2nd April '17 Sunday - late update

A glorious spring day with blue sky, scattered high clouds, a light NW wind - and no migrants.

Not much around here, but a Cuckoo singing in South Devon today.
Redstarts at Chipping Sodbury Common


BRISTOL

Green Woodpecker in Leigh Woods today (Vera Carpenter)

Leigh Woods:
(dawn chorus walk) 2 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton BP:
5 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Siskin.

Short-eared Owl at Aust  - we can't resist photos of these charismatic birds
(Rod Holbrook)

Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl.

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
4 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 50+ Turnstone, 2 White Wagtail.

Pilning wetland:
1 Yellow Wagtail.

Redstart at Chipping Sodbury Common (Darren Pearce)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Kestrel, 3 m. Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 3 Raven, 2 Willow Warbler, 9+ Chiffchaff.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5+ Willow Warbler.

Clevedon-Yeo:
(Quiet - low numbers) 3 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, c.40 Shelduck, 10 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 23 Oystercatcher, 7 Grey Plover, c. 6 Curlew, 2 Dunlin (migrant schnizii showing black bellies), 210 Redshank, 45 LBB Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Wheatear.

Sand Point:
20+ Shelduck, 3 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Dunlin, 100+ Curlew (Sand Bay), 120+ Redshank (River Banwell), pair Stonechat, 8+ singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 Raven, 20+ Linnet.

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
8 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 8 Nuthatch, 8 Treecreeper.

Compton Dando:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, several Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit.

Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch, 9 Yellowhammer.

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 3 f. Goldeneye, 1 m. Long-tailed Duck., 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow.

Grey Wagtail at Chew ("Lee")

Chew Valley Lake:
8 Scaup, 150+ Sand Martin.

Reports: BOC walkers, Rich Andrews, Des Bowring, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, ChrisPDuck, Vera Carpenter, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Gary Hughes, Darren Pearce, Harvey Rose, Nigel Tucker,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS, nslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG