Hobby
Cuckoo
Wood Warbler
Swift
Summer really is here with these beauties back with us.
01-05-2019 Swift CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Bishopston - garden:
2 Jay, 2 Starling, 1 House Sparrow (20 yrs absent)
Eastville - Huyton Road:
1 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) |
5 Swift, 1 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
01-05-2019 Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo Northwich Wharf (Aravind Ramesh) |
Garganey, 1 Cuckoo - scolded by Meadow Pipit, a few Swift, Wood 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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
3 Common Sandpiper
Denny Island:
2 Raven - over
01-05-2019 Sedge Warbler CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
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) |
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