Sunday, 19 May 2019

19-05-19 Sunday - Hobby

Temp 8 to 14 ℃. Mild and sunny in parts, odd bits of rain

Whimbrel, Sanderling
Cuckoo
Hobby

Red Kites
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Troopers Hill:
1 Green Woodpecker this evening

Easton:
Red Kite (a "garden tick")


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Cuckoo calling on Lagoon 3

19-5-19 Reed Warbler at New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage:
1 Greylag Goose, 50 Shelduck, Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Swallow, Reed Warbler, 60 Starling, 1 Linnet

19-05-20019 Spotted Flycatcher NP (Phil Baber)

Chestle Pill Outflow:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Pilning Wetlands:
2 Pintail (m&f), Mallard ducklings, 2 Cootlings, 4 Lapwing, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel - calling, 1 Dunlin - briefly, Reed Warbler - oodles, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat,

Hawksbury Upton:
1 Red Kite

Tortworth - private lake:
1 Mandarin Duck (m)

19-05-20019 Little Owl Marshfield (Claire Lewis)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Brampton Way:
2 Collared Dove, 3 House Martin, 20 Starling, juvenile Coal Tits in North Weston Graveyard

19-5-19 Turnstone at Clevedon-Yeo (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo:
4 Canada Geese, 10 Mute Swan, 90 Shelduck, 10 Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 9 Oystercatcher, 0 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 48 Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 7 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 40 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 45 Herring Gull, 60 LBB Gull, 6 Raven,  6 Swallow, 1 Long-tailed Tit defending young, 1 Linnet singing.

19-05-2019 Reed Warbler PW (Paul Milsom)

Portbury Warth:
3 Tufted Duck, Reed Warbler,  1 Whitethroat, 3 Starlings,

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin ( with a few Swallows- unusual here),  1 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting


BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge - Londonderry Farm:
9 Swift -1st here this yr

19-5-19 juv Nuthatch on Shire Valley (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Shire Valley:
Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 juv Nuthatch, Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail

19-5-19 Linnet, Down Road (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Down Road:
2 Buzzard, 3 Raven, 10 Skylark, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Corn Bunting

Marshfield, Dunsdown Lane:
1 Little Owl

19-5-19 Bull, Green And Gold Finch in Bath (Sean Whyte)

Bath, Weston:

RESERVOIRS

19-5-19 Common Sandpiper at Herriott's (Gillygilly)
Maybe only one leg but one wing is enough

Chew Valley Lake, Herriott's Pool:
46 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

19-5-19 Reed Warbler at Chew (Gillygilly)
OUT OF AREA

Berrow:

Pomarine Skua


Reports: Phil Baber, BUPP, Peter Coslett, Michael Davis, Rich Ford, Robert Hargreaves, Julian Head, Gillygilly, Chris Hall, Paul Milsom,  David Newton, Lisegirl, Claire Lewis, Jon Mortin, Matt Plenty, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Andy Slade, Sean Whyte, Jason Williams