Updated edition
Cold start but warmed up for a pleasant day.
Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl and a pair of Kestrel at Aust
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
1 fretting Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 28/4/17 Still bad news at Eastville Park for this Grey Heron (Martin Tayler) Working hard to remove netting but no success yet |
Grey Wagtail on River Avon
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| 28/4/17 Grey Wagtail on River Avon at St George (Lee Gardiner) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
1 Marsh Harrier, Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1Reed Bunting
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28/4/17 Pair of Kestrel at Aust (Martin Tayler)
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1 Linnet, 1 Reed Warbler
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28/4/17 Linnet at New Passage (Lisa Presland)
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4 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, Mallards and Coots with healthy size broods
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| 28/4/17 2 Little Egret and 2 Lapwing at Pilning Wetland (Martin Tayler) |
Chipping Sodbury Common:
Kestrel, Whinchat, Reed Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat. Swallows.
3 Lesser Whitehroat, 2 Linnet.
| Hanham: (26th April) Mandarin Duck |
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| 26/4/17 Mandarin Duck on the River Avon (Steven Selwood) |
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portbury Wharf:
1 Whinchat, 10+ House Martins & lots of common warblers at PortburyWharf this am. 1 Reed Warbler.
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| 28/4/17 Reed Warbler at Portbury Wharf (Steve Poulsom) |
Portishead:
Battery Point:
1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Battery Point:
1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Clevedon-Yeo:
Walton Bay:
6 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 4 Whimbrel (perched on the rocks), 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Herring Gull, with some passerines including Blackcap and Chiffchaff. Pair of Wheatear, Collared Dove.
Walton Bay:
6 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 4 Whimbrel (perched on the rocks), 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Herring Gull, with some passerines including Blackcap and Chiffchaff. Pair of Wheatear, Collared Dove.
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| 28/4/17 Wheatear at Clevedon (Steve Poulsom) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
Pied Wagtail at Spring Farm Marshfield also another 5 Northern Wheatear, 3 on Rushmead Lane and 2 near Castle Farm.
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| 28/4/17 Pied Wagtail at Marshfield (Peter Coslett) |
Waitrose car park 9.15
1 Garden Warbler singing
Bath:
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| BUPP today: First feed by the falcon of all three chicks hatched to date. KP followed the falcon back after AA's food pass |
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| 28/4/17 BUPP today: Third chick at Bath in the process of coming out of its egg earlier today. |
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
8 Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 4 Shelduck, 1 Cettis, 1 Reed Warbler
Many small birds singing such as Reed Warblers, Reed Bunting, Whitethroat. The Nuthatches are busy at their nest also it seems that the Reed Buntings are feeding young. I hope this is a female Reed Bunting?(George Stacey)
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| 28/4/17 Female Reed Bunting at Chew? (George Stacey) |
Woodford:
1 Black Tern (sat on the same buoy as yesterday), 2 Ravens (from Denny)
1 Black Tern (sat on the same buoy as yesterday), 2 Ravens (from Denny)
Heron's Green:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat (all pond side reeds), 4 House Sparrows, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven
Moreton:
2 Raven, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 G S Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Cetti's, 1 Whinchat (reeds cattle trough field), 1 Marsh Harrier (1.45 along Moreton bank towards Stratford Yellow head bird)
Not as many Martins & Swallows today 40+ 40+ Swifts (over the lake on & off), , 3 Buzzard (hills around lake), 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Garden Warbler (singing lane)
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| 28/4/17 Whinchat at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Herriotts End:
A male cuckoo.
6 Barnacle Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 7 Gadwall, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Cetti's,
6 Barnacle Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 7 Gadwall, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Cetti's,
2 Reed Bunting, 4 Reed Warbler, 6 House Martin, 20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail,
5 Common Sandpiper (wall & spillway pond)
Other:
2 Bar-headed Goose
A television company is after some info:
"We are just on the lookout for a sign that says ‘Do not feed the ducks’ at a park or place somewhere in the central Bristol area, and I wondered if you might be able to point me in the right direction?
We are doing an item about not feeding ducks bread (as has been in the news a lot recently) and just need a few shots to illustrate this point."
Can anyone help please?
2 Bar-headed Goose
"We are just on the lookout for a sign that says ‘Do not feed the ducks’ at a park or place somewhere in the central Bristol area, and I wondered if you might be able to point me in the right direction?
We are doing an item about not feeding ducks bread (as has been in the news a lot recently) and just need a few shots to illustrate this point."
Can anyone help please?
Reports: Peter Coslett, Mark Dadds, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Wilfred King, Steve Poulsom,
David Poulton, Lisa Presland, Stephen Selwood, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler,
Nigel Tucker, Dan White.
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
