Saturday 23 April 2016

Sightings 23/4/16

Stoke Park-Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Redstart.
23/4/16 Grey Wagtail (Gill Sapsed)
Marshfield:
Shire Valley: 1 Whinchat.

Hawkesbury Upton:
1 Redstart, 9 Yellowhammer.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Arctic Tern up, 1 Short-eared Owl (saltmarsh again), 60 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 7 Sedge Warbler, 11 Reed Warbler, 2 Redpoll.

New Passage-Northwick:
4 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose (morning to north), 30 Shelduck, 10 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 20 BH Gull, 1 lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Wheatear, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 15 Yellow Wagtail, 11 White Wagtail.
23/4/16 Whimbrel (Paul Woolams)

23/4/16 Yellow Wagtail (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Cetti's warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler.

Leigh Woods:
1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 active Rook nests (Abbots Leigh cricket club), 3 Nuthatch

Ham Green:
3 soaring Buzzard.

Portishead:
Battery Pt: 6 Purple Sandpiper this morning.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est 7-11.30am:130 Shelduck, 8 Teal, 3 Pintail, 2 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 39 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 8 Lapwing, 85 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 200 Bar-tailed Godwit, 145 Whimbrel, 50 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank (Yeo), 47 Redshank, 12 Turnstone, 5 Raven, 15 Skylark, 50 Sand Martin, 125 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 17 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 17 Wheatear, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 65 Linnet, 1 Grey Seal (Kenn Est).

Bar-tailed Godwit and Whimbrel mainly at the Yeo Est end.

Middle Hope:
2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart.

Sand Bay:
2 Grey Plover, 120 Dunlin, 30 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear.

W-s-M:
Old Airfield: 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler.

Planet Chew:
12 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Scaup, 1 Little Egret, 8 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 50 Swift, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Goldcrest, 20 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 6 House Sparrow.
23/4/16 Goldcrest (Ian Stapp)
at Moreton
Reports: Pete Coslett, Rob Emery, Julian Garrigan, Paul Gregory, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Mrs Trellis, Paul Woolams, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.