Saturday 28 April 2018

28-04-18 Saturday - Spotted Redshank

Mild, overcast, some drizzle early on - good migration conditions

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


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

28-4-18 Whinchat, Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl)
Northwick/ Pilning/Aust:
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   

28-4-18 Yellow Wagtail, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle)

Severn Beach:
28-4-18 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Rob Emery)
8 Whimbrel, Swallows [72 an hour],7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler,1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Wheatear

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:
28-4-18 Yellow Wagtails, Wains Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs) 
Wain's Hill:  rough figures in 2 hours: 1 Cuckoo, 10 Swift, 1 Hobby, 600 +Swallow with a few martins, 50 Yellow Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 2 Siskin

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

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:
28-4-18 Peregrine, St Mark's Church, Bath (BUPP)
Falcon at nest with all 4 chicks visible
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.

Friday 27th AprilSwallows 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:
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

Chew Valley Ringing Station:A quiet morning of ringing after the rain made interesting by the first re-appearance of a Chiffchaff ringed here late April last year

Long-tailed Tit, CVL Herriotts, (Bob Brewer)
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,  blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirds,   TBOSG