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| 12/4/16 Hoopoe & Ring Ouzel (David Gibbs) Dave had a terrible time at Sand Pt this morning, just the 1 Hoopoe and 2 Ring Ouzel of note, bummer really |
Summary:
A Hoopoe at Sand Pt of particular note. Unfortunately, the finder has published a photograph and the bird was seen by other observers too so we are unable to trash the record. Shame.
An Arctic Tern at Chew and Sedge Warblers at Oldbury and Chew are new birds today.
2 Osprey reported (Severnside & Blagdon) and 80+ Whimbrel at Oldbury this evening....surely the Bar-tailed Godwits can't be far behind...?
47 White Wagtail at Northwick Warth this evening must be some kind of record?
47 White Wagtail at Northwick Warth this evening must be some kind of record?
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 26 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 12 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Goldfinch.
Eastville Park (Bristol):
3 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap.
Shirehampton (Bristol):
Lamplighters: 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear.
Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting.
Warmley Forest Park:
3 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch.
Frampton Cotterell:
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| 12/4/16 Short-tailed Tit (Peter Maxfield) 1st Avon record, possibly a 1st UK record too.. |
Oldbury Power Station:
80+ Whimbrel (evening passage), 1 Short-eared Owl again, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Redstart. |
| 12/4/16 Redstart (Craig Lewis) yacht club this evening |
New Passage-Northwick:
8 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 flyover Osprey (12.08pm, Rich Miles), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 47 White Wagtail (evening, John Martin), 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting. |
| 12/4/16 Sand Martin (Dave Hughes) |
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| 12/4/16 Yellow Wagtail (Darren Robson) Northwick Warth in the evening sun |
Severn Beach:
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit.
Portbury Dock:
8 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 5 Rock Pipit, 2 Linnet.
Portbury Wharf:
5 Cetti's Warbler of note. Much fewer Phylloscopus warblers than yesterday.
Portishead:
East Wood: 2 Nuthatch this morning.
Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 4 Mute Swan, 35 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 4 Pintail (2 pairs), 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 22 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 8 Lapwing, 8 Dunlin, 8 Whimbrel, 45 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 130 Redshank, 35 LBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 8 Sand Martin, 25 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 10 Linnet.
Sand Pt:
Hoopoe: 1 found this morning (Dave Gibbs), Trig Pt area. Our first Hoopoe...since the last one.
Pied Flycatcher: 1 male at eastern end past the Trig Pt this morning (Adrian Hockey).
Other stuff, 1 passing Fulmar, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 8 Siskin.
Dundry Hill:
29 Stock Dove, 1 Ring Ouzel (at dawn but not later on), 1 Wheatear, 26 Yellowhammer.
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff.
Saltford:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush.
Bath:
Southstoke: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Swallow, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch.
Backwell Lake:
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| 12/4/16 Bar-headed type Goose (Andy Lucas) the usual wanderers around the Gordano valley sites |
Blagdon Lake:
1 fly-through Osprey mid-morning (Nigel Milbourne).Other stuff, 15 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Gadwall, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Wheatear.
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| 12/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis) Top End this afternoon |
Planet Chew:
Red Kite: 1 soaring over Burledge Hill, then off to south (Mike Jenkins).Arctic Tern: 1 out on the lake for most of the day.
Other stuff, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 4 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier, 23 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 50 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Brambling (Nunnery), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
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