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| (17/4/16) Blue-headed Wagtail at Northwick Warth (Brian Thompson) |
One still present today though some discussion in some quarters as to whether it may be a different bird.
Summary:
A quieter day today. A Pied Flycatcher at Yate of note...about 8 birds already recorded so far this month which is high octane stuff for Avon.
Planet Chew and Blagdon remain asleep.
Warmley (Bristol):Summary:
A quieter day today. A Pied Flycatcher at Yate of note...about 8 birds already recorded so far this month which is high octane stuff for Avon.
Planet Chew and Blagdon remain asleep.
2 Peregrine in courtship display, the male caught a prey item.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch.
Yate:
Common: 1 Pied Flycatcher, trees by the pond 1.30pm.
Almondsbury:
Lower Knole Farm: 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Redpoll this morning.
New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 4 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 9 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing in display, 5 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Raven, 25 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 37+ White Wagtail.
Pill:
Crockerne Drive: 2 Siskin, garden feeders.
Portbury Wharf:
27 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 15 Sand/House Martin, 3 Swallow, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Bullfinch, 2 White Wagtail.
No sign of the White-fronted Goose.
Portishead:
East Wood: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Nuthatch.
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| 18/4/16 Jay (Paul Milsom) |
Clevedon coast:
Dowlais: 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 28 Yellow Wagtail (single flock), 15 White Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch.Sand Pt:
1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Swallow, 20 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 6 Stonechat, 11 Linnet, 4 Siskin, 1 flyover Redpoll.
Worle:
Lower Kewstoke Rd: 2 Siskin, garden feeders.
Uphill-Weston STW:
2 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler.
Uphill 17/4/16: 1 Short-eared Owl out 5.30pm.
Saltford-Stanton Prior:
Cycle ride via Corston fields: 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldfinch, 14 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, 2 Willow Warbler,
Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 7 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 1 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Swift, 3 Green Woodpecker, 30 Sand Martin, 130 Swallow, 50 House Martin, 1 Nuthatch, 2 White Wagtail.
Reports: Teresa Chard, Mark Dadds, Mike Donne, David Gale, Dave Gibbs, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Paul Milsom, Darren Pearce, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, Chris Stone, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Chris Vines, Keith Vinicombe BL birds, severnsidebirds.
