Tuesday 8 May 2018

08-05-18 Tuesday - Kittiwakes

Temp 8 to 15℃. Foggy early and cool after last few days, midday sun, some rain in West, evening sun

Kittiwake
Cuckoo
Hobby
Ruff, Wood Sandpiper
Swift
8-5-18 Kittiwake, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

BRISTOL

Bishopsworth:
1 Wheatear in a factory

Filton:
Swift over nesting grounds at last

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Westbury:
8 Swift screaming


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Little Egret, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, Sedge Warblers, Linnets

Pilning Wetland:
6 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 60 Kittiwake, Swifts, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail


NORTH SOMERSET:

8-5-18 Cetti's Warbler, Portishead (Rod Holbrook)
Portishead, Briary Road:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler

Nailsea:
2 Swifts above traditional nesting ground.

Leigh Woods and Abbot's Pool, BOC Walk:
8 Mallard, 4 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 3 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 19 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 11 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Winford, North:
Hobby


BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham:
Swifts at last

Bath, Lyncombe Hill:
4 Swift

Wick:
Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Dipper
8-5-18 Dipper on Pensford Bridge (Rob Hargreaves)
Pensford:
2 Buzzard, 6 Swift, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Chew Magna:
Swift


RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
20 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 8 Swallow
8-5-18 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Black Swan, 13 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 11 Buzzard, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 100 Swift

8-5-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker over Bittern Trail (Rob Hargreaves)
Poking his tongue out
6 Great Spotted Woodpecker (4 on Bittern trail chasing each other round), 2 Hobby, 4 Jay, 50 Swallow/Martins, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit

8-5-18 Willow Warbler, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
3 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, lots of Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Phil Baber, Paul Bowerman, Teresa Chard, Chris@avglochris, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, David Goode, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Lisegirl, David Newton, David Poulton, Lois Pryce, Gill Sapsed, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Mike Thomas, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG