Wednesday 1 May 2019

01-05-19 Wednesday - Wood Warbler

Light occasional showers early on and a gentle breeze all day high of 13°c.

Hobby
Cuckoo
Wood Warbler
Swift
Summer really is here with these beauties back with us.
01-05-2019 Swift CVL  (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
2 Jay, 2 Starling, 1 House Sparrow (20 yrs absent)

Eastville - Huyton Road:
Swift and the presumed hybrid Spanish/Italian x House Sparrow still reliably seen in two publicly view-able spots on Huyton Rd.: The roof of number 4, and the hedge backing onto the alley at the back of number 10
01-05-2019 Great Tit St George Bristol (Lee Gardiner)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
5 Swift, 1 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

01-05-2019 Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo Northwich Wharf (Aravind Ramesh)
Northwick Warth:
Garganey, 1 Cuckoo - scolded by Meadow Pipit, a few SwiftWood Warbler, Tree Pipit,

Yate - Common:
1 Wood Warbler - singing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Peregrine Falcon, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 1 m Cuckoo, 2 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Wheatear, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Raven, 4 Gadwall, 2 Sparrowhawk
Woodhill Bay:
2 Whimbrel

Gordano Valley - Clapton Moor: 
2 Hobby - watched by the AWT working party

01-05-2019 'very large' Peregrine ?? Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon-Yeo:
1 'very large' Peregrine?? - quiet apart from many Reed Warblers, and Whitethroat.

Clevedon, Bryant Gardens:
1 Redstart (m), 1 Siskin - 1st time in the garden.

Kenn:
Singing male - 5 Skylark, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat.
2 Linnet and 2 Reed Bunting.

Sand Point/Bay:
12 Whimbrel, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Wheatear

Weston-Super-Mare - STW:
1 Marsh Harrier - hunting over UV pools, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Stock Dove and tons of Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail

Worle:
2 Starling - in the garden again, usual at this time of year.

01-05-2019 Great White Egret Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon Levels /Uphill:
1 Great White Egret - Bleadon Levels Reserve, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, Skylark, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Wheatear and many Shelduck, Reed Warblers, Whitethroat, & Reed Buntings
01-05-2019 Sedge Warbler Bleadon Levels (Bill Hewitt)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Peregrine  - on the pylon, feeding

Bath - Prior Park:
Young Tawny Owl, Singing Blackcap, Blackbird, Bullfinch and Greenfinch

Pensford:
1 Garden Warbler + chick

RESERVOIRS

Bishop Sutton:
6 Jackdaw,

Chew Valley Lake
40+ Canada Goose, 32+ Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 14+ Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 60+ Swift, 12+ Jackdaw, lots of Blue & Great Tit, 12+ Swallow, 50 Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff , lots of Blackcap, lots of Reed Warbler, 6 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 5 Pied Wagtail,  lots of Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

01-05-2019 Grey Wagtail CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Dam:
3 Common Sandpiper

Denny Island:
2 Raven - over
01-05-2019 Sedge Warbler CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)
Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby,  2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

Moreton:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10+ Carrion Crow, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch

01-05-2019 Dunlin CVL  (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Dunlin, 5 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Mark Dadds, Paul Gregory, Chris Hall, Nick Hawkridge, Bill Hewitt, David Howes, Glen Maddison, Andy Middleton, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Mathew Rogers, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG