Thursday, 16 May 2019

16-05-19 Thursday - Black Tern

Warm and sunny again. Temperature: 9- 20°C

Garganey
Great White Egret
Red Kite
Little Ringed Plover
Black Tern
Cuckoo
Marsh Tit
Spotted Flycatcher
Tree Pipit


16-05-19 Red Kite from HG fields back pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)


16-05-19 First bike-riding lesson for a juvenile Robin (Mike Jackson)

BRISTOL


16-05-19 Nuthatch feeding young in nest, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)


Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Gray Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Feral Pigeon,15 Woodpigeon,1 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 7 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wren, 1 Starling, 3m 1f  Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Robin, 9 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 1m Reed Bunting

16-05-19 Lesser Whitethroat, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth:
1 Red Kite, 2 Common Tern, 1 Hobby


16-05-19 Sanderling, Severn Beach (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach:
41 Sanderling, c30 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Grey Plover heard, Tree Pipit

16-05-19 male Sparrowhawk devouring sparrow, North Common (Geoff Hardman)
North Common, nr Warmley:
1 m Sparrowhawk

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:
North Rd to Stokeleigh Camp and back - Blue Tit:1 nest found, Marsh Tit  2 distinct territories,
2 singing Blackcap,1 singing Chiffchaff,  Nuthatch: 1 nest with large young being fed at entrance hole 

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 19 Mute Swan, 90+Shelduck, numerous Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Coot, 10 Oystercatcaher, Lapwing - present, no breeding activity, 20 Grey Plover  - most very smart in full plumage, 19 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 18 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew,  4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 7 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank - possibly with young, 2 Greenshank, 40 Herring Gull, 16 LBB Gull, Skylark singing, a few Reed Warbler, 1 f Wheatear

Weston Airfield:
1 Common Sandpiper

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:
Cock Ridge - 1 Red Kite

Hinton Blewett
8.00am: 1 Red Kite 

Bath, Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan with 3 cygnets, 5 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 5 Coot +1 Cootling, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 pr Egyptian Goose, 1 m Pochard, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 41 Blackcap, 7 Garden Warbler, 29 Reed Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2  Sedge Warbler, 13 Song Thrush,  1 Spotted Flycatcher (Top End), 54 Wren, 6 Reed Bunting



16-05-19 Shelduck Herriotts Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake
34 Canada Goose,  4 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Hobby (Moreton through to Herriotts over lake most of the time), 6 GBB Gull, 2 Black Tern (over lake Dam end from Moreton), 4 Collared Dove (Bishop Sutton)  8 Wood Pigeon (Bishop Sutton), 20+ Swift, 4 Hobby, 2 LTTit, lots Blue and Great Tit, 20+ House Martin,  12+ Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, lots of Reed Warbler, 5 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 7 Wren, 30+ House Sparrow (Blue Bowl & Bishop Sutton), 7 Pied Wagtail, 25 Chaffinch, 4 Reed Bunting

Heron's Green:
2 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail


16-05-19 Wren, Moreton, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Moreton:
5 Stock Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 27 Carrion Crow, 5 Garden Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Dunnock, Wren nesting in Moreton Hide,

Herriott's inc Pool:
56 Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 28 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler,  1 m Garganey, Great White Egret, 7 Buzzard (back H G pool grass cutting)Red Kite (back HG pool grass cutting), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Sedge Warbler.

16-05-19 Great White Egret avoiding Mute Swans, Herriotts Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer)
Reports: Phil Baber, Bob Brewer, Chris Bungay, Pete Coslett,  Andy Davis, William Earp, Rob Emery, Geoff Hardman, Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle,Patrick Hardyman Richards, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds