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
BRISTOL area
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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 2-3-18 Reed Bunting, Stoke Park (Outdoor Prescription) |
Reed Bunting: Stoke Park
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Green Woodpecker: 1 Severn Beach
Blackcap: sev Yate
Fieldfare: 50 Leyhill, 2 Severn Beach, Yate
Redwing: 2 Severn Beach, Yate
Reed Bunting; 1 Severn Beach
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
NORTH SOMERSET
Water Rail: 1 W-s-M
Portishead Marina:
7 Cormorant, 27 BH Gull
Redwing: 7 Cameley, 1 Twerton
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
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| 2-3-18 Green Woodpecker (Rod Holbrook) |
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| 2-3-18 Blackcap, Yate (Chris Teague) |
Fieldfare: 50 Leyhill, 2 Severn Beach, Yate
Redwing: 2 Severn Beach, Yate
Reed Bunting; 1 Severn Beach
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| 2-3-18 Redwing, New Passage (Lisegirl) |
Bedroom birding: Shelduck. Oystercatchers. Lapwing flyover. Golden Plover, Curlew. Dunlin. Redshank. BH Gulls. LBB Gulls. Magpie. Redwings. Song Thrush, Dunnock. Pied Wagtails. 5 Goldfinch
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| 2-3-18 Song Thrush, New Passage (Lisegirl) |
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
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| 2-3-18 Long-tailed Tit, Butcombe (Rich Allsop) |
Long-tailed Tit: 8 Langford, 2 Portishead
Blackcap: 1f Yatton
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| 2-3-18 Goldcrest (David Goodliffe) |
Goldcrest: Langford
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| 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
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
Blackbird: 42 Cameley
Starling: 17 Twerton
Blackcap: 1 m Twerton
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| 2-3-18 Blackbirds etc, Cameley (Bob Medland) |
Starling: 17 Twerton
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| 2-3-18 Fieldfare, Bath 1st (Glen Maddison) |
Fieldfare: 4 Cameley, 3 Twerton, 1st in a Bath gdn
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| 2-3-18 Fieldfare, Twerton (Jean Tye) |
Redwing: 7 Cameley, 1 Twerton
House Sparrow: 25 Twerton
Pied Wagtail: 3 Twerton
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
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| 2-3-18 Great Backed Back Gull, 1st Newton Park (NSL Birding) |
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
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| 2-3-18 Fieldfare, Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer) |
