30-04-20 Thursday - Cuckoo

Cooler again today - rain alternating with gusty sunshine. Cleared in the evening. Bristol temperatures 7 - 12 °C

Mandarin Duck
Red Kite 
Cuckoo

30-04-20 Canada Gosling, first of the year, Eastville Park Lake (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:
3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush,  1 Grey Wagtail

30-04-20 Canada Goose, Grey Wagtail, Jay, Eastville Park (Paul Dunham)

Eastville Park:

First Canada Goose chick for the year, Mandarin Duck still, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper

Snuff Mills: 
Dipper, Grey Wagtail (plus others along the river)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo in evening

Severn Beach:
DHL - 2 Canada Goose,  B H Gull, 1 House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat on territory, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail busy, probably nesting on site.

Chipping Sodbury:

Red Kite over house at 12:40 p.m., drifting east

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Garden -1930 to 2015 3 Swift,2 Stock Dove

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

30-04-20 Leucistic Blackbird, Longwell Green (Steve Mac)

Reports: Nicholas Beamson, Allan Chard, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Paul Dunham, Jean Oliver, Dean Reeves, Matt Scott, SteveMac@steve13mac

29-04-20 Wednesday - Fulmar

Overcast and showers - a bit brighter in the afternoon

Whinchat
Gannet
Fulmar

BRISTOL

Ashton Court - back to Hotwells:
6 Rook nests, 2+ Greenfinch

29-04-20 Peregrine Finzels Reach (Ian Loats)

Bishopston- garden:
2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit - feeding family in the roof space, 2 Blackcap - singing just up the road.

Eastville Park:
Still good numbers of Chiffchaff singing

Finzels Reach:
1 Peregrine - a bit damp

Redland - roundabout and garden:
6 House Martin on site, 1 Blackcap singing in the garden

Sea Mills - Harbour, River Avon
4 Canada Goose - heading east, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat (m), 1 Wheatear (m)

St George - Crews Hole:
1 Great Tit

Stoke Park, Purdown, Duchess Pond:
1 Canada Goose, 23 Mallard 7m 3f 13j, 8 Feral Pigeon, 9 Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, 7 Coot 2a 5j, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 39 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, Wren, 3 Starling, 3 Blackbird 3m, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 22 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting 1m 1f.

29-04-20 Song Thrush Stoke Park (Pat Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

29-04-2020 Wheatear NP=NW (Lisa Ptesland)

New Passage/Northwick:
Tufted Duck, First Swift, usual waders, 1 Little Egret, lots of House Martin & Swallow, 3 Wheatear

29-04-20 Green Woodpecker Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
1 Green Woodpecker

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Nibley:
2 Whearear

Little Stoke:
1 Willow Warbler - singing and new for the lockdown list

Bradley Stoke - 3 Brooks Nature Reserve:
8 Mallard, 10+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 6 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 12 House Martin - north, 5 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Lyde Green:
4 Reed Warbler singing, 1 Garden Warbler still

NORTH SOMERSET

29-04-20 Whimbrel Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo - Dowlais:
1 Greylag Goose - fly through, 1 Whimbrel, several Carrion Crow - patrolling the scrape field, a trickle of hirundines, 2 Yellow Wagtail,

Dundry:
1 Kestrel - hover hunting

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Fulmar,  13 Gannet - down river, 3+ Whimbrel. few Swallow moving NE, 2 Garden Warbler

Weston-Super-Mare - ex airfield & Esso :
3 Swift, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 120+ Hirundine; a few Sand Martin, Swallow, with House Martin the most numerous, headed NW, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-04-20 Mute Swan Bath (Glen Maddison)

Bath - K&A canal:
2 Swan with 8 new cygnet

29-04-20 Blackbird Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:
first juv Blackbird in the garden.

29-04-20 House Sparrow Stanton Drew (Tim Kilbride)

Stanton Drew:
Unusual House Sparrow - value an opinion anyone? Very White cheeks

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

Reports: Dru Brook-Taylor, Pete Bryant, Allan Chard, Neil Delaney, Barry Dursley, William Earp, Lee Gardiner, Alan Goldsmith, Paul Gregory, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, Tim Kilbride,  Craig Lewis,  Ian Loats, Glen Maddison,  Lucy Masters, Lisa Presland, Adam Rawson, Pat Richardson, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Mike Tripi

nslbirding, TBOSG  blagdonlakebirds

28-04-20 Tuesday - Wood Sandpiper

Rain most of the day -

Wood Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Cuckoo

BRISTOL

Bishopston- garden:
2 Coal Tit - on the feaders

28-04-20 Goldcrest St George (Lee Gardiner)

St George, Crews Hole + garden:
1st Swift seen - not possible to know if it will be a local, as it was battling through the rain!
1 Coal Tit, 1 Willow Warbler - a surprise, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat

28-04-20 Robin Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Severn Beach:
Robin on the May flowers.

Severn Beach, Western Approach Business Park:
3 Gadwall, 1 Moorhen, 1 Kestrel  2 Cetti's, 1 Long-Tailed Tit - nest nearby. 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat,  2 Whitethroat, 1& found a

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear,

Filton - EWS pool A38:
1 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 1 Greenfinch.

Lyde Green:
2 Kestrel + chicks, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler - both singing in the rain, 1 Garden Warbler, 40 Starling - juv, early starters.

NORTH SOMERSET

28-04-20 Wood Sandpiper CL-Y - Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo - Dowlais:
6 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, c 40 small waders - prob, Ringed Plover and Dunlin, 1 Wood Sandpiper,  2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail

28-04-2020 House Sparrow Worlebury ( George Rabin)

Worlebury:
House Sparrow - mothering at its best

BELOW M4 & BANES

28-04-20 Jackdaw and Magpie Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Keynsham - garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 7 Rook

Bath:
1 Grey Heron being seen off by 1 Carrion Crow "the Heron was surprisingly agile in flight trying to out fly the crow"

Bath, St John's Church
6 Peregrine - inc 4 chicks all doing well (a little video clip)

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

Reports: BUPP, Mark Coller, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge, Julian Head, Rod Holbrook, Jonathan Margetts, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mike Tripi, Paul Williams

nslbirding, TBOSG  blagdonlakebirds

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
Sanderling, Greenshank
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.

26-04-20 Sunday - Hobby

Temp 8 to 25°C. Wall to wall sunshine again till late afternoon, almost no wind, so warm

Mandarin
Swift
Grey Plover, Whimbrel
Hobby
Wood Warbler
Redstart

26-4-20 Redstart, St George (Lee Gardiner)

BRISTOL

Swift ; 1 Bishopston + a Swallow, 3 Symington Rd, Fishponds, 14 Oldland Common, 5 W-s-M, 3 Bath

Blaise Estate:
7 Chiffchaff on my walk today

26-04-2020 Peregrine Avon Gorge (Rupert Gale)

The Downs:
1 Peregrine - last yrs juv, 2 Swallow,

26-4-20 Mandarin Duck, Eastville Park (Pete Harrison)

Eastville Park to Purdown:
1 Mandarin, Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail

Redland:
6 House Martin - back on territory, 1 Blackcap - singing in the garden

St George:
1 Redstart

26-4-20 Grey Heron, Stapleton (Martin Tayler)

Stapleton:
1 Grey Heron

Westbury-on-Trym
1 Siskin - over the garden

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

26-4-20 Lesser Whitethroat, Wickwar (Alan Piper)

Wickwar:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

26-4-20 Linnet, New Passage (Lisegirl)

Severnside:
11 Mallard ducklings, lots Linnet

26-4-20 Whitethroat, Webb's Heath (Barry Dursley)

Webbs Heath:
Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

26-4-20 Hobby, Pill (Paul Milo)

Pill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Hobby

Portishead - Weston Big Wood:

Ravens, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Garden Warbler, Nuthatch

Colehouse Lane, Clevedon:

9 Collared Dove, 13 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 GS Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 114 Starling, 1 Redstart.

Clevedon- Blind Yeo to Dowlais:
1 Egyptian Goose, 30 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat

Kenn Moor:
Whinchats, 1 Yellowhammer

Nailsea Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 

Yatton:
1 Redstart

Sand Bay/Point:
1 Canda Goose, 1 Grey Plover, 50 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 20 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 10 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge and 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroats, 9 Whitethroats

Weston Woods:
1 Wood Warbler

Uphill:
Lots Shelduck, 6 (1f) Mallard and 12 ducklings, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat heard. 1 m Stonechat

Weston-super-Mare - garden & cemetery
2+ Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2+ Jackdaw, 2+ Carrion Crow, 1 Raven - high over the garden, 2+ Blue & Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 + Blackbird, 2+ Dunnock
BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Hills:
1 Wood Warbler

Wick:
2 Grey Wagtail

Bath:
3 Swift, 2 + 4 eyasses Peregrine

Bath Twerton to Seven Acre:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Chiffchaff, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush

26-4-20 Reed & Sedge Warbler, Bath (Rob Hargreaves)

Bath West, River Avon:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3-5 singing Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 GreyWagtail

Freshford Mill in BANES:
1 Little Egret, 1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

No reports

Out of Avon
Sedge and Reed Warbler at Corsham Lake

Out of UK 
Cambodia and Vietnam by Vera Carpenter and Colorado by David Hughes

Lockdown Updates

Home Patch 7 Coombe Dingle, Bristol - a re-run of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present

Cryptic Puzzle 3 - 2007. Link works now! Answers later this week

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

Reports: Abi Deas, John Barnett, Paul Bowyer, John Budd, Di Bunniss, Rob Capel, Allan Chard, Bryan Cook, Tony Cook, Jane Cumming, Steve Curtis, Barry Dursley, Rich Ford, Tim Ford, Rupert Gale, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Rob Hawkridge, Higgy, Nigel Jones, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Paul Milo, Michael Moxon, Alan Piper, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Adéle Remazeilles, Patrick Richards, Tony Scott, Andy Scrase, Martin Tayler, Jason Williams, Paul Williams, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

25-04-20 Saturday - Arctic Skua

Temp 11 to 21°C - a warm and sunny day

Arctic Skua, "Commic" Tern 
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit 
Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift 
Wood Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 
Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

25-04-20 Grey Heron, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin)

Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, 3 Moorhen, 3 Coot (& 7 chicks), 1 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, Kingfisher

St Andrews Park:
1 Jay

Crews Hole:
Peregrine, chased by two gulls

Cycling in Bristol:
Some Garden Warblers and Whitethroats heard

Stapleton:
1 Cuckoo - a great garden record!

Blaise Estate:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

25-04-20 Coot family, Eastville Park (Jon Mortin)

An interesting conundrum sent in...

My wife's parents live at Henbury. If you walk down to the shops there, you come across quite reasonable numbers of Rooks, walking around on the grass and on the pavements. I live at Westbury-on-Trym but all I ever see are Carrion Crows, particularly common in Badocks's Wood, where I counted 47 on both my last two visits. But there are no Rooks either there or anywhere else in and around Henleaze. Today though, three Rooks flew low over our garden - a long awaited garden tick! It seems odd that the two species are so well and truly separated.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

25-04-20 Long-tailed Tit nest, Chipping Sodbury (Peter Bryant)

OPS:
1 imm. Arctic Skua (upriver)

Severn Beach:
3 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 5 Mallard, 11 BH Gull, 10 "Commic" Tern, 2 Arctic Skua (one pale phase & one dark phase - upriver), 2 Curlew, 1 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

Siston, Webbs Heath:
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 6+ Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch

Tubbs Bottom Bridge:
3 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail

Hortham:
1 Buzzard, c. 30 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Swallow, lots of Chifchaff, 1 Whitethroat

25-04-20 Chiffchaff, Hortham (Vera Carpenter)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
10 Raven, 2 Siskin (ringed)

Clevedon (Garden):
1 m Mallard, 6 Swift, 5 Sparrowhawk sightings (possibly same bird), 3 Buzzard, 2 Raven

Clevedon (Dowlais):
1 Egyptian Goose, 30 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 30 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk (an influence on the diminished number of waders...)

Easton-in-Gordano:

Green Woodpecker, 2 Rook, 3 Skylark, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap - on feeder in the garden yesterday, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer

Sand Bay/Point:

74 Whimbrel, 7 Curlew, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Knot, 100+ Dunlin, Redshank, 10 Swallow, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin

Woodspring Priory:

1 Wood Warbler

Weston-super-Mare:

2 Swift, many Buzzard, many Swallow, 7 sp. of warbler heard, 1 Grey Wagtail

Bleadon (Hellenge, Bleadon and Purn Hills):

1 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat (all three warblers in song), many Dunnock, Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Lansdown:
8 Skylark, 9 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, 6 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 4 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet

25-04-20 Buzzard, Lansdown (Robert Hargreaves)

Newton St Loe:

No Whooper Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 5 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 5 Starling, 16 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Hanham Lock:
Not a bird but...1 Common Seal (eating a Chub this morning)

Publow & Pensford:

1 Swift, 1 Dipper

Highfield Lodge Farm:

1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Dipper (Wick Weir)

Dundry:

Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat

Paulton:
1 Swift (and more over the houses), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 8 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin (and more over the houses), 2 Whitethroat, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

Whitchurch:
1 Peregrine - hunting unsuccessfully

RESERVOIRS

Closed

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: Rich Andrews, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Vera Carpenter, Judy Copeland, Peter Coslett, Barry Dursley, William Earp, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Timothy Marks, John Mortin, Michael Moxon, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Paul Sawyer, Tony Scott, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Keith Vinicombe, Jason Williams, Paul Williams blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

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:
7 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:
1 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:
1 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:
1 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:

1 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:
1 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:
1 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, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG