Saturday 27 May 2017

27th May '17 Saturday - Quail

Rain in morning, then cloud, bit of sun in afternoon. Windy but mild

White-fronted Goose, Quail , Spoonbill, Red Kite, Hobby, Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Aztec West:
1 Egyptian Goose

City Centre, Fintzel:
Peregrines rearing two young

27-5-17 Birds at Netham Weir (Gill Sapsed)
Netham Weir:
2 Mallard broods. 1 Cormorant surfing. 6 House Martin.

SOUTH GLOUCESTSHIRE

Shepperdine:
8 Sanderling, 1 Water Pipit

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Yellow Wagtail flyover
27-5-17 Spoonbill at Pilning (Steve Poulsom)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Spoonbill, 5+ Black-tailed Godwit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Colehouse Lane:
1 m. Peregrine on the radio mast. 2 Swift, 1 Swallow, 4 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat all singing, 60 adult Starling plus a few of the first juveniles

Clevedon-Yeo:
30 Shelduck ( + 4 juv ), 1 Buzzard, ,1 Peregrine 'type', 1 Kestrel, 1 Heron, 7 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 14 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 4 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 5 Whimbrel, 1 BH Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

Worlebury Hill Road/Worlebury Golf Course:
2 Herring \Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Feral pigeon, 1 Collared dove, 1 Tawny Owl feather! 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 1 Rook, 2 Carrion crow, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Swift (screaming), 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Coal Tit adult+1 fledgling, 2 Blue tit, 1 Great tit, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush,  6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 House sparrow, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch

Kingston Seymour:
Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Quail (PC) heard (Down Road, at 16.15 and 18.15), Brown Hare too

Bath:
Red Kite
26-5-17 Tawny Owl before the storm at Timsbury (Alex Carlisle)
Timsbury:
1 Tawny Owl ,1 Cuckoo heard from bedroom

Paulton:
3 Goldcrest, 5 Coal Tit (3 juvs), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper
STW:
3 Swallow, 50 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail (juv)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
118 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 100+ Swift

27-5-17 White-fronted Goose at Herriotts (Keith Vinicombe)
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Black Swan, 1 ad White-fronted Goose on Herriott's Pool (un-ringed), 6 Shelduck, 36 Gadwall in pre-moult gathering on Herriott's Pool, 3 Teal (probably returning birds), 7 m Pochard, 1 Little Egret, 1 1st-sum Hobby, 1 Cuckoo singing (note that this bird moves all around the lake), c.900 Swifts, 3 Sand Martins, c.350 House Martins, Reed Warblers showing well at Stratford Hide

27-5-17 Shelduck on the Severn (Lisegirl)
Every nite 8 Shelduck babies go right out to middle of estuary!
Reports: Alex Carlisle, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds,  Rob Emery, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Darren Pearce, Pete Perreott, Steve Poulsom, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Maggie Smith, Howard Taffs, Keith Vinicombe