Friday 1 May 2020

01-05-20 Friday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 9 to 14°C. Windy today, warmer in the Sun, dry at least, until it rained midday, but sunny evening

Mandarin
Swift
Cuckoo
Whimbrel, Greenshank 
Red Kite, Hobby
Garden Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher

1-5-20 House Martin, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

The Downs:
Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1-5-20 Greenshank, New Passage (Lisegirl)
Severnside:
Greenshank

Rockhampton, Hill:
1 possibly 2 Cuckoo

Three Brooks Nature Reserve, Bradley Stoke:
10 Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 6 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit 2, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 ChiffChaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch
1-5-20 House Sparrow, Hanham (Peter Coslett)
NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
8 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 3 GBB Gull, c.100 LBB Gull, 4 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 7 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting

Portishead - Black Nore:
4 Shelduck, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

Kenn Pier:
Mute Swan on eggs, 1 Grey Wagtail

Worlebury:
1 Willow Warbler, first 12 Starlings of the year

Lower Claverham:
1 Red Kite 10.45, 3 Buzzard,  Raven (Chescombe), Swallow, Whitethroat

1-5-20 Sedge Warbler, Bleadon (Karen Ash)
Uphill to Bleadon:
Skylark, Sedge & Reed Warbler, 3 Wheatear, Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
6 House Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler (v rare here), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear.
Regulars:- Large numbers of Skylarks, Greenfinch common this year and first time for a while in the Shire Valley, Linnet and Corn Bunting very common, Yellowhammers increased over the weekend

1-5-20 Whitethroat, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
Compton Dando:
2 Pheasant, 2 Mallard Duck, 12+ Swift, 40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Buzzard, 1 Herring Gull, 7 LBB Gull. 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted & 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 40+ Rook, 30+ Crow, 2 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6+ Skylark, 8 Swallow, 8+ House Martin, 2 Long-tailed TiT, 2 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 8+ Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, 8+ Wren, 4 Robin, 1 Starling, 6+ Blackbird, 30+House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 25+ Goldfinch, 10+ Yellowhammer

1-5-20 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP)
Now with a second coat of down
Bath:
2 + 4 eyasses Peregrine

Bath West, River Avon:
Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 1 GreyWagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

Combe Hay:
1 m Mandarin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Cuckoo, Hobby

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

Lockdown Updates

Bath RSPB Quiz from Lucy Starling (Delve) 

Here are two “old” names each for 20 bird species readily seen in and around the homes and gardens of Bath urban areas and surrounding countryside. 

Taken from “All the Birds of the Air” - Names Lore and Literature of British Birds by Francesca Greenoak (1979)

1. Long Neck or Frank
2. Pigeon Hawk or Blue Merlin
3. Stock Hawk or Duck Hawk
4. Pond Hen or Kitty Coot
5. Tumbler or Sprat Mew
6. Wood Dove or Bush Dove
7. Billy Hooter or Jenny Hoolet
8. Screecher or Skeer Devil
9. Pick-a-tree or Wood Knacker
10. Eaves Swallow or Window Swallow
11. Croupy Craw or Ralph
12. Crackadee or Titty Todger
13. Throstle or Mavis
14. Ruddock or Ploughman’s Bird
15. Chip Chop or Lesser Pettychaps
16. Waggie or Molly Washdish
17. Green Linnet or Green Grosbeak
18. Gold Spink or Redcap
19. Thick Bill or Hoop
20. Spadger or Lum Lintie


Home Patch 8 Yate - a re-run of a Bird News series from 2018, apt for the present

Cryptic Puzzle 3 - 2007. The link works! Answers now added to the page

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

Reports: John Barnett, Michael & Caroline Baker, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Barry Dursley, Alan Goldsmith, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Lisegirl, Dendy Platt, Dean Reeves, Matt Scott, Adrian Sharp, Ian Stapp, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG