23rd April '17 Sunday - Firecrest

Grey start again but now brilliant sun, clearing blue skies and blue waters at CVL, Cuckoo calling

Firecrest in Leigh Woods
Bar-tailed Godwit on Severnside, Uphill
Red Kite at Thornbury
Smew on Chipping Sodbury Common
Redstart at Clevedon
Hobby, Whinchat, Tree Pipit at Sand Point
Great White Egret at Weston Airfield and Bleadon Levels
Cuckoo at Bleadon Levels, Chew Valley Lake
Great White Egret, Swift at Chew Valley Lake

BRISTOL
no reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station & environs:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler

Leigh Woods:

1 Firecrest singing

Tockington, Moor Lane:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler

23-4-17 Wheatear at Northwick Warth (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 m  Wigeon, 1 Grey Plover, 13 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 19 Whimbrel, 6 BH Gull, 6 Sedge Warbler, 3 Wheatear

23-4-17 Whimbrel at Northwick Warth (Paul Bowerman)

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite over at 12 :20

23-4-17 Red-headed Smew at Sodbury Common (Paul Woolams)

Chipping Sodbury Common, fishing lake:
1 Redhead Smew 


NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Wains Hill:

2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 f Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail,  2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Siskin, 1 Redpoll

Clevedon-Dowlais, 1600-1730:
24 Dunlin, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1-2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Wheatear

Clevedon-Yeo:
24 Mute Swan, 9 Canada Geese, 30 Shelduck, 3 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 8 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 8 Lapwing, 44 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 35 LBB Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow 5 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, few Chiffchaff, 2+ Reed Warbler, 5 (4m) Wheatear

23-4-17 Whinchat at Sand Point pm (Paul Bowyer)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Hobby, 3 Grey Plover, 25 small waders, 18 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit

Weston Airfield:

3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler

23-4-17 Short-eared Owl at Uphill (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill:
4 Little Egret, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl

Bleadon Levels reserve and Brean Cross Sluice:
9 Shelduck, 1 Great White Egret,  1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Cuckoo, many Skylark, Sand Martins, Swallows, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, many Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Northern Wheatear (All in Down Road)

23-4-17 First Whitethroat of the year at Newton St Loe ( Lauren Tucker)

Newton St Loe, short walk:
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat (First of year), 3 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

23-4-17 Peregrines in Bath (BUPP)
Teenagers don’t always get their own way. The falcon (aka KP's 'mum') puts her foot down

Bishop Sutton:
1 Swift, 4 Swallow and 2 House Martin; back under the eaves to breed.

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

1 Long-tailed Duck, 13 Common Sandpiper, 3cy Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Wheatear

23-4-17 Mallard family at Blagdon Lake (Mrs Trellis)

Blagdon Lake:

2 Greylag Goose, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull

23-4-17 Marsh Harrier at Stratford, CVL (Brian Thompson)

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Egyptian Geese still with two young, 4 Scaup (1 m), 1 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpipers, the 'Hooligan Gull' still present at the Picnic Site, 1 m Cuckoo, 2 Swifts, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

23-4-17 Hooligans Gull at Picnic Site, CVL (Keith Vinicombe)
Now in 2nd-summer plumage. Note how short those legs are!

Bittern Trail:
3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 m Reed Bunting

23-4-17 Reed Warbler at Bittern Trail (Robert Hargreaves)

Denny:
1 Great White Egret 09.00

23-4-17 Cuckoo along Moreton track, CVL (Brian Thompson)

Stratford:
3 Pochard (2m), 3 Scaup (1m), 1 Marsh Harrier 07.05,  2 Cuckoo, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Reed Warblers singing

23-4-17 Common Sandpiper at Herriotts (Robert Hargreaves)

Herriotts Pool:

11 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 flock Swallow, 50 Pied Wagtail to roost

Another Stilt at Slimbridge on Out of Avon in sidebar

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Sean Davies, Ian Foster, Robert Hargreaves, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Rich Keel, John Martin, Matt Plenty, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker, Keith Vinicombe, Paul Woolams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG