08-03-19 Friday

Overcast, sunny spells, showers, bit breezy - a bit of everything today.

Siskin (not many this year)

BRISTOL

Golden Hill:
Winter bird survey: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Black-headed Gull (summer plumage), 1 Jay, 22 Fieldfare -
chuckling, House Sparrow (in 7 of 10 sectors), 2 Greenfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Canada Goose, 10m 1f Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay,
7 Magpie, 30 Jackdaw, 8 Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren,
1 Nuthatch, 2m 1f Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 1m 3f Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

8-3-17 Courting Coots (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 24 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 2 Mistle Thrush
2 Song Thrush, 110 Fieldfare, 45 Redwing

Almondsbury:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap (1 m, 1 f), 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin (f) (garden)

8-3-19 Female Siskin and Bullfinch in an Almondsbury garden (Vera Carpenter) 

Kingsgate Park:
2 Gadwall (m, f), Several Redwing, Goldcrest

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:

8-3-19 Heron housekeeping at Pill (Tony Scott)

Grey Heron - Nine active nests being added to and tidied at the riverside at Pill.

1 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Reed Bunting,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker








Portishead:
Kilkenny Place: 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie ( building nest)
1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock

Wraxall:
Birdcombe Court Farm.
18 Little Egret (14 with cattle; 4 with horses)
(Pre roost groups watched from Wraxall House lay by, 2 miles from Backwell Lake island roost)

Clevedon-Yeo:
Rock Pipit (by band stand, approx 10.15), 1 Curlew (Strode Road Bridge over Blind Yeo)
4 Goosander (3 f +1m), 2 Greenfinch (pair displaying), 1 Grey Wagtail (B&M Car Park)
No sign of Turnstones

Sand Point/Bay:
2 GBB Gulls, 2 Raven (tumbling display), 2 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 in Bay, 1 on the Down was a surprise) 1 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit, 11 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
Dipper

8-3-19 Dipper at Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)

Keynsham:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Goldfinch

Bath:
Lansdown: 350 Golden Plover (ploughed field north of Braithwaite Arms)

Wick (Golden Valley):
1 Buzzard, 10 BH Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 11 LBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 4 Magpie,
35 Jackdaw, 13 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Wren,
1 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 16 Robin, 16 House Sparrow,
2 Dipper (courting and chasing each other up and down the river), 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch,
2 Greenfinch, 24 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake
1 Black-necked Grebe (Moreton)
100 + Sand Martin
8 Little Egret, hybrid Pochard/Tufted Duck (Stratford)
1 Great White Egret, (Herriott’s Pool)

8-3-19 hybrid Pochard/Tufted Duck and friend (David Hughes)

Reports:  Bill Blake, John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Stephen Curtis/Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, David Hughes, Andy Middleton, Dee Pope, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Tony Scott, Talkingtobears,  Mike Thomas, Dan White,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

07-03-19 Thursday - Gannet, Firecrest

Temp 6 to 10℃. Some Sunshine, cloud wind, wet most of the time this morning.

Egyptian Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Gannet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Peregrine
Sand Martin
Firecrest

7-3-19 Long-tailed Tit in Golden Valley (Chris Perry)

BRISTOL

7-3-19 Mating Peregrines, Avon Gorge (Tony Scott)

Avon Gorge:
2 Peregrine mating

Redland Winter Bird Survey:

Not one gull on The Downs sector, 1 Blackcap - 1st in song, 2 Goldcrest, 22 Redwing, 40 Goldfinch

7-3-19 Chiffchaff in Duchess Park (Patrick Richards)

Duchess Pond this morning:
10m 2f Mallard, 9 Moorhen,1 Coot, 7 BH Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 11 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 5 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 2 Robin, 11 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1m Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch 2m Reed Bunting

7-3-19 Dipper in Eastville Park (Paul Cousins)

Eastville Park:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Heron, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, c40 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 46 Redshank, c200 BHGull.

Easter Compton:

6 Mallard,  c 50 Herring & LBB Gull, 90 Jackdaw, c 20 nests visible in rookery + 30 Rook, 10 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Barn Owl hunting (caught prey 7.50am, possibly a vole), Cetti's Warbler showing, Chiffchaff singing, Greenfinch singing

Portishead, Kilkenny Place, 6th:
1 Goldcrest, 4 Goldfinch

Sand Point:
2 Gannets up river, Tawny Owl, Firecrest!

BELOW M4 & BANES

7-3-19 Egyptian Goose in Golden Valley (Chris Perry)

Wick, Golden Valley:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Canada Geese, 4 Little Grebe, 42 Common Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 32 Jackdaw, 16 Rook, 5 Magpie, 21 Woodpigeon, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit

7-3-19 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)

Bath, St John's Church:
The first egg of the Bath Peregrines breeding season was laid at 06:33 this morning, a full ten days earlier than last year

RESERVOIRS

7-3-19 Long-tailed Duck still chasing after the Tufties (Jon Mortin)

Barrow Tanks:
18 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, Kestrel on the Bristol Link Road

Blagdon Lake:
19 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

7-3-19 Goldeneye at CVL  (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
2m +2f Goldeneye

Bittern Trail:
1 Goldcrest, 3m + 1f Bullfinch

Moreton:
3 f  Goldeneye, 1 Jay, 20+ Sand Martin

Stratford:
2m +2f Goldeneye

Herriotts:
1 Snipe

7-3-19 Goldcrest on Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

Out of Avon

East Harptree Wood:
Greenfinch, 3 Crossbill still

Bob Brewer on the Exe Estuary - Out of Avon

David Hughes in Florida - Out of UK

Reports: BUPP, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Michael Hutchinson, Jon Mortin, Chris Perry, Dee Pope, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Tony Scott, George Stacey, blagdonlakebirds

06-03-19 Wednesday

Windy still, rare bit of sunshine, but mostly showery 12°C  but felt like 7°C

Today's specials

06-03-2019 Robin Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

BRISTOL

City Centre - Finzels Reach:

2 Peregrine - still in place amid the building work.

Bishopston:
2 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldfinch - on the feeders.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
11 Oystercatcher, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
Not often we do animals but - - -  2 Weasel and a Wood Mouse

NORTH SOMERSET

06-03-2019 Chaffinch Ham Green (Paul Milsom)

Ham Green:
4 Chaffinch - new feeders

Congresbury - Kings Wood:
Hats off to the AWT work crew - Tawny Owl called twice, 1 Marsh Tit.

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-03-2019 Peregrine Bath (H & O)

Bath - St John's Church:
3 Peregrine (2f&m) - extra (f) see off by mrs p.

Chew Magna
10 Redwing

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
49 Shoveler - only count done, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Chew Valley Lake
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret

06-03-2019 Bullfinch CVL (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
2 Bullfinch (f&m)

Moreton:
1st Chiffchaff of the year.

Stratford:
1 Goldeneye (f), 2 Snipe, 70 Sand Martin

Herriott's Pool:
3 Pintail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret,

Reports: Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Andy Middleton, Rich Mielcarek, Paul Milsom, George Stacey, Jason Williams
 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

05-03-19 Tuesday - Common Scoter

Sunny but felt cold in the wind - rain as night closed in,

Common Scoter

Marsh Harrier

Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

05-03-2019 Stock Dove - Grey Wagtail Eastville Park (Keith Williams)

Eastville Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail,

05-03-2019 Treecreeper Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

Crow Lane Open Space:
1 Song Thrush

05-03-2019 Mistle Thrush St Andrew's Park (Jon Mortin)

St Andrew's Park:
15+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

Temple Meads:
1 stray Buzzard - being well and truly mobbed.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
4 Canada Goose, 5 Mallard, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
84 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 56 Curlew, 19 Redshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 - in bushes singing, 200 Starling, 52 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush - flying downriver! Tried to turn it into a Spotted Sandpiper, but couldn't!

05-03-2019 Waders New Passage (Martin Tayler)

New Passage/Northwick:
160 Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Turnstone, 11 Knot, Dunlin,  Redshank, some Kittiwake still lingering, Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Linnet.

05-03-2019 Grey Heron Stapleton (Martin Tayler)

Stapleton:
1 Grey Heron - on the roof looking for a pond side diner.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Widcombe:
1 Chiffchaff singing

Lansdown:
7 Buzzard - circling.

Bishop Sutton:
2 Collared Dove, 11 Jackdaw, 20+ House Sparrow,

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck  - consorting with Tufted Duck - - - again!

Blagdon Lake:
Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great White Egret, 200 Lesser Black-backed Gull - migrants?

05-03-2019 Great-crested Grebe CVL (Ian Loats)

Chew Valley Lake
46+ Canada Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 42+ Mute Swan, 40+ Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great-crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 White Coot, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Robin, 5 Reed Bunting.

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper,

East Shore:
1 Marsh Harrier - in the reeds

Heron's Green:
1 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail,

05-03-19 Pochard X Tufty Hidbrid Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Scaup (f), 1 Pochard + Tufty Hybrid, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine - the brown one, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch.

Stratford:
100+ Sand Martin

05-03-2019 Peregrine CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's Pool:
3 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 12 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine

05-03-2019 Sand Martin CVL (Bob Breawer)

Reports:Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Dave Hughes, Ian Loats, Andy Middleton, Jon Mortin, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Jeremy Towler, Sean Whyte, Keith Williams, 
 blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

04-03-19 Monday - Kittiwake

Temp 5 to 9℃. Some Sunshine, cloud wind, wet most of the time this morning.

White-fronted Geese
Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier
Kittiwake
Mediterranean Gull
Sand Martin

04-03-19 Sand Martin at Stratford (George Stacey)

BRISTOL

St Andrews Park:
30 Redwing

04-03-19 House Sparrows having a bath in Badocks Wood (Jon Mortin)

Badocks Wood:

2 Collared Dove, 2 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail

Duchess Pond this morning:1 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 11 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 m Bullfinch, 1m (singing) and 1f Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
6 White-fronted Geese

04-03-19 Little Owl in Tortworth (Adam Rawson)

Tortworth:
2 Little Owl

Severnside:

2 Mute Swan, 150 Shelduck, 400 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 70 Oystercatcher, 8 Curlew, 150-200 Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Redshank, 70 Kittiwake, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 40 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

04-03-19 Reed Bunting in Hewish (Terri Borash)

Hewish garden:
16 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 7 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 m Reed Bunting and a cat chasing a squirrel in a tree

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton-St Loe:
22 Teal, 2 coot, a flock of 82 Woodpigeon feeding together, 2 Treecreeper, c50 Redwing.

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Robin, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath Garden:

1 Green Woodpecker

Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 25 Woodpigeon, 30 Carrion Crow, 7 Skylark, 150 Starling, 250 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove

RESERVOIRS

04-03-19 Greylag Goose at Stratford, CVL (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake
46+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose (Stratford), 44+ Mute Swan

04-03-19 Shelduck, Herriott's Pool  (Ian Stapp)

10 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 28+ Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron

04-03-19 Gulls & G-W Egret Herriotts Pool (Ian Stapp)

1 Great White Egret (Herriotts), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 White Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Herriotts & HG), 5 GBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 7 Jackdaw, 40+ Sand Martin, 20+ L TT + mixed Tits, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Goldcrest

04-03-19 Treecreeper, Moreton cottage (Ian Stapp)

1 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Reports: Terri Borash, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Lancastle, Glen Maddison, Jon Mortin, Adam Rawson, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland

03-03-19 Sunday - Gannets

A very wet and windy morning, dry but overcast later.  Are the birders at home waiting for Storm Freya to make landfall?

Black Redstart

Many birders spent this windy day watching their gardens (Lee Gardiner)

This Black Redstart is hanging out in a Bristol garden
(Barry Dursley)

BRISTOL

St Andrews Park:
25+ Redwing.

Withywood:
(Garden) A soaring Buzzard and a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker.

BS4:
Black Redstart visiting a garden.




SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tortworth Lake:
6 Gadwall, 11 Mallard, 9 Teal, 27 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 22 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail.


New Passage/Northwick:

16:30-17:40 seawatch from The Pipes:

25+ Gannet, 4 Kittiwake.

36 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 25 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 45 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
3 Cormorants at the Marina.

Clevedon-Yeo:

Blind Yeo: Kenn Road: 
4 Goosander (1 m.), 6 Moorhen.

Blind Yeo: Strode Road:
47 Mallard, 2 Moorhen.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 9 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 9 Moorhen, 15 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch.

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
1 Greylag Goose, 16 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 900 Black-headed Gull - roost, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, and hundreds of Jackdaw into roost aided by Storm Freya.

A nice comparison of Mediterranean Gull (MU) and Black-headed Gull (BH) at Chew (Brian Thompson)
Most noticeable - Black wingtips on BH -White on MU

Chew Valley Lake - Herriott's Pool:
Mediterranean Gull, Swallow.


Reports:  Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, John Clark, Adam Cross, Jane Cumming, Neil Delaney,  Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Patrick Hancock, Jon Mortin, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

02-03-19 Saturday - Mediterranean Gull

Sunshine and cloud, with a cool breeze today. 9 - 13°C.

Great White Egret

Marsh Harrier

Golden Plover 

Mediterranean Gull

Sand Martin

Brambling

02-03-19 Great Crested Grebe, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
Garden - 1 m Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap (m), 2 Bullfinch (m & f)

Avon Gorge:
Peregrine pair seen copulating this morning

Finzells Reach:
Peregrine - probably doing the same, but being in town, more discreet!

Stoke Park - Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth:
c80 Shelduck,  c45 Curlew, c280 Black-tailed Godwit, c60 Knot, c180 Redshank,c30 Dunlin, c50 Oystercatcher 

Yate:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Nuthatch, Treecreeper

Conham:
At least 6 active nests at Heronry on west bank of R. Avon at Eastwood Farm. Nest building still in progress.  (11 nests there in 2017)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Blind Yeo:
Strode Road bridge - 1 f Sparrowhawk

Nailsea:
1 Mar - 6 Little Egret in field, north of Nailsea High Street, near Wraxall border.

Claverham - garden (well visited last yr):

12 Chaffinch and, at last, the 1st Brambling

BELOW M4 & BANES

02-03-19 Golden Plover, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:

58 Golden Plover off Tormarton Road

Newton St Loe:
12 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose in first field opp first passing place (off Park Lane)

02-03-19 Mediterranean Gull, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
34+ Canada Goose,  48+ Mute Swan,  28+ Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe,  8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 white Coot, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (main reed bed), 7 GBB Gull (lake), 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 20+ Rooks (West Harptree), 23 Jackdaw (8 Herriotts & 15 Bishop Sutton), 28+ LTT + mixed tits (Woodford & Moreton), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Moreton, Stratford, H Green and Herriotts), 10+ Starling, 20+ House Sparrows (Bishop Sutton), 7+ Pied Wagtail (Dam HG Woodford and  Herriotts), 3 Bullfinch (2 Woodford,1 Moreton Cottage),  6 Reed Bunting (Herriotts, Stratford and Moreton)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Woodford:
1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin

Heron's Green:
12+ Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Chiffchaff

02-03-19 Wigeon, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 pr  Goosander, 1 m Wigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Treecreeper,3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 5 Wren, 2 Robin, 12 Goldfinch, 12 Chaffinch,

Stratford:
1 Pochard x Tufted hybrid, 30+ Sand Martin

Herriott's Pool:
2 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 14 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret ( not a lot at Chew recently), 5000+ Gulls,  most BH with Common and other species, 2 Mediterranean Gull (1st w, 1 ad), 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Henry Kirkwood, Brian Lancastle, Dave Playle, Ann Rossiter, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland

01-03-19 Friday - Wheatear

Dry, overcast, mild for time of year but cooler than the beginning of the week

Yellow-legged or Caspian Gull - People's vote required
1 Swallow and Sand Martins over Chew
Wheatear at Oldbury Power Station
Siskin
Marsh Tit


BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:
Early singing birds: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Redwing (from flock of 20)

Coombe Dingle:
Mistle Thrush (singing)
Garden: 2 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Blackcap (singing m and f), 2 Dunnock, 2 Blue Tit, 2 LT Tit, 1 Robin, (bird numbers on feeders fallen dramatically since the spell of mild weather)

Old Sneed Park, Local Nature Reserve:1 Chiffchaff - singing

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, usual Blue and Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Wheatear (m)

Chipping Sodbury - Waitrose:
1 Chiffchaff - singing

New Passage/Northwick:
105+ Teal, 50+ Wigeon, 90 Shelduck, 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 70+ Turnstone, 1 Little Egret,
3 Buzzard, 4 Siskin, 2 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Yellow-legged Gull (probable YL, hoping for Caspian), 2 Chiffchaff (singing)

1-3-19 Yellow-legged Gull - or Caspian? (Howard Taffs)

Any opinions on the gull? YL has yellow eye, Caspian flatter forehead.

Uphill:
2 Little Egret, 140 Shelduck, 80 Redshank, 40 Oystercatcher, 40 Dunlin (-1; watched a superb adult male Sparrowhawk take a Dunlin on the wing), 1 Short-eared Owl (came out to hunt at 15.35), 1 Raven

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
4 Redwing (through a Twerton garden)

Lansdown:

Pipley Wood
4 Buzzard, 20 Fieldfare
Shire Hill.
1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard (one carrying a twig), Fieldfare (heard)

Warleigh to Monkton Combe:
Cormorant 2, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzard
2 Stock Dove,  2 Green Woodpecker, 5 GS Woodpecker 5 (4 drumming)
2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin

01-03-2019 Dipper Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)

Willsbridge:
1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret, plenty of Buzzard - territory claimants, 1 Chiffchaff singing

Chew Valley Lake
1 Goldeneye, 1 Cormorant, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Fieldfare (Dam),
2 Teal, 4 Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cormorant (Heron's Green),
1 Scaup (f), 12 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1000 Starling (near Blue Bowl),
4 Med Gull, 1 GW Egret, 1 Little Egret, 12 Pintail, 10 Shelduck, Mallard (fighting), 1 Bar-headed Goose (probable feral escape), 1 Swallow, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail (Herriott's Pool)

1-3-19 Four Photos from Bob Brewer at Herriots

Med Gull and Grey Wagtail

Pintail and serene Mallard plus Mallard fisticuffs

Reports: Matt Ames,  Bill Blake, Bob Brewer, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Bob Helson, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Nick Hudson, Andrew, Lipczynski, Aravind Ramesh, Howard Taffs, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

28-02-19 Thursday - summer migrants back!

After weeks of sunshine, a rainy morning and overcast afternoon.  A lot cooler at 11°C.

Long-tailed Duck
Wheatear, Sand Martins, Swallow

They're back!  One of 45 Sand Martins over Chew today (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL
no reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Wheatear (the earliest date recorded for South Glos.)

Thornbury:
first Chiffchaff singing today.

Long-tailed Tit (Bob Brewer)

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-Super-Mare:
(a Hewish garden)
8 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 14 Starling, 13 House Sparrow, 7 Chaffinch.

Uphill:
(yesterday, 27th)  Short-eared Owl.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 17 Common Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Skylark, 5 Greenfinch.

 Great Crested Grebe in the rain - Chew (Bob Brewer)

Bath - Twerton:
1 Mistle Thrush - 06:10 alarm call!

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 m. Long-tailed Duck,  1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Pied Wagtail. 2 Grey Wagtail.


Chew Valley Lake
2+ Canada Goose, 28+ Mute Swan, 24+ Goldeneye, 14 Pintail, 10 Great Crested Grebe (numbers are very low this winter), the white Coot, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Raven, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Goldcrest, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Reed Bunting.

Coot under attack - Chew (Bob Brewer)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper.

Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe (nest-building on the pool.

Marsh Harrier from Moreton, Chew (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay.

Stratford:
1 f. Scaup

Pintail at Herriotts Pool (Ian Loats)

Herriott's Pool:
7 Shelduck, 6+ Snipe, 2 ad. Mediterranean Gull. 1 Swallow, 45 Sand Martin.


Reports: Louise Bailey, Terri Borash, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Rob Hargreaves, Jon Mortin, Dave Nevitt, David Poulton, Brian Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG