08-05-20 Friday - Avocet

Temp 12 to 24°C. Hot today,  another lovely Sunny day, perfect weather for walking

Swift
Cuckoo
Avocet, Whimbrel
Black-headed Gull
Red Kite
Little Owl
Garden Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Yellow Wagtail
Corn Bunting

8-5-20 Little Owl, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
2 Buzzard

8-5-20 Canada Goose, Duchess Lake (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park and Duchess Lake:
1 Canada Goose, 32 Mallard (15j), 4 Swift, 30 Feral Pigeon, 1 Collard Dove, 5 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 3 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 12 Magpie, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 29 House Sparrow, 9 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Kingsweston, Evergreen Woods:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush

8-5-20 Whitethroat, Purdown (Allan Chard)

Purdown:
Whitethroat, Greenfinch

Redland Garden:
2 Swifts, 5 Feral Pigeons 1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 House Martin, 2 Blackbird, 10 House Sparrow

8-5-20 Long-tailed Tit, St Annes (Gill Sapsed)

St Annes:
Newly fledged Long-tailed Tit choir

Stockwood Garden:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

8-5-20 Stock Dove, Nibley Lane (Barry Dursley)

Nibley Lane:
first Swifts, Stock Dove, Whitethroat

Yate gardens:
3 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Blue Tit, 5 House Martin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch

Three Brooks Nature Reserve, Bradley Stoke:
8 Mallard, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 ChiffChaff, 2 Whitethroat; 6 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird,  1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Robin, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Goldfinch,3 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill garden:
first Swifts, Gulls, 12+ House Martin, Starlings all swarming in the sky over insects

Ashton Court:
Rookery, 2 Raven, Skylarks, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Song Thrush, House Sparrow, Greenfinch

Portishead - Black Nore:

5 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 6 Starling

Clevedon, Dowlais:
3 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet on flash, 4 Lapwing, 5 Whimbrel, 8 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 11 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail

Sand Point:
just 14 Whimbrel left, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, plenty Whitethroats

Worle and Worlebury:
4 Swift, 9 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 1 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Blackbirds and Robins with young

Weston-Super-Mare:
possible Sea Eagle recently

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna, fields to North:
9 Blackcap, 3 m Lesser Whitethroat, 5 m Whitethroat

8-5-20 Yellowhammer, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando:
5 Pheasant, 2 Mallard Duck, 5 Swift, 40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Buzzard, 12 BH Gull,, 1 Herring Gull, 20 LBB Gull. 1 Little Owl, 1 Great Spotted & 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 60+ Rook, 40+ Crow, 2 Raven, 8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, 8+ House Martin, 7 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 9+ Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 8+ Wren, 4 Robin, 9 Starling, 20+ Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 8+ House Sparrow, 6 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 30+ Goldfinch, 12+ Yellowhammer

Widcombe:
1 Canada Goose over, 3 Swift, 1 Grey Heron over, Peregrine food pass,

8-5-20 Tufted Duck, NSL (Rob Hargreaves)

Newton St Loe:
1 m Tufted Duck, 2 Swift, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted & 4 Green Woodpecker, 6 Skylark, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 GreyWagtail

Lansdown:
singing Corn Bunting

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 m Cuckoo, 1 injured BH Gull, 1 Garden Warbler


Earlier Sightings in Avon

Yesterday Turtle Dove at Portishead, Quail singing at Uphill

6th May Spotted Flycatcher at Lawrence Weston Moor

3rd May 1 f Goshawk at Lawrence Weston Moor

Lockdown Updates

Bath RSPB Quiz from Lucy Starling (Delve) 

Answers end of page

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 9 Claverton Down - Dave French

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: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Alan Daniels, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Alastair Fraser, Alan Goldsmith, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Brian Lancastle, Glen Maddison, Giles Morris, Michael Moxon, Phil Quinn, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, Carol Rushton, Gill Sapsed, Matt Scott, Adrian Sharp, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Jeremy Towler, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Peregrine, 4 Moorhen, 5 BH Gull, 6 Stock Dove, 7 Tawny Owl, 8 Swift, 9 Green Woodpecker, 10 House Martin, 11 Raven, 12 Wren, 13 Song Thrush, 14 Robin, 15 Chiffchaff, 16 Pied Wagtail, 17 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 19 Bullfinch, 20 House Sparrow