Tuesday 16 April 2019

16-04-19 Tuesday - Osprey - but a good passage of Whimbrel

Wet at first, nice later but murky - lost that bitter wind -thank goodness.

Red-legged Partridge
Willow Warbler
Little Gull
White Wagtail
Ruff
Little Ringed Plover
Whimbrel
Tree Pipit
Pied Flycatcher
Osprey 
Bar-tailed Godwit
Yellow Wagtail
Sedge Warbler

BRISTOL

16-04-2019 Magpie - strangely pink Bristol (Gill Sapsed)
Nothing really obvious as to why this one is pink - a lot of literature out there - - -

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-04-2019 Tawny Owl OPS (Pete Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Little Grebe - lake, 1 Tawny Owl.
Some vismig to north east; 2 Black-headed Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Sand Martin, 23 Swallow, 3 House Martin.

Littleton Warth:
5 Whimbrel, good numbers of hirundines - north east.

New Passage/Northwick:
Little Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 170 Swallow, Light hirundine passage, 1 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
1 Red-legged Partridge, c18 Bar-tailed Godwit, c30 Curlew, 32 Kittiwake - lost in the gloom, 1 Cetti's Warbler,

Chittening Warth:
8 Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Gull - first wint to north east.

Almondsbury - The Niatts:
2 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.

NORTH SOMERSET

16-04-2019 White Wagtail Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Gadwall, 7 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, thank for the shout from Sand Point, 8 Ringed Plover, 19 Whimbrel, 21 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,  2 White Wagtail, 

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Tawny Owl with a rat sitting out at midday, 11 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 25 Willow/chiffs, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 1 Wheatear

Middle Hope:
1 Osprey - east, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow,  40 Willow/chiffs, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher (m), 2 Redstart,  2 Wheatear, 50 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit,

Weston Super Mare - Worlebury Hill:
12 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 17 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 6 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

15-04-2019 Dipper Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)

Willsbridge:
one from yesterday - 1 Dipper.

Bath:
2 Long-tailed Tit - nest building, 1 Blackcap - singing

RESERVOIRS


Chew Valley Lake

not everyone's taste - but pretty

16-04-2019 White-cheeked Pintail CVL (Gill Sapsed)

OUT OF AREA - but not by much

Lords Wood and Wavering Down - BOC walk.
2 Pheasant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, 41 Jackdaw, 31 Carrion Crow, 7 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 17 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 8 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 11 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 17 Robin, 1 Redstart, 5 Stonechat, 2 Dunnock, 9 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch. 3 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch.

Reports: Rob Emery, Paul Gregory, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hobbs, Brian Lancastle, Glen Maddison, Dave Nevitt, Matt Plenty, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed,  Howard Taffs, 
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