Thursday 2 June 2016

Sightings 2/6/16

Cuckoos in Avon – May 2016
Table only shows dates when birds were recorded rather than total number of birds. Planet Chew had a particularly strong month with max.6 birds heard calling on 8th.
Extrapolating the data from our spreadsheet, we estimate only about 25-30 birds involved.


Lawrence Weston Bristol
26th


South Glos sites:

Wick Golden Valley
8th
Ingst
28th
Awkley
20th
Oldbury Power Station
3rd, 13th, 14th, 26th, 30th
Littleton Warth
7th
Almondsbury -  Lower Knole Farm
12th, 20th
Almondsbury -  Cope Park
17th
Severnside
22nd, 27th


North Somerset sites:

Gordano Valley
4th
Clevedon coast
12th, 15th
Congresbury – Mendip Springs GC
9th-22nd
Sand Pt
3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 16th
Uphill
4th


The Lakes:

Barrow Tanks
2nd
Blagdon Lake
18th, 19th, 26th, 29th, 31st
Chew Valley Lake
4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 29th


2/6/16 Peregrine (Chris Johnson)
city centre
Hambrook (Bristol):
M32 Junction 1: 1 flyover Red Kite 4.55pm (Andrew Jordan).

Henbury (Bristol):
1 flyover Red Kite 10.15am to north, past Haw Wood and into south Glos (per Brian Lancastle).

Lower Woods:
The Lodge: 1 flyover Red Kite 9am (Vic Polley).

Cold Ashton:
A46/A420: 1 flyover Red Kite, afternoon (Sue Watson).

New Passage-Northwick:
12 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 27 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Redshank, 40 BH Gull, 50 Swift, 2 Siskin.

Portbury Wharf 1/6/16:
The Wigeon pair still, 1 Oystercatcher brood, 3 Curlew, 3 Redshank, 2 Stock Dove.

Clevedon Town:
2 circling Peregrine 5.45pm.

Lulsgate:
Airport: 2 flyover Peregrine mid-day.

Keynsham:
Manor Woods: 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Hobby, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Hellfire Corner).

Planet Chew:
23 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 13 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 18 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon still, 61 Gadwall, 5 Shoveler, 1 Buzzard, 1 Redshank (Herriott's), 3 Cuckoo, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Bittern Trail), 2 Reed Bunting.


Reports: Teresa Chard, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Chris Johnson, Andy Jordan, Brian Lancastle, Vic Polley, Chris Stone, Sue Watson, BL birds, severnsidebirds.