A generally quieter day today though there were some new arrivals, Lesser Whitethroat (several places) and Whinchat (Chipping Sodbury).
Stoke Park (Bristol):
5 soaring Buzzard.
Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Jay plus Long-tailed Tit and Chiffchaff nest site searching.
Filton (Bristol):
Retail Park: 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, in reed-beds.
Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl (Darren Pearce, good bird for here), 2 Swallow, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (Darren Pearce, our 1st of the season), 1 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer.
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| 13/4/16 Whinchat (Darren Pearce) back of the camera pics are sooo...atmospheric... |
Oldbury Power Station:
1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat.Aust Services-Littleton Warth:
1 Peregrine, 1 Whimbrel, 35 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit, evening.
New Passage-Northwick:
4 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 60 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 40 Dunlin, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Redshank, 1 BH Gull, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 48 White Wagtail (evening), 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin, 8 Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting.
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| 13/4/16 Reed Bunting (Mrs Trellis) |
Severn Beach:
Pipes: 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart.Orchard Pools: 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, evening.
Railway station: 1 Cetti's Warbler again.
Chittening Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl.
Ham Green:
2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Redpoll.
Portbury Dock:
1 Little Egret, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear.
Portbury:
Caswell Lane: 2 Yellowhammer, hedges past the Gordano RFC.
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| 13/4/16 Yellowhammer (Mrs Trellis) intoxicating stuff for here... |
Portishead:
Lake Grounds: 8 House Sparrow.Walton Common:
4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.
3 Peacock, 7 Brimstone out on the wing too.
Clevedon:
St Michael's Ave: 2 Blackcap.
Dowlais: 2 Wheatear.
Channel View: 1 Merlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 White Wagtail.
Congresbury:
8 Siskin, garden feeders.
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| 13/4/16 Siskin (Graham & Sue Lovesay) |
Sand Pt:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear,No sign of the Hoopoe or Ring Ouzel.
W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Redpoll.
Balmoral Way: 10 flyover Sand Martin this evening.
Backwell Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper. Not normally seen here so definitely a migrant.
Dundry:
Back to normal here today. 11 Stock Dove, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 15 Yellowhammer.
Saltford:
Avon Valley: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper this morning.
Bath:
King George's Rd: 3 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, on the allotments.
Paulton:
River Cam & environs: 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail.
Barrow Tanks:
2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper.
Blagdon Lake:
Pretty quiet bird-wise, 6 Teal, 1 Snipe, 1 Otter + 2 pups.
Planet Chew:
1 Barnacle Goose, 11 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 flyover Marsh Harrier 3.30pm, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 GBB Gull, 1 Barn Owl (11am, Moreton to Stratford track), 1 Coal Tit, 16 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch.
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| 13/4/16 Coal Tit (Ian Stapp) |
