18-4-19 Thursday - Cuckoo and Whinchat - 1st of spring

Bit cloudy with sunny spells, light breeze and mild

Whinchat
Drake Ring-necked Duck
Redstart
Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Redpoll
Tree Pipit
Grasshopper Warbler
Cuckoo
Dipper
Grey Partridge
Yellow Wagtail
Common Scoter
Avocet

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
Grey Wagtail (with nest material), + Chiffchaff

18-4-19 Nesting Grey Wagtail (Allan Chard)

Speedwell:
1 Redstart (f, rescued from a fruit cage on Whitefield Road allotments)

18-4-19 Female Redstart in fruit cage (Becky Belfin)
Top left - it wouldn't keep still

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Dunlin, Tawny Owl, 4 Tree Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 90 Sand Martin, 34 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1  Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 3 Redpoll,

Aust Warth:
Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat

18-4-19 Common Whitethroat at Aust (Rod Holbrook)

New Passage/Northwick:
c.15 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan + nest, c.25 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 duckling – presumed Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 4 Moorhen, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet (estuary water's edge),
2 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel (Flash & adjacent saltmarsh), 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, c.20 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear (looked extra big and strongly marked – Greenland?), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet

18-04-2019 Whinchat Aust (Paul Dunham)

 NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart - ringed in the garden today.
5 Wheatear (on the rocks between the entrance to the marina and east end of Portbury Wharf reserve)

18-04-2019 Whitethroat and Redstart Portishead (David Howes)

Clevedon-Yeo:

14 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 80 Shelduck (but probably more), 3 Shoveler (at Dowlais)
30 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck (at KP), 1 Grey Heron, 3Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Coot (at KP), 64 Oystercatcher (44 at roost on sea wall and 20 up Yeo which I think were different), Lapwing Present at two sites, 6 Ringed Plover, 35 Whimbrel, 25 Curlew (flock mouth of Yeo), 7 Bar-tailed Godwit (one in full plumage), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (with Oystercatchers), 3 Knot, 45 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, c20 Redshank (12 at Kenn, 1 up Yeo and some at Dowlais), 60 + Herring Gull, 20+ LBB Gull, 2 Raven, 30 Sand Martin (all at KP), 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 14 Wheatear (all male, 9 in one group near Kenn), 1 White Wagtail (m)

Wains Hill:
2 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Scoter (flew upstream), 4 Wheatear, Light passage of hirundines, Meadow Pipit, Redpoll, Linnet in small numbers

Backwell Lake:
1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling in brambles in field by wooden gate on Hillside Road, approx ST483679)

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Golden Plover, 12 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, Ring Ouzel (f), Fieldfare,
3 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler,
+++ Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler & Blackcap, 4 Tree Pipit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, Redstart, 7 Redpoll, 8 Wheatear, Passage of hirundines

Weston-Super-Mare:

Worlebury Hill Rd/Gold Course this morning:
9 Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 9 Jay, 15 Magpie,
1 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 18 Blue Tit, 12 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 willow/chiff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 12 Wren, 1 Starling, 16 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 11 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock,
1 Pied Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

 BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Cuckoo (m), 3 Corn Bunting, 1 Grey Partridge, ++ Skylark

Willsbridge:
1 Dipper, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Grey Wagtail, GS Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 3 LT Tit, many Blackcap and Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
11 Common Sandpiper, 1 Goldeneye (f), 1 Long-tailed Duck, Redstart (m), 2 Wheatear

Chew Valley Lake
14+ Canada Goose, 248+ Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck, (10 Herriotts pool), 2 Goldeneye, 12 Shoveler (H Pool) 8 Gadwall (H pool), 8 Teal (H pool), 1 Scaup (F lake from Herriotts), 4 Little Grebe (2 HG pool 2 lake side), 14+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (Herriotts pool),

18-4-19 Goldcrest - Moreton (Ian Stapp)

4 Little Egret (Herriotts pool), 4 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (Moreton), 3 Common Sand, (1 Dam 2 HG wall), 1 Green Sand (Herriotts pool), 6 Great Black-backed Gull,

18-4-19 Marsh Harrier - Moreton (Ian Stapp)

4 Collared Dove (2 Bishop Sutton 2 Chew Stoke), 6 Stock Dove (Moreton), 2 G-S Wood (Moreton & Herriotts), 2 Jay (Moreton), 2 Raven (Moreton), 25+ Jackdaw (15 Bishop Sutton rest Herriotts), 20+ Crows (Moreton), 4 L TT(Moreton), Lots Blue & Great Tit, 6 Swallows (sat on wires West Harptree), 4 Goldcrest (Moreton Cottage), 2 Treecreeper (Woodford), 4 Cetti's Warbler (3 Moreton 1 Herriotts),  Lots Chiffchaff (Moreton & Woodford), Lots Blackcap (Moreton), 1 Willow Warbler (Woodford),  4+ Reed Warbler (Moreton Stratford & Dam), 1 Song Thrush (Woodford), 7 Blackbird (2 Moreton & 5 Woodford), 14+ House Sparrows (Bishop Sutton), 7 House Sparrows (Blue Bowl), 4 Pied Wag (2 Dam & 2 HG), 6 Goldfinch (2 Moreton 4 Woodford), 20+ Chaffinch (Moreton & Woodford), 3 Dunnock (Moreton & Woodford), 8 Wren (5 Moreton & 3Woodford), 6 Robin (3 Moreton & 3 Woodford), 2 Reed Bunting (Dam & Moreton), Redpoll, (one flew north at Moreton),
Drake Ring-necked Duck was displaying to Tufted Ducks at Stratford Hide mid morning before it flew off towards Moreton,

Out of area:
White Stork just North of Glastonbury ST5041

18-4-19 Unexpected Stork (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: Phil Barlow, Paul Barnett, Beckey Belfin, Paul Bowerman, Phil Chapman, Allan Chard, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham, Paul Francis, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Horlick, Davis Howes, Rod Holbrook, Lois Price, George Rabin, Dean Reeves,  Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp.

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