Saturday 21 April 2018

21-04-18 Saturday - Goshawk

Temp 10 to 25℃. Bright start, then rain, then luxuriously warm and sunny, our hottest day this year

Goshawk
Avocet
Whimbrel
Little Gull
Arctic Tern
Swift
Grasshopper Warbler
Garden Warbler
Yellow Wagtail

21-4-18 Willow Warbler, Woodford (Ian Stapp)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 m Goshawk52 BH Gull, 10 Common Gull, 8 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 9 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 9 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Redpoll, 1 Yellowhammer

New Passage/Northwick Warth to Aust:
1 f Goshawk, 1 Avocet, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 28 BH Gull, 6 Common Gull, 1 Swift, 2 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 9 Yellow Wagtail

21-4-18 Whitethroat at Three Brooks (Adam Rawson)
Bradley Stoke:
Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat

Yate:
1 Red Kite 17.45

Frampton Cotterell:
Grasshopper Warbler reeling 7 am

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Red Kite, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Cetti's and Reed Warbler

Clevedon Wain's Hill:
8 Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit, 16 Linnet, 2 Redpoll, 42 Goldfinch

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Garganey (Dowlais), Kingston Seymour lanes: 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

Winford and Bristol Airport:
1 and 2 Red Kite

Sand Point:
20 Whimbrel, 5 Sand Martin, 20 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 m Redstart, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Redpoll

Weston Airfield:
3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler


BELOW M4 & BANES
21-4-18 Dipper, Pensford (Ian Stapp)
Pensford:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 12 Jackdaw, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath:
first House Martin and Swift early morning

Bishop Sutton:
House Martin

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck
21-4-18 Shoveler, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 11 Shelduck, 5 Scaup (2M/3F), 16 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 L-t Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 f Redstart, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

21-4-18 Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler (CVRS)
CVRS:
Reed Warbler ringed here as juv in Aug 2010, also seen July 2014 and June 2106, 1st Lesser Whitethroat, 1st Garden Warbler

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Sean Davies, Gingerbirder, Paul Gregory, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, Richard Keel, Lionel Patch, Matt Plenty, Adam Rawson, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, John Thorogood, Gordon Youdale, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding,severnsidebirds, TBOSG