AVON BIRDS: Sightings 31/5/16

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Sightings 31/5/16

Red Kites in Avon - May 2016 About 60+ individuals through even allowing for some possible double-counting
Location	Dates
Bristol	6^th, 13th (2), 25^th(3)
Horton A46	5^th
Cold Ashton	22^nd
Inglestone Common	7^th
Chipping Sodbury	6^th
Iron Acton	5^th
Oldland Common	14^th (2)
Rangeworthy	27^th
Hambrook M32	25^th
Oldbury Power Station	11^th
Thornbury	8^th, 24^th
Alveston	12^th
Severnside	12^th, 13^th
Pill	24^th
Gordano Valley	13^th, 14^th, 19^th, 24th (2), 25^th, 29^th, 31^st
Kenn	4^th
Tickenham	4^th
Flax Bourton	7^th
Wrington	25^th
Uphill	13^th
Bleadon	13^th
Blagdon village	24^th
Chew Valley Lake	1^st, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th (3), 8^th (6), 9^th, 11^th, 12^th, 13^th, 17^th (2), 24^th (2), 29^th, 30^th, 31^st
Chew Magna	23^rd
East Harptree	25^th
Swinford	11^th
Bath	10^th, 15^th, 17^th
Marksbury A39	27^th
Midsomer Norton	8^th, 27^th

New Passage-Northwick:

2 Shelduck ducklings, 30 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 30 BH Gull, 1 2nd cy Common Gull.

Walton Common:

1 flyover Red Kite 12.20pm (John Rickard).

Clapton Moor:

2 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

31/5/16 Whitethroat (Melvin Hedges)

Portishead:

South Rd: 1 Jay.
Ship Inn: 1 Red Kite 12.30pm, downed by a mob of Gulls into the pub car-park, then duffed up a bit before finally escaping across the estuary (Roger Joliffe).

Undoubtedly the Walton Common bird.

Blagdon Lake:
7 Mute Swan, 149 Canada Goose, 2 Pochard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 1 BH Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Whitethroat.

31/5/16 Pied Wagtail (Robert Hargreaves)

Planet Chew:

1 flyover Red Kite 7.50am (Simon Carder).

Other stuff, 70 Mute Swan, 41 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 15 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 74 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 GBB Gull, 250 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 40 mixed Swallow/House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

31/5/16 Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding chick (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Simon Carder, David Gale, Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Roger Joliffe, John Martin, John Rickard, Ian Stapp, BL birds, severnsidebirds.