Sunday 1 April 2018

01-04-18 April Fool's & Easter Sunday

Temp 4 to 9℃. Dry day, early sun, light wind with very variable direction

1-4-18 Marsh Tit ringed  (CVRS)
Unusual at the ringing station
Long-tailed Duck
Little Gull
Marsh Tit
Swallow
Willow Warbler
White Wagtail
Water Pipit
Brambling, Lesser Redpoll

BRISTOL

Concorde Way:
18 Woodpigeon, 5 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 40 Starling, 8 m Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 11 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 11 Goldfinch

Horfield garden:
Lesser Redpoll first in 15 years

St Andrews Park:
Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, c.20 Goldfinch
1-4-18 Beaten up Chiffchaff at Eastville (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
lots of Chiffchaffs

Pomfret Gardens:
1st Chiffchaff in my garden. 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 1 Woodcock two weeks ago, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 calling Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush

Withywood:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Thornbury garden:
2 Chaffinch, 5 (2m 3f) Brambling (1 male since Feb), 5 (2m 3f) Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch

1-4-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust (Paul Bowerman)
Severnside:
2 Pintail, 120 Redshank, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 f Wheatear, 1 Water Pipit

1-4-18 Wheatear at Severnside (Brian Lancastle)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
On the foreshore: 38 Shelduck, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 1 GBB Gull
On the pools: 8 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 14 Wigeon, 11 Shoveler, 6 Little Grebe, 14 Tufted Duck, 13 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 1 ad Little Gull (with hood), 4 BH Gull (most having gone off to the breeding colonies now), 32 Herring Gull, 18 LBB Gull, 2+ Chiffchaff (one singing)

Backwell Lake:
14 Canada Geese, 26 Mute Swan (1 on nest), 1 Muscovy Duck, 11 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush


Clevedon-Yeo, Dowlais:
6 Wheatear
1-4-18 Water Rail at Worle (Bryan Smith)
Worle:
1 Water Rail

Congresbury, c 16.30:
Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES
1-4-18 Yellowhammer at Rushmead Lane (Peter Coslett)
Marshfield:
4 Buzzard, 1 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 5 Raven, 6 Pied Wagtail, a few Corn Bunting, lots of singing Sky Lark and Yellowhammer

1-4-18 Peregrine change over at St John's (BUPP)
RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank, No.1:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Swallow

1-4-18 White Wagtail, Dam (Ian Stapp))
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose, 11 Shelduck, 27 Shoveler, 34 Goldeneye, 3 (2m 1f) Scaup, 9 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite c.17.00, 9 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull, 3 Little Gull, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit ringed, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Cetti's, Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler singing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
1-4-18 Great Crested Grebe, Villice (Simon Carder)
Out of Avon
Common Scoter, Slavonian Grebe, House Martin at Cheddar Reservoir
Glossy Ibis at Lydney
Ring Ouzel at Brean Down
1-4-18 Aust Warth photo for the day (Tony Scott)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Simon Carder, Allan Chard, Chris@avglochris, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Sean Davies, Neil Delaney, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Trevor Hill, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, F Neate, Lois Pryce, Nicola Ramsden, Patrick Richards, Carol Rushton, Tony Scott, Bryan Smith, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, Talking to Bears, TBOSG