Overcast with a chilly wind and brighter spells.
Late post tonight - your blogger just back from dipping on the Two-barred Crossbill.Note: the lanes around Compton Dando will be closed on Sunday for the 10 km Fun Run.
Cuckoos arriving
Some new wader species moving through
A somewhat unseasonal Mediterranean Gull
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| First-ever Stock Dove in John Thorogood's garden |
Leigh Woods:
1 Cuckoo singing.
Dundry Hill:
1 Cuckoo singing.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Peregrine, 14 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (in summer plumage), c.20 Dunlin, 3 Curlew, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 (1W) Mediterranean Gull (the only small gull on the whole estuary), 1 fly-through Cuckoo, 1 Tree Pipit. 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat.
Littleton Wharf:
18 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 (1W) Mediterranean Gull (presumably the same as above), 2 Sand Martin, 2 Wheatear, 2 Raven.
Littleton:
6 Swallow, 7 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler singing, 5 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff.
Aust Warth:
1 Whinchat, 1 Whitethroat.
NORTH SOMERSET:
Portbury Wharf:
1 Peregrine, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Whimbrel (another observer noted 23!), 1 Whinchat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler.
Clevedon-Yeo: (water levels dropping fast)
50+ Shelduck, 2 Teal, 3 Little Egret, 34 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 7 Lapwing (and 5 early juvs at Dowlais), 5 Ringed Plover, 60 Whimbrel, 2+ Curlew, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot (non-breeding plumage seen with Redshank), 70 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 2 Common Sandpiper 9 Redhank, 4 Black-headed Gull, 25 LBB Gull, 80 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 6+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 3+ Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit.
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| Yellowhammer in lanes near Compton Dando (Ian Stapp) |
1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 16 Rook, 4 Raven, 90+ House Sparrow, 12 + Chaffinch, 40+ Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer.
Paulton:
4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush. 6 Blackcap. 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Rook.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
3 Wheatear, 1 Yellowhammer.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Common Sandpiper, lots of anglers.
Chew Valley Lake:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common or Arctic Tern, 10+ Swift, 1 Cuckoo (heard), 1 Raven (with 5 big chicks nearly ready to fledge).
CVRS: 5 Sedge Warbler trapped and ringed. Garden Warbler re-trapped.
Reports: Rich Andrews, Patrick Hancock, 'Lisegirl', Duncan McLaughlin, Alex Rhodes, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Mrs Trellis, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
