Red Kites, Hobby
Whimbrels
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellow Wagtails
Corn Bunting (away from Marshfield)
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| Yellow Wagtail at Marshfield (Paul Dunham) |
Swifts arriving back in Bristol:
10 over two Bishopston gardens, 3 over St George / Crews Hole, 2 over St Andrews Park.
Eastville:
(from a rooftop) 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 10+ Swift, 7 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow.
Eastville Park:
1 drake Mandarin.
Oldland Common:
2 Raven.
Shirehampton - Sea Mills - Blaise:
1 Stock Dove, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 singing Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat (3m. singing, 1f.), 5 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 4 House Sparrow.
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| Whitethroat at Aust Warth (Rob Emery) |
At least ten Red Kite, a small movement of Hobby (6 at least), Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk and Buzzard.
Aust Warth:
3 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Common Whitethroat.
New Passage/Northwick:
40 Shelduck, Oystercatchers, Curlew, Greenshank. Kestrel. 2 Buzzard.
Baby Coots, nesting Canada Goose and Mute Swan.
Grey Heron, pairs of Gadwall and Shoveler, Tufted Duck.
Cuckoo.
Movement of Swift (10), Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin.
Severn Beach:
f. Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo.
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| Hobby over Yate (Mark Coller) |
2 Red Kite.
Pucklechurch:
Lyde Green lake
Grey Heron, Kestrel, Reed Bunting.
Warbler fest - Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat all singing.
NORTH SOMERSET
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| Siskin pair in Portishead (from the Wild Portishead website) |
6 Swift belting over, following the Severn shore at noon (first for the year over my garden).
4:00-4:45 p.m. 12 Swift, 35 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 6 Sand Martin and 40+ unidentifiable hirundines NE over the Severn shore.
M5 near Clevedon:
2 Cuckoo.
Clevedon, a garden:
18.40 to 19.10 : 2 Swift, 5 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Rook.
Clevedon-Yeo:
3 Teal, 5 Swift, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 70+ Sand Martin, 40+ Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2-3 Sedge Warbler, 13 singing Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wagtail.
Kenn:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush.
Possible Wood Warbler (heard only briefly).
Sand Point/Bay to Woodspring Priory:
3 Red-legged Partridge, 8 Swift, 5 Whimbrel, 42 Dunlin, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel, 10 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (car park), Tree Pipit.
Weston-Super-Mare:
Worlebury Golf Course:
7 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 12 Herring Gull, 6 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 11 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 1 Rook (rare here - only my second in about 70 visits), 8 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 2 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 1 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 6 House Sparrow (+nest), 3 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch.
Worlebury (Weston) Woods:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (at nest), 1 Jay, 9 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.
Redhill:
1 Peregrine,
Redhill: 8 House Martin, Chiffchaff with aberrant song (ST498635 about 200m west of the A38 and 400m northeast of the village church).
Felton Common:
6 Willow Warbler; 2 Chiffchaff; 7 Whitethroat; 2 Blackcap; 1 m. Stonechat singing, 6+ Linnet, pr. Yellowhammer.
Churchill:
1 Buzzard, 3+ Chiffchaff, singing Greenfinch.
Chew Magna:
5 singing Whitethroat.
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| Grey Heron over Bath (David Hughes) |
Webbs Heath, Siston:
2 Swift, Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 2 Raven, Swallow, 3+Chiffchaff, 4+Blackcap, 4+Whitethroat, Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch.
Marshfield:
4 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Corn Bunting, 10+ Yellowhammer.
Bath:
Lansdown:
3 Swift, 6 Buzzard. 3 Raven, 10+ Swallow, 12 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting (most unusual at this site - singing on top of hedge near single barn almost opposite main drive to Bath race course)
Lansdown:
3 Swift, 6 Buzzard. 3 Raven, 10+ Swallow, 12 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 1 Corn Bunting (most unusual at this site - singing on top of hedge near single barn almost opposite main drive to Bath race course)
Bathampton:
Red Kite.
Caledonian Road:
6 Swift, 12 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Magpie, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch.
Centre and Beechen Cliff:
1 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap.
1 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap.
Newton St Loe:
2 Swift.
RESERVOIRS
CLOSED
Chew Valley Lake:
Hobby.
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| Grey Wagtail adult and juvenile at Wick (Nigel Jones) |
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