Tuesday, 4 March 2025

04-03-25 Tuesday - Wheatear

 Temp -2°C to 11°C - A cold start (with thick fog at CVL until 11am) turned into a sunny winters day. The wind was very light from the Southwest, and later from the South.

Wheatear
Purple Sandpiper
Black-necked Grebe
Woodcock

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Woodpigeon, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Robin, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

Montpelier Park:
3 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, + Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (singing), 3+ Wren, 2 Blackbird, + Robin, 3 Chaffinch (1m+2f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Stonechat (pair), 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Yate (Kingsgate Park):
18 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Blackcap (singing)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead (Battery Point):
7 Purple Sandpiper, 3 Rock Pipit

Clevedon (garden):
2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES
Blackcap, Warmley (Peter Coslett)
Warmley (garden):
1 Blackcap

Keynsham (garden):
2 Raven (fly over), 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldfinch

Burnett:
1 Kestrel
Treecreeper, Newton St Loe (Vernon Holmes)
Newton St Loe (BOC walk):
3 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 6 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 60 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 3 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 50 Jackdaw, 25 Rook, 25 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redwing, 10 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail (yarellii), 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Corston:
1 Red Kite

Lords Wood:
1 Woodcock

Marksbury:
2 Golden Plover, 1 Red Kite

Maes Knoll:
2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark (singing), 1 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail
Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:

4 Goldeneye (2m+2f), 6 Chiffchaff (2 seen)

Woodford & path to dam:
5 Goldeneye, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 12+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 4 Reed Bunting (singing)
Chaffinch, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:

24+ Canada Goose, 1 Scaup (imm. male), 2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Snipe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 16 Cattle Egret (Moreton Cottage), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied/White Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting (singing)

Moreton:
36 Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup (m), 5 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 30+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Magpie, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2+ Reed Bunting (singing)

Stratford:
3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Red Kite, 1 Chiffchaff (singing)
Reed Bunting/Goldfinch, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Greylag Goose, 2 Pintail, 40+ Teal, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 3 Red Kite (soaring), 9 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting (singing)

Reported by: Graham Blacker, Simon Bowles, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Vernon Holmes, Mike Meechem, ~mrbristolian, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Sue Sayers, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Vines
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