Tuesday, 30 April 2019

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:
Swift

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney Reservoir:
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
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, 

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