Tuesday, 22 May 2018

22-05-18 Tuesday - Cuckoo, Spot Fly

Blooming lovely.

Red Kite, Hobby
Swift
Spotted Flycatchers
Cuckoo 
Great Tit 22nd May 2018 CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

City Centre:
Lots of Swift around at 08:30


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

Shepperdine: High tide count
12 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 4 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin.

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite mid-day

Aust Warth:
26 Shelduck, 18 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 12 Meadow Pipit (some parachuting, and bringing food down into grass)
Severn Beach:
Ringed Plover 22nd May 2018 Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
1 Ringed Plover (probably more, but !)

Kingswood:
3 Swifts, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing

Warmley - Forest Park:
1 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat.


NORTH SOMERSET

Ham Green:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard.

Portishead - Sainsbury's:
1 Cettie's Warbler.

Clevedon-Yeo Wains Hill:
1 Cuckoo - calling

Clevedon-Yeo Dowlais:
1 (m) Garganey, 1 Gadwall, and 7 Lapwing chicks seen.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

Shire Valley:
2 Spotted Flycatcher

Tolldown:
Raven 22nd May 2018 Marshfield Tolldown (Peter Coslett)
1 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 7 Raven - 5 fledged juv + 2 adults, singing Skylark, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, and singing Yellowhammer.

Bath:
Peregrine inc juv 22nd May 2018 Bath BUPP 1 weeks difference
The St John's Peregrine chicks are growing well - what a difference a week makes.

Farmborough (nr Bath):
1 Red Kite 

Pensford:
Dipper 22nd May 2018 Pensford (Ian Stapp)
2 Swift, 12 Jackdaw, 2 Dipper, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail,


RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Red Kite 22nd May 2018 CVL (Ian Stapp)
1 Barnacle Goose, 13 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 1 Red Kite (11.10am), 3 Buzzard, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 20+ Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6+ Sand Martin, 40+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, lots of Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Whitethroat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 14 House Sparrows, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Reports: John Barnett, BUPP, Karle Burford, Peter Coslett, Rod Holbrook, David Howes, Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Mark Savage, Nigel Sluman, Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG