07-05-20 Thursday - Spotted Flycatchers

Temp 8 to 24°C - a warm and mostly sunny day 

Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit 

Cuckoo 

Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Black Redstart 

BRISTOL

07-05-2020 Green Woodpecker, Eastvill Park (Paul Dunham)

Blaise:

1 Tawny Owl (heard but not seen), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 1 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail

07-05-2020 Grey Wagtail, Blaise (Di Bunniss)

Eastville Park:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 m Kingfisher, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit

Snuff Mills & River Frome:

3 Grey Wagtail pairs, 1 Dipper 

Lawrence Weston Moor:

1 Cuckoo, several Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Leigh Woods, Abbots Leigh & Ashton Court:

1 Mallard, 1 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 1 Skylark, 3 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (both males), 10 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch

Lockleaze:

1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

07-05-2020 Goldcrest, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

New Passage:

3 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Black Redstart

Avonmouth:

1 or 2 Gadwall pairs, 5 Lapwing

07-05-2020 Gadwall, Avonmouth (Mark Dadds)

Yate:

LBB Gull and Herring Gull nesting, 1 Hobby, 1 Garden Warbler

Oldland:

2 Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush

Between Rockhampton and Hill:

1 possible f Hen Harrier

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:

1 Red Kite

Portbury Wharf:

Two Canada Goose broods, 13 Shelduck, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebes (& 3 chicks), 1 Oystercatcher, c.12 Lesser Black-backed Gull on nests, 1 Kestrel, 9 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 2 f Whinchat, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting 

Portishead:

1 Wheatear

Clevedon-Yeo:

1 Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 20+ Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 4+ Coot, 14 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet (Dowlais), Lapwing, 30 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 32 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot (Dowlais), 80 Dunlin, Redshank, 15 Herring Gull, 10 LBB Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 or 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 or 2 Whitethroat, 10s Starling (inc. juvs), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear

Walton Bay:

25 Swallow (06.05.20)

Sand Point:

1 Grey Plover, 60 Whimbrel, 130 Dunlin, 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Tree Pipit, no Swift & Hirundine movement

07-05-2020 Spotted Flycatcher, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon Village & The Axe:

2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, many Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Winscombe (near):

1 Cuckoo

BELOW M4 & BANES

07-05-2020 Spotted Flycatcher, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:

5 Stock Dove, 5 Swift, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

Englishcombe area:

1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Raven, 1 m Yellowhammer

Cameley:

Buzzards scrapping, aerial combat between Raven and Carrion Crow (Raven 1 - 0 Crow), juv Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch (on eggs)

RESERVOIRS

07-05-2020 Gadwall, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Chew Valley Lake:

Closed

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Gadwall, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, several Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

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