Wednesday 6 April 2016

Sightings 6/4/16

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Dipper.

Easter Compton:
Dyer's Common: 2 Mute Swan, 1 Lapwing, 4 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 6 Meadow Pipit.

New Passage-Northwick Warth:
5 Canada Goose, 6 Gadwall, 27 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin, 90 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover (1st sentry box), 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Redshank,  8 BH Gull, 1 Raven, 15 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 White Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Merlin, 80 Common Gull, evening tide.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush.

Leigh Woods:
River Avon: 1 Greenshank (the resident bird), 10 Redshank.

Portbury Wharf:
Pools: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit.

Kingston Seymour:
Middle Lane: 10 Little Egret in fields 7.50pm.

Backwell Lake 5/4/16:
1 Treecreeper.

Banwell:
Winthill: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin.

Barrow Tanks:
1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 White Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
9 Mute Swan, 11 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 5 BH Gull, 25 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 125 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 9 Pied Wagtail, 80 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.

Planet Chew:
2 Barnacle Goose, 8 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Black-necked Grebe (2 Nunnery, 1 Stratford), 3 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Peregrine, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 400 Sand Martin, 26 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.
6/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis)
Nunnery Pt this morning

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Mike Jenkins, Iris Langson, Lois Pryce, Alex Rhodes, Karin Rhodes, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Robert Westlake, BL birds, severnsidebirds.