05-03-18 Monday - Snow nearly gone

Temp 5 to 10℃ and mostly back. Sunny start ending in heavy rains

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare Dual (Charlie Fayers)
Fierce battles have raged the last few days for food

Scaup
Short-eared Owl
Merlin
Hawfinch, Siskin

5-3-18 Pintail, rare at Weston Moor (Peter Evans)

BRISTOL

5-3-18 Gadwall, Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)
"First Gadwall I've seen on the Lake"

Duchess Park:
1m Gadwall, 4m 2f Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 11 Moorhen, 1 Snipe, 3 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 8 Feral Pigeon, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, 21 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Starling, 8m 5f Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 1m Stonechat, 20m 19f House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1f Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 14 Goldfinch

5-3-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher still here

SS Great Britain:
1 Coot (1st in 7 years of looking)

St Andrew's Park:
30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

5-3-18 Merlin, Aust ( David Hughes)

Aust:
1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 m Merlin, 4 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

5-3-18 Dunlin, Woodhill Bay (David Howes)

Portishead, Woodhill Bay:
2 Dunlin, 1 Redshank

Clevedon, Wain's Hill to Yeo:

260 Shelduck, 25 Shoveler, 300 Wigeon, 3 Pintail (Yeo), 175 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 8 Oystercatcher, 150 Lapwing, 40 Grey Plover, 130 Curlew, 10 Turnstone, 30 Knot, 2150 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 375 Redshank, 51 Skylark, 8 Stonechat, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit

5-3-18 Siskin, Yatton (Higgy)

Yatton, Stowey Road:
1 Goldcrest, 1 (2nd in 8 years) Siskin

5-3-18 Reed Bunting, Weston Moor (Peter Evans)

Weston Moor:
1 tired Pintail (my first here), 12 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler calling to Clapton Moor, 4 (2 pair) Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

Weston-super-Mare:
150 Dunlin

5-3-18 Dunlin, Uphill beach (Simon Williams)

Uphill, River Axe:
c.1000 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare, Dual (Charlie Fayers)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

1  Hawfinch

5-3-18 Song Thrush, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham:
ST6567: 1 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow
Garden: 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 3 Goldfinch

Bath Peregrine:
Looking ready to lay today, was practising

Bath, Southstoke:
50 Lapwing over, unusual here

Newton St Loe:
4 M Swan, 48 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 60 Lapwing (not rare now), 40 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 65 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

Compton Martin:
1 m Blackcap in the garden, 1st of the ‘winter’

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 38 Lapwings, 100-200 Fieldfares

5-3-18 Stonechat, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:

20 Goldeneye

Woodford:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 400 Fieldfare & Redwing, 2 Song Thrush

5-3-18 Goldeneye, Villice (Bob Brewer)

Villice:
Teal, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Heron, Buzzard, 80 Starling

Herons Green:
1 Buzzard

5-3-18 Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

6 (5f) Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Buzzard, 150 Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

Stratford Lane:
1 Egret

Herriotts, mostly iced over:
5 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 8 Pintail, 2 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing

5-3-18 Starling, Villice (Bob Brewer)

Out of UK

Bob Brewer's latest photos from India

5-3-18 Mistle Thrush v Fieldfare, Dual over (Charlie Fayers)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Ken Carruthers, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Peter Evans, Charlie Fayers, Margaret Gorely, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Higgy, Matt Hobbs, Adrain Hockey, Rod Holbrook, David Howes, David Hughes, Nigel Milbourne, Paul Milsom, Rob P, Patrick Richards, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Talking to Bears, Denise Whittle, Simon Williams, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

04-03-18 Sunday - Short-eared Owl

Water bodies still frozen but thaw well under way. Birds relocating

Long-tailed Duck
Grey Partridge
Red Kite
Avocet
Spotted Redshank
Woodcock 
Jack Snipe 
Short-eared Owl  (a magnificent seven at Aust)
Hawfinch

4-2-18 one Short-eared Owl, Aust (Matt Hobbs)

4-2-18 two Short-eared Owls , Aust (Matt Hobbs)

4-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Matt Hobbs)
three birds visible in this shot

BRISTOL

4-12-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1Treecreeper,   8 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch

4-2-18 Treecreeper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Clifton: 

College Road: 1 Blackcap singing
Clifton Down / Gloucester Row:8 Fieldfare

St Andrew's Park:
30 Redwing

Fishponds:
Garden: 2 m Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 8 Mallard, 6 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, c30 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, 4 Dunnock, c 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch

Netham Park:
10 Woodpigeon, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackbird, 80 mix of mainly Fieldfare, with a few Redwing,
1 female Stonechat, 2 Goldfinch

Arnos Vale Cemetery:
2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Chipping Sodbury:
Quarry Road/Brook Cottage- 1 Dipper on River Frome 

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Shoveler, 110 Wigeon, 1Teal, 1 Golden Plover, 13 Curlew, 120 Dunlin (at Shepperdine on v high tide), 1 Sparrowhawk,1 Peregrine
Possible Woodcock flushed and seen briefly

4-2-18 Merlin, Aust Warth (Karle Burford)

4-2-18 Kestrel, Aust Warth (GingerBirder)
Note the intriguing difference in colour of claws - reason? 

Aust Warth:
200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 25 Curlew, 23 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 200 Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (flyover), 7 Short-eared Owl (on view early on; presumably numbers increased from hard weather movements to the coast), 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 4  Skylark, 80 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

Also:  1 Stoat/Weasel.

4-2-18 Golden Plover, New Passage (Bri Thompson)

New Passage/Northwick:

2 Canada Geese, 1 Mute Swan, 57 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, c. 200 Wigeon, c.40 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, Water Rail, 117 Oystercatcher, 3 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 2/3 Grey Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwit,  c2000 Dunlin, 25 Redshank, c30 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Stonechat

Easter Compton:
1 Buzzard, 'hundreds'  of  Redwing and Fieldfare (fields opposite Farm shop)

Almondsbury:
1 Jay, 1 f Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Ham Green:
1 Kestrel

Portbury Wharf:
1 Avocet, 30-40 Lapwing,Grey Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 3 Snipe, Kingfisher, 6 Stonechat

4-2-18 Fieldfare, Portishead (David Gale)

Portishead:
Woodhill Bay: 5 Dunlin

Hillside Road: 1 Meadow Pipit over 

4-2-18 Rock Pipit, Portishead (Jason Williams)

Battery Point, Marine Lake and surrounding area|: 1 Greylag Goose, 'usual' duck, 8 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, Snipe,1 Meadow Pipit, 10+  Rock Pipit. (No sign of any Purple Sandpiper.)

Clevedon: 

1 ad Gannet to north past Clevedon Pier

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 80+ Shelduck, 300 Wigeon, 140 Teal, 10 Mallard, 5 Pintail, 5 Shoveler, 3 Goosander, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 19 Oystercatcher, 8 Golden Plover, 48 Grey Plover (good count), 25 Lapwing, 100 Curlew, 1Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Turnstone, 6 Knot, 1300 Dunlin, 2 Spotted Redshank (one now showing some signs of breeding plumage), 150 Redshank , 1 Jack Snipe (Blake's Pools), 3 Snipe, 300 Black-headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 8 Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch

4-2-18 Drake Pintail, Weston Moor (Jason Williams)

Weston Moor:
Highlights: Drake Pintail,2 Little Grebe, c35 Lapwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker

Kenn Moor:
Claverham Grove - 30 Mute Swan, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 100 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (m)
100 Fieldfare (a few odd birds still within the village but most now gone back onto the moor)

Nailsea:
Garden in Nailsea Park - 2 Common Gulls on Friday 2nd March after usual bird food put out

Yatton:

Wemberham Lane - 75 Lapwing, 1 Barn Owl (late pm) 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay

4-2-18 Little Egret, Uphill (Simon Williams)

Uphill:
22 Teal, 1 Little Egret,11 Lapwing, 1 presumed Woodcock (seen briefly in flight but convincing details in observer's account), 2  Redshank, 5  Stonechat (3m, 2f), 1 Dunnock

Butcombe:
The Batch: Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven (2),  Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Long-Tailed Tit,  Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Fieldfare, Robin, Dunnock, Bullfinch Goldfinch,Greenfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Hawfinch again in garden
Back roads:1 Grey Partridge from Rushmead Lane, fly over Lapwing,mixed flock of 50 Redwing and Fieldfare, a few Corn Bunting,Yellowhammer 

Willsbridge:
2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Wooodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 5 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 54 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Hawfinch

Newton St Loe:
49 Species 1 Red Kite (over Globe fields), 30 Lapwing, 2 Green + 2 GS Woodpecker, 10+ Skylark, 2 Blackcap M/F,   4 Treecreeper, 100+ Fieldfare, 50+ Redwing,  5 Hawfinch, 150 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer

Keynsham: 
ST6567: 2 Black Headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull,

Garden: 2 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Keynsham Memorial Park - 51 Mallard,1 Moorhen, 25 BH Gull, 3 Fieldfare,1 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham Dapps Hill / Mill area - 3 Moorhen 20 Rooks in noisy rookery

Chewton Place - 1 Raven (apparently nesting in usual site)

Chewton Keynsham:

1 Grey Heron.

Compton Dando:

23 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 6 Wood Pigeon,1 Chaffinch.
Paulton: 
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove,  1 Barn Owl,1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redwing, 40 Linnet

STW: 2 Grey Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit
RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:

drake Long-tailed Duck still present

Chew Valley Lake

4-2-18 Dunlin, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Simon Williams)

Herriotts:
10:30am 11 Pintail (6m, 5f), 1 lone Dunlin working the edge of the ice

4-2-18 Pintail, Herriots Pool, CVL (Simon Williams)

Reports: Rich Allsop, Jonathan Angell,  Erin Blessitt, Karle Burford,Vera Carpenter,  Ken Carruthers, Paul Brian Chapman, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Paul Cousins, Ian Foster,  David Gale, Andy Gibb, Richard Giles and F Neate,  GingerBirder, Patrick Hancock, Roger Hawley, Higgy, Matt Hobbs, Katie Horrocks,  David Howes,  Mike Jackson,  Sue Kempson, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Bob Pepper, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle,   Harvey Rose, Richard Scantlebury, TalkingtoBears, Bri Thompson, Denise Whittle, Jason Williams, Simon Williams,  blagdonlakebirds,   CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

03-03-18 Saturday - the thaw

Thawing and milder but many roads still barely passable.  No more snow.

There have been so many garden reports today, particularly of Fieldfare and Redwing, that we apologise for not being able to include them all.  All are recorded for BOC News and BRERC.

Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egrets
Ruff, Jack Snipe 
Woodcock - several sightings
Merlin

Fieldfare in Yate (Craig Lewis)

Mistle Thrush in Yate (Craig Lewis)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park (mostly frozen):
2 Mute Swan, c.30 Mallard, c.110 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 30 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing.
1 GS Woodpecker and 1 Nuthatch investigating potential nest sites.

R Frome at Snuff Mills:
1 Moorhen, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Stoke Bishop:
2 Blackcap.

Avon Gorge:
2 Oystercatcher, various Lapwing & Redshank, LBB & BH Gulls.  Pr Nuthatch in Leigh Woods.

Horfield Common:

3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing.

Bishopston:

1 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinches, 3 LT Tit.

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
4 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 23 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 17 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 32 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 25 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 5 Robin, 11 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch.

High Kingsdown:
Meadow Pipit in garden - most unusual.

Common Gull at Duchess Pond (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Canada Goose, 2m 1f Teal, Grey Heron, 11 Moorhen, 16 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 14 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, m. Stonechat, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnuck, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

Cumberland Basin:

1 Lapwing - another bird in an unusual location.

Stockwood Open Space:
3 GS Woodpecker, 4 Dunnock, 7 Robin, 2 Song Thrush, 4 LT Tit, 6 Goldfinch.

Ashton:
20 Lapwing flying south east at 07:45.  8 Fieldfare (mostly flying over).

Treecreeper (Mike Prior)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury:
Woodcock flushed from Lagoon 2.  1 Golden Plover.

Chipping Sodbury:
Red Kite over, mobbed by corvids.

Winterbourne:

1 Snipe on the meltwater on road outside Winterbourne Church.

Frampton Cotterell:

Fishing Little Egret and a Snipe on bank of R Frome.

Pair of Teal on the Bradley Brook at Monks Pool nature reserve.

Northwick Warth:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Gadwall, 350 Wigeon, 25 Lapwing, 4 Golden Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit with the Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, Kestrel, 1 m. Merlin, 2 Peregrine, good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing, Yellowhammer.

New Passage:
5 Lapwings in garden.  Buzzard. Ringed Plover, m. Stonechat.

Great Spotted Woodpecker in typical winter pose (Allan Chard)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Ruff on the ice at Ecology Park (next to Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve).
2 Blackcaps in my Redcliff Bay garden.

Backwell Lake:
1 Great White Egret in the roost.

Weston-super-Mare:
Hewish:
30+ Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Carrion Crow, 5 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Magpie.

Numerous Starling, Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit, LT Tit.

Bleadon:

Huge passage of Fieldfare moving North this morning - 50 in garden, lots more overflying.

3 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 20 Redwing,  2 Bullfinch.

Butcombe:

G S Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Fieldfare, 15 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 4 Bullfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

An unusual visitor to the bird table - LBB Gull ('talkingtobears')

Keynsham:
BH Gull, LBB Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap, 6 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch.

R Chew south of Keynsham:

1 Dunlin in an unusual location (Alan and David Hewett,).

Bath:
R Avon in Bath:
1 Redshank in an unusual location.

American Museum, Claverton Down:

Woodcock.

Song Thrush (Rich Allsop)

Garden in Twerton:

2 Blackcap (1 m., 1 f.), 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing,  9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 20 House Sparrow, 2 Wren 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 20 Starling.

Another garden in Twerton:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 LT Tit, 1 m. Blackcap, 10 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush.  Numbers of Blue Tits, Blackbird, Chaffinch twice as high as usual.

Newton St Loe:

3 Buzzard, 20 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull (first for the patch), 100+ Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 1 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Greenfinch, 20 Siskin.

Chew Magna:

1 Great White Egret flew east over the Winford Brook mid morning.
2nd March: Hawfinch in St Andrew's churchyard.

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stock Dove, 60 Skylark, 4 Blackbird, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

Sandford:
Woodcock in the woods !! a first for the reportee.

A smart Grey Wagtail at Chew (Bob Brewer)

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Gurney tanks:
The ad. m. Long-tailed Duck still on no. 1 tank, 3 Goldeneye, 8 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Blagdon Lake:
4 Dunlin, 1 Woodcock.

Hitching a ride at Herriotts Bridge (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake

Herriotts Bridge:
Shelduck, Mallard, 235 Teal, 23 Pintail, Coot on the back of a swan (see photo), 1 Water Rail, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail.


Reports: Rich Allsop, Rich Andrews, Jon Angell, Nick Beamson, Terri Borash, Bob Brewer, John Budd, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Patrick Haigh, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves and Anne Crowe, Alan and David Hewett, Bill Hewitt, Dan Hill, Dave Horlick, Nigel Johnston, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, John Martin, Mike Meechem, Michael Moxon, Jean Oliver, Mike Prior, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Sova, 'talkingtobears', Gwen Thomas, Suk Trippier, Jean Tye, K Vickery, Bob Webber, Keith Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

02-03-18 Friday - Woodcock

Temp -2 to -1.5 ℃. Warmer than yesterday. Snowing most of the day. Sixth day of wind from NE

More reports than we have ever received so a different approach for today. Everything in gardens unless otherwise stated

Lots of today's birds have never been seen in the locations before! Apples popular and lots of fighting for food, Fieldfares particularly aggressive. Numbers of Tits, Thrushes, Finches breaking records in gardens

Golden Plover
Woodcock
1st GBB Gull
1st Fieldfares in gardens
Siskin

2-3-18 Greenfinch looking up at the snow(Rod Holbrook)

BRISTOL area

Sparrowhawk: 1m Montpelier

Water Rail: 1 Eastville Park

Lapwing: 25 Aztec West, small flock Bradley Stoke, 4 + 30 + 50 Stockwood

Curlew: 1 Sea Mills

Dunlin: 3 Cumberland Basin

Woodcock: 1 Hanham

Snipe: 1 Cumberland Basin

Redshank: 1 Sea Mills

2-3-18 Common Gull, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin)

Kingfisher: 1 Eastville Park

Long-tailed Tit: 6 Bradley Stoke, numerous Eastville Park, 1 Hallatrow

Blackcap: 2 Westbury on Trym

Goldcrest: 6 Eastville Park, 1 Hallatrow

Nuthatch: 1 Hallatrow

2-3-18 Blackbird , Hanham (Peter Coslett)

Fieldfare: 3 Cumberland Basin, 2 Dove Street, 20 Eastville Park, 1 Fishponds, 2 Hotwell, 60 Longwell Green, 1 Montpelier, 1 St George, I Bishopston.

Redwing: 1 Cumberland Basin, 20 Eastville Park, 2 Hallatrow, Stoke Park

Dipper: 1 Eastville Park

Grey Wagtail: 1 Boiling Wells

Meadow Pipit: 3 Cumberland Basin

Bullfinch: 3 Bradley Stoke

Greenfinch: 2 Bradley Stoke

Goldfinch: 10 Bradley Stoke, c30 Bishopston.

2-3-18 Reed Bunting, Stoke Park (Outdoor Prescription)

Reed Bunting: Stoke Park

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

2-3-18 Green Woodpecker (Rod Holbrook)

Green Woodpecker: 1 Severn Beach

2-3-18 Blackcap, Yate (Chris Teague)

Blackcap: sev Yate

Fieldfare: 50 Leyhill, 2 Severn Beach, Yate

Redwing: 2 Severn Beach, Yate

Reed Bunting; 1 Severn Beach

2-3-18 Redwing, New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage:
Bedroom birding: Shelduck. Oystercatchers. Lapwing flyover. Golden Plover, Curlew. Dunlin. Redshank. BH Gulls. LBB Gulls. Magpie. Redwings. Song Thrush, Dunnock. Pied Wagtails. 5 Goldfinch

2-3-18 Song Thrush, New Passage (Lisegirl)

NORTH SOMERSET

Water Rail: 1 W-s-M

Lapwing: Anchor Head, 1 Sandford, 631 W-s-M, 26 Worlebury

Golden Plover: 25 W-s-M

Woodcock: 1 Yatton

Snipe: 4 W-s-M rhynes, 6 W-s-M, 4 Worlebury, 1 Yatton

2-3-18 Long-tailed Tit, Butcombe (Rich Allsop)

Long-tailed Tit: 8 Langford, 2 Portishead

Blackcap: 1f Yatton

2-3-18 Goldcrest (David Goodliffe)

Goldcrest: Langford

2-3-18 Fieldfare, Anchor Head (David Gibbs)

Fieldfare: 5 Bishop Sutton, 2 Butcombe, 1 Langford, 15 Portishead, 100 W-s-M, 28 Worlebury

Redwing: Anchor Head, 1 Butcombe, sev Churchill, 10 W-s-M

Bullfinch: 3 Butcombe, 8 Langford

Siskin: 2 Langford

Portishead Marina:
7 Cormorant, 27 BH Gull

BELOW M4 and BANES

Blackcap: 1 m Twerton

2-3-18 Blackbirds etc, Cameley (Bob Medland)

Blackbird: 42 Cameley

Starling: 17 Twerton

2-3-18 Fieldfare, Bath 1st (Glen Maddison)

Fieldfare: 4 Cameley, 3 Twerton, 1st in a Bath gdn

2-3-18 Fieldfare, Twerton (Jean Tye)

Redwing: 7 Cameley, 1 Twerton

House Sparrow: 25 Twerton

Pied Wagtail: 3 Twerton

2-3-18 Great Backed Back Gull, 1st Newton Park (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
Very snowy and a first Great Black Backed Gull!!
20 Lapwing, 30 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 20 Siskin

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Snipe, 70 Lapwing (flock heading west), 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 18 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Bullfinch

SWT: 4 Lapwing, 20 BH Gull, 25 Meadow Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 8 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Blackbird

2-3-18 Fieldfare, Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

RESERVOIRS

no reports

Reports: Rich Allsop, Jon Angell, avonbirder, Phil Baber, Paul Bowdler, Des Bowring, Bob Brewer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Alan Chard, John Clark, Peter Coslett, Anne Crowe, Lee Gardiner, David Gibbs, David Goodliffe, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Higgy, Rod Holbrook, Mike Jackson, Sue Kempson, Lisegirl, Duncan McLaughlin, Glen Maddison, Stuart Mathews, Bob Medland, Mike Meecham, Paul Milsom,  Jon Mortin, Michael Moxon, Brian Mulgrew, Jean Oliver, outdoor prescription, Dee Pope, Mike Prior, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, Darren Robson, Richard Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Marcus Smith, Mark Smith, Roger Staples, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, Jean Tye, Simon Williams, Monique Woodhead, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

01-03-18 Thursday - blizzard

Bitterly cold with light snow in the morning, more like a blizzard in the afternoon.
Do provide your garden birds with water as well as food to see them through these difficult conditions.

Hawfinches
Countryside birds in unlikely places and coming into gardens looking for food.
More interesting garden records than I can pass on - see the Twitter feed (right-hand column).

Cormorants at Bristol Harbourside in the snow (Jon Mortin)

BRISTOL

Downend:

Unusually, 4 Redwing in the garden, also Wren, Song Thrush, 2 Jay, Greenfinch, Goldfinch.

Little Egret over Leap Valley common.

Emersons Green:
9 Lapwing over, heading west.

Warmley:
8 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 8 Blackbird, 2 LT Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Magpie, 9 Chaffinch, 12 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 7 Bullfinch all in one garden.

Longwell Green:
1 m. Blackcap, 24 Goldfinch in garden.

Eastville Park:
1 Lapwing over west (rare here), 30 Fieldfare over south.  Dipper.

Stoke Park:
2 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 14 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 14 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 4 Robin.

Lockleaze:

1 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail in a garden.

Bishopston gardens:
2 Fieldfare, 1 Blackcap in one garden.
2 Fieldfare in another garden.

Harbourside:
8 Cormorant.

Long Ashton:

Fieldfare in a garden.

Grateful for an apple core - a garden Blackbird (Lyndon Roberts)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Golden Plover, 26 Lapwing over, 10 Snipe.

Pilning - a garden:
306 Lapwing, 21 Golden Plover,  30 Fieldfare to SW over the garden.  1 m. Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest.

Fresh water is so essential - Starling 1st March 2018 Severn Beach Garden (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
10 Golden Plover and 120 Lapwing over to South.

The best of the many garden photos of Fieldfare today (Christopher Teague)

Yate:
4 Blackcap (3 m., 1 f.), 4 Fieldfare.

Buzzard - an unusual garden bird in Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
In a garden - Buzzard, Fieldfare, 1 f. Blackcap, Jay.

Hollow Road -  Mistle Thrush.

Frampton Cotterell:
Extreme behaviour - a Lapwing flew out of a small Frampton Cotterell front garden, across the road and in amongst other houses. They don't do that...!  10 Fieldfare in the garden.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
3 Cormorant fishing in the marina.
f. Blackcap in one garden, m. Blackcap in another.

Clevedon:
20 Fieldfare in a garden.

Backwell Lake:
2 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 0 Homo Sapiens.

Note: A Mute Swan seen at Backwell Lake on Feb 15th was ringed at Abbotsbury in July 2015 as a one-year old female.

Reed Bunting 1st March 2018 Yatton garden (Higgy)

Yatton:
Good numbers of Fieldfare around the village.
Stowey Road garden:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 12 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 9 House Sparrow, 43 Goldfinch (and a new garden record), 6 Reed Bunting.

Weston-Super-Mare:
167 Lapwing and 4 Snipe over Old Town Quarry WsM going SW.

Unusually, a Snipe in the rhyne at Wolvershill Road, WSM.  6 LT Tit.

Bleadon:
2 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

Churchill:
A few snow-driven birds at Churchill School today: 4 Lapwing (over), 5 Skylark (over), 1 Grey Wagtail with 50+ Pied Wagtail.

Fieldfare in a Bath garden (Brian Martin)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Prior Park:
12 Hawfinch.

Bloomfield:
Fieldfare (feeding on crab apples and chasing off every Blackbird that landed on the tree).  1 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 4 Blackbird, 1 m. Blackcap, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch.

Midsomer Norton:
Many Lapwings flying west, perhaps towards Chew.

Bullfinch in Butcombe - Barry Allsop

RESERVOIRS:

for once, no reports.


Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Brennan, Vera Carpenter, John Clark, Tim Ford, David Gibbs, Patrick Hardyman Richards, William Hewitt, Mike Jackson, Robert Kelsh, Iris Langson, Brian Martin, John Martin, Mike Meechem, 'olivenite', Chris Perry, Dee Pope, George Rabin, Gareth Roberts, Lyndon Roberts, Marcus Smith, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague, Tim Warren, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG