Friday 24 April 2020

24-04-20 Friday - Cuckoo

Temp 9 to 23°C. Wall to wall sunshine till late afternoon, almost no wind so warm

Swift
Cuckoo
Whimbrel, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit
Osprey, Red Kite
Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat
Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail

BRISTOL

Gardens:
Swift

Around Lockleaze:
Collared Dove, Grey Heron,  pr Sparrow Hawk, Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

24-4-20 Grey Wagtail, Blaise (Di Buniss)
Blaise:
1 Grey Wagtail
24-4-20 Cormorant, Bradley Stoke (Vera Carpenter)
Bradley Stoke, Woodlands Golf Course:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 1 juv Cormorant (sitting on overhead wire), 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff

Redland:
1 Little Egret

Crews Hole:
Cuckoo calling, numerous Chiffchaff and Blackcap, Wrens

Long Ashton:

3 pr Swallow

Bike Ride Birds:
1 Buzzard soaring by the Wind Turbines at Earthcott Green, 1 Green Woodpecker heard at Pilning, 1 Kestrel hunting along Ingst, 2 Skylark near Northwick, 1 Lesser Whitethroat heard near Ingst

24-4-20 Wheatear, Severnside (Lisegirl)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:
Swift

Severnside:
70 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, 40 House Sparrow, 3 Wheatear, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Reed Bunting

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Swift, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Slow Worm

24-4-20 Slow Worm, CSC, (Peter Bryant)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Shelduck, 1 female Kestrel, 4 House Martin, 5+ Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, c10 Chiffchaff, 5+ Reed Warbler, c10 Blackcap, 5+ Whitethroat, 3 Greenfinch, 4+ Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting

24-4-20 Whimbrel, Portishead Marina (Jason Williams)
Portishead - Woodhill Bay and Marina mud:
Whimbrel so maybe 2 altogether

Portishead - Black Nore:
5 Shelduck, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Swallow, 1 Treecreeper

24-4-20 Dunlin, Dowlais, (Paul Williams)
Clevedon-Yeo:
5 Grey Plover, 12 Whimbrel, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Knot, 15 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 1 Garden Warbler heard, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Congresbury Moor:
Osprey
24-4-20 Lesser Whitethroat, Sand Bay (Dean Reeves)
Sand Bay/Point:
60+ Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Knot, 30 Dunlin, 3 BH Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull, 24 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 7 Whitethroats, 1 Whinchat, Stonechat

Worlebury:
2 Curlew in the night, 2 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff

24-4-20 Woodpigeon, Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
1 Collared Dove, 5 Starling, or Blackbird, 2m 4f House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Still very good numbers of all the usuals, especially Skylark today. Lots of Corn Buntings singing, Linnets still very common, and some are in small flocks of up to 20. Yellowhammers seem to be on the increase, lots singing. Also several Whitethroat and 6 Wheatear in the horse paddocks on Rushmead Lane

24-4-20 Grey Wagtail, Wick (Nigel Jones)
Wick:
Grey Wagtail

Chew Magna:
6 House Martin (2 days late), 3 singing Lesser Whitethroat

24-4-20 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
4 beaks to feed
Bath:
6 Peregrine

Bath Lansdown:
7 Wheatear
24-4-20 Chiffchaff, Bath R Avon (Rob Hargreaves)
Bath West, River Avon:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1+ Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 GreyWagtail

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
24-4-20 Reed Warbler, CVL (Paul Dunham)

Herriott's:
Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Little Egret, plenty of Reed Warblers

Out of Avon
Hoopoe in Cheddar Gorge
12 Crossbill  Rowberrow Warren, some flew to Dolebury Warren
Redstarts at Ubley Warren and Long Wood NR

Lockdown Updates

Home Patch 6 Caledonia Place, Clifton - a re-run of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present

Cryptic Puzzle 3

2018 BOC QUIZ - large variety of questions. Now with answers at the bottom

Reports: John Barnett, Paul Bowdler, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, JaneCumming, Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Paul Dunham, Barry Dursley, Steve Galpin, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, David Howes, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Tim MacGrath, Dendy Platt, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, John Rosetti, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, John Thorogood, Chris Vines, Jason Williams, Keith Williams, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirdsBUPPCVRSnsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirdsTBOSG