9th April '17 Sunday - Cattle Egret

Misty start to another beautiful day but ending in cold cloudy and windy conditions

Osprey at Eastville Park
Short-eared Owl at Aust and Uphill
Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler at New Passage
Eider at Severn Beach
Red Kite at A46, Newton St Loe
Velvet Scoter, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Wheatear, at Clevedon-Yeo
Tree Pipit at Sand Point
Cattle Egret at Chew Valley Lake

9-4-17 Peregrines in avon Gorge (Brian Thompson)

BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
2 Peregrine

Canford Park:
1 Green Woodpecker

9-4-17 Green Woodpecker in Canford Park (Dan Hill)

Eastville Park:
1 Osprey 17:00 flew NW, Lots singing Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler

Henleaze Lake:
First Mallard ducklings

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, WeBS am:
2 Canada Goose, 5 Shelduck, 3 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 32 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Lapwing, 25 Dunlin, 196 Curlew, 15 Redshank, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 House Sparrow

9-4-17 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Chris Teague)

Aust Warth:
3 Short-eared Owl,

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Redpoll

9-4-17 Lesser Whitethroat at New Passage (John Martin)

Severn Beach:
8 Eider

A46, Hartley Bends:
1 Red Kite 9:55, 1 Kestrel

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Geese, 60 Shelduck, 0 Wigeon, 50 Teal, Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 f Scaup, 1 f Velvet Scoter, 2 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 26 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Lapwing, 4 Whimbrel, 35 Curlew, 95 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Turnstone, 0 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 240 Redshank, 35 LBB Gull, 140 Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 6+ Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear, 3 Rock Pipit
Wains Hill:
20 Phylloscs, 1 singing Sedge Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 3 Tree Pipits, 4 Redpoll

Sand Point:
1 Grey Plover, 1 Swallow, 10 Willow Warbler, 6 Tree Pipit, 2 Redpoll

9-4-17 Short-eared Owl at Uphill (Lucas Hrynakowski)

Uphill:
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow (near Hewish),  5 Cetti's Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat

Bleadon Levels:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron -
Old St Nicholas Church: 6 Little Egrets to roost last night, less this evening


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:
4 Raven in residence

Bath, Carrs Wood:
1 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 jay, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 14 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch

9-4-17 Wheatear at Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker)

Newton St Loe:
1 Red Kite, Willow Warbler, Wheatear

Compton Dando village:
2 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 20 Jackdaw, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blackbird, 45+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

09-04-17 Linnet at Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando Lanes:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 22 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 5 Raven, 2 Skylark, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Dunnock, 40 House Sparrow, 17 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch, 6 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

9-4-17 Dipper on the River Chew (Lee Gardiner)

River Chew:
1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
4 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 23 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 64 Tufted Duck,  No Long-tailed Duck, 23 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 27 Great Crested Grebe, 17 Coot, 1 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 GBB Gull

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 100 flock of Sand Martin, a few Swallow, a few House Martin

Chew Valley Lake:

Total 11 Cattle Egret to roost (RA)

Denny Island:
2 Cattle Egret 

Moreton:
8 Cattle Egret 

Ringing Station:
19 birds captured, inc. the first Sedge Warbler for the year, and a retrap Reed Warbler from 2015

Herriotts End:
1 Cattle Egret 

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Sean Davies, Ian Foster, Lee Gardiner, Mike Gray, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood‏, Nick Hawkridge, Bill Hewitt, Dan Hill, Adrain Hockey, Lucas Hrynakowski, Gary Hudd, Brain Lancastle, John Martin, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Adam Rawson, Harvey Rose, Richard Scantlebury‏, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Brain Thompson, Wayne Tucker, Jean Tye, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG