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| 3/5/16 Cormorant (Bob Brewer) Planet Chew |
A few small waders starting to come through at the coast. The morning tides 6 May onwards could be very productive.
Stockwood (Bristol):
Stockwood Lane: 2 Buzzard.Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| 3/5/16 Grey Wagtail (Martin Tayler) |
Marshfield:
2 Marsh Tit, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear of particular note.Oldbury Power Station:
L1-L3: 2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose + 5 goslings, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Short-eared Owl (L3 early morning), 1 Cuckoo (Orchard, afternoon), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Whitethroat, 17 Sedge Warbler, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting.
Aust Warth:
18 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 18 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 2 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit.
New Passage-Northwick:
60 Shelduck, 10 Gadwall, 1 Pintail still, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 4 BH Gull, 2 Swift, 1 Grasshopper Warbler still, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 3 White Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 1 Redpoll.
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| 3/5/16 Grasshopper Warbler (Dan White) scrub by Chestle Pill outflow |
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| 3/5/16 Whinchat (Robert Hargreaves) |
Severn Beach:
Gordano Valley:
3 pairs Lapwing breeding, Snipe also present but status unknown at the moment.
Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 135 Shelduck, 6 Tufted Duck, 10 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Yeo Est), 85 Ringed Plover, 1 Golden Plover, 10 Lapwing, 270 Dunlin, 33 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 2 Turnstone, 2 Arctic Skua (flying up Yeo Est), 25 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 17 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 7 White Wagtail.
Sand Pt:
2 Cuckoo, 2 Swift, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Stonechat, 2 Tree Pipit.
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| 3/5/16 Cuckoo (Dave Gibbs) |
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| 3/5/16 Brown Hare (Dave Gibbs) |
Willsbridge Mill:
10 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush.Pensford:
Lord's Wood: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 7 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.
Paulton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 young Raven (about to fledge), 1 Skylark, 5 Swallow, 11 Blackbird, 3 Wheatear, 30 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer.
Bishop Sutton:
9 House Sparrow.
Barrow Tanks:
8 Sand Martin, 1 White Wagtail of note.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Hobby, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Whitethroat.
Planet Chew:
40 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose + 5 goslings, 5 Barnacle Goose, 24 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 1 Scaup, 8 Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, 8 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 4 Hobby, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin (fly-bys at Moreton), 2 Whimbrel, 14 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull nesting, 2 GBB Gull, 250 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 200 mixed Hirundines, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Whinchat (Stratford car-park area), 5 Siskin (unusual for May), 4 Reed Bunting.
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| 3/5/16 Whimbrel (Ian Stapp) Heron's Green |