Saturday 19 May 2018

19-05-18 Saturday - Cuckoo, Spot Fly

A continuation of yesterday: sunny, dry, warm, with light wind.

Very few reports - has everyone's attention been absorbed by the two matches taking place today?

Cuckoo 
Spotted Flycatcher


19-05-18 Song Thrush, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding) 


BRISTOL

Avon Gorge: 
1 Peregrine showing well from Watch Point on Durdham Downs

Eastville Park:
1 Cuckoo (only the second at this site that observer can recall)

Glenfrome School, BS5:
1 Garden Warbler

Bishopston 
1 Swift (first of year here)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Cuckoo 

Severn Beach:
(notables from BBS second visit) 3 Swift, Long-tailed Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Bullfinch

Orchard Pools:
Reed Warbler ('Plenty '), 1 Spotted Flycatcher
Also  'numerous' Four Spotted Chaser plus  a few similar size blue/green dragonflies (probably Hairy Dragonfly )

Willsbridge:
2 juv Tawny Owl
Tawny Owl - juv 19th May 2018 Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
1 Sparrowhawk

Weston-super-Mare:
Birnbeck - 1 Little Egret

Brean Sluice
1 Black Swan, 1 Great Crested Grebe close to the border on the Axe

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
Early WeBS Count - 3 Mute Swan (1 adult on nest), 20 Mallard (including 9 Ducklings), 1 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 3 Grey Heron (1 Adult on nest)

Usual patch walk -  4 Buzzard, 17 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,  2 Raven, 2 Jay, 5 Barn Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff , 2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest,  1 Starling, 3 Song Thrush,3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch


RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
Barnacle Goose 19th May 2018 CVL (Lee Gardiner)
1 Barnacle Goose (as captured by Mr Gardiner's new camera - how many points do you think?)

Nightingales at Lodge Hill:
This site has the highest number of Nightingales, 85 out 5,500, anywhere in the UK. Medway council want to allocate this Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for development. Please go to rspb.org.uk/savenightingales to urge Medway Council to protect this site

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Allan Chard, Lee Gardiner, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge,Adrian Hockey,Rod Holbrook, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Vic Savery,  Larry Sweetland,  blagdonlakebirdsCVRS,  nslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG