21-04-19 Sunday - Hobby, Ring Ouzel

Temp 10 to 25 ℃.  Two weather reports came in today 'Summer again, very hot in the Sun. Keep a hat on'

'Today the weather was awful, well not really, but definitely not good for viewing migration. In these conditions, there is nothing to bring the birds down so they just pass thru very high making use of the ideal flying conditions. Not a single hirundine today and a number of other counts were low too'

Ring-necked Duck
Red Kite
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Hobby
Grasshopper, Sedge, Reed, Garden and Whitethroat Warblers
Ring Ouzel
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail
Tree Pipit

21-4-19 Shelduck, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Henleaze:
1 Pied Flycatcher (m)

Eastville Park:
7 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 12 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 6 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Nuthatch, 7 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush

Stoke Park:
1 Canada Goose, 12 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 10 Whitethroat, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Finzels Reach:
6 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, Herring Gull about 20+, LB Gull about 25+, Peregrine 2yr female 1, House sparrow – lots, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch 1

Sea Mills, River Avon:
1 Shelduck, 10 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher over, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 2 BH Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail

Hoar Gout:
1 Grey Heron over, 3 Coot (one with two young), 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, WeBS:
6 ad, 7 juv Canada Goose, 18 Shelduck, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 8 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Peregrine

21-4-19 Whimbrel at OPS (Vera Carpenter)

Walk North of Oldbury Power Station:

10 Shelduck, 3 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, many Chiffchaff heard, 2 Reed Warbler seen, lots heard, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet

Aust Warth:
1 dark-bellied Brent Goose (floating up river), 2 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 6 Whimbrel, 1 GBB Gull, 1 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat

NewPassage/Northwick Warth:
90 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 20 Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover

21-4-19 Ring Ouzel at CSC (Brian Thompson)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

5 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Ring Ouzel, 3 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo: 
6 Canada Goose, 8 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 76 Oystercatcher, 13 Ringed Plover, 18 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 2 Knot, 24 Dunlin, 10 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank Dowlais), 2 Greenshank, 50 Herring Gull, 20 LBB Gull, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 singing Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Kingston Seymour:
1 Red Kite  east of Blake’s Pools,

Wemberham Lane, Yatton:
2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Whitethroat

Sand Point/Bay, Middle Hope:
26 Whimbrel,  1 Tawny Owl, 1 Peregrine,  1 Raven, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6+ Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

Uphill:
2 Canada Goose, 29 Mute Swan, 42 Shelduck, 20 Mallard, 4 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 110 BH Gull, 220+ Herring Gull, 30 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 1st sum Mediterranean Gull, Skylarks singing, 2 Whitethroats singing, 1 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Moorhen, 1 Kestrel,  6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Wrens, 10+ Blackbird

21-4-19 Wheatear at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Buzzard, 2 Raven, Sky Lark, 8 Wheatear, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting

21-4-19 Peregrines at St John's Church (BUPP)
4 eyasses focusing on their food

RESERVOIRS

21-4-19 Ring-necked Duck, Stratford Bay (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
18 Canada Goose, 34 Mute Swan, 12 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall,  12 Teal, 1 m Ring-necked Duck (Stratford), 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 12+ Great-crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron

21-4-19 Red Kite, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

1 Red Kite (Moreton), 4 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (Moreton), 6 Jay, 16+ Jackdaw, 20+ Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 10+ Swallows + some House Martin, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, lots Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler (HG), 20+ Reed Warbler, 12+ Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper (Stratford), 12 Wren, 8 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Whinchat (pool HG), 20 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Seen at Avon Country Park on 19-4-19 at 11am (Marcus Smith)
Best bet at ID so far has been Crane, any objections?

Reports: BUPP, Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Derek Clarke, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, CVRS, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Paul Grimmett, Andy Middleton, Paul Gregory, Chris Perry, Adam Rawson, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Marcus Smith, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams, Paul Willaims