Monday, 17 March 2025

17-03-25 Monday - Hawfinch

Temp 06°C to 08°C - some sun and some cloud. Felt cold in the moderate, NE/ENE wind.

Hawfinch
Glossy Ibis
Ring-necked Duck
Sanderling
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Bishop Road to Horfield Common:
8 Feral Pigeon, 13 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 8 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 7 Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (singing) 3 Wren, 27 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Goldfinch

Frenchay, Dings Crusaders rugby pitch:
30 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 20 Starling

Hallen Marsh:
4 Gadwall, 5 Stock Dove, 4 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 1 Glossy Ibis, 7 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawl, 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing, 16 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Goldfinch

Westbury on Trym:
2 Hawfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
WeBS: 3 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 66 Wigeon, 24 Mallard, 44 Teal, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 14 Curlew, 60 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 40 Dunlin, 80 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 29 Redshank, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Rock Pipit

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
11 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
6 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Rock Pipit

Nailsea Moor:
3 Canada Goose, 9 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 25 Herring Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 7 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, c 100 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 8 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, 6 House Sparrow

Clevedon:
Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 16 Crow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando STW:
1 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Jackdaw, 3 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 12+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail

Corston Fields:
70 Stock Dove, 70 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 50 Starling

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
20 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 47 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 193 Tufted Duck, 15 Moorhen, 306 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 31 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
17-03-25 Egyptian Goose, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron

Moreton:
50 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Redwing, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
6 Scaup, 25 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Blackcap (singing)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 24 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 25+ Teal, 6 GBB Gull, 9 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Andy Davis, Ferm Francis, Rob Hargreaves, John Lewis, Andrew Middleton, Jean Oliver, Tom O Shea, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, blagdonlakebirdsopsbirdingsevernsidebirds