Brent Goose (27th), Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Osprey, Red Kite
Spotted Redshank, Little Ringed Plover
Turtle Dove (27th)
Cuckoo
Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Yellow Wagtail, possible iberiae Yellow Wagtail (27th), White Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Redpoll, Siskin, Whinchat, Redstart
Purple Sandpiper
Brambling
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| 28-4-18 Spotted Redshank in summer plumage, Dowlais Pool, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
BRISTOL
Brandon Hill:
1 Common Redstart
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo
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| 28-4-18 Whinchat, Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl) |
2 Gadwall, 1 Grey hHron, 10 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 8 Whimbrel, c12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Common Sandpiper, 9 Swift, I Kestrel, f Merlin, Skylark, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Wheatear, Whinchat, c25 Yellow Wagtail , c12 White Wagtail
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| 28-4-18 Yellow Wagtail, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle) |
Severn Beach:
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| 28-4-18 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Rob Emery) |
Chittening Warth:
10 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler,3 Sedge Warbler,3 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3+ Whitethroat
Yate:
Three Brooks LNR: 1m Pied Flycatcher (Sandy Wood)
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead: Battery Point
8 Tufted Duck, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Swift, 1 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit.
Walton Common:
BNS walk - Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Marsh Tit, numerous Blackcap, several Nuthatch
Clevedon-Yeo:
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| 28-4-18 Yellow Wagtails, Wains Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
Dowlais: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Spotted Redshank (in summer plumage)
Channel View Farm: 1 Wheatear, 1 pr Whinchat, 1 (m) Redstart.
Channel View to River Yeo: 4 Bar Tailed Godwit, 26 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 3 Wheatear
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| 28-4-18 Swallows and Common Sandpiper,Wain's Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) |
Sand Point/Bay:
1 Hobby, Swallows moving through in decent numbers, 3 Whitethroat,1 Willow Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit (heard)
Worlebury:
1 pair Buzzard
Claverham
Brambling - only 3 left in the garden, from the heady heights of 56 on 9th
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Cameley:
1 Osprey (flying up the Cam Valley c10 o’clock, heading towards CVL), 4 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 16 Swallow
A note from our Cameley corespondent:
'The Osprey was a first for our garden which now has an impressive list of ‘seen in or from’. But it’s not the first for Cameley: about five years ago a radio-tagged bird called in at Cameley ponds and roosted for the night, just down the road from us – but no one saw it!
I was ringing here today and caught an imm male Sparrowhawk, great excitement for my trainee. And retrapped an eight year-old Blue Tit which is pretty good going as the longevity record for the species is 9 years 9 months.
Worlebury:
1 pair Buzzard
Claverham
Brambling - only 3 left in the garden, from the heady heights of 56 on 9th
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
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| 28-4-18 Peregrine, St Mark's Church, Bath (BUPP) Falcon at nest with all 4 chicks visible |
1 Osprey (flying up the Cam Valley c10 o’clock, heading towards CVL), 4 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 16 Swallow
'The Osprey was a first for our garden which now has an impressive list of ‘seen in or from’. But it’s not the first for Cameley: about five years ago a radio-tagged bird called in at Cameley ponds and roosted for the night, just down the road from us – but no one saw it!
I was ringing here today and caught an imm male Sparrowhawk, great excitement for my trainee. And retrapped an eight year-old Blue Tit which is pretty good going as the longevity record for the species is 9 years 9 months.
Friday 27th April: Swallows arrived and prospecting for nest sites, Chiffchaffs gone quiet – females presumably now on eggs, Blackcaps in full song, Garden Warbler singing, Linnet – one visitor to garden (unusual here), Goldfinches in abundance
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (seems to be an honorary Tufted as it's always with them), 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 'loads' of Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail
Chew Valley Lake
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Hobby (hunting the hirundines), 'loads' of Swifts and hirundines
27th: 2 Brent Goose, 2 Turtle Dove , 1 possible iberiae Yellow Wagtail
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| Long-tailed Tit, CVL Herriotts, (Bob Brewer) |
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| 28-4-18 leucistic Blackbird (Adam Rawson) |
Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Brian Chapman, Allan Chard, William Earp, Rob Emery, Alistair Fraser, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Ian Loats, Bob Medland, Giles Morris, David Playle, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, Paul Williams, Birdguides, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
