Tuesday 19 May 2020

19-05-20 Tuesday - Sanderling

Glad of the wind - 18°. A bit sunny and hot this afternoon

Garganey
Oystercatcher
Sanderling
Hobby

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Swift

Eastville Park and Snuff Mills:
15 Canada Goose, 7 Mute Swan and 6 cygnets - on the lake, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull (50 on sun),
1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Dipper - inc fledgling, 3 Grey Wagtail.

19-05-2020 Swift and Goldfinch Pucklechurch (Paul Croxton)

Redland Green:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Redland - garden:
2 Collared Doves, 5 Feral Pigeons, 2 Magpies, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 8+ House Sparrows, 1 Goldfinch

Redland Hill - roundabout:
7 House Martin

Stockwood - garden:
Newly fledged birds  mainly visiting the garden. Woodpigeon, Starling, Blackbird, Dunnock, Robin,

Stockwood Openspace:
Mallard gone - pond is totally dried up.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury on Severn:
1 Chiffchaff

19-05-2020 Starling NP (Lisa Presland)
New Passage/Northwick:
Two gardens playing host to many many, very noisy Starling

Coalpit Heath - garden:
9 Swift - screaming over the house

Bradley Stoke:
15 Mallard, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove,2 Moorhen, 6 Herring Gull,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit , 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat; 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Robin,3 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods, Abbots Leigh and Ashton Court:
6 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Jay, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 6 House Martin, 4 Swallow, 9 House Martin, 6 Wren, 12 Blackbird, 11 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

19-05-2020 Long-tailed Tit Pill (Paul Milsom)
Pill:
Long-tails Tit - an overkill in cuteness

Portishead:
20 House Martin feeding actively - 2 eves with 6 active nest are remaining on houses by the RNLI building, which itself has unused man made nest cups installed.
Tame garden Robin

Clevedon:
12 Swift - screaming around the house, best so far this year.

Weston-super-Mare:
1 Cuckoo at the STW, 50+ Swift, Swallow and House Martin - at the airfield with Skylark, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Linnet, Reed Bunting,

Worle:
Lots of fledged birds - Blackcap, Starling, Blackbird, Robins, House Sparrow, & 1 fledged Goldfinch calling/begging, Uproar when a Sparrowhawk (f) went through!!

Worlebury:
2 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow,

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - Magpie Bottom LNR:
2 Mallard + 11 surviving juv (was 15)

Longwell Green:
3 House Martin over

Bath -St John's Church:
2 Peregrine -ad working hard and all 4 juv looking very 'large'

19-05-20 Swallow Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)
Compton Dando - around the lanes:
2 Mallard, 4 Swift, 20 Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 2 Magpie, 250+ Rook Crow & Jackdaw (some shooting going on all in the air together), 1 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 20+ Swallow, 16+ House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Whitethroat, 4+ Wren, 4 Starling, 12+ Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 30 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail  2 Chaffinch, 26+ Goldfinch, 10 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED
19-05-20 Lesser Black-backed Gull CVL (TtB)
Chew Valley Lake:
8+ Shelduck, 3 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Hobby, 1 Grey Wagtail,

Main Dam:
2 Dunlin

Heron's Green
2 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling,

Herriott's Pool:
1 Garganey (m), 1 Ringed Plover

Reports: Jon Angell, Phil Barlow, Nancy Barrett, TtB, BUPP, David Campbell, Chris Craig, Mike Moxon, Paul Moxon, Sean Davies, Alan Goldsmith, Robert Hargreaves, Hellly Horrocks, Mike Jackson, Paul Milsom, Dave Nicholson, Paul Sawyer, Jean Oliver, Lisa Presland, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, Rosemary Setter, Martin Tayler, Bri Thompson, Paul Williams, 

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