Saturday 19 March 2016

Sightings 19/3/16

Bath Urban Peregrine Project: first egg just laid, video: HERE.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Buzzard, 28 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Magpie, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 20 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
1 Kingfisher.

Fishponds (Bristol):
Thingwall Park: 2 Blackcap, garden.

St Andrews (Bristol):
Park: 50 Starling.

Brandon Hill (Bristol):
15 Redwing.

Stoke Bishop (Bristol):
Druid Rd: 20 Siskin.

Marshfield:
19/3/16 Merlin (Pete Coslett)
along the Down Rd this morning
Thornbury:
Moor Lane: 3 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 singing Chiffchaff, 20 Siskin, 5 Redpoll.

Old Down 18/3/16:
Cricket Club environs: 2 Tawny Owl, noisy in woodlands last night.

New Passage-Northwick:
4 Greylag Goose, 4 Pintail, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 immature Merlin, 1 Water Rail, 45 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Gull, 15 LBB Gull, 28 Woodpigeon, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 singing Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 75 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 111 Meadow Pipit, 12 Chaffinch.
19/3/16 Pintail (John Martin)
Portbury Dock 18/3/16:
19 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 108 Dunlin, 2 GBB Gull.

Uphill:
1 Sand Martin.

W-s-M:
Old Town Quarry: 1 Blackcap, garden.

Bath:
Lidl Store: 4 Goldcrest, outside not in the store.

Barrow Tanks:
4 Gadwall, 60 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, 10 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
24 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 58 Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 18 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (Top End), 9 Snipe, 160 BH Gull, 20 Common Gull, 11 LBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Redwing, 67 Pied Wagtail (mini-fall, Rainbow Pt).

Planet Chew:
2 drake Scaup (Stratford), 9 Common Scoter, 2 Dunlin, 12 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Mediterranean Gull (evening roost),1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 150 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat.
19/3/16 Common Scoter (Mrs Trellis)
off Nunnery but distant this afternoon

19/3/16 Dunlin (Sean Davies)
at the dam this morning

Reports: Pete Burston, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Pete Coslett, Sean Davies, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Jon Mortin, Gill Sapsed, Matt Scott, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Roger White.