18-04-20 Saturday - Redstart & Whinchat

Temp around 10°C. Cool, with more cloud and rain.

Whimbrel, Bar-railed Godwit, Red Kite 
Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler
Whinchat, Redstart
Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail
Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

2 Collared Dove, 4 Coot chicks, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 m Peregrine, 1 juv Jay at Avon Gorge, 5 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, Raven pair

18-04-20 Peregrine portrait (Ian Loats)

2 Coal Tit - unusual for this time of year at Bishopston, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin

18-04-20 Nest-building Robins (Barry Dursley)

5 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Wren, nest-building Robins at Downend, 1 f Redstart - a great lockdown garden tick at Coombe Dingle, Dunnock, 2 Tree Pipit at Stoke Park, Goldfinches

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severn Beach:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 White Wagtail, 124 Meadow Pipit

Chipping Sodbury Common:
8 Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Redstart, Whinchat, 12 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

18-04-20 Bar-tailed Godwit, Weston-super-Mare (Karen Ash)

Portishead:
1 Red Kite (13:00, being chased by Herring Gulls), 4 Wheatear

Clevedon, Dowlais:
2 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 40 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Pied & White Wagtail

Kenn:
8 Swallow, Cetti’s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 1 m Redstart

Sand Point:

1 Whimbrel, 6 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 6 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 18 Meadow Pipit, 5 Tree Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail

Weston-super-Mare:

23 Oystercatcher, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 100+ Swallow

Bleadon Hill:

3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, Blackcap, many Wren, 1 Greenfinch, many Goldfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
5 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 8 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Wheatear, 2 Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer

Chew Magna:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Swallow

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

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

Lockdown Updates

2018 BOC QUIZ - large variety of questions

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

Home Patch 5 Shipham - a rerun of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present

Cryptic Puzzle 2 answers on now

Reports: Karen Ash, Philip Black, Mark Coller, Adam Cross, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, William Earp, Patrick Hancock, Nick Hawkridge, Ian Loats, Jon Mortin, Michael Moxon, Dean Reeves, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG