08-04-18 Sunday - Wood Warbler

Rather murky with spots of rain earlier but a sunny afternoon.  Still chilly.

Garganey, Iceland Gull
Red Kites
Woodcock, Redstart, Hawfinches
White Wagtails, Water Pipit
Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Grasshopper Warbler
Brambling, Redpoll

Treecreeper - not an easy species to photograph (Jason Williams)

BRISTOL
no reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
41 Shelduck, 20 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret,  5 Oystercatcher, 5 Dunlin, 2 Knot, 40 Redshank, 5 Curlew, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 19+ Chiffchaff.

Littleton Brick Pits:

Little Egret, Grey Heron, 6 Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite (over), Water Rail. 19 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler.

Aust Warth:
3 Shelduck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Curlew, Green Woodpecker calling, GS Woodpecker drumming, 2 Swallow heading NE, 2 m. Redstart, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting.

Orchard Pools:

2 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Red Kite heading off SE, 2 Coot, 30 Curlew, 6  Swallow, 2 singing Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler.

New Passage/Northwick:
50+ Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 150+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff.

NORTH SOMERSET

Garganey, one of two at Dowlais Farm, Clevedon (Karle Burford)

Clevedon-Yeo:
18 Mute Swan, 28 Canada Goose, 210 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 2 Garganey, 8 Shoveler, 15 Tufted Duck, 4 Cormorant, 10 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Oystercatcher, 4 Golden Plover, 10 Lapwing, 20+ Curlew, 1 Snipe, 220 Redshank (160 up Yeo, 60 at Kenn/Dowlais), 1 Black-headed Gull, distant Iceland Gull (heading to the Yeo), 6 LBB Gull, 25 Herring Gull, singing Skylarks, 6 Sand Martin, 25+ Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler.

Wains Hill:

1 f. Goosander (on the sea), 1 Peregrine, 4 House Martin, 6+ Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper.

Steady but light passage of hirundines most of the morning.

Still one Goosander off Wains Hill today (David Gale)

Claverham:

24 Brambling still in the garden and 1 Redpoll

Sand Point/Bay:

6 Swallow, 10 Blackcap, 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler (just outside car park on approach), 1 Willow Warbler, Bullfinch.

Weston-Super-Mare:
Plumley Park:

1 Peregrine over, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - Willsbridge:
Peregrine, Woodcock (Cleeve Wood), Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, Redstart (Hanham Hills), 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Robin, Hawfinch (St Anne's Church).

Bath:

Cam Brook, Midford:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Wood Warbler (singing), 1 m. Pied Flycatcher.

Plenty of Chiffchaffs are singing now (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
5 Teal, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Coot, 1 Little Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Hawfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 9 Linnet, 9 Yellowhammer.


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Sand Martin

Common Sandpiper on the dam (Lee Gardiner)

Chew Valley Lake

CVRS:
1 Reed Warbler (first of the year ringed this morning), 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, plenty of Cetti's Warbler.

Around the Lake:
4 Pintail (Herriotts), 3 Common Sandpiper (Dam)


Reports: Karle Burford, Teresa Chard, Michael Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Nigel Kempson, Andy Middleton, David Playle, Mike Prior, Aravind Ramesh, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG