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| 2/5/16 Ringed Plover at Portbury Dock (Mrs Trellis) the colour-ringed bird was hatched here in 2011 |
Cumberland Basin (Bristol):
River Avon: 4 Common Sandpiper this evening.
2 flyover Swift.
Shepperdine:
1 Wigeon still lingering on.
Oldbury Power Station:
9 Ringed Plover, 75 Dunlin, 10 Swift, 1 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 60 House Martin.
New Passage-Northwick:
2 Avocet, 1 Black-tailed Godwit on NW flash this afternoon. (Phil Baber). Birds later relocated towards Aust Warth.
Other stuff, 4 Canada Goose, 10 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Merlin, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 140 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Whimbrel, 2 Swift, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (by Chestle Pill outflow), 3 Wheatear.
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| 2/5/16 Avocet (Phil Baber) |
Severn Beach:
15 Ringed Plover, 60 Dunlin, 8 Whimbrel, 3 Common Gull, 2 Sand Martin.Chittening Warth:
4+ Cetti's Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane; 1 Tawny Owl calling, night-time.
North Somerset:
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| 2/5/16 Raven (David Lumkin) view from the house, across the field |
W-s-M:
Worlebury Woods: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Sedge Warbler.
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| 2/5/16 Whimbrel (Dave Gibbs) at Anchor Head, not much else around here today |
Barrow Tanks:
1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 summer plumage Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 1 flyover Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo (No.1 tank), 25 Swift, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.Blagdon Lake:
24 Mute Swan, 15 Canada Goose (+ a brood of 6 goslings), 2 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Swift, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Grey Wagtail.
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| 2/5/16 Common Sandpiper (Mrs Trellis) sat in a tree |
Bickfield Farm: 6 Swallow, 1 House Martin nest, 10 House Sparrow around the farm buildings.
Planet Chew:
29 Mute Swan, 2 Barnacle Goose, 2 Gadwall, 9 Pochard, 1 Scaup, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 4 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull (munching a dead Pike), 1 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush.
Many 100's of Swift and Hirundines over the lake during the rain.
Reports: Phil Baber, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Sean Davies, Dave Gibbs, Markas Gilmartin, Brian Lancastle, David Lumkin, John Martin, George Rabin, Karin Rhodes, John Rossetti, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.