Sightings 5/4/16

5/4/16 the White Stork at The Levels, Somerset (Jeff Hazell)
Bird turned up today. It was fairly settled until the farmer started spraying the field...

White Stork is a rarity in Avon, about 11 records 1971-2012.

Summary:
1 Osprey through, 2 Crane at Planet Chew.
Our first Reed Warblers today at Yatton and Planet Chew. Few Willow Warbler today, yesterday we were awash with them.


Stockwood (Bristol):
Bifield Rd: 1 Skylark, 2 Starling, 20 House Sparrow, 3 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch.

Frenchay (Bristol):
River Frome: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff.

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Dipper.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Mute Swan (nesting), 6 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Ashton Court (Bristol):
Mansion House environs: 4 Buzzard, 5 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 11 Nuthatch....heaven knows what the true population in the Park is.

5/4/16 Mistle Thrush (Mrs Trellis)
Fallow Deer park this morning

Marshfield:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Peregrine, 200 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Wheatear, 5 Grey Wagtail.

Chipping Sodbury:

Common: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Redstart plus many Skylark and Chiffchaff.
The Smew also still at anchor.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Red-breasted Merganser down this morning of note, otherwise pretty quiet.

New Passage-Northwick:
6 Gadwall, 74 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Swallow.

Abbots Leigh:
Pool car-park environs: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Nuthatch.

Portbury Wharf:
Wharf Lane: 2 Redstart, in the horse paddock (Paul Bowdler). Good spot for them here in recent years. Park in the small car-par and walk along path to gate which overlooks the horse-field.
Map: HERE.

North Weston:
200 flyover Swallow to east 8pm.

Clapton Moor:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 male Redstart.

Congresbury Moor:
4 Raven, 3 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

Yatton:
Strawberry Line: 1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler (Steve Sanins).

Sand Pt:
1 Peregrine, 6 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 10+ Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wheatear. Inexplicably, no Willow Warbler after 50+ here yesterday.

Uphill NR:

5/4/16 Falcon sp (George Rabin)
any comments anyone..?

David Gibbs: is this the Falcon sp you saw at W-s-M yesterday....very fast flyover, this was the best George could do.

East Dundry:
8 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 3 Redstart, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Siskin.

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Jay, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Goldfinch.

Backwell Lake:
9 Mute Swan, 11 Canada Goose, 4 House Sparrow of note...a lot of disturbance here, control boats, dogs in water etc...

Paulton:
Sewage Works: 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Siskin.

Farrington Gurney:

5/4/16 Linnet (Steve Griffiths)
c.15 birds regular around the village recently

Burnett:
Elm Farm: 8 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Brambling, 10 Linnet, 20 Yellowhammer.

Blagdon Lake:

22 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 34 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 220 LBB Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 21 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Nuthatch.

Planet Chew:

Osprey: 1 fly-through at Heron's Green 9am, came from the Blagdon direction (Nick Roberts).
Crane: 2 flying around the lake 12.35-1pm (Rich Mielcarek, Ian Stapp). 4 over the lake on 1 April.

Other stuff, 4 Barnacle Goose, 14 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 6 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 12 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Herring Gull (Herriott's Pool possible nesters), 4 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 4 Raven, 20 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler (Ian Stapp), 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

5/4/16 Black-necked Grebe (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Jon Angell, Paul Bowdler, Simon Carder, Teresa Chard, Matt Collis, Steve Griffiths, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Jeff Hazell, Melvin Hedges, Chris Johnson, Dave Poulton, George Rabin, Karin Rhodes, Nick Roberts, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.