10-04-20 Good Friday - Yellow Wagtail

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

Temp 11 to 26°C. A very warm day like summer

Whooper Swan
Osprey, Red Kite
House Martin
Sedge Warbler,  Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail

10-4-20 Good Friday, Cemetery (Robert Proctor)

BRISTOL

10-4-20 female Blackcap, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Mallards, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coots, 1 Oystercatcher in New Cut, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron

1 Osprey over Eastville garden, 1 Red Kite over Bishopston 10:30, Westbury-on-Trym at 15:50 and St Andrews 16:40, 1 Buzzard

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Peregrine Bishopston, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, Carrion Crows, several Ravens, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Willow Warbler and 1 Whitethroat at Purdown, 2 Blackcap Eastville, Wren, Blackbird, 12+ House Sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail

10-4-20 Grey Wagtail in St Werburghs (Pete Harrison)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severnside:
Curlew flocks flying up in the evening, 1 Osprey, 1 Red Kite,  a first Swallow, 1 Wheatear

Yate:
1 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 12 Skylark, 1 m Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet

Frenchay Common:
1 Buzzard and 8 Jay

Hanham Hills:
3 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 f Wheatear, Bullfinch

Kingsdown, Cock Road Ridge:

15 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, Goldfinches

NORTH SOMERSET

10-4-20 Bullfinch in Pill (Paul Milo)

Pill:
2 Bullfinch

Clevedon:
4 Greylag Geese, 1 Whimbrel, 50 Swallows and House Martins, 4 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail

10-4-20 Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Cadbury Hill (Mark Savage)

Yatton, Cadbury Hill:
Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, Greenfinch

Weston-super-Mare:
Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl overnight, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Ravens, Swallows, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

10-4-20 Whitethroat at Uphill (Karen Ash)

Uphill:
2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap

10-4-20 Whitethroat at Uphill (Karen Ash)

Whitethroat, Wren, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting

Banwell, Winthill:
6 LBB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap. 4 Chiffchaff

Sandford:
First House Martin over Thatchers cider

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
1 f Tawny Owl calling midday, Swallow

Bath:
1 Red Kite over Wellsway, 2 Peregrine at St John's Ch., Kingfisher, Raven, House Martin, Grey Wagtail

10-4-20 Black-headed Gull, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan still, 8 Mallard, 2 Teal, 7 Stock Dove, 5 Moorhen, 1 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron (1 chick on nest), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite

10-4-20 Buzzard, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

6 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 150 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Skylark

10-4-20 Swallow, Newton St Loe, (Rob Hargreaves)

4 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Trush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 9 Linnet, Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Reed Warbler reported from Chew Valley Lake yesterday

Protection of rare breeding birds, Schedule 1, is now in force
List here and in the sidebar

Lockdown Updates

Skylark captured using Thermal Imaging Camera

Article on the Thermal Imaging Camera used by Crew Valley Ringing Station

Cryptic Puzzle 2

Home Patch 4 Stoke Bishop - a rerun of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present

Bristol Swifts have started a blog on Bristol back gardens, now in the sidebar at the top

Reports: Karen Ash, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Gavin Boyland, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Ann Hemming, Adrian Hockey, Steve howe, Nigel Jones, Robert Kelsh, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Tim McGrath, Duncan McLaughlin, Glen Maddison, Michael Moxon, Alan Piper, Robert Proctor, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Carole Rushton, Mark Savage, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Keith Vinicombe, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG