cormorant, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Bearded Tit

Out of area:

Velvet Scoter- Cardiff Bay

Least Sandpiper- Steart WWT

Rosy Starling- Monkton Heathfield

Richard's Pipit - Awre

Reported by: Dave, Mr Bristolian, Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, Merv Carlyon, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Karen Jayne, Rich & Gillian Keel, Tim Marks, Andy Mears, Mike Meechem, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Gary Thoburn, Peter Walton, Les Williams, 

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