Monday, 27 April 2020

27-04-20 Monday - Common Scoter

Overcast but fine  - the end of the sunshine for a few days.  Light but chilly N breeze.  Cooler.

Common Scoter
SanderlingGreenshank
Whimbrels
Hobby
Cuckoo
Redstart, Whinchat
Yellow Wagtail


Yellowhammer singing at Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 8 Rook, 1 Chiffchaff, 7 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Robin, 8 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Skylark, 1 Greenfinch.

Clifton:
Marsh Tit

Eastville Park:
m. Mandarin.

Kingswood:
1 Red Kite.

Purdown:
4 Collared Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Greenfinch.

R. Avon - New Cut (tidal section):
Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher.

Whitethroat at Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Hortham, Almondsbury:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Jackdaw, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Goldfinch.

Sanderling at Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
1 Sanderling, 1 Greenshank.

Willsbridge:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Greenfinch.

Bradley Stoke - Three Brooks NR:
Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit, Great Tit, LT Tit, Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat (on heath singing), Blackcap, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury:
1 Raven.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
(yesterday)
15 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, c.10 Herring Gull, 65+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, c.10 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

Portishead:
(Lake Grounds, Battery Point, East Woods)
8 Canada Goose, "George the Greylag", 2 Shelduck, 20 Mallard (number well down), 12 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 3 Whimbrel, 4 Jays having a battle with a Magpie, 9 Sand Martin over the lake, 4 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redstart, 20 House Sparrow, 2 Rock Pipit, 1 Linnet.  But NO Mute Swans!

Clevedon:
3 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Swallow, 6 House Martin, pr. Greenfinch.

Clevedon-Yeo:
(Dowlais)
4 Canada Goose, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 31 Whimbrel, 40+ Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5+ singing Skylark, 60 Sand Martin, 6 House Martin, 40 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, singing Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler,  1 Blackcap, many Whitethroat, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail. 2 White Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.

Nailsea Moor - North Drove:
3 Swallow, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Reed Bunting.

Weston-Super-Mare:

(Cemetery):
2+ Woodpigeon, 2+ Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 8 Magpie, 2+ Jackdaw, 2+ Carrion Crow, 2+ Coal Tit, 2+ Blackbird

(Worlebury Woods):
8 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (pair carrying material into a hole), 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 (singing male) Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 10 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 9 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch.


                                             (Photos by Karen Ash)
Hutton:
Swift, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Linnet, Reed Bunting.

Swallow (NSL-birding)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
6 Swift over the city.

27-04-2020 Willow Warbler & Whitethroat Lansdown (Chris Rawlings)
Lansdown:
2 Jay, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 18 Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch.

Newton St Loe:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 6 Skylark, 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 6 Common Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer. 
(NO Whooper Swan.)

                               (Whitethroat and Yellowhammer photos by NSL-Birding)

(Avon River Bank at Newton Meadows)
3+ Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, 1+ Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4+ Common Whitethroat, 3+ Blackcap, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest.

                                      (Chiffchaff and Whitethroat photos by Ian Stapp)
Compton Dando:
2 Pheasant, 4 Mallard, 5 Buzzard, 1 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 50+ Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Collared Dove, 2 GS Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 50+ Rook, 4 Raven, 10+ Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Dunnock, 2 LT Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 House Martin, 4 Swallow, 6+ Skylark, 15+ Whitethroat, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 8 Wren, 4 Robin, 25+ House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 25+ Goldfinch, 6+ Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 20+ Yellowhammer.

Paulton:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest.

Compton Martin:
Cuckoo

Chiffchaff - Blaise estate (Diana Bunniss)
RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

Chew Valley Lake:
Hobby

Reports:  Karen Ash, Paul Bowerman, Peter Bryant, David Campbell, Rob Capel, Vera Carpenter, Anthony Cook, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, David Esam, Tim Ford, Alan Goldsmith, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, David Howes, Robert Kelsh, Glen Maddison, Jon Mortin, Jean Oliver, Dendy Platt, John & Sue Prince, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Chris Rawlings,  Ian Stapp, Chris Vines, Paul Williams, nslbirding.