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| 4/4/16 Redstart at the Portbury coast this evening (Mrs Trellis) a good showing of these birds around Portbury Wharf today, most found by Chris Stone |
Summary:
3 Avocet at New Passage, 14 Little Gull at Planet Chew, 1 Ring Ouzel at Sand Pt and at least 9 Redstart at the Portbury coast of note.
The Smew still at Chipping Sodbury, we believe the south Glos boys may have anchored it there.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 40 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 14 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.
Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush, 12 Wren, 13 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch.
Chipping Sodbury:
Fishing Lake: The Smew still present.
Common: 5 Wheatear.
Littleton Warth:
AWT Reserve: 1 Teal, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting.
Warth: 21 Shelduck, 11 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Wheatear, 8 Meadow Pipit.
New Passage-Northwick Warth:
6 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 50 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 3 Avocet (all day), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 32 Curlew, 70 Redshank, 1 Coal Tit, 18 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Blackcap, 6 Wheatear, 20 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Siskin.
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| 4/4/16 Merlin (Darren Robson) between the 2 sentry boxes this evening Darren's Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ |
Severn Beach:
Orchard Pools: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap.Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 flyover Grey Heron, 2 flyover Raven, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin.
Portbury Dock:
1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redstart, 5 Wheatear, 3 Rock Pipit.
Portbury Wharf:
1 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 6 Redstart, 1 Redpoll.
Walton Bay:
1 male Redstart mid-day.
Clevedon:
Wain's Hill: 6 Skylark, 15 Swallow, 30 Chiffchaff, 20 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 25 Meadow Pipit, 50 Goldfinch, 75 Linnet. Morning watch 7.30-9.30am.
Sand Pt:
1 Coal Tit, 16 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 15 Chiffchaff, 50+ Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Ring Ouzel (all day, near Trig Pt), 3 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 flyover Siskin.
Sand Bay:
3 Golden Plover (2 in summer dress), 2 Grey Plover, 73 Curlew, 5 Redshank.
W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill: 2 Swallow, 30 Chiffchaff, 7 Willow Warbler.
Falcon sp: an odd looking bird seen, basically it looked like a Hobby in plumage but Kestrel in structure and shape (David Gibbs). Please let us know if you see it anywhere. Thanks.
Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Sand Martin (Weston STW), 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler.
Dundry:
5 Chiffchaff, 1 male Redstart, 2 Wheatear.
Keynsham:
Charlton Rd: 1 Buzzard, 40 Woodpigeon, 11 Magpie, 6 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 8 Linnet.
Blagdon Lake:
31 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Pochard, 1 Kingfisher, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear, 30 Linnet.
Planet Chew:
Mandarin Duck: 1 drake new at Herriott's Pool.
Black-necked Grebe: 1 still off Nunnery Pt/Heron's Green Bay now into summer plumage.
Little Gull: 4 birds early on, then at least 14 birds off Woodford/Stratford this evening. Good views especially from Stratford (Sean Davies, Mike Jenkins).
Other stuff, 10 Shelduck, 25 Teal, 1 female Garganey (Stratford), 1 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 8 Water Rail, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 100 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear (Dam), 2 Grey Wagtail.
Reports: Paul Bowyer, James Butcher, Teresa Chard, Nick Cryer, Sean Davies, David Gibbs, Adrian Hockey, Clive Holman, Mike Jenkins, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Dean Reeves, Karin Rhodes, Darren Robson, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Andrew Waygood, BL birds, severnsidebirds.
