Wednesday 6 May 2020

06-05-20 Wednesday - Whinchat

Sunny - bit of a 'Swift-athon'

Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher
Siskin
Little Owl
Red Kite
Cuckoo, Hobby
Willow Warbler
Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit
Grey Plover

BRISTOL

Bishopston- gardens:
20 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 1 Raven

Coombe Dingle:
1 Blackcap - singing tonight

Eastville Park:
3 Grey Wagtail

06-05-20 Jackdaw The Downs (Keith Williams)
High Kingsdown to The Downs:
25 Swift, 3 Buzzard; 1 Peregrine, 8 House Martins - Redland Hill, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush,  1 Jackdaw "which kept walking towards me and got to about 4 feet - obviously hasn't read the social distancing rules!"

Redland - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 5 Feral Pigeon, 12 Swift, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird (f&m), 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

St Andrews:
35 Swift - up high

Stoke Park, Purdown, Duchess Pond:
2 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler,  6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear (f), 1 rarity Chaffinch, c10 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

06-05-20 Lesser Whitethroat Aust (Paul Dunham)
Aust Warth:
2 Lesser Whitethroat, several Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 3 ? Meadow Pipit - "there must be more"

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Reed Warbler - a little video - with sound

Yate:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven

Bradley Stoke - Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
14 Mallard,1 Moorhen, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 11 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit , 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Black Nore:
5 Shelduck, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Black-headed Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Great Tit, 2 Sand Martin, 40 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Dunnock 3 Green Finch, 4 Goldfinch.

Clevedon - Colehouse Lane
1 Mallard + 11 ducklings, 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Red Kite, 3 Rook, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2/3 Spotted Flycatcher - caravan park, Robin -juv, 1 Bullfinch

06-05-20 Red Kite Cl-Y (Howard Taffs)
Clevedon -Dowlais:
small numbers of Swift going over, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Martins and Swallow also going through

Nailsea Moor - North Drove:
4 Swift, 6 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - still belting it out, 2 Whinchat

Tickenham Moor:
1 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 3 Swift, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Rook (and a rookery with 13 nests), 1 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.

Tickenham - Cadbury Camp:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch.

06-05-20 Spotted Flycatcher Song Thrush Yatton (Mark Savage)
Yatton - Cadbury Hill:
2 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush and 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Sand Point/Bay:
Swift & Martins and Swallow all streaming past this morning, 1 Cuckoo and 3 Spotted Flycatcher - car park area. 4 Grey Plover - sum plum, 30 Whimbrel,  & 130 Dunlin in the bay area

Worle - garden ish:
Steady passage of Swift and 3 back on territory, 1 Kestrel, Martins and Swallow on passage too, 1 Mistle Thrush - singing large

06-05-20 Lesser Whitethroat Uphill (Bill Hewitt)
Bleadon / Uphill - disused station:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

Bleadon / Uphill - Levels:
plenty of Swift, a Cuckoo, Swallow, martins, all the common warblers and 4 Spotted Flycatcher

06-05-20 Siskin Langford (David Goodliffe)
Langford:
1 Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 7 Starlings, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham:
1 Cuckoo - crossing the garden - high up

Oldland Common:
8 Swift - back at nesting site

06-05-20 Dipper & Grey Wagtail Wick (Nigel Jones)
Wick:
Dipper and Grey Wagtail

Marshfield:
1 Cuckoo - heading east after frightening all the Linnet.

06-05-20 Little Owl Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
Compton Dando - around the lanes:
5 Pheasant, 6+ Mallard - on the river, 6+ Swift, 30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker - calling, 3 Magpie, 20+ Jackdaw, 40+ Rook, 40+ Carrion Crow, 5 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6+ Skylark, 4 Swallow, 12+ House Martins, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 6+ Blackcap 12+ Whitethroat, 6+ Wren, 6+ Blackbird, 2 Robin, 30+House Sparrows, 4+ Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6+ Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch 10+ Yellowhammer 1 Reed Bunting 

Compton Martin:
4 Swift

Ubley:
18 Swift - tight group, all screaming, 1 Garden Warbler - singing,

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

CVL:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Hobby, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 20 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat,  5 Whitethroat,

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