Thursday 2 May 2019

02-05-19 Thursday - Quiet day

Temp 7 to 14 ℃.  Some Sunshine, mostly overcast today, dry, but cold in the wind

Scaup
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit
Marsh Harrier
Cuckoo
Hobby
Swift


2-5-19 Cuckoo, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Easton:
1 Red Kite

Troopers Hill:
1 Song Thrush - flushed from grass verge - rarely seen but often heard.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton on Severn:
1 Canada Goose, 7 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 54 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Rookery of 20+ nests and 25 Rook, 6 Skylark 6 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo: 
4 Canada Geese, 70 Shelduck, 20 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 54 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 33 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 35 Dunlin, 30 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Peregrine, no Hirundines, 1 Reed Warbler, no Wheatear

Sand Point/Bay, Middle Hope:
70 Whimbrel, 1 Swift, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll, 1 Siskin

Weston STW:
1 Marsh Harrier

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

2-5-19 Common Sandpiper, Herriott's pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
36 Canada Goose, 32 Mute Swan, 14 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall,  6 Teal,  1 imm f Scaup, 1 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 3 2 m 1 f Cuckoo, (Moreton to Herriott's & Dam), 1000's Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Hobby, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 10's Sand Martin, 10's Swallow, 100's House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler (HG), ? Reed Warbler, 7 Blackcap

2-5-19 Garden Warbler, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
3 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 9 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

That's it folks, nothing more has come in by 19.00

Reports: Michael Davis, Lee Gardener, Paul Gregory, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Nigel Milbourne, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs