07-03-26 Saturday

Temp 09°C to 11°C - cloudy with mist to start and finish. A light breeze from the east veering and backing a point north  and then south - brief spell of gusting to 12mph.

Common Scoter

Little Gull

Purple Sandpiper

Firecrest

Woodcock

Hawfinch

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Ashton Court:

1 Firecrest - singing

Avon Gorge - cycle on the Portway:

2 Mallard, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, Jackdaw

Filton - Holiday Inn, New Rd:

40 Siskin - feeding in birch trees

Oldbury Court:

3 Ring-necked Parakeet

Sims' Hill:

1 Woodcock, 20 Redwing, 5 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart

Aust Cliff/Services - vismig:

21 Lesser Black-backed Gull - inc 1 intermedius, 1 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 5 Redwing, 9 Meadow Pipit, 82 Chaffinch, 88 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 6 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Great Crested Grebe - displaying on the river. 26 Turnstone, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark 

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pochard, 1 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Snipe, 40 Turnstone, 200 Knot,  1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff - singing, 1 White Wagtail,  1 Redpoll

07-03-26 Hawfinch Wickwar (Mike Prior)

Wickwar - Lower Woods:

3 Woodcock, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 40+ Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Hawfinch

Yate Common:
3 Chiffchaff, 20 Linnit

Rockhampton:

7 Teal, 6 Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
inc - 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing,  1 Little Gull, 9 Greenfinch, 10 Siskin

Portishead - East Wood:
3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest 

Portishead Marine - the hole

2 Shelduck 1 Curlew, 9 Redshank,

Battery Point:

5 Purple Sandpiper

Middle Hope - vismig:
590 Dunlin, 101 Meadow Pipit, 72 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Sand Point to St Thomas's Head
1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 10 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 10 Greenfinch

Puxton Moor:

1 Green Woodpecker, 20+ Skylark, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 50+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - Cleeve Wood Rd 
4 Blackcap (2f &2m)

Oldland Common:

1 Green Woodpecker - calling

Willsbridge:
1 Dipper

Conham River Park:

1 Firecrest

Wick:

2 Little Owl

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 52 Common Gull, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron - nesting, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1  Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Pensford - Lords Wood:

Marsh Tit, Firecrest, Siskin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Sutton Wick:

3 Common Scoter (f&2m), 2 Scaup (f)

Reported by: Dru Brook-Taylor, Josh Brown, Peter Bryant, Alan Craddock, Oscar Dewhurst, Livvy Drake, Bronwen Evans, Tim Ford, Fermandez Francis, Paul Francis, Antony Goodwin,  Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Andy Mears, Giles Morris, Mike Prior, Andy Pym, Matt Scott, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Ben Sykes, Wayne Tucker, Les Williams

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