16th April '17 Sunday - Whimbrel

Cold, windy and grey for most of the day, some sun

Whitethroat and Tree Pipit about
Redstart at Chipping Sodbury Common, Marshfield
Whimbrel at Oldbury Power Station, New Passage, Clevedon-Yeo, Sand Bay
Swift at Chew Valley Lake

BRISTOL

16-4-17 Peregrine over Avon Gorge (Martin Tayler)

Blaise estate:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, all calling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Overscourt/Warmley Forest Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzards, 2 Kestrel, 2 Moorhens, 20 Wood Pigeons, 1 Tawny Owl, 10 Jackdaws, 9 Magpies, 2 Raven, 6 Blue Tits, 2 Coal Tits, 4 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcaps, 8 Wrens, 14 Blackbirds, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 15 Robins, 6 Dunnocks, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Wheatear all at yacht club

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 15th, 10:30 to 12:30:
1 m Kestrel, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 8 Dunlin, 40+ Redshank, 14 Sand Martin, 2 m Yellow Wagtail

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Canada Geese, 28 Shelduck, 23 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 16 Shoveler, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 8 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew,  5+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed warbler, 2 Linnet

16-4-17 Chiffchaff at Almonsdbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury and Tockington:
2 Buzzards, 3 Jay. 3 Jackdaw, 3 Chiffchaffs, 3 Starlings, 1 Pied Wagtail

Yate:
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzards, 1 Peregrine in the air together

Yate Common:
1 Garden Warbler (earliest by one day), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Sand Martin, 8 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill. 08:15:
1 House Martin

Dundry, evening:
9 Wheatear, 25 Meadow Pipits

Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Geese, 90 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 1 f Sparrowhawk, c.20 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Lapwing, 8 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 75 Redshank, 55 LBB Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 m Wheatear, 8 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet

16-4-17 Whitethroat at Uphill (Steve Poulsom)

Sand Point:
22 Whimbrel, a few Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Siskin

Uphill:
20 Shelduck, 3 small Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat,
1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Peregrine (on pylon feeding, unusual here this time of year), 1 Reed Warbler (first here), 2 Linnet

Strawberry Line, Sandford to Yatton, 15-4-17:
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Grasshopper Warbler (heard), Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Robins, Goldfinches,

Burrington Ham:
Lots Willow Warblers, 1 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-4-17 Yellowhammer singing at Marshfield (Lee Gardiner)

Marshfield:
2 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 m Redstart (south of church), 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellowhammer, 10 Corn Bunting

16-4-17 Green Woodpecker at Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Newton St Loe:
5 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 4 Coot, 11 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 8 Goldcrest, 4 Skylark, 14 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 20 House Sparrow, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 15 Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch 4 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Egyptian Goose (3rd record), 1 Long-tailed Duck (No.3), 16 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 White Wagtail

Blagdon Lake, 15th:
1 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 250 Sand Martins (why flock staying so long?), some Swallow, 30 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warblers, 32 Blackcap

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Swift (first in Avon this year), 500 Swallow

16-4-17 Blackcap at Marshfield (Lee Gardiner)

Reports: John Barnett, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Philip Crouter, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Chris Perry, Steve Poulsom, Phill Quinn, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Wayne Tucker, Birding SouthGlos, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG