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| 10/4/16 Ringed Plover & Dunlin at the Portbury coast this morning (Mrs Trellis) |
Not many small waders on the Avon coast at present but things should pick up in late April/early May with Sanderling and hopefully Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper.
Summary:
4 Red Kite today and another Pied Flycatcher.
Stoke Park (Bristol):
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch.
Marshfield:
Rushmead end: 2 flyover Red Kite 8.20am (Martyn Hayes).
Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 4 Redstart, 3 Meadow Pipit.
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| 10/4/16 Redstart (Craig Lewis) 3 males, 1 female here today |
Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart.Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Short-eared Owl again (lagoon 3), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler.
Aust Warth:
2 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 8 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 25 Oystercatcher, 30 Curlew, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet.
New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 4 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck, 20 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 10 Mallard, 20 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 60 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 5 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 20 Black-tailed Godwit (wetland), 35 Curlew, 110 Redshank, 43 Turnstone, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 7 White Wagtail.
Severn Beach:
30 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 1 Peregrine, 55 Oystercatcher, 20 Redshank.
Leigh Woods:
North Rd: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch.
Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 22 Redshank, 1 Little Owl (Sheepway side), 2 White Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit.
Clevedon:
Wain's Hill: 1 flyover Peregrine. Spotted by Molly Pannell, aged 7.
Other stuff here, 1 Swallow, 6 Siskin, 2 Redpoll, 60 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, migration to north.
Also, 1 flyover Red Kite towards Kingston Seymour this morning (Jason Williams).
Sand Pt:
A male Pied Flycatcher in the car-park this morning (finder Brian Thompson). It later relocated towards the house at the end of the car-park.
Other stuff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear, 3 Tree Pipit, 8 Siskin. Plenty of Willow-Chiff and Blackcap around too.
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| 10/4/16 Pied Flycatcher (Brian Thompson) Brian dipped on the Blagdon bird early, then found this one we think that is very rude and thoroughly undeserved |
The bird is carrying a ring, not all of which Brian could read clearly but 'LOND Z4814' was noted.
Barrow Tanks:
WeBS: 4 Shelduck, 20 Mallard, 5 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck, 12 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Other stuff, 1 Peregrine, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Willow Warbler, 2 White Wagtail.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 250 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin.
Compton Martin:
3 Marsh Tit, garden.
Planet Chew:
CVRS: 1 flyover Red Kite this morning (Chris Craig), 1 Redstart here too.
Reports: Adrian Adams, Jon Angell, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Craig Lewis, Molly Pannell, Lois Pryce, Karin Rhodes, Darren Robson, Gill Sapsed, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.
