Saturday, 20 May 2017

20th May '17 Saturday

Wet through the middle of the day, clearing later.

Looks like the migration season is over...?

Grey Wagtail at St George's, Bristol (Lee @ Wildwood)
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Little Owl.

Aythya hybrid at Pilning Wetlands (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 presumed Ring-necked x Tufted Duck back on Grebe Pond.  2 Shoveler, 26 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 24 Dunlin, 4 Lapwing chicks, 1 f. Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Pilning:
Peregrine making repeated stoops at the birds around the allotments.


BELOW M4 & BANES


Whitethroat at Marshfleld (Pete Coslett)
Down Road, Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 90 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 6-8 Skylark, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 Swallow, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 30+ Yellowhammer, 4 Corn Bunting and all the usual corvids.

Yellowhammer at Marshfield (Pete Coslett)
Paulton:
2 Swift, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Dipper, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 100 mixed corvids. 


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Egyptian Geese, Greylag Geese, 1 Little Egret, 2 ad. GBB Gulls, c. 40 Swift, mixed flock of c. 50 hirundines (including a Sand Martin trailing a white feather), 4 Grey Wagtail.

Chew Valley Lake:

Swift over the picnic site at Chew  (Lee @ Wildwood)
Dam:
c. 1000 Swift.

Herriotts End:
1 Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk over Chew (Lee @ Wildwood)
Reports: Pete Coslett, Mark Dadds, Patrick Hancock, Lee @ Wildwood, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Chris Stone, Zoe Trinder-Widdess,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG