09-05-20 Saturday - Pomarine Skua

Another sunny day, even warmer than yesterday, though possibly the last for a few days. Bristol temperatures 12 - 26°C

Little Ringed Plover
Arctic Tern, Pomarine Skua 
Fulmar
Red Kite
Merlin, Hobby
Cuckoo
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart 
Tree Pipit

09-05-20 Spotted Flycatcher, Newton St Loe (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

Durdham Downs:

The first Peregrine chick seen this morning. Adults still brooding so hopefully there will be more to come.

09-05-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
I Kingfisher

St George:

Troopers's Hill - 2 Swift, 1 Willow Warbler

Crew's Hole - 2 Canada Goose

Henleaze/Westbury-on-Trym:
2 Red Kite at 12.55 high and drifting west, 1 Buzzard

Bishopston: 
Garden - 1 Swift,  2 Raven,  8 Goldfinch

St Andrews: 

Sparrowhawk

Purdown: 
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 15+ Whitethroat, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch

Purdown to Stoke Park Estate:
Canada Goose, Mallard with young, Moorhen, Coot with young, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, LBB Gull, 2 Buzzard soaring, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, LT Tit, Whitethroat, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Goldfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
8 Swift, 5 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, c9 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Also 1 Hairy Dragonfly at Duchess Pond (unusual for Bristol)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Peregrines around the nest platform, Cuckoo heard briefly

09-05-20 Whitethroat, Aust Warth (Rod Holbrook)

Pilning:

1 Mistle Thrush on church

Tockington:

1 Hobby

Alveston:
1 Red Kite

North Common:

09-05-20 Great Tit at garden nest box , North Common (Geoff Hardman)

Lyde Green:
2 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, small numbers of Blackcap & Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat

Wick:
Weir - Dipper, 4 juvenile Grey Wagtail

08-05-20 3 of 4 juvenile Grey Wagtail, Wick (Nigel Jones)

Warmley:
2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Swift

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
1 Red Kite 11.50 am, drifting generally north-east, over St Katherine's School fields

09-05-20 Whimbrel, Sand Point (Dean Reeves)

Clevedon:
8th - calling Little Ringed Plover over at 22.30

Sand Point/Bay:
Red-breasted  Merganser, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 25 Whimbrel, 18 Curlew,  12 Dunlin, 1 dark phase Pomarine Skua  + 'spoons' heading up-river 8.10am, 2 Arctic Tern , 1 Fulmar, 15 Swallow & Sand Martin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipit

+ 1 Harbour Porpoise off Sand Point

Weston Woods:
Hill Fort - 1 m Redstart 

St Georges:
8th: 1 Red Kite 13:45 flying south

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Oldfield Park:
1 Merlin, 2 Sand Martin

Bath, Grosvenor Meadows:
1 Cuckoo heard

Newton St Loe:
2 Hobby, 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Paulton:
3 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 10 Rook, 1 Swallow, 7 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 3 Treecreeper, 17 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush (1 juv), 1 Grey Wagtail (juv), 4 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch


RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

09-05-20 Wren, Moorend (Barry Dursley)

Reports: beccatwy@rebeccamrtwyman, Allan Chard, Tim Clarke, Ken Carruthers,  Anthony Cook, Barry Dursley, Rich Ford, Patrick Hancock, Geoff Hardman, Rob Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Julian Head, Nick Hudson, David Hughes, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones,  Robert Kelsh, Glen Maddison, Geoff Pudney,  Dean Reeves, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Mike Tripi@MGTripi,  Keith Vinicombe, Paul Williams