Sunday 14 April 2019

14-04-19 Sunday - Pied Flycatcher

Sun but biting chill in the wind. Temp:  2 - 10 °C


Mandarin
Great White Egret
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank
Short-eared Owl (13th)
Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat
Pied Flycatcher
Redstart, Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail,White Wagtail, Tree Pipit 
Siskin,  Redpoll



14-04-19 Chiffchaff, Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)
BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Garden Warbler

Stockwood Open Space:
2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Raven, numerous Great and Blue Tits,
5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, Song Thrush,4 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
49 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 21 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 3 Redshank, 2 Peregrine Falcon,  1 Skylark, 4 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 2 Reed Warbler,  1 Lesser Whitethroat
Late news from 13th: 1 Short-eared Owl ( also present 11th, second hand report), 2 Reed Warbler

14-04-19 Redstart, Chipping Sodbury  Common (Mark Coller)
New Passage [+ Aust Services]:
500 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, lots Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Redstart (5 m 1 f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Leigh:
1 Bullfinch (m) - uncommon in the garden

14-03-19 f Redstart, Portbury Wharf (Lisegirl)
Portbury Wharf:
1 f Pied Flycatcher, 2 f  Redstart (m + f, separate birds), 3 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 3 Siskin

[Male Redstart (the same as last Sunday or a different bird?) Horse Paddock by Wharf Lane;
3 Wheatear - 2 (M&F) rabbit warren in the field to the West of Shipway Farm/disused railway line (seen from the humpback bridge). Another male on the South Pool island, Portbury Wharf NR.1 White Wagtail, South Pool island, Portbury Wharf NR. Female Pied Flycatcher seen alongside the footpath to the West of Royal Portbury Dock Road, just before reaching Drove Rhine.]

14-04-19 Mandarin  Wains Hill, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill -  1  Mandarin, Mistle Thrush, 1 Redstart, 3 Siskin, 2 Redpoll

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane - 2 Wheatear, 4 Linnet

Sand Bay/Point:
2 Whimbrel, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (m), 1 Wheatear, 5 Tree Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES

14-04-19 Peregrine + 2 newly-hatched chicks, Bath (BUPP)
Bath:
St John's Church 2 Peregrine chicks hatched today

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 12 Mallard (including 6 young), 2 Coot, 1 Dipper
At the sewage works- 4 House Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake
No reports

Reports: Birdguides, Paul Bowerman, Anne Bowler, BUPP, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Barry Dursley, Paul Francis, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood,  Paul Marshall, Mike Meecham, Andy Middleton, James Payne, Lisa Presland, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Matt Rogers, Howard Taffs