18-04-18 Wednesday - Black Tern

Temp 13 to 24℃. Quiet cloudy misty start but really hot cloudless end

Red-throated Diver 

Whimbrel

Little Gull
Arctic Tern, Black Tern
Cuckoo
Yellow Wagtail

Sedge, Reed & Grasshopper Warbler
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat

18-4-18 Red-throated Diver at New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

1 Red Kite (Hotwells), 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, nesting Ravens, 1 Willow Warbler (Combe Dingle), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat (both Bradley Stoke), 2 Bullfinch, Greenfinch singing,

Eastville Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting

Montpelier:
1 singing Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

St Anne's:

1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Grasshopper Warbler 18th April 2018 Littleton Brick Pits (Mark Dadds)

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Cuckoo

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Grasshopper Warbler ringed

18-4-18 Nuthatch at New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage/Northwick Warth to Aust:
1 Red-throated Diver (JC), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Nuthatch (3rd in 10 Years), Wheatear

18-4-18 Wheatear at CSC (Peter Coslett)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

2 Kestrel, Skylarks singing, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 9 Wheatear, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo and Channel View Farm to Blake's Pools:
100 Shelduck, 1 m Garganey, 12 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 6 Cormorant, 2 Coot (unusual), 1 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Whimbrel, 1 Turnstone, 7 Redshank, 20 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail and Tree Pipit over, 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

♀ Pied Flycatcher 18th April 2018 Bath Claire Lewis

Newton St Loe:
7 Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, 14 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail

Southstoke to Combe Hay:1 Cuckoo calling, 2 Willow Warbler, numerous Chiffchaff and Blackcap, Nuthatch nest building
26 butterflies of 5 species, Holly Blue 2, Orange Tip 3, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Peacock 4, Brimstone 15

Odd Down:
Ring tail Harrier - probably Hen Harrier.

RESERVOIRS

18-4-18 Chiffchaff, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:

1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 9 Shelduck, 4 Scaup (2M/2F), 6 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 1 Red Kite, 9 Buzzard, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 sum plum Little Gull, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Black Tern, 4 Jay, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

18-4-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker (with beetle) Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Telescope objective lens cap found in Moreton Hide. Contact bocbirds@gmail.com

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Teresa Chard, John Coombes, Peter Coslett, Adam Cross, Mark Dadds, Alastair, Fraser, Gingerbirder, Rob Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Claire Lewis, Glen Maddison, John Martin, Andy Mears, Bob Pepper, David Poulton, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Andy Slade, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding,severnsidebirds, TBOSG