New birds: A Swift and 2 Garden Warbler, both at Planet Chew.
Red Kite: 1 over Clevedon this morning.
Osprey: 3 through Planet Chew during the day.
Crane: 2 reported at Portbury Dock this evening and another/same 2 birds at Clevedon in the morning plus 1 at Oldbury during the day.
Pied Flycatcher: 1 at Warmley Forest Park. About 6 birds so far this spring...exceptionally good numbers for Avon.
Blue-headed Wagtail: 1 at Northwick Warth/Pilning wetland, annoyingly like the Channel Wagtail seen earlier this week.
Newton St Loe birding: Just reached 50,000 views...please help Lauren & Wayne get to 100,000..
Stoke Park (Bristol):
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat.
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| 17/4/16 Lesser Whitethroat (Rich Scantlebury) |
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 5 Starling, 15 Blackbird, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch.
Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 6 Buzzard, 100 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Skylark, 25 Swallow, 30+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 50 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Yellowhammer, 1 Brown Hare.Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 5 Starling, 15 Blackbird, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch.
Marshfield:
Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl out 7-8pm.
Bridgeyate:
1 Egyptian Goose.
Warmley Forest Park:
6 Canada Goose, 4 Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Swallow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 20 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 6 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch.
Shepperdine:
1 Crane heard (Pete Hazelwood, but not seen).
Other stuff, 35 Shelduck, 5 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Short-eared Owl (saltmarsh), 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 Redpoll.
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| 17/4/16 Short-eared Owl (Pete Hazelwood) |
Littleton Warth:
Ringing Report: 138 birds processed (over 3 sessions).
Sunday 17th: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 13 Redpoll.
Thurs 14th: 1 Redstart.
Other highlights, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Linnet.
New Passage-Northwick:
1 Blue-headed Wagtail (2nd sentry box area), similar to the Channel Wagtail recently.Ringing Report: 138 birds processed (over 3 sessions).
Sunday 17th: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 13 Redpoll.
Thurs 14th: 1 Redstart.
Other highlights, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Linnet.
New Passage-Northwick:
Severnsidebirds YouTube clip: HERE.
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| 17/4/16 Blue-headed Wagtail (John Martin) |
Other stuff, shore & wetland: 7 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin, 39 Oystercatcher, 10 Little Ringed Plover (1st sentry box), 8 Ringed Plover, 32 Dunlin, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (Glen all day), 1 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail, 40 White Wagtail.
Severn Beach:
1 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
Long Ashton:
Keed's Wood: 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, dawn chorus stuff.
Portbury Dock:
2 flyover Crane to north 5.30pm (Frank Hawkins). One appeared to have an injured leg.
Portbury Wharf:
Pools: the White-fronted Goose still present.
Other stuff, 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.
Portishead:
East Wood: 1 Treecreeper this morning.
Slade Rd: 1 Cetti's Warbler, Adlington House. Singing in scrub nearby, but quite an urban area for this species.
Clevedon coast:
2 Crane reported flying to south at the coast this morning (per Pete Dommett).
Town: 1 flyover Red Kite (Jim Payne).
Wain's Hill: 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer.
Dowlais: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin.
Sand Pt:
7 Whimbrel, 7 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit.
W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill: 2 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Weasel.
Keynsham:
Old Fry's site: 2 Raven, on pylons.
Newton St Loe:
Patch walk highlights: 4 Mute Swan, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Yellowhammer, 1 Brown Hare.
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| 17/4/16 Brown Hare (Lauren & Wayne Tucker) |
Barrow Tanks:
7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat of note.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Greylag Goose.7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat of note.
Blagdon Lake:
Planet Chew:
Osprey: 3 birds through, 2 at 11am, 1 at 3.35pm (Mike Jenkins).
Swift: 1 over Herriott's Pool (Sean Davies, our first of the season).
Other stuff, 4 Barnacle Goose, 14 Shelduck, 1 drake Wigeon, 1 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Snipe, 13 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 20 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 14 singing Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler (Ian Stapp, Nunnery, our first of the season), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 White Wagtail.
Reports: Phil Baber, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Pete Dommett, Rob Emery, David Gale, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Frank Hawkins, Adrian Hockey, Paul House, Mike Jenkins, Craig Lewis, John Martin, Jim Payne, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Alex Rhodes, Rich Scantlebury, Roger & Jean Staples, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Dan White, Jason Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.
