Garganey, Avocet
Long-tailed Duck
Little Ringed Plovers
Red Kite
Little Gull, Common Terns, Black Tern
Arctic Terns, Cuckoo
Nightingale
Garden Warblers arriving in numbers today - quite early
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| Mrs Greenfinch establishing the pecking order? (Rod Holbrook) |
Eastville Park:
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler.
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
9 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting.
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| Linnet at New Passage (Ian Loats) |
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe (floating upriver), 9 Whimbrel, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 79 BH Gull, 4 Arctic Tern downriver, 1 Cuckoo calling, 2 Yellow Wagtail over. 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler,1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 7 Redpoll.
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| Wheatear at New Passage (Ian Loats) |
2 Gadwall, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 40 Oystercatcher, 1 Turnstone, 11 Dunlin, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 10+ Dunlin, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Wheatear, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Linnet.
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| Whimbrels are migrating up the Severn now (Ian Loats) |
pr Canada Goose (nesting on a moving island nestbox), pr Gadwall, 2+ Little Grebe, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 2+ Cetti’s Warbler.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead-Clevedon coast:
Possible Golden Oriole (observer heard a brief song in his garden overlooking the Severn, and glimpsed a Blackbird-sized bird).
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| The Dowlais pools Avocet moved out to the estuary later (Howard Taffs) |
28 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 80+ Shelduck, pr Garganey, 2 Wigeon, 18 Teal, 8 Mallard, 3 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 5 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Avocet, 20 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 8+ Lapwing, 12 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 32 Dunlin, 40+ Redshank (23 at Dowlais, 20 up Yeo), 2 Turnstone, 3 imm. BH Gull, 35 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 4 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear.
Yatton:
Strawberry Line:
12+ Chiffchaff, 8+ Blackcap, 3+ Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Whitethroat.
Weston-Super-Mare:
Airfield:
5 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting.
Uphill:
2 Whimbrel.
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| One of many singing Blackcaps seen today (Ian Stapp) |
Marshfield:
(yesterday, Wednesday 18th) Report of Goshawk over Down Road.
Yellowhammers and Corn Buntings on territories.
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| Yellowhammers are on breeding territories at Marshfield (Pete Coslett) |
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Nightingale singing, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch.
Keynsham:
1 Red Kite (see Marksbury entry?)
Marksbury:
1 Red Kite drifting east (see Keynsham entry?), 12 Buzzard.
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| Mandarins on the river at Freshford (Claire Lewis) |
A female Goosander flew over Caledonian Road this morning.
Freshford:
3 Mandarin (2 m., 1 f.), 1 m. Goosander,
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks (WeBS count):
8 Teal, 22 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 44 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 14 Coot, 4 Cormorant, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Kingfisher, 1 White Wagtail.
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 m. Redstart (first here since 2012), 1 Willow Warbler, lots of Blackcap and Chiffchaff.
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| Beautiful drake Garganey at Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp) |
2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 26 Canada Goose, 11 Shelduck, 12 Teal, 1 m. Garganey
(one report of a pair, at Herriotts), 22 Shoveler, 5 Scaup (2 m., 3 f.), 1 f. Marsh Harrier, 12+ Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull, 4 G BB Gull, 3 Black Tern, 6 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 4 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit (2 nests), 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 20+ Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
New list of Avon bird sightings
"Rare Birds in Avon", edition 1, by Rich Mielcarek, has been added to Information Sites on Avonbirds:
Reports: Rich Andrews, John Barnett, Anthony Cook, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, William Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Claire Lewis, Ian Loats, John Martin, Nick Page, Mark Parsons, Chris Perry, Harvey Rose, Richard Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Geoff Suter, John Thorogood, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
