Wednesday 31 May 2017

31st May '17 Wednesday - Bullfinch

Mild, dry but overcast early on. Odd bit of misty drizzle. Cloudy with some sun in the afternoon. Much nicer in the evening.


BRISTOL

No reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning  - Rookery Farm BBS:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap,
3 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Swallow, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Wren, 2 Collared Dove

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Pilning wetland:
6 Lapwing chicks, 2 Redshank, 1 Shoveler, 1 Black-tailed Godwit

Severn Beach:

Chittening Warth:
3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 11 Whitethroat, many Goldfinch and Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET:

Portishead - marina:
1 Cormorant

Channel View Farm to Yeo estuary:
1 Teal (♂), c 30 Shelduck (+ at least 19 ducklings;15/16 in a creche and a family party with just 4)
6 Little Egret, 2 Grey Plover (not in summer plumage), 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel
1 Cuckoo, Swift ( not many), Swallow ( not many), Skylark ( everywhere. 10+ every 60 yards or so)
Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch (♀), 1 Bullfinch (Kingston Seymour), Goldfinch, Greenfinch
9 Linnet

Weston Airfield:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Sedge Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher


BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake:
Dam:
2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Woodford:
1 Raven, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Blackcap, 20 Swallow

Heron's Green:
30+ Swift, 50+ Swallows & Martins, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Whitethroat

Moreton:
1 Hobby (most of the time over the lake), 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Cuckoo
1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Bullfinch
3 Buzzard


Herriotts:
14 Shelduck, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard Swallows Martins & a few Swifts
White-fronted Goose (Ian Stapp)
River Chew:
2 Dipper (with chicks), 4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 10 Jackdaw, 9 House Sparrow
8 Swift (over Pensford)
Dipper and chick (Ian Stapp)
Other:
250+ Rook (field Stanton Wick)



Reports: Paul Bowerman, Alastair Fraser, Adrian Hockey, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Janey Clark,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG