19th April Wednesday - Whinchat

Lovely sunny day, but still the fresh North wind

Osprey at Oldbury Power Station,
Bar-tailed Godwit, Yellow Wagtail at New Passage
Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury Common
Ring Ouzel, Tree Pipit at Middle Hope
Cattle Egret, Barn Owl,  Wheatear at Chew Valley Lake
Out of area but - - - Black-winged Stilt - Slimbridge 

19-4-17 Wheatear at Middle Hope (Simon Williams)

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
4 Peregrines busy mating

Hotwells, Poole's Wharf, 1930 hrs, 18th:
1 House Martin visiting nest colony

Knowle, West Town Lane:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaffs, 4 Willow Warbler, Blackcaps, 2 Whitethroat, lots Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

19/04/2017 Song Thrush Almondsbury (Vĕra Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
Song Thrush - nest building

Oldbury Power Station & environs:
Mallard Brood seen, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Osprey, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat and by the village shop a newly fledged Robin - mother in attendance.

Littleton Brick Pits:
6 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warblers

19-4-17 Bar-tailed Godwits on Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Some in stunning breeding plumage

Severn Beach to New Passage/Northwick Warth (aka Severnside):
Mallard broods, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Bar-tailed Godwit,  2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, singing Redshank, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail 

Yate, Kingsgate Park:
2 Little Grebe, 6 Chiffchaff, 8+ Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap

19-4-17 Whinchat at Chipping Sodbury Common (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat (first report this year)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo, Dowlais:
1 Little Ringed Plover, steady passage of Swallows

19-4-17 Whimbrel at Middle Hope (Simon Williams)

Sand Point, Middle Hope:

20+ Whimbrel, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, 1 Blackcap, 20 Whitethroat, 1 m Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 2 (m & f)  Wheatear, 3 Tree Pipit, 24 Linnet (2 flocks)

Weston, Worlebury Hill Road:
1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Chaffinch

19/04/2017 Short-eared Owl Uphill (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 18th:
2 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, big flock Hirundines, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail, flock Pied Wagtail

19/04/2017 Great Crested Grebe CVL (Bailey Frazer)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, and 8 Reed Bunting
Dam:
1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper
Denny:
2 Cattle Egret (early)
Woodford:
2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 3 Blackcap
Nunnery:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Blackcap
Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler
Moreton:
3 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 30 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 f Wheatear, 1 Bullfinch
Stratford:
6 Shelduck, 1 m Scaup, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Treecreeper
Herriotts End:
2 Barnacle Geese, 6 Shelduck, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

17-4-17 Starling at Portishead Marina (Michael Brighton)
Is there enough detail on the ring to report?

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Michael Brighton, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Vĕra Carpenter, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Rob Emery, Paul Francis, Bailey Frazer, Graham7777777, Peter Hazelwood, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Thomas Weston, Simon Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG