Red Kite, Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail
BBC Radio 4 : Bird Migration (In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg) - highly recommended discussion, broadcast at 9.00 am this morning, available on catch-up or as a podcast
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| Little Owl plus supper (Simon Galloway) |
Aztec West :
26 Canada Goose, I Egyptian Goose
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| Egyptian Goose (Vera Carpenter) |
1 Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Almondsbury:
6 Swift, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Pied Wagtail in the village, plus 1 Jay on The Hill
Littleton Warth:
Male Cuckoo within the reserve but not trapped...
Ringing session: 3 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 1 Bullfinch
Aust Warth:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper (in the pill)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Wigeon, Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe broods, Little Ringed Plover on beach, Dunlin, 2 Black- tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 15 Redshank including a fledged juvenile, 5 Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail
NORTH SOMERSET
Bristol Airport:
Red Kite low over Bristol Airport heading north towards Backwell/Nailsea 12.19 pm
Clevedon-Yeo:
30 Mute Swan , 40 Shelduck , Shelduck broods/creches 24, 13, 10, 9 and 6 none very small, 50+ Mallard,17 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Peregrine - juveniles two males and a female on Blackstone, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel (with Curlew), 115 Curlew 115 (90 at Yeo, 25 at Kenn), 18 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 95 Redshank (25 at Kenn and 70 up Yeo), 190 Black-headed Gull, 25 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 90 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 20+
Swallow
Nailsea:
Juvenile Mistle Thrush in Nowhere Woods
Kenn:
An early garden visit from a Sparrowhawk (m) at 6.30am.
3 juvenile Green Woodpecker plus adult female in Duck Lane Kenn
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| Green Woodpeckers (John Croxton) |
1 Buzzard, 1 Cormorant, 3 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 groups Goldfinch, 3 Meadow Pipit
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield: Westend to Springfield Farm
1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 100 Corvids in fields, a few Sky Lark, 30+ Barn Swallow (lots of juveniles), Great Tit (many juveniles), Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap family
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| Barn Swallow juvenile at Marshfield (Pete Coslett) |
Chew Valley Lake:
The annual Canada Goose Roundup took place on Tuesday (ie yesterday). 68 birds caught of which 50 were new. A bird with a neck collar was from Cotswold Water Park
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| Canada Goose on the mat (Chris Craig) |
Dam:
3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Swift , 2 Song Thrush (car park), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail
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| Little Ringed Plover (Ian Stapp) |
Woodford:
88 Canada Goose, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker(drive in), 20+ Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch
Heron's Green:
96 Canada Goose, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (2nd Summer), 2 Whitethroat, 14 Pied Wagtail, 4 House Sparrow
Moreton:
3 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail (in front of the hide), 78 Coot, 2 Greater Black-backed Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 adult 2 juveniles), 2 Blackcap, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit with 2 Coal Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest
Herriotts End:
2 Little Egret , 4 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow legged Gull (juv), 2 Greater Black-backed Gull, 20+Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting
Reports: Vera Carpenter, John Croxton, Pete Coslett, Simon Galloway, Alastair, Adrian Hockey, Paul House, John Martin, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
