Friday 6 April 2018

06-04-18 Friday - Iceland Gull

Temp 6 to 16℃. Windier today, dry bright start but clouded over later

Red Kite
Little Ringed Plover
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
Short-eared Owl
Reed Warbler
White Wagtail
Tree Pipit
6-4-18 Iceland Gull, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
1 Shelduck, 1 Cormorant, c.100 Gulls - mainly Herring Gull, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch

Swallows at Aust, Battery Point, Clevedon, Sand Point, Willsbridge, Frome Valley

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Oystercatcher, lots Chiffchaffs, Green Woodpecker, Tufted Duck, Buzzard, Little Egret, Long-tailed Tit

Severnside: (combined report)
1 Hybrid Brent-Barnacle Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 (f) Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, a few Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET
6-4-18 White Wagtail, Dowlais (Howard Taffs
Clevedon, Dowlais Farm:
2 Canada Geese, 45 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 24 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite 09:45 heading NE, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 96 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 1 Iceland Gull (Howard Taffs), 1 Short-eared Owl 10:45, 1 m. Kestrel, Skylarks singing, 2 Sand Martin, 3-4 Swallows an hour, 1 House Martin, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet
6-4-18 Iceland Gull, Dowlais Farm (Jason Williams)


Clevedon, Channel View to Blake's Pools:
50 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 10 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

6-4-18 Dipper, River Avon (Lee Gardiner)
RESERVOIRS

6-4-18 Long-tailed Tit, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake: (combined report)
6 Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 6 Teal, 1 Scaup (F), 3 Little Egret (Stratford Lane), 5 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Dam), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Little Gull, 2 G-S Woodpecker, 30+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Longtailed Tit, 6+ Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Heron's Green
9 Mallard Ducklings and a Pochard.

Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 Goldcrest, Nuthatch pair, still nest building, 2 Reed Bunting.

Woodford Lodge:
Lots of Chiffchaff.

Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 6 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriott's
Several pr Shoveler, hardly any Gadwall, a few Pintail, 2 Teal, 1 m Goldeneye.

6-4-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Oldbury On Severn Village (Ian Loats)
Out of Avon
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Oldbury On Severn Village

Reports: Drew Brooke-Taylor, Jane Cumming, Chris Hall, Lee Gardiner, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Dave Nevitt, Lois Pryce, Vic Savery, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, Talking to Bears, TBOSG