Lesser Scaup
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Osprey
Cuckoo
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail
Corn Bunting
Plus 3 popular Dotterel just over the area border into Wiltshire (see bottom of page)
BRISTOL
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| 06-05-19 Magpie, Avon Gorge (Keith Williams) |
Three Peregrine chicks and all feeding well!
Also 3 Swift, intruding female Peregrine which sat up in a tree before getting chased off by the resident female, female Sparrowhawk, a male Kestrel
Royate Hill LNR:
Lovely to have lots of families along for the dawn (well 7am) chorus walk this morning. Sedge Warbler was a pleasant surprise and a new bird for RoyateHill LNR
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| 06-05-19 Spring Greenfinch, Stoke Park, Bristol (Andrew Davies) |
1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
15+ Whimbrel, 7 Dunlin, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Swift (first of year at this site),7 Wheatear
Oldbury Pill - 17 Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, 4 Wheatear
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
Merchant Square - currently 5 Herring Gull nests, one more than in previous years
Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais - Sanderling, Swift, Whinchat, 'a trickle' of Yellow Wagtails over
Wain's Hill to Yeo estuary - 140 Shelduck, 10 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Egret, 1 f Marsh Harrier (Yeo Estuary), 1 Hobby (Wain’s Hill), 4 Coot, 24 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 28 Dunlin, 70 Whimbrel, 17 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 14 Skylark, 35 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 12 Reed Warbler, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail, 5 Linnet
20 Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Swift, 30 Swallow, lots Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 20+ Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail over
Also: 1 Porpoise - but again no sea birds on sea watch.
Weston-Super-Mare STW:
1 Cuckoo, 5+ Lesser Whitethroat
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
14 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 70 LBB Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail following tractor ploughing top of Down Road.
Also Kestrel, 10 Sky Lark, 4 Whitethroat, 30 Yellowhammer, 10 Corn Bunting in the area
Bath:
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| 06-05-19 Peregrine chicks , St John's Church, Bath (BUPP) Sleeping off a big meal... |
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| 06-05-19 leucistic Blackbird, Bath (Anthony Cook) |
This Blackbird has not been seen for a couple of months but has suddenly returned to Oldfield Park Garden
Keynsham Hams:
6 Swift, 2 House Martin, many Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Greenfinch
Radstock:
Waterside - 1 Dipper, 1 Kingfisher , Grey Wagtail pairRESERVOIRS
Blagdon:
Lesser Scaup Holt Bay 1800 hours. Osprey west through Top End 1715hrs
Chew Valley Lake
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| 06-05-19 Shelduck, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
46 Canada Goose 38 Mute Swan, 18 Shelduck (8 Herriotts pool 10 on the lake), 4 Teal , 10 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 5 GBB Gull, 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton), 150+ Swift, lots Blue + Great Tit, 50+ House+Sand Martin, 7 Swallow
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| 06-05-19 Chaffinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
4 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler, 6 Wren (Moreton + Woodford (2 nest building Moreton lane), 20+ Starling (Chew Stoke), 10 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 25+ House Sparrow (Blue Bowl & Bishop Sutton),4 Dunnock, 7 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Chaffinch
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| 06-05-19 Reed Bunting and Sedge Warbler, CVL (George Stacey) |
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Reed Bunting
Hollowbrook:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
Woodford:
1 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch
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| 06-05-19 Canada Goose family, CVL (George Stacey) |
2 Canada Goose families with 7 and 8 goslings, 3 Reed Warbler
Heron's Green:
2 Little Grebe,3 Raven, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 06-05-19 Very showy Garden Warbler, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 Hobby, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Cuckoo (1 Moreton 1 Stratford way), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 8 Carrion Crow, 4+ LTT, 4 Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush
Herriott's inc Pool:
Canada Goose family (5 goslings), 4 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 3 Little Egret, 6 Jackdaw
Out of Avon:
West Kington, just into Wiltshire 2m 1 f Dotterel Finder: Pete Coslett
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| 06-05-19 female Dotterel, West Kington (Tony Scott) |
Reports: Rob Beale, Chris@avglochris, John Clark, Anthony Cook, Pete Coslett, Andrew Davies, Michael Davis, Paul Gregory, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Nick Hudson, Henry Kirkwood, Andy Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams, BUPP, opsbirding
