Temp 10 to 24°C. Slightly cooler today and a little more cloud and wind
Common Crane
Common Sandpiper
Osprey
House Martin
Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat
Ring Ouzel
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail
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| 12-4-20 Blackbird fledgelings, Wick (Nigel Jones) |
Altogether in Bristol:
1 Osprey Bishopston 11:55, 1 Red Kite, 4 Sparrowhawk, 25 Buzzard, 7 Peregrine, Raven frequent, 4 House Martin in Hotwells 17:20
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| 12-4-20 Blackcap, Eastville Park (Allan Chard) |
16 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 12 Mallard, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 7 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Coal Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch,1 Treecreeper, 10 Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch
Stoke Park:
1 Canada Goose, 21 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper 2 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 3 Blackcap, 3 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet
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| 12-4-20 Jay, Crews Hole (Lee Gardiner) |
Yate:
5 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Red Kite, Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Linnet
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| 12-4-20 Wheatear, CSC (Mark Coller) |
2 Wheatear
East Bristol:
5 Buzzard, 6 Raven
Wapley:
2 Canada Geese, 1 Nuthatch, 18 Goldfinch
2 Canada Geese, 1 Nuthatch, 18 Goldfinch
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 11-4-20 Reed and Willow Warbler, Portishead (Chris Clarke) |
2 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler
Clevedon:
1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 White Wagtail
Tickenham Ridge:
1 Common Crane over
Backwell:
pair Bullfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Compton Martin:
2 House Martin
Bath:
1 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine at St John's Ch., 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
Cameley:
1 Buzzard giving Blackbirds the heebie-jeebies, 2 Green Woodpecker, another pair of Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat singing/holding territories about ¼ mile apart, brood of Dunnocks raided by cat: two casualties, one or two surviving might just make it
Timsbury:
The nesting Lapwings are no more, field ploughed, nest gone, birds gone.
No RESERVOIR reports
IN AVON
1 m Ring Ouzel
Protection of rare breeding birds, Schedule 1, is now in force
List here and in the sidebar
1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 White Wagtail
Tickenham Ridge:
1 Common Crane over
Backwell:
pair Bullfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 12-4-20 Buzzard, Willsbridge (Steve Mac) |
2 House Martin
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| 12-4-20 Chiffchaff, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters) |
1 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine at St John's Ch., 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch
Cameley:
1 Buzzard giving Blackbirds the heebie-jeebies, 2 Green Woodpecker, another pair of Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat singing/holding territories about ¼ mile apart, brood of Dunnocks raided by cat: two casualties, one or two surviving might just make it
Timsbury:
The nesting Lapwings are no more, field ploughed, nest gone, birds gone.
No RESERVOIR reports
IN AVON
1 m Ring Ouzel
Protection of rare breeding birds, Schedule 1, is now in force
List here and in the sidebar
Lockdown Updates
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| Skylark captured using Thermal Imaging Camera |
Cryptic Puzzle 2
Home Patch 4 Stoke Bishop - a rerun of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present
Reports: Rich Andrews, Phil Barlow, Peter Bryant, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, Allan Chard, Chris Clarke, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Nigel Jones, Robert Kelsh, Robin Lambert, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Steve Mac, Glen Maddison, Timothy Marks, Lucy Masters, Bob Medland, Darren Pearce, Adam Pegler, George Rabin, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Richard Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
