Monday 20 April 2020

20-04-20 Monday - Osprey

Glorious clear blue sky but a fresh, chilly NE wind warming up to 19°C by afternoon.
(Update and more photos later)

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

Yellowhammer Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

20-4-20 Peregrine, The Downs (Keith Williams)
Downs:
3 Peregrine, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush,

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Pill / Severnside:
Tree Pipit to NE.

Orchard Pools and Tesco Pool:
5 Common Whitethroat, many Blackcap. 2 Lesser Whitethroat.

Dyer's Common:
3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler.

20-4-20 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Yate Common:
1 Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

Wheatear and Whinchat at Clevedon (Mark Savage)
Clevedon:
Red Kite, 2 Swallow, House Martin

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Swift, Lapwings, 3 Grey Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 15 Whimbrel, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 14 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 3 Wheatear and 2 Whinchat (on the golf course this morning). 1 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, c.20 Swallow, 7 Whitethroat, 4 Yellow Wagtail.

W-s-M Airfield:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Kestrel, 2 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 9+ Sedge Warbler. 3-4 Linnet

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Osprey (7 a.m., battling up channel then turned towards Wales), 60+ Whimbrel, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Dunlin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit.

Uphill & Bleadon Levels:
2 Cuckoo, 1 m. Whinchat. a few Lesser Whitethroat, several Whitethroat, 1 Sand Martin, Swallows.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando:
Lanes and Park Copse:
3 Pheasant, 7 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 20+ BH Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 50+ Woodpigeon, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 100+ Crow, 100+ Rook, 30+ Jackdaw, 2 nesting Raven, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 6 LT Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (singing in the field by the Chew bridge), 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch,  12+ Wren, 6 Robin, 5 Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush (nest building), 1 Song Thrush, 30+House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (feeding young), 6 Skylark, 30+ Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 20+ Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 6+ Yellowhammer.

South Stoke:
pair Mandarin - flew over the village

Sedge Warbler at Herons Green, Chew (Raoul Chandrasakera)
RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

Chew Valley Lake:
(Herons Green - cycle ride):
1 Little Grebe, 1 singing Sedge Warbler.

OUT OF AREA

Buckland Dinham:
Red Kite

Reports: Peter Bryant, Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, Steve Curtis, Paul Gregory, Simon Harris, Michael Moxon, 'Pagan Birder', Phil Quinn, Carole Rushton, Mark Savage, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams, Paul Williams. nslbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG