Wednesday 20 May 2020

20-05-20 Wednesday - Ruff

Fog all gone by 09:30 - and then - - - pheeeww 24°

Spotted Flycatcher
Red Kite
Garganey
Ruff
Willow Warbler
Cuckoo

20-05-20 Oystercatcher & Ruff CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Ashton Court - walkabout:
Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 + Buzzard - including one flying through canopy, 1 Peregrine, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2+ Coal Tit - clear nesting evidence, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush - nesting evidence, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, Goldfinch

Bishopston - Berkeley Road:
House Martin back at nest site

County Ground:
6 Swift - screaming party this morning

Durdham Down:
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Lawrence Weston Moor:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler, 7 Wren, 7 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2 House Sparrow

Redland -garden:
2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Swift, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Starling - flyover early, not often seen here, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 8+ House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch on feeder, more heard nearby


20-05-20 Swift Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
10 Swift, 1 Red Kite - to north east, 3 Buzzard, 5 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, many Chiffchaff & Blackcap - singing, 12 Whitethroat, 1 Dunnock lurking, 8 Greenfinch, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-05-20 Reed Warbler OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
Cuckoo - heard but not seen, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, plenty of Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Bullfinch
20-05-20 Whitethroat OPS (Barry Dursley)

Littleton upon Severn:
1 Red Kite  - 11:00 to SW

Severn Beach:
2 Swallow - around the house

Old Sodbury:
5 Greylag Goose - over to northwest

Alveston:
1 Red Kite - over the house

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano:
1 Red Kite - 13:00, circling and then south & east

Clevedon:
3 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Red kite - various time, circling then north east, 2 Buzzard - squabbling, 2 Sand Martin - north east,

Nailsea:
12 Mallard - 9 duckling, 1 Grey Wagtail - Land Yeo,

Wraxall:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - inc 2 nest holes full of noisy juv, 1 Raven, 2 Treecreeper,

Weston-Super-Mare -STW:
1 Red Kite - 11:50 to east, 1 Hobby,

20-05-20 Stonechat Puxton (Gareth Roberts)
Puxton:
1 Stonechat, lots of dragonflies too

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick:
3 Red Kite, 12 Buzzard - silage field being cut

Batheaston - Banner Down:
2 Raven - heard, 1 Bullfinch (m)

Shockerwick:2 Dipper

Bath:
Weston - garden:
6 Swift -overhead all day
Newbridge to Saltford - R Avon:
5 Swift, 2 House Martin - taking insect above and from the river surface
Englishcombe Lane - garden:
11 Swift - final screaming count at 20:20 and one using nest hole, 1 Buzzard - over

Stanton Drew:
1 Red Kite - 16:00 to east

Compton Martin - garden:
2 Bullfinch - pr on the feeders

RESERVOIRS

CLOSED

Chew Valley Lake

20-05-20 Sedge Warbler CVL (George Stacey)
Heron's Green:
Canada Goose - broods of 1, 4 & 7 goslings, 2 Shoveler -pr, 2 Gadwall, 1 Cuckoo - calling - not seen, 2 Little Grebe - pool, 2 Raven, 4 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 1 Hobby, 20+ House Martin, 12+ Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler.

20-05-20 Gargany + Tufted Duck CVL Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's - inc pool:
1 Hybrid Goose - x CG&GJ, 8 Shelduck, 1 Garganey, Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Ruff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Hobby, 6+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Reed Warbler - lots of singing, 1 Reed Bunting

Reports: Caroline Baker, Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Ken Carruthers, Raoul Chandrasakera, Bryan Cook, Judy Copeland, Chris Craig, Mark Dadds, Barry Dursley, William Earp, Heather England, Rich Ford, Richard Giles, Alex Hart, Pete Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Jeff Hosier, Andy Middleton, Mike Moxon,  Fiona Neate, Jean Oliver, Chris Potter, Phil Quinn, Gareth Roberts, Carol Rushton, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler,  Bri Thompson, Sean Whyte

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