10-03-25 Monday - Common Scoter

Temp 09°C to 13°C - light showers to start, overcast later on. A light to moderate NE/NNE wind.

Sadly wildlife crimes do happen, and with news of a Buzzard seeemingly being shot locally, we are going to add this link to the blog sidebar: Reporting a Wildlife Crime. Hopefully you will never have to use it, but it has links to report to the local police force and the RSBP wildife crimes unit.

Common Scoter

Slavonian Grebe

Sand Martin

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Bishop Road to Horfield Common:

9 Feral Pigeon, 10 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-back Gull, 16 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 9 Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 23 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 11 Robin, 24 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

Frenchay, Dings Crusaders rugby pitch:
30 Fieldfare, 5 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 55 Starling

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 15 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
84 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 4 Coot, 7 Curlew, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart (m)

Filton:

200 Jackdaw - pre-roost flocks, very noisy 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:

Garden: 3 Feral Pigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 10 Crow, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig: 3 Stock Dove, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail, 78 alba Wagtail, 524 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

10-03-25 Red-legged Partridge, Marshfield (Robert Hargreaves)

Marshfield:

Rushmead Lane: 60 Common Gull, 100 Herring Gulll, 2 Buzzard, 100 Starling, 30 Linnet, 3 Corn Bunting
Down Road: 2 Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 8 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Corn Bunting
Slaite Road to Plough Farm: 2 Red-legged Partridge, 20 Stock Dove, 100 woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 3 Skylark, 20 Starling, 15 Fieldfare, 4 Corn Bunting

A46: 1 Barn Owl

Tog Hill:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 6 Goldfinch

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite

Stanton Drew:

1 Barn Owl

Keynsham:

Garden: 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Goldfinch

Compton Dando STW:
1 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

10-03-25 Goosander, CVL (George Stacey)

Bernard King area:
6 Goosander

10-03-25 Scaup, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret

Moreton:
2 Shoveler, 6 Scaup, 5 Goosander, 6+ Goldeneye, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Water Rail, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting

10-03-25 Great White Egrets, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
12 Shoveler, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 6 GBB Gull, 11 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jack, Andy Davis, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Robert Laughton, Andrew Middleton, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Andy Pym, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds