16-03-25 Sunday - Glossy Ibis

Temp -02°C to 10°C - sun to start, then cloudy. Felt cold in the moderate to strong NE wind.

Yesterday's Swallow was number 144 for the Avon year list, see it here. Summer migrant arrival data can be seen here.

There are still some vacant heathland bird survey sites in Avon/the Mendips, more details here.

Glossy Ibis
Scaup

Green Sandpiper

Sand Martin

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

16-03-25 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (James Dickinson)

Eastville Park:
c25 Canada Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 16 Mute Swan, 30+ Mallard, 140+ Feral Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 30+ Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 10+ Coot, 8 Black-headed Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, 10+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 30+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 20+ Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Hallen Marsh:
1 Glossy Ibis

Hotwells/Cumberland Basin:

6 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 21 Jackdaw, 1 Song Thrush, 5+ House Sparrow

Sea Mills:

Webs: 14 Mallard, 7 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 78 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-03-25 Common Sandpiper, Oldbury (Heather England)

Oldbury Pill:

1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50+ Redshank, 1 Stonechat

Aust Warth:
5 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

16-03-25 Goldfinch, Severnside (Les Williams)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
12 Avocet, 13+ Snipe, 25 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch singing, Goldfinch, Linnet singing

16-03-25 Stonechat, Western D (Vic Savery)

Western Distribution:
1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6+ Skylark, 2 pr Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

16-03-25 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Mike Owen)

Portishead:

4 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven

Clevedon:
WeBs, including: 5 Egyptian Goose (record count), 12 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, 101 Redshank, 7 Cattle Egret,  5 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler

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

Dowlais: 27 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 2 Pintail,  29 Teal, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 4 Snipe, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 12 Redwing, 22 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-03-25 Mistle Thrush & Fieldfare, Willsbridge (Peter Walton)

Willsbridge:

Londonderry Farm: 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Fieldfare

Mill and Valley: 1 Kingfisher, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Holm Mead:

1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 30 Yellowhammer

Keynsham - Broadmead:
1 Snipe

Corston Fields:

Nr Wheatsheaf: 300 Stock Dove, 1 Merlin

Compton Dando STW:
3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Sutton Wick:
5 Scaup, 1 Sand Martin

Moreton:
3 Scaup

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier

Herriotts inc. Pool:
35 Shoveler

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Stephen Curtis, Jake Cvetas, Mike Davis, James Dickinson, Heather England, Marc Hunt, Andrew Middleton, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Matt Rogers, Carol Rushton, Vic Savery, Sue Sayers, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Simon Stuart, Peter Walton, Jason Williams, Les Williams

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