Friday, 4 May 2018

04-05-18 Friday - Whinchat

Temp 8 to 12℃. Dull, dry, and mild, with very light wind today

Ruff
Spotted Redshank
Little Gull
Barn Owl
Hobby
Grasshopper Warbler
Whinchat
Redpoll

BRISTOL
4-5-18 Peregine in Avon Gorge (Paul Brennan)
Easton:
4 Swift, 18 Swallow, 1 Redpoll

Sea Mills:
House Martins are here – 8 circling a selected area of mud adjacent to their nesting sites on the Station building. Also 1 Shelduck, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch

4-5-18 Whinchat, Stoke Park (Rich Scantlebury)
Stoke Park:
2 Canada Geese, Mallard ducklings, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Coot, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler (Eastville Park), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Starling, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Whinchat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
8 Tufted Duck, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 6 Raven, 12 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 13 Reed Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 43 Wren

4-5-18 Black-tailed Godwit, New Passage (John Martin)
Severnside:
47 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 31 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail, Greenfinch, Reed Buntings

4-5-18 Wheatear, New Passage (Lisegirl)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, most warblers singing

Walton Common:
1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Redpoll

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 4 (1 + 3) Lapwing chicks, 1 Spotted Redshank, steady trickle hirundine

Uphill:
2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Rushmead Lane:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Raven, Kestrel, loads Skylarks, Corn Buntings and Yellowhammers

4-5-18 Peregrine and pulli, Bath (BUPP)
The little runt has pushed to the fore
Bath, St John's Church:
2 Peregrine and 4 pulli

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck has gone, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Common Sandpiper, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Hobby

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper
4-5-18 Scaup, Stratford Hide (Rob Hargreaves)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Black Swan, 9 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, 1 f Scaup, 1 m Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 150 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 65  Swallows and Martins
4-5-18 Garden Warbler, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler,  2 Blackcap,  2 Garden Warbler, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Brennan, Allan Chard, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Michael Davis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Horlick, Chris James, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Mervyn, Pearce, Lois Pryce, Patrick Richards, Rich Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG