30-04-19 Tuesday - Crossbill, Garganey, Wood Warbler

Nice and warm - high of 16℃

Swifts back on site - See BRISTOL SWIFTS

Wood Warbler
Whinchat
Crossbill
Cuckoo
Garganey
Ring-necked Duck
Red Kite
Hobby

Pied Flycatcher

30-04-2019 Cuckoo CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Whiteladies Road:
1 Swift - 1st this yr.

30-04-2019 Ferel Pigeons - Eastville Park (Richard Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat,

Eastville - Huyton Road:
House Sparrow X Spanish Sparrow -The sparrow of questionable parentage is still present. Seen on roof of 4. Still there - collect a feather someone, or some poo.

Stoke Bishop:
1 Swift - back in the nest box, see BRISTOL SWIFTS above

Swift boxes newly installed in Montpelier and Redland - just waiting for occupants.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

30-04-2019 Jackdaw & Song Thrush Leyhill (Adam Rawson)

Layhill:
1 Jackdaw - defence of the realm, 1 Song Thrush - pouring his song to the wind.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Oystercatch - doing what comes natural at this time of year.

Littleton Warth - Whale Wharf:
11 Whimbrel - feeding

30-04-2019 Garganey Pilning Wetlands (Aravind Ramesh)

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetland:
3 Garganey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,

Oldland Common:
1 Red Kite -soaring

Emerson's Green:
1 Cuckoo heard

Winterbourne:
1 Stock Dove, 3 Jay, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Whinchat (m), nice to see 5 Roe Deer too.

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill -BBS:
1 Swift -1st this yr, 1 Pied Flycatcher (f),

Portishead - Woodhill Bay
2 Whimbrel

30-04-2019 Wood Warbler Wain's Hill (Howard Taffs)

Prior's Wood:
1 Pied Flycatcher (m), 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 3 Songthrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 House Martin, 1 Raven, 2 Buzzard + 4 Ostrich!

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Wood Warbler -singing, 1 Redstart (f) - Wains Hill, 12 Whimbrel, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat,  - Dowlais,

Clevedon - Walton Bay:
3 Whimbrel - flushed by a Peregine.

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Whimbrel, 3 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat (m), 1 Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Crossbill,

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Hobby - over the garden

30-04-2019 Whimbrel Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill and Bleadon Levels:
Many Shelduck, Skylark, and Reed Warbler. Also 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Kestrel, 30 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 14+ Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Pied Wagtail. Plus 26 other species.

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-04-2019 Whitethroat Marshfield (Claire Lewis)

Marshfield - Dunsdown Lane: 29-04-2019
Red-legged Partridge - calling, Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, Chaffinch, 2 Yellowhammer,

Paulton:
2 Swift

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Reservoir:
2 Swift

30-04-2019 Garden Warbler & Blackcap CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
44+ Canada Goose, 36+ Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 6 Little Grebe, 12+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Common Sandpiper, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Collared Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 50+ Swift- in small parties probably moving through, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 12+ Jackdaw, lots  of Blue & Great Tit, 12+ Swallow, 2 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff , lots of Blackcap, 30+ Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, Wren, 9 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 30+ House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 20+ Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting.

Woodford:
1 Raven, 2 Bullfinch,

Heron's Green:
1 Kestrel, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

Moreton:
8 Stock Dove, 3 Jay, 14+ Carrion Crow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Goldcrest,

30-4-19 Ring-necked Duck at CVL (Robert Hargreaves)

Stratford
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 1 Scaup (f), 1 Cuckoo, 2 Treecreeper,

Herriott's inc Pool:
4 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper

30-04-2019 Sedge Warbler & Whitethroat CVL (George Stacey)

Reports: David Campbell, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Michael Davis, Alastair Fraser, Mike Glenville, Dominic Godfrey, Paul Gregory, Chris Hall, Patrick Hancock, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Dave Howes,  Mike Jackson, MJ, Claire Lewis, Giles Morris, Mark Parsons, Aravind Ramesh, Adam Rawson, Adele Remazeilles, John Rossetti, Carol Rushton, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Jason Williams, 

  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

29-04-19 Monday - Garganey, Cuckoo

Temp 9 to 18 ℃.  Warmer and brighter today, dry with a light breeze

Garganey
Red Kite
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit
Cuckoo
Hobby
Swift
Black-headed Wagtail probable

BRISTOL

Bristol, IKEA:
1 Sedge Warbler singing

29-4-19 Robin on Concorde Way (Patrick Richards)

Concorde Way:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Willow Warbler 2 Chiffchaff, 2m, 1f, Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3m Blackbird, 2 Robin, 17 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 6 Goldfinch

Stoke Park:
1 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat (nr smaller pond), 7 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, WeBS:
lots of Warblers inc. Cetti's and Lesser Whitethroat

29-4-19 Linnet at New Passage (Allan Chard)

NewPassage/Northwick Warth:
42 Shelduck, 2m, 1f Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2+ Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:
7 Whimbrel at 06:30

Clevedon-Yeo: 
Shoveler and Gadwall at Dowlais, 11 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Swift, 36 Carrion Crow on Lapwing field, 4 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler singing, 1 probable Black-headed Wagtail

Yatton:
2 Jay, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat

Sand Point/Bay, Middle Hope:
2 Cormorant, 6 Whimbrel, 3 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge Mill:
2 Dipper, 2 Bullfinch, 12 m + 9 f orange tip, 3 green veined white, 2 peacock

Midford:
2 m Mandarin Duck

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite going North

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 28th:
1♂ Lesser Scaup, 2 Great White Egrets, 3 Swifts, 1 Hobby, 3 singing Garden Warblers

29-4-19 White Wagtail, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
48 Canada Goose, 38 Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall,  4 Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 f Scaup, 2 Little Grebe, 12+ Great-crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, (f&m), 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 0 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Collared Dove

29-4-19 Cuckoo, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

2 Cuckoo (m) calling, (Moreton to Herriott's), 4 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (Moreton), 2 Jay, 9 Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 6 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, lots Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler (HG), 30+ Reed Warbler, lots Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler (1 ringed), 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 28 House Sparrow, 1 Grey, 1 White and 7 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

29-4-19 Reed Bunting, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Reports: CVRS, Geoff Dring, Paul Francis, Paul Gregory, Simon Harris, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Michael Hutchinson, MJ, Nigel Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams

27-04-19 Sunday - Citrine and 'Channel' Wagtails still present

A little overcast at times today, still cool in the breeze.

Garganey, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup 

Whimbrel
Mediterranean Gull

Arctic Tern 

Barn Owl 
Ring-necked Parakeet

Cuckoo
Hobby
Marsh Tit
Citrine Wagtail, 'Channel' Wagtail

28-04-19 Arctic Tern off Nunnery, CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Tortworth road - 1 flyover Ring-necked Parakeet

M4/M32 junction:

Barn Owl on lamppost

28-04-19 bold inner-city Jay, garden off Jacob's Wells Road, Bristol (Adele Remazeilles)

Eastville Park:
1 Dipper

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Cuckoo

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Whimbrel, 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 24 Reed Warbler, 35 Whitethroat, 19 Blackcap

28-04- 19 newly-fledged Grey Wagtail, Thornbury (Matt Plenty)

Thornbury:

Streamside Walk - juvenile Grey Wagtail being fed 

28-04-19 'Channel' Wagtail, Pilning Wetland (Lisegirl)

Pilning wetland/Northwick Warth:
fem Citrine Wagtail and 'Channel' Wagtail still present
Also drake Garganey, 27 Gadwall, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 230+ Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail

22-04-19 fem Redstart, Chipping Sodbury (Rochelle Kent-Ellis)

Chipping Sodbury
22nd : 1 f  Redstart in a garden


NORTH SOMERSET

28-04-19 Cetti's Warbler, Portbury Wharf (Jason Williams)

Portbury Wharf:
4 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher,  2 Lapwing, 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Clevedon - Portishead:
12+ Whimbrel

Cleeve: 
Woods on Cleeve Hill Road - 1 Marsh Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Northfield Lane area- 7 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk,1 Kestrel, 3 Skylark, m + f Wheatear, 7 Pied Wagtail, 5 Yellowhammer,12 Corn Bunting 

28-04--19 Yellowhammer, West Littleton (Claire Lewis )

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon:
♂ Lesser Scaup still present, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Swift, 1 Hobby, 3 Garden Warbler

Chew Valley Lake

46+ Canada Goose, 34+ Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck (8 Herriotts pool),12+ Great Crested Grebe,  3 Great White  Egret,  1 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 2nd cyr male Marsh Harrier,  6 GBB Gull, 1 1st sum Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Gull, 1 Common Tern,  6 Collared Dove, 16 Swift,2 Peregrine, 3 Hobby, 20+ Jackdaw, lots Blue + Great Tit,  6+ Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Goldcrest , lots Chiffchaff ,+ Blackcap, 30+ Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat (HG pool side 2 Dam),  6 Blackbird, 5 Robin,  3 Dunnock, 12 Wren, 10+ House Sparrow (Bishop Sutton) 12+ House Sparrow (Blue Bowl), 5 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch,  4 Reed Bunting 

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler

Woodford:
3 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch

Nunnery:
1 Sparrowhawk (Nunnery) 1 Hobby (Nunnery), 4 Arctic Tern (in and out Villice Bay from Nunnery)

28-04-19 Whimbrel, Heron's Green wall, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler

Moreton:
5 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  4 Jay, 12+ Carrion  Crow 4 LTT, 2 Goldcrest, 12Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler
Stratford: 
1 f Scaup, Marsh Harrier – 1 2nd cyr male
Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 1 m Ring-necked Duck, 1 Cetti's Warbler


Out of Avon
Cheddar Reservoir - White-winged Black Tern

A message from Bristol Swifts:
'Just to give you the heads-up. A good mate of mine has just contacted me to say over 4000 swifts an hour have been counted passing over Saint-Pierre la Mer today. That's on the eastern coast of France just north of Barcelona. On the western coast of France at Point de Grave, just up from Bordeaux, almost 8000 have been seen. They should be with us soon, either Monday or Tuesday. Keep your eyes peeled.'

Reports: Karle Burford,  Peter Coslett,  John Croxton, Tim Cox, Olly Frampton, Rochelle Kent-Ellis, Claire Lewis,  Lisegirl, Andy Middleton, Michael Moxon, James Packer, Matt Plenty, Adele Remazeilles, Aravind Ramesh, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Rob Treble, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, bristolswifts@gmail.com

27-04-19 Saturday - skua fest

Tempestuous as Storm Hannah struck - squally winds and heavy showers.  Warm though.

Ring-necked Duck
Common Scoters, Arctic Terns, 3 species of skua, Guillemot
Citrine Wagtail, "Channel" Yellow Wagtail

The female Citrine Wagtail is still at Pilning Wetlands
and was showing well by noon (Ben Ofield)

BRISTOL

Sneyd Park, Bishops Knoll:
2 Jackdaw, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Wren, 1 Great Tit.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Fulmar (most unusual here), 8 Whimbrel, 5 Arctic Tern and possible distant Black Tern down-river


Pilning wetland:
12 Canada Goose, 55+ Shelduck, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 m. "Channel" Yellow Wagtail, f. Citrine Wagtail, Swallows and House Martins.


Severn Beach:
2 Common Scoter, 2 Fulmar, 1 Gannet, 15 Kittiwake, 30+ Common Gull. 18 Arctic Tern, 2 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 4  Pomarine Skua.

Fulmar in Ladye Bay (Paul Chapman)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Ladye Bay:
10 Fulmar, 2 Gannet, 4 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua. 1 Guillemot.

Sand Point/Bay:
9:20-2:50 (down-river): 21 Fulmar, 6 Gannet, 4 Kittiwake, 3 tern sp,  (Up-river): 5 Great Skua, 5 Arctic Skua.  (No Poms or terns.)


Anchor Head:
early till 10:45:  11+ Fulmar, 8 Arctic Tern, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 1 Great Skua.

Bristol Airport:
1 Wheatear

Yellowhammer glowing in the sunshine at West Littleton (Claire Lewis)

BELOW M4 & BANES
no reports.

Linnet at West Littleton (Claire Lewis)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Great White Egret.


Chew Valley Lake
1 m. Ring-necked Duck (showing well at Moreton Hide), 1 Whimbrel (Herons Green, then flew towards Blagdon), flock of 22+ Arctic Tern.

Reports:  Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis & Rich Mielcarek, Paul Gregory, Adrian Hockey, Dave Nevitt, Jean Oliver, Dean Reeves, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

26-04-19 Friday - Citrine Wagtail (female)

Cooler (8 - 13.5 °C), overcast with patches of rain

Garganey, Ring-necked Duck
Fulmar
Arctic Skua 
Whinchat
Citrine Wagtail, Blue-headed Wagtail

25-04-19 male Citrine Wagtail, Pilning Wetland (Gary Thoburn)
[One half of yesterday's astonishing double act....] 

26-04-19 fem Citrine Wagtail, Pilning Wetland (Alex Carlisle)
[...while the female is still present today]

BRISTOL

St Anne's:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper on River Avon

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
3 Whimbrel

26-04-19 another photo of the female Citrine Wagtail, Pilning Wetland (Merv)

Pilning wetland:
1 m Garganey, 1 m Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Channel Wagtail, 1 f Citrine Wagtail, 1 m Blue-headed Wagtail, 1 f Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail

26-04-19 drake Garganey, Pilning Wetland (Andy Slade)

26-04-19 Whinchat, Pilning Wetland (Matt Ames)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Ladye Bay 3.15 - 5.00 pm - 1 Fulmar, 1 Peregrine, 5 Arctic Skua 

Backwell Lake:
30+ House Martin, 6 + Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:

26-04-19 Peregrine, St John's church, Bath (BUPP)
[ All four chicks apparently doing well ]

RESERVOIRS

26-04-19 Ring-necked Duck, Moreton, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake

Moreton:
2 Barnacle Goose, 1m Ring-necked Duck

26-4-19 Greylag Goose, CVL (TtB)

Herriott's:
1 Greylag Goose

Reports: Matt Ames, Paul Bowerman, Jonathan Bull, Karle Burford, Alex Carlisle, Raoul Chandrasakera, Brian Lancastle, Merv@Merv37447363, Gill Sapsed, Andy Slade, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Mike Thomas, Gary Thoburn,  BUPP, opsbirding,

25-04-19 Thursday - TWO Citrine Wagtails

Damp and breezy after overnight rain.  Sunny spells and showers, then more persistent rain later.  Cooler too.

Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup
Osprey, Red Kite
Bonxie
Citrine Wagtails

A male Citrine Wagtail has joined the female at Pilning Wetlands (Ginger Birder)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park and Duchess Pond:
4 Swallow, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Plover, 6 Dunlin, 1 Bonxie, 3 Common Tern (all species heading downriver).

Shepperdine: 1 Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin.

Pilning wetland:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Wheatear, 2 Citrine Wagtail (m. and f.), 2+ Blue-headed Wagtail, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2+ White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail.


Severn Beach:
2 dark-bellied Brent Goose, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Turnstone, 3 “commic” tern, 13 BH Gull, 20 Common Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Cetti’s Warbler.


NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Ladye Bay:
Osprey (heading North mid-morning), 3 Whimbrel (North), 2 Sandwich Tern (South).


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Broadmead Brook:
3 Mallard, 3 Red-legged Partridge, c.10 Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, c.10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet (bathing in brook).


Newton St Loe:
3 Grey Heron (back on top lake, now all open again), 1 Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow (sitting on wires in the village and probably dreaming of Africa), 1 Chiffchaff, 9+ Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 20 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

A nice selection of Chew regulars (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Common Sandpiper.


Chew Valley Lake
34+ Canada Goose, 30+ Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 2 f. Scaup (Moreton & Stratford), 3 Little Grebe, 12+ Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Common Tern, 10 Swallow, 6+ Sand Martin, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Reed Warbler. 2 Whitethroat, 20+ Chaffinch, 6+ Reed Bunting.

Dam:
1 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Woodford:
1 Raven,  4 Goldfinch.

Common Sandpiper at Chew (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Sedge Warbler.

Moreton:
6 Stock Dove, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Goldcrest.

Stratford:
1 m. Ring-necked Duck, 1 Red Kite (flew East mid-morning).

Herriott's inc Pool:
9 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 6 Teal.

Very pretty, but it's bound to be a "Slimbridge Special" (Ian Stapp)

OUT OF AREA

Ham Wall:
Alpine Swift.

Alpine Swift delighting the crowds at Ham Wall today (Mike Trew)

It is the Close Season until 31st August. Here is a reminder of the laws regarding wild birds

Schedule 1

‘Schedule 1’ generally refers to birds and their young, for which it is an offence to intentionally or recklessly disturb at, on or near an ‘active’ nest
The best way to understand disturbance, whether intentional or reckless (ie pursuing a course of action while consciously disregarding the fact that the action gives rise to a substantial and unjustifiable risk), is to think that it includes any action that causes a nesting Schedule 1 bird to behave differently to how it would behave if that individual wasn’t there.
This includes getting too close and flushing, alarming, or causing a nesting bird listed on Schedule 1 to stop what it was doing; and/or using a recording/tape lure that causes a nesting bird listed on Schedule 1 to react in any way at all – whether that behaviour is a ‘normal’ response to hearing the call or not.
It is not an excuse for a person to claim that they thought that no nesting activity was taking place


In basic terms, if an individual does anything that intentionally or recklessly causes any of the birds listed below (whether a nesting adult or young in the nest) to change behaviour, then that individual is breaking the law


For information on the law and photographing Schedule 1 birds please go here

List affecting Avon:

Avocet
Bittern
Bittern, Little
Corncrake
Crake, Spotted
Crossbill (all species)
Firecrest
Garganey
Godwit, Black-tailed
Goldeneye (Close season)
Grebe, Black-necked
Greenshank
Gull, Mediterranean
Harriers (all species)
Hobby
Kingfisher
Kite, Red
Merlin
Osprey
Owl, Barn
Peregrine
Pintail  (Close season)
Plover, Little Ringed
Quail, Common
Redstart, Black
Ruff
Sandpiper, Green 

Sandpiper, Purple
Sandpiper, Wood
Scaup
Shrike, Red-backed
Spoonbill
Tern, Black
Tern, Little
Tit, Bearded
Warbler, Cetti’s
Warbler, Dartford
Whimbrel
Woodlark
Wryneck

Link to Full Schedule 1 list:

Schedule 2 Link
Birds which may be killed outside the close season

Reports:  Paul Bowerman, Andy Davis, Nicky Larry, Andy Middleton, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

24-04-19 Wednesday - Citrine Wagtail

Heavy rain to start then clear after 15:00

Citrine Wagtail
Swift
Hobby
Tree Pipit
Arctic Skua
Great Skua

24-04-2019 Citrine Wagtail Pilning Wetlands (Aravind Ramesh - finder)

BRISTOL

Eastville Huyton Rd:
1 Sparrow spc - showing features of Italian Sparrow, or Spanish x House Sparrow in the usual spot this morning

24-04-2019 Chiffchaff Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
5 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear (f), 2 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Arctic Skua, - dark phase - upriver -fast

Aust Warth:

24-04-2019 Linnet Aust (Rod Holbrook)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 60 Bar-tailed Godwit - over,  1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 4 Wheatear, 15 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail

Pilning wetland:
1 Citrine Wagtail - currently on the ploughed field (18:38)

24-04-2019 Citrine Wagtail - green; breeding range, blue; non-resident

Severn Beach:
17 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua - dark phase --> NE, 1 Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin

Filton - Charlton Common:
1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
1 Peregrine - soaring over the allotments.

Clevedon -Ladye Bay:
4 Arctic Tern

Dowlais:
4 Arctic Tern

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Fulmar, 1 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, lots of Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 4 Tree Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath - St John's Church:
6 Peregrine - inc 4 fast-growing chicks

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Scaup (f), 1 Ring-necked Duck (m),  1 Great White Egret, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 12 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 1 Swift, 2 Hobby

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

24-04-2019 Common Sandpiper - Little Ringed Plover CVL (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Sandpiper, mainly Swallow flying around, 3 Sedge Warbler - poolside reeds

24-04-2019 Sedge Warbler CVL (George Stacey)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Adam Cross, Paul Gregory, Pete Hazelwood, MJ, Paul Milsom, Dave Nevitt, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

23-04-19 Tuesday - Hobby - Cuckoo

Dry - a glimpse of sun but overcast and heavy.

Cuckoo
Great, Pomarine and Arctic Skua
Little, Arctic and Black Tern
Gannet
Osprey
Hobby
Ring-necked Duck
Black-necked Grebe

23-04-2019 Great Skua, Severn Beach (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

Redland - BBS - highlights:
1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

Duchess Pool:
1 Buzzard,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Collard Dove, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 5m 2f Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 7 Starling, 2 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch.

23-04-2019 a post bath time Green Woodpecker Duchess Pool (Pat Richards)

Stockwood Open Spaces:
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Ringed Plover, 5 Whimbrel, c58 Bar-tailed Godwit upriver, 1 Peregrine - following! Loads of warblers singing inc 7 Sedge Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush

Aust Warth:

23-04-2019 Whitethroat, Aust Warth (Rod Holbrook)

Pilning Wetland:
1 Osprey, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper

Severn Beach:

1 Gannet, 4 Ringed Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 350+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, 1 Little Tern, 20 Common/Arctic Tern, 1 Black Tern, 1 Great Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 1 Skua sp, 10+ Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail

Badminton -BOC Walk:
1 Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 12 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 9 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 7 Starling, 8 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Robin, 16 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 9 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer.

23-04-2019 Yellowhammer Badminton (Suk kam Trippier)

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
2 Reed Warbler singing this morning

Clevedon:
1 Osprey - heading over Tickenham Ridge.

Clevedon - Colehouse Lane BBS

9 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, a Peregrine on the radio mast off Strode Road, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat, 169 Starlings, some apparently food-carrying, 14 House Sparrows, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Linnet

Clevedon-Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 10 Mute Swan, 50+ Shelduck, 4 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 55 Oystercatcher, Lapwing - present two sites, 14 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 45 Dunlin, 1 Redshank + few at Dowlais, 2 Spotted Redshank - Dowlais and tide line near Yeo, 1 Greenshank - Dowlais, 1 Garden Warbler - singing at Blake's Pools, 10 Reed Warbler - in song, 1 Wheatear.

Wain's Hill:
1 Great Skua, 4 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 7 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redpoll, 2 Siskin - so still a trickle going through

Dowlais:
2 Lapwing chicks and 2 adults

Golf Course:
3 Mandarin Duck (f&2m)

Wraxall:
1 Cuckoo

23-04-2019 Stonechat & Rock Pipit, Sand Point (Steve Jones)

Sand Point/Bay:
7 Arctic Tern, 2 Great Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua - (dark phase with spoons), 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Raven, A few Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit some Redpoll - moving, 1 Siskin.  First Blackbird chicks seen today

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath - Walcote Gate - garden:
Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail - singing,  Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Bishop Sutton:
12 House Sparrow

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
3 Whimbrel, 6 Com Sandpiper - the Long-tailed Duck has gone - ahhh.

23-04-2019 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
46+ Canada Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 36+ Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck, 6 Goldeneye, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier, 9 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Black Tern, 7 Collared Dove, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ Jackdaw, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 10 Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, some House Martin, 7 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff, 20+ Blackcap, 2 Sedge Warbler, lots and lots of Reed Warbler, 9 Wren,  9 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Woodford:
2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch

23-04-2019 Ring-necked Duck, CVL (Keith Williams)

Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Dunlin - sum plum, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat

Moreton:
5 Stock Dove, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 50 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest - feeding chicks, 2 Dunnock

Stratford:
Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 1 Scaup (f), 1 Ring-necked Duck - (m), 1 Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe - (m&f), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper

23-04-2019 Black-necked Grebe, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Greylag Goose, 14 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Hobby

Reports: Rich Andrews, Derek Angell, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Judy Copeland, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Richard and Laurie Garner, Paul Gregory, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Pete Holbrook, Dave Horlick, MJ, Steve Jones, Glen Maddison, Dave Nevitt, Aravind Ramesh, Pat Richards, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mike Thomas, Suk kam Trippier, Keith Vinicombe, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG