Hobbies, Common Tern
BRISTOL
Blaise Estate:
All singing - 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 3 Wren, many Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch calling
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Egret, 1 Cuckoo, juv Starling appearing
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 31 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing chicks (2 broods), 39 Dunlin, fledged Starlings
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead, Sainsbury's Car Park:
1 Cetti's Warbler singing
Portishead Vale:
1 Parakeet, been around a few days
Nailsea, Ploughed Paddock:
1 m Bullfinch in the garden
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
8 Swift (flying low in Twerton)
Newton Park:
3 Mute Swan, 13 (1f) Mallard, 9 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 flyover Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, few Tits, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin, few Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing, 2 Nuthatch, 18 Wren and lots of Thrushes singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Chaffinch singing! but only 4 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake:
Picnic 1:
10 Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting
Hollow Brook:
30 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting
Reports: Richard Fletcher, Trevor Ford, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Jon Mortin, Nigel Tucker, Keith Vinicombe
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Egret, 1 Cuckoo, juv Starling appearing
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| 19-5-17 fledgling Starling at New Passage (John Martin) |
2 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 31 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing chicks (2 broods), 39 Dunlin, fledged Starlings
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead, Sainsbury's Car Park:
1 Cetti's Warbler singing
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| 19-5-17 Parakeet in Portishead (Richard Fletcher) Looking like a Ring-necked Parakeet |
1 Parakeet, been around a few days
Nailsea, Ploughed Paddock:
1 m Bullfinch in the garden
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| 19-5-17 Blue Tit in Langford garden (David Goodliffe) |
Bath:
8 Swift (flying low in Twerton)
Newton Park:
3 Mute Swan, 13 (1f) Mallard, 9 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 flyover Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, few Tits, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin, few Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing, 2 Nuthatch, 18 Wren and lots of Thrushes singing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Chaffinch singing! but only 4 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake:
Absolutely riveting today:
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobbies, 1 Common Tern, 1 CuckooPicnic 1:
10 Swift, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting
Hollow Brook:
30 Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting
Reports: Richard Fletcher, Trevor Ford, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, John Martin, Jon Mortin, Nigel Tucker, Keith Vinicombe
