Firecrest
Corn Bunting
Red Kite
Hawfinch
Long-tailed Duck
Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpiper
BRISTOL
Castle Park:
Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (s), Peregrine +Grey Wagtail (Finzell's Reach)
Brandon Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Firecrest, 1 Jay, 22 Redwing
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| 5/1/18 One of the Firecrests at Brandon Hill (Paul Milo) |
13 Magpie, 11 Wood Pigeon, 2 Cormorant, 37 Starling, 5 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Robin
2 Greenfinch , 4 Chaffinch, 11 Goldfinch, 3, Blackbird, 1 Sparrowhawk
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing (from grass edge of pill), c. 45 Curlew, 1 Dunlin (flushed from salt marsh), c.25 Redshank, 2 Skylark, 1 Bullfinch
Aust Services: 1 Song Thrush singing, c.80 Pied Wagtails (coming to roost in the 5 small trees each side of the Services’ entrance)
New Passage/Northwick:
-1 Snow Bunting (Brian Lancastle found the carcass. It looked like a young bird taken by a falcon – probably a Merlin or Peregrine)
Winterbourne:
Bradley Brook LNR ST6381: 1 Buzzard, 6 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove,
1 Green & 1 GS Woodpecker, 70 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest
Hawkesbury:
2 Stonechat, c200 Fieldfare, Corn Bunting (heard)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
5 Mute Swan, 23 Canada Goose, 5 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 16 Shoveler
3 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 38 Lapwing, 3 Curlew
c30 Dunlin (in flight), 3 Snipe
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| 5/1/18 Some of the Teal at Portbury (Robin Martin) |
11 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck (Boating Lake)
5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit (Saltmarsh)
Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpipers (10:15)
Uphill:
Uphill was really quiet, a few Teal and Redshank, heard a Curlew and found 1 male Bullfinch in the bushes. Still no sign of any Short-eared Owls (WH)
Bleadon:
10 Fieldfare, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Little Egret, 1 GW Egret, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk,
1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cormorant, 20 Teal, 1 Little Grebe
Churchill:
6 Bullfinch (4m 2f, close-up)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Kingswood:
Red Kite (roundabout on ring road)
Marshfield:
c400 Golden Plover, 120 Fieldfare, Stonechat, Kestrel, 100 Chaffinch, 2 Corn Bunting
Oldland:
Hawfinch (St Anne's Church)
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| 5/1/18 Hawfinch at St Anne's Church (David Hughes) |
Blackcap (f on garden feeder)
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| 5/1/18 Female Blackcap (Sean Whyte) Two spend nearly all day, every day, in the garden, eating apple, sunflower hearts, and fat-balls |
Willsbridge Mill:
1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, and 6 Goldfinch. Apologies for the late report
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck (No 1)
Chew Valley Lake:
Villice:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 40 Redwing
Herons Green:
1 Kestrel, 41 Lapwing
Moreton:
1 Lesser Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Bullfinch
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| 5/1/17 F and M Bullfinch (Robert Hargreaves) |
10 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Reed Bunting
Compton Martin, Bickfield Lane:
2 Shelduck, 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 8 Fieldfare, 7 Chaffinch
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| 5/1/18 Cattle Egret (Robert Hargreaves) |
