Scaup, Red Kite, Willow Warblers, Reed Warbler, Barn Owl
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| Skylark along the Dowlais shore, Clevedon (Ian Loats) |
Coombe Dingle:
2 Blackcap, 2+ Bullfinch still in their overwintering quarters.
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| Sparrowhawk collecting nest material (Rich Scantlebury) |
2 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, pr Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush,
Goldcrest, lots of Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler.
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| Buzzard, St Anne's Wood (Gill Sapsed) |
Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron flyovers, 2 Jay, Chiffchaff singing.
Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, m. Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch. (Butterflies: Brimstone, Peacock, Small White).
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
9 Canada Goose, 18 Shelduck, 13 Teal, 5 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 24 Curlew, Stock Dove singing, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 9+ Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit
(and butterflies: singles of Small Tortoiseshell and Comma).
Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Wheatear.
NORTH SOMERSET
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| Barn Owl 5th April 2018 PW (Jason Williams) |
2 Wigeon, c 25 Tufted Duck, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Cetti's Warbler, m. Blackcap, 8 to 10 Chiffchaff.
Clevedon-Yeo:
Blind Yeo:
Little Egret, Oystercatchers, Meadow Pipits, Long-tailed Tits, Greenfinch, Linnets.
Dowlais farm:
Lapwings, Redshank, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits.
Backwell Lake:
26 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 2 Shoveler.
Backwell Hill: 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven.
Kenn:
Kenn Moor (Old Pumping Station): 15 Mute Swan, 1 Little Egret.
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| Reed Buntings in a Yatton garden ('Higgy') |
1 Blackcap, 6 Reed Bunting.
Puxton:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 11 Goldfinch.
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| Long-tailed Tit - a bird's eye view? (Ian Loats) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham:
2 Grey Wagtail, 2 singing Chiffchaffs.
Bath:
Lansdown Racecourse: 188 Golden Plover (some in summer plumage).
Prior Park: Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper.
Paulton:
Barn Owl (early morning).
RESERVOIRS:
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| Little Grebe at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
1 feral Barnacle Goose, 8 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 6 Pintail, 24 Shoveler, 5 Scaup, 24+ Goldeneye, 1 Goosander (pond at Herriotts), 1 Little Grebe, 9 Little Egret, 6 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, pr Long-tailed Tit nest-building, 1 Reed Bunting.
CVRS:
2 Willow Warbler and 4 Chiffchaff processed today and a Reed Warbler, heard behind the Heligoland trap.
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| Great Crested Grebe with lunch ('Higgy') |
