Sightings 21/4/16

21/4/16 the Great Grey Shrike at Ubley Warren (Allan Chard)
present for several days now, hopefully it'll do the decent thing and wander into Avon...

Summary:

A brisk north-easterly breeze all day which is helping migration. Lots of Hirundines streaming through, especially along the coast. Hopefully, something really good will turn up in the mass.
Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit and Whimbrel also on the move.

1 Great White Egret, 3 Red Kite and 3 Wood Warbler recorded today.

Fishponds (Bristol):

Combe Brook Valley: 1 Wood Warbler (Chris Trott).

Clifton (Bristol):
Cabot Tower: 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Cribbs Causeway:
M5 J17: 1 flyover Great White Egret, towards Patchway 6.20pm (Paul Marshall).

Marshfield:
Shire Valley: 2 fly-through Red Kite 1.50pm and 3.20pm (Martyn Hayes).
Other stuff, 7 Buzzard of note.

21/4/16 Red Kite (Martyn Hayes)
the 3.20pm bird

Chipping Sodbury:

Common: 4 Fieldfare.

Oldbury Power Station:
12 Grey Plover, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 16 House Martin, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Sedge Warbler, 50 Goldfinch, 10 Linnet, 7 Redpoll.

Littleton Warth:
AWT Reserve: 1 Peregrine, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Siskin.

Aust Warth:

21/4/16 Kestrel (Vic Savery)
the resident bird

New Passage-Northwick:

Shore & wetland: 17 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Water Rail, 7 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Grey Plover, 1 Lapwing, 30 Dunlin, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Black-tailed Godwit (inc colour-ringed bird), 30 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 BH Gull, 3 Swift, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 10 White Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 25 flyover Siskin, 6 Redpoll.

Severn Beach:
Shore: 2 Peregrine, 2 Grey Plover, 130 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Whimbrel, 14 BH Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Hirundines still streaming through this evening.
Orchard Pools: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting.
Downs Bakery: 11 Starling, 8 House Sparrow.


Walton Common:
1 Cuckoo, calling and displaying this morning.

Clevedon coast:
Dowlais evening: 1 Hobby, plus a stream of Hirundines to north.
Channel View seawall evening: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Channel type Wagtail (Steve Curtis).

Wain's Hill-Yeo Est morning: 10 Mute Swan, 5 Canada Goose, 80 Shelduck, 14 Teal, 12 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Egret, 36 Oystercatcher, 18 Ringed Plover, 16 Grey Plover, 2 Lapwing, 28 Dunlin, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 26 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Greenshank (Kenn), 70 Redshank, 16 Turnstone, 1 BH Gull, 12 LBB Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 30 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear.

Sand Pt:
10 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 15 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Wood Warbler (Dave Gibbs, steps to headland), 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 2 Tree Pipit, 11 Siskin, 25 Redpoll (single flock).

Evening: 17 Ringed Plover in off the sea, 1,000's of Hirundines hugging the coast upriver.

21/4/16 Tree Pipit (Paul Bowyer)

Sand Bay:

3 Grey Plover, 54 Dunlin, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Whimbrel, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 6 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

21/4/16 Whimbrel (Dave Gibbs)

Uphill:

Marsh Harrier: 1 flyover this morning (Mark Ponsford).
Other stuff, 1 Wood Warbler (Mark Ponsford), 2 Whinchat.

Backwell Lake:
1 Greylag Goose, 6 Pochard, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret (to roost), 1 Buzzard, 100 Jackdaw (to roost), 2 House Martin,

Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Raven, 5 Blackcap,  2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 White Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
Stock check: 32 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 5 Teal, 14 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 22 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 27 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 53 Wren, 25 Robin, 7 Song Thrush, 7 Reed Bunting.

Planet Chew:
Red Kite: 1 flyover mid-day (Andy Davis, Ian Stapp).
Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 16 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon (pair), 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 11 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Lapwing, 6 Whimbrel, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 11 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 70 Swift, 2 Jay, 110 Crow, 5 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 20 Sand Martin, 250 Swallow, 75 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Linnet, 1 Redpoll.

21/4/16 Common Sandpiper (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Phil Baber, Terry Bond, Paul Bowyer, Allan Chard, Matt Collis, Steve Curtis, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Dave Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Adrian Hockey, John Martin, Paul Marshall, Darren Pearce, Mark Ponsford, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mike Thomas, Mrs Trellis, Chris Trott, Keith Vinicombe, Andrew Waygood, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.