Sightings 4/7/16

4/7/16 Buzzard (Lee Gardiner)
over St George, Bristol today

Stockwood (Bristol):

Open Space: 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Chipping Sodbury 3/7/16:

(3/7/16) male Redstart (Paul Woolams)
presumably an early returning migrant..

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Green Sandpiper, L3 scrape again.

Aust Warth:

Cake Pill environs: 17 Shelduck + 8 ducklings, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Curlew, 1 Redshank, 33 BH Gull, 4 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Meadow Pipit.

New Passage-Northwick:
Mostly wetland stuff,  6 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 16 Little Ringed Plover (10 juvs), 16 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 33 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 22 Redshank. Pools being topped up ready for the autumn rush. Standby.

4/7/16 Gadwall brood (John Martin)
1st breeding record for Severnside this year

For much of its history, Severnside has not had much freshwater habitat. All that has changed with the recent creation of the beautiful Pilning wetland so expect more stuff to come onto the record books in times ahead.

4/7/16 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:

Orchard Pools: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Song Thrush.
Tesco Pool: 2 Mallard, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe + chick, 7 Goldfinch.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 2 Tawny Owl (calling during the night), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 male Bullfinch.

Portishead:
Marina: 1 Herring Gull nest with young, 2 other nests failed.

Portbury Wharf:
2 Gadwall broods, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff.
Sheepway Lane: 1 Barn Owl (7am), 1 Little Owl, by the railway bridge.

Felton:
Common: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Stonechat of note.

4/7/16 Linnet (Richard Bedwell)

Compton Dando:

1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin nests, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Goldfinch,  4 Yellowhammer.

4/7/16 Kestrel (Ian Stapp)
inset, 4 chicks on 15 June but 1 lost since then

Bath:

Albert Terrace 1 Sparrowhawk,  4 flyover Raven.

Barrow Tanks:
77 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Sand Martin (inc juvs), 4 Grey Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 BH Gull.

Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck pair + 3 young, 1 Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, 240 Great Crested Grebe (numbers rising), 2 Hobby, 1 Little Ringed Plover new (Heron's Green), 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin.

Reports: Richard Bedwell, Paul Bowerman, James Butcher, Teresa Chard, John Clark, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, Paul Woolams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.