Sunday 12 May 2019

12-05-19 Sunday - Buzzards

Temp 6 to 19 ℃. Summer weather, warm, dry, with lots of Sunshine

Wigeon
Red Kite
Greenshank
Cuckoo
Hobby


2-5-19 Skylark, Tormarton Rd (Peter Coslett)
BRISTOL

12-5-19 Peregrine, Avon Gorge (Brian Thompson)
Avon Gorge:
Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
Hobbies chasing Swallows

Aust Warth:
1 pair Wigeon


12-5-19 Sedge Warbler at New Passage (Vera Carpenter)
New Passage:
6 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 2cy m Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Coot family, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin, 8 Collared Dove, 1 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Rook, 2 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 20 Starling, 12 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Westerleigh:
Red Kite

Frampton Cotterell:
9 Buzzards circling above Watermore School

Elberton:
Cuckoo

NORTH SOMERSET

Brockley Coombe, 06.15:
Red Kite

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Forest Park and Siston Common:
1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Cuckoo calling, 3 Jay, 11 Jackdaw, 1 Coal Tit, 9 Great Tit, 5 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 18 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch

12-5-19 Yellowhammer, Northfield Lane (Barry Dursley)
Marshfield:
6 Stock Dove, a few singing Whitethroat on Down Road, 1 Red Kite, lots of singing Sky Lark, a few Meadow Pipit off Tormarton Road, Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer from Northfield Lane

12-5-19 Whitethroat, Down Rd (Peter Coslett)
Bath, Twerton:
5 Swift, 1 Pied Wagtail

Chelwood:

Red Kite, 5 Buzzard

Midford:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

12-5-19 Shelduck Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:
44 Canada Goose, 46 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawk


12-5-19 Buzzards in ploughed field, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
31 Buzzard, 1 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 6 Collared Dove, 2 Cuckoo,  20 Swift

12-5-19 Dunlin at the Herons Green (Raoul Chandrasakera)
1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 6 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 10 Swallow,

12-5-19 House Martins, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)
50 House Martin, 6 Cetti's Warbler ringed, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler ringed, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler ringed, 25 Reed Warbler ringed, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 7 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 30 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting ringed

12-5-19 21 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Reports: BUPP, Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, CVRS, Mark Dadds, Barry Dursley, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, Rod Holbrook, MJ, Brian Lancastle, Chris Perry, Jeanette Sakel, Kevin Smith, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson