09-03-25 Sunday - Little Ringed Plover, Spoonbill

Temp 08°C to 19°C - a very spring like day, Some cloud to start, a moderate wind from the NE in the am, moving round to E/SE in the pm.

Lots of birds singing and many on the move. 

Spoonbill

Little Ringed Plover

Scaup

Possible Lesser Scaup (or hybrid)

Mandarin

White Wagtail

BRISTOL

Ashton Marsh:

2 Teal, 6 Water Rail, 24 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Cliff:
Vis mig: 496 Woodpigeon, 18 grounded Chiffchaff, 112 Meadow Pipit, 114 Chaffinch, 7 Bullfinch, 1 Hawfinch, 17 Siskin

09-03-25 Little Ringed Plover, Pilning (Paul Bowerman)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
11 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

6 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear

Gordano Valley:

4 Red Kite

09-03-25 Mandarin, Clevedon (Martin Aspinall)

Clevedon:
Land Yeo- town centre: pr of Mandarin

Dowlais: pr Pintail, 1 Spoonbill, 4 Lapwing, singing Reed Bunting

Garden: 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie 2 Jackdaw, 10 Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

09-03-25 Red Kite, Sand Point (Matt Hull)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vis mig: 8 Stock Dove, 140 Woodpigeon, 8 Common Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Red Kite, 257 Meadow Pipit, 54 Alba Wagtail inc 2 White Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

09-03-25 Chiffchaffs, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando:
STW: 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven1 Coal Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 60+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch

Village: 4 Mallard, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Starling, 30+ House Sparrow

Lane to Hunstrete: 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 20+ Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 60+ Chaffinch, 2 Yellowhammer

Burnett/Priston:

2 Red Kite

09-03-25 Blackbird, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)

Paulton:

2 Pheasant, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 72 Woodpigeon, 13 Golden Plover, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 10 Blackbird, 19 Fieldfare

Willsbridge:

1 Firecrest

Keynsham - Broadmead:
2 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:
20 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
6 Scaup

Stratford:
4 Scaup, 1 Goosander, pr Bearded Tit

Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Lesser Scaup/possible hybrid- views not conclusive

Reported by: Martin Aspinall, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Paul Francis, Patrick Hancock, Martyn Hayes, Rupert Higgins, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn, Jason Williams

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