Tuesday 3 April 2018

03-04-18 Tuesday - first Common Tern

More rain, but quite mild. Mid-afternoon thunderstorm with hail along the Severn. However, reported dry and sunny at Chew!

Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Osprey
Barn Owl
Wheatear
Fieldfares, presumably on the way north now
Scaup, Little Gulls, Common Tern, Sand Martins, Swallows at Chew

Moorhens fighting in Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, pr Sparrowhawk (nest-building), 4 Moorhen, 9 LBB Gull, 1 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, 1-2 Kingfisher, 3 Song Thrush, Blackcap (singing), Nuthatch, pr Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, pr Bullfinch.

Emerson's Green Retail Park, 15.55:
Osprey, 1 Swallow both going West

Bishop Road - Horfield Common:
1 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 19 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 10 Magpie, 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 19 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch.

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
6 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, pr Kestrel, 3 Jay, 20 Magpie, 47 Jackdaw, 19 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 33 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch.

Long Ashton:
Swallow.



SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose (nest flooded out and eggs floating in the water, adults in semi-attendance), 12 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 11 Redshank, 52 Curlew, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark in song, 13 Chiffchaff (quite a few in song), 2 m. Blackcap in song, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Lagoon 3), 1 Wheatear reported.

Chipping Sodbury:
The Common:  2 Kestrel, 1 m. Wheatear.
1 Willow Warbler in a street


NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry:
1 Chiffchaff singing, 2+ Wheatear.

Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Goose, 265 Shelduck, 135 Wigeon, 100 Teal, 1 m. Garganey (Blake’s Pools), 10 Shoveler, 16 Tufted Duck,  2 Common Scoter (Kenn), 10 Cormorant. 2 Little Egret, 25 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Lapwing, 15 Dunlin, 90 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper (River Yeo), 18 Turnstone, 1 Spotted Redshank, 315 Redshank, 20 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 2 GBB  Gull, 1 Raven, 36 Skylark (singing), 8 Sand Martin  (dropped in briefly), 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler (Kenn), 1 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear (Wain’s Hill), 4 White Wagtail, 60 Meadow Pipit, 35 Goldfinch, 5 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting.

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear.

Yatton -  Congresbury (Strawberry Line):
1 Stock Dove 'singing', 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting.

Winscombe (BOC walk):
1 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 5 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 16 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Kestrel, 6 Magpie, 31 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 15 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 11 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 4 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 9 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 7 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Greenway Farm, Wick:
1 Mallard, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Robin.

Newton St Loe:
Mandarin Duck (Pennyquick fields), 7 Grey Heron, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl, 5 + Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff (new in), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Hawfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 25+ Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer.


RESERVOIRS:

The flock of 5 Scaup remain at Chew (Ian Stapp)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 18 Sand Martin.

Chew Valley Lake
1 feral Barnacle Goose, 9 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 24 Shoveler, 5 Scaup (3f., 2 m.), 35+ Goldeneye, 7 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 3 Little Gull (2 adult, 1 x 1W), 1 Common Tern, 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Jay, 30+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail,  5 Chiffchaff (singing), 3 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 6 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting.

Stratford:
1 Common Tern.


Outside Avon
1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Common Scoter, 10 Little Gull at Cheddar Reservoir.

Reports: Adrian Adams, Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Karle Burford, Chris Craig, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Andy Middleton, Dave Nevitt, Darren Pearce, David Poulton, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Martin Smith, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG