Thursday 19 May 2016

Sightings 19/5/16

19/5/16 Skylark (Vic Savery)
Plenty along Northwick Warth today

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 10 Long-tailed Tit (family), 5 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Greenfinch.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Egret down, 1 Red-legged Partridge L3.

New Passage-Northwick:
6 Canada Goose, 19 Gadwall, 1 drake Garganey still, 1 drake Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 BH Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
380 mixed Ringed Plover/Dunlin.

Portbury Dock:
12 Ringed Plover, 16 Dunlin, 6 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew.

Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Grebe brood (4 chicks), 1 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing in display, 2 Black-tailed Godwit.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 3 Mute Swan, 14 Canada Goose, 25 Shelduck, 14 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe pair bred (Blake's Pool), 6 Oystercatcher (3prs), 2 Lapwing, 42 Ringed Plover, 55 Dunlin, 13 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 55 LBB Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 4 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler.

M5 Junction 20: 1 flyover Red Kite 4pm heading towards Clevedon Court woods (Pete Dommett).

Sand Pt:
46 Ringed Plover, 10 Sanderling, 18 Dunlin, 5 Whimbrel, 10 Swallow, 1 Siskin.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Cuckoo.

Planet Chew:
Mute Swan: 97 around the lake today, including 85 on Herriott's Pool
Other stuff, 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Barnacle Goose, 27 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 14 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Herring Gull (Herriott's nesting), 2 Common Tern, 1 Barn Owl, 4 Cuckoo, 40 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Raven, 23 Swallow, 25 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Reed Bunting.
19/5/16 Spotted Flycatcher (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Teresa Chard, John Croxton, Pete Dommett, Robert Hargreaves, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp,  Chris Stone, Keith Vinicombe, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.