Sightings 20/4/16

20/4/16 migrating Whimbrel (John Martin)
off Severn Beach this evening

Wader, Skua and Tern passage starting to pick up at the coast now. Some nice morning tides over the next few days which should produce something.

No further reports of yesterday's Iberian Chiffchaff at Hanham.

BTO House Martin Survey 2016: 
Please help out if you can, thanks: http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/house-martin-survey.

Stoke Park (Bristol):
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat.

Clifton (Bristol):
Whiteladies Rd: 1 Swift this morning.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Fieldfare (latest Avon ever 8/5/82), 3 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear.

Yate:
Common: 1 Wood Warbler still this morning, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart.

Abson (nr Pucklechurch):
1 flyover Red Kite 5.15pm (Martin Sprake).

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 1 lingering Wigeon, 5 Little Egret, 8 BH Gull upriver, 1 Garden Warbler.

Littleton Warth:
Warth: 48 Shelduck, 13 Commic Tern up this morning, 1 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear, 4 Linnet.
AWT Reserve: 4 Redpoll.

20/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis)

Aust STW:

1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat.

New Passage-Northwick:
8 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 2 BH Gull, 2 Blue-headed Wagtail, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 13 White Wagtail, 1 Redpoll.
1 Otter footprint (Ed Drewitt).

Severn Beach:
4 flyover Arctic Skua this evening (John Martin), our first of the Spring.
Other stuff, 40 Oystercatcher, 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 50 Dunlin, 85 Bar-tailed Godwit, 36 Whimbrel, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 3 Siskin, 3 Redpoll.

20/4/16 Arctic Skua (John Martin)
3 pale, 1 dark phase bird this evening

Portishead:

Battery Pt: 8 Purple Sandpiper this morning.
Quantock Rd: 3 Siskin.

North Weston (Gordano Valley):
7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler, 7 Whinchat, 10 Redstart (3m, 7f), 6 Wheatear.

20/4/16 Redstart (Melvin Hedges)

Wraxall Moor:

1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Whinchat, dawn.

Yatton:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Lesser Whitethroat this afternoon. Private site on fields alongside the M5.

Clevedon coast:
Windsor Close: 1 Wheatear in the garden.

Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 130 Shelduck, 30 Teal, 2 Pintail, 16 Tufted Duck (Blake's Pool), 2 Little Grebe, 47 Oystercatcher. 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover (summer plumage), 2 Grey Plover, 10 Lapwing, 65 Dunlin, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Whimbrel, 11 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 65 Redshank, 5 Turnstone, 8 Raven, 21 Skylark, 35 Sand Martin, 105 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 30 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 40 Wheatear (evenly spread out), 11 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail, 60 Meadow Pipit, 85 Goldfinch, 60 Linnet.
Morning high tide count.

Churchill:
Sports Centre: 1 White Wagtail.

Sand Pt:
Morning: 9 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 12 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail.

Sand Bay:
Evening: 2 Grey Plover, 1 Knot, 60 Dunlin, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank, 3 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear.

20/4/16 Whinchat (Paul Bowyer)

W-s-M:

Anchor Head: 25 Swallow, 5 House Martin this evening.
Old Town Quarry: 2 garden Siskin.

Wrington Hill:
1 flyover Red Kite mid-afternoon (Nigel Milbourne).

Pensford:
Lord's Wood: 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Treecreeper.

Bath:
St John's Rd: 1 Common Sandpiper, upstream from Pulteney bridge.

20/4/16 Common Sandpiper (Jeff Hosier)
via the trailcam, regular spring migrant here over past 3 years

Blagdon Lake:
26 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose still, 1 Garden Warbler.

Planet Chew:

Spotted Flycatcher: 1 near the Moreton hide (Ian Stapp), our first of the Spring.
Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 8 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Buzzard, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 5 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing (Moreton, latest ever Avon 29/4/67),  4 House Sparrow, 2 Reed Bunting.

20/4/16 Blackcap (Ian Stapp)

20/4/16 Redwing (Bob Brewer)
it might be our last one until autumn...

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Mark Dadds, Michael Davis, Ed Drewitt, Geoff Dring, Pedro Evans, Dave Gibbs, Patrick Hancock, Melvin Hedges, Adrian Hockey, Jeff Hosier, Bob Laughton, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Rich Scantlebury, Martin Sprake, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Nigel Tucker, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.