Sightings 27/4/16

Another cold day with a northerly breeze which seems to be holding up the migrants. Observers at Anchor Head and Wain's Hill this morning reported no visible migration at all.
Common Sandpiper showing well at Barrow and Planet Chew.

27/4/16 Whimbrel & Curlew at Sand Bay (Simon Williams)
nice size comparison

27/4/16 Kestrel (Martin Tayler)
on the Clifton Downs today

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch.

Hanham (Bristol):
Magpie Bottom: 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler.

Bishopsworth (Bristol):

Crox Bottom: 1 Canada Goose (patch tick), 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 2 flyover Raven, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 19 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 10 Wren, 12 Robin, 14 House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch.

Marshfield:
18 Buzzard (single flock), 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail.

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Short-eared Owl (L3 & L1), 3 Whinchat, 1 Redstart.

Aust Warth:
1 Merlin, 15 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 6 White Wagtail. 4+ Linnet.

27/4/16 Merlin (Vic Savery)

New Passage-Northwick:
3 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 7 Yellow Wagtail.

Severn Beach:

5 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Curlew, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Portbury Dock:
3 Ringed Plover, 10 Dunlin, 6 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 1 Wheatear.

Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Ringed Plover.

Sand Bay:
40 Whimbrel.

Bath:
Landsdown: 2 flyover Peregrine, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart.

Barrow Tanks:
28 Common Sandpiper, 150+ mixed Hirundine (mostly Sand/House), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 White Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
10 Mute Swan, 11 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (Top End), 2 Common Sandpiper, 100 mixed Hirundine, 1 Song Thrush.

Litton Res:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 15 Mallard, 2 Mallard broods (13 surviving ducklings from original 15), 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch.

Planet Chew:
11 Mute Swan, 36 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 31 Buzzard (single group on thermals), 2 Peregrine, 1 Dunlin, 33 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 200 Swift, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 2,000 mixed Hirundine (mainly Sand/Swallow), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wood Warbler (Stratford), 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 7 Reed Warbler, 4 Whinchat, 7 House Sparrow, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.

27/4/16 Whinchat (Ian Stapp)
3 at Heron's Green, 1 at Moreton

Reports: Derek Angell, Teresa Chard, Nick Cryer, Rob Emery, Julian Head, Mike jenkins, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Martin Tayler, Mrs Trellis, Nigel Warren, Simon Williams, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.