It's turning warmer next week with a southerly airflow which should bring in some good stuff.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Grey Heron, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Bullfinch.
Eastfield Park (Bristol):
1 Whitethroat.
Tortworth Lake:
2 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard (18 ducklings in 2 broods), 19 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 25 Coot, 1 Buzzard.
1 redhead Smew also reported. Very late for this species in our area but also possibly the long-staying Chipping Sodbury bird last seen 5 April?
Please could the observer send in a description or some supporting words, it's not a record we'd like to see lost...Thanks.
Cromhall:
5 Green Woodpecker.
Codrington:
2 Greylag Goose.
Wick:
Golden Valley: 1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Dipper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Westerleigh:
1 Little Egret again.
Warmley:
2 Coal Tit, 8 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Redpoll, 6 Bullfinch.
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| 1/5/16 Redpoll (Chris Perry) |
Littleton Warth:
Ringing sessions 29/30 April: 54 birds processed, mostly warblers. Garden Warbler and Grey Wagtail both patch ringing ticks.
Shore & wetland: 10 Gadwall, 1 Pintail, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 40 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling new, 107 Dunlin, 10 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 6 Swift, 1 Raven, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Siskin, 3 Redpoll.Ringing sessions 29/30 April: 54 birds processed, mostly warblers. Garden Warbler and Grey Wagtail both patch ringing ticks.
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| 1/5/16 Garden Warbler (Paul House) |
New Passage-Northwick:
Ringing: 5 Sedge Warbler ringed (Ed Drewitt).
Severn Beach:
Shore: 16 Ringed Plover, 35 Dunlin, 3 Whimbrel.
Orchard Pools: 1 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coot brood, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap.
Tesco Pool: 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Reed Warbler.
Portbury Dock:
6 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 3 Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet.
Portbury Wharf:
2 Wigeon still, 1 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 2 LBB Gull nest prospecting, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat.
Walton Common:
1 female Pied Flycatcher (Howard Taffs), top of the quarry again (one here 26 April).
Other stuff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush.
Walton Moor:
3 Buzzard, 6 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler.
Kingston Seymour:
Bullock's Cafe morning: 1 Nightingale (Howard Taffs), our first of the season. No sign of the bird after mid-day.
Clevedon coast:
Dowlais-Kenn Est morning: 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 80 Dunlin, 20 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 Tree Pipit.
Swallow and Wheatear conspicuous by their absence.
CV Farm-Yeo Est evening: 30 Whimbrel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Redstart.
Sand Pt:
1 Peregrine, 10 Whimbrel, 1 dp Arctic Skua up 7.35am, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin, 3 Redpoll.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Hobby, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Planet Chew:
Red Kite: 2 birds through today.
Black Tern: 2 birds at Stratford end.
Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 12 Shelduck, 7 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Barn Owl (7am), 300 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush.
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| 1/5/16 Blackcap (Ian Stapp) |
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| 1/5/16 Treecreeper (Bob Brewer) Moreton |
