05-04-20 Sunday - Sand Martin, Yellowhammer

The order of species is the new IOC 10.1 order now used by Birdtrack

Temp 7 to 20°C. Sunny day, some cloud later

Common Scoter
Red Kite
Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin
Fieldfare
Willow Warbler 
Wheatear
Siskin 
Yellowhammer

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:
2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, now 5 Blackcap

Bishopston:
1 Feral Pigeon, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Starling, 1 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch

Bradley Stoke:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, Wren, Blackbird

Durdham Down:
Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

5-4-20 Song Thrush, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
10 Canada Geese, 6 Mute Swan, 50 Feral Pigeon, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail

5-4-20 Red Kite, Kingswood (TBOSG)

Kingswood:
1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 1 Swallow

Redland:

5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Jay,  2 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren singing, 3 Blackbirds(2m & 1f), 1 Robin, 11+ House Sparrows, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

4-4-20 Sparrowhawk, St Andrews (Kim Smith)

St Andrews - (Saturday):
1 Sparrowhawk

Sea Mills - Trym side walk:
2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 6 Blackcap (5 singing, 1 tutting), 1 Nuthatch

5-4-20 Blackbird, St George (Lee Gardiner)

St George:
4 Canada Goose on the river and 1 f Blackbird in the garden

Stoke Park, Purdown and Duchess Lake:
2 Canada Geese, 8 Mallard + 3 ducklings, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, pair Peregrine, 2 Raven, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 3 Linnet

Stockwood - 2 gardens:
Woodpigeon, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Linnet, 

Westbury-on-Trym:
1 Red Kite, Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Raven, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (39 species)

Whitchurch:
1 Swallow

Castle Park:
2 Peregrine - food pass observed

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Cam:
1 Red Kite

Severn Beach, nocmig from past few days:
Canada Goose, Scoter, 2 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, Curlew, Snipe, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing

Wickwar:
2 Swallow

5-4-20 Tufted Duck, Berwick Lodge pond (Mark Dadds)

Easter Compton, Spaniorum Hill, Berwick Lodge:
2 Tufted Duck

Frampton Cotterell:
13 Fieldfare

Yate:
5 LBB Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 13 Magpie flock, 2 Raven, Swallow max 5 from 3 places, 8 House Martin, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush

5-4-20 Jay, Three Brook LNR (Véra Carpenter)

Three Brooks Walk, Bradley Stoke:
2 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
1 Willow Warbler

5-4-20 Willow Warbler, Clevedon (Paul Williams)

Clevedon:
3 Common Scoter overnight, 1 Cormorant, 2 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 25 Goldfinch

Worle and Worlebury:
6 Grey Heron in Heronry, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 f Blackcap

Worlebury Golf Course:
2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Starling, 5 Robin, Chaffinch, 3 Linnet

Weston-super-Mare:
3 Swallow

Weston Airfield:
8 Teal, Snipe, Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff

5-4-20 Kestrel, Uphill (Pagan Birder)

Uphill:
1 Kestrel

Banwell:
4 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, pair Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Rook Nests, 1 Raven, 2 Swallow, 1 m Blackcap, pair Bullfinch, 1 m Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Swallow, 70 Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear

Saltford:
2 House Martin earliest by 3 days

Compton Martin:
2 Raven, 1 Swallow

Chew Magna:
First Swallow

Bath, Oldfield Park:
1 Red Kite

Bath, Twerton:
5 Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted and 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 6 Magpie, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
1 Peregrine, 1 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer + 1 Orange Tip

5-4-20 Grass Snake, Cameley (Bob Medlands)

Cameley:
2 Swallow, 1 sunning Grass Snake

NO RESERVOIR REPORTS

Out of Avon:
Swift in Gwent
Alpine Swift in Dorset
Red-rumped Swallow

Protection of rare breeding birds, Schedule 1, is now in force
List here and in side bar

Lockdown Updates

Home Patch 2 - a rerun of a series posted in Bird News during 2018 as very apt for the present

5-4-20 Song Thrush nest (Matt Scott)

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