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| (4/5/16) Otter with cubs (Melvin Hedges) Gordano Valley |
Swift: Lots of reports of birds screaming over the city areas and elsewhere. They're 'in'.
Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Other stuff, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.
Iron Acton:
1 flyover Red Kite 3pm to south-east (David Hanks).
Oldbury Power Station:Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| 5/5/16 Kingfisher (Martin Tayler) |
Henleaze (Bristol):
Linden Avenue: 12 Swift.
Horton:
A46 junction: 2 Red Kite 1.30pm, following the plough (Dave Poulton).
Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl out 6pm ST 736840. Last reported here 19 April.Other stuff, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.
Iron Acton:
1 flyover Red Kite 3pm to south-east (David Hanks).
2 flyover Crane 9.45am (Morris Benson).
Other stuff, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Short-eared Owl again at L3, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, trees by car-park.
Aust Warth:
6 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat.
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| 5/5/16 Common Sandpiper (Terry Sims) |
New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 2 Little Egret, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Lapwing, 64 Dunlin, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank (new in, wetlands), 1 Redshank, 4 Little Gull (wetland), 7 BH Gull, 4 Swift, 1 Grasshopper Warbler still, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Siskin, 2 Redpoll. |
| 5/5/16 Grey Plover (Lisa Presland) |
One nice thing about a late spring wader passage is that the birds are usually in their finery.
Leigh Woods:
1 Green woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackbird, 3 Nuthatch.
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Tawny owl (evening), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 flyover Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch.
Portbury Dock:
6 Ringed Plover, 35 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew.
Leigh Woods:
1 Green woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackbird, 3 Nuthatch.
Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane end: 1 Tawny owl (evening), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 flyover Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch.
Portbury Dock:
6 Ringed Plover, 35 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew.
Portishead:
High St: 3 Swift.
Battery Pt: 5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 singing Sedge Warbler, 1 Wheatear plus some Swallow passage this evening.
Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 3 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, 30 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 27 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, 90 Dunlin, 1 Ruff (Dowlais), 42 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Greenshank (up the Yeo), 5 Redshank (inc a pair mating), 4 Turnstone, 1 BH Gull, 25 LBB Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 5 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting.
Worle:
3 soaring Buzzard.
Lower Kewstoke Rd: 1 male Siskin, feeders.
Sand Pt:
6 Whimbrel, 1 Swift, 7 Chiffchaff, just 1 Willow Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler (bay), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (car-park), 1 Wheatear, 6 Redpoll.
Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 5 Common Sandpiper, 25 Sand Martin (No.3 tank colony), 8 Whitethroat, 7 Grey Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Otter (Top End again).
Planet Chew:
14 Shelduck, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Red Kite (over Burledge Hill 4.15pm Mike Jenkins), 1 Marsh Harrier (Stratford, evening Brian Thompson), 1 Sparrowhawk (on a kill), 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wood Warbler (Wick Green Pt), 3 Blackcap, 10 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Flycatcher (Sutton Wick), 2 Goldfinch.
Lots of Orange Tip and Speckled Wood butterflies out on the wing today.
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| 5/5/16 Marsh Harrier (Brian Thompson) causing panic amongst the Shelduck this evening |
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| 5/5/16 Blackcap (Ian Stapp) |
