Wednesday 15 May 2019

15-05-19 Wednesday - Spotted Flycatcher

Simply splendid

Spotted Flycatcher
Red Kite
Sanderling
Pintail

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
1 Tawny Owl - hooding

Eastville  Huyton Road:
1 Sparrow - showing features of Italian Sparrow, now has almost no grey left in its crown

Bishopston:
Now up to 4 Swift.

Avon Gorge:
3 Peregrine chicks checked and ok - about 8/9 days old

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
50 + unidentified Waders - Upstream 15:55

15-05-2019 Pintail NP-NW (Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Northwick:
4 Canada Goose, c.90 Shelduck (including an apparent 'lek' of about 20 mainly males, posturing and facing up to each other...), 4 Mute Swan, 8 Gadwall, 2 Pintail (f&m), 1 Teal (m), 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot families of 4 chicks each, 11 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing (calling, display-flying, fighting off crow), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 35+ Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, c.15 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, c.60 Starling including many young, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.
15-05-2019 Starling NP (Lisa Presland)
Pilning - Rookery Farm - BBS highlights:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 53 Rook, 8 Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

15-05-2019 Grey Plover Severn Beach (Tony Scott)

Severn Beach:
35 Grey Plover, 7 Ringed Plover, 11 Whimbrel, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 48 Sanderling, 20 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 6 Swift, c.10 House Martin.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - BBS ST 4677
5 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 67 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven (plus fledglings), 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 20 Starling (plus 40 fledglings), 10 Blackbird, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 8 Robin, 32 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch.

Garden Tick
1 Whitethroat,

Portishead High St:
7 Swift - 3 and 4 chasing each other.

15-05-2019 Great Tit Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
5 Great Tit, 4 Starlings, 2 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Siskin - all new fledglings

Churchill:
Red Kite, circling over the village at 15:30,  Coal Tit - active nest - at school



BELOW M4 & BANES

15-05-2019 Swallow Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

Bishop Sutton:
20 Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, plenty of Swallow.on the wires

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
32 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 6 Little Grebe, 12 Great-crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Red Kite - 2@ 10:15; 1@ 15:25; 2@ 16:00 - East, 5 Buzzard, 3 Redshank, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Black Tern, 4 Swift, 3 Great,Spotted Woodpecker, Up to 5 Hobby in the middle of the lake, lots Blue & Great Tit, 10+ Swallows, 10+ House Martins, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, lots & lots of Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 7 Wren, 7 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 30+ House Sparrow, 9 Pied Wagtail, 25 Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting.

Woodford:
2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch,

15-05-2019 Garden Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Black Tern, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 20 Carrion, Crow, 5 Hobby, 4 Garden Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Dunnock

Stratford:
15-05-2019 Reed Warbler CVL Raoul Chandrasakera
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Greylag Goose, 60 Mute Swan, 1 Garganey (m), 22 Gadwall, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, many Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat

15-05-2019 Greylag Goose CVL (Ian Stapp)
Reports: Bob Brewer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Jane Cumming, Ed Drewitt, Alastair Fraser, David Goodliffe, Pete Hazelwood, MJ, Dave Newton, Phil Quinn, Brian Lancastle, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG