04-06-20 Thursday - Spotted Flycatcher

Overcast most of the time with a cold wind in places.  Bristol max 16 °C

Bar-tailed Godwit 
Red Kite
Cuckoo 
Marsh Tit
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart

04-06-20 Reed Warbler, Stratford, CVL (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
4+ Treecreeper (family party) near lower pond

Sea Mills:
1 Shelduck, 31 Mallard (+ 5 very small ducklings), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Magpie, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 6 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

Mute Swan, 3 broods of Moorhen (5, 3+ and 1+), 1 Cuckoo, c120 Rook (inc. many noisy juvs. with black bills),  c70 Carrion Crow,  juv. Lesser Whitethroat

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 adult with 3+ fledgling Cetti's Warbler

New Passage/Northwick:
many Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, Shelduck,5 Swift, Oystercatcher, 1 Green Woodpecker, I Kestrel, many House Martin, 1 Pied Wagtail 

Marsh Tit, Lower Woods, Wickwar (Keith Williams)
[Can you spot a second bird, just visible?]

Lower Woods, Wickwar:

4 Great Spotted Woodpecker,3 groups Marsh Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap inc youngsters, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Hanham:
Bickley Woods - 2 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Garden - 1 Red Kite

Clevedon-Yeo:
33 Mute Swan , 50+ Shelduck +  28 young, 30+ Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Coot, 12 Oystercatcher, 0 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 32 Curlew  (failed breeders returning?), 5 Bar-tailed Godwit (good number but all in non-breeding plumage), 1 Turnstone, 9 Dunlin, Redshank, 1GBB Gull, 45 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 12 Swallow, 4 Reed Warbler  + 1 Brown Hare

Tickenham:
Cadbury Camp - 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 1 juv Song Thrush

Yatton:
Between Yatton and M5 - Mute Swan (1 pair with 5 v. young cygnets), 5 Mallard families, 20 Swift, 6 Moorhen (incl. 1 juv), 4 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, c.70 Rook, many Blue Tit family groups, 4 Skylark, c.40 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail (incl. 3 juv), 7 Greenfinch, 6 Reed Bunting.

Worle:
Garden - 1 Peregrine over

04-06-20 Sedge Warbler, Uphill - Bleadon Levels (Karen Ash)

Uphill/ Bleadon Levels:
Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Shire Valley - 3 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker,6 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff,, 3 Blackcap, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Song.Thrush,5 Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Grey Wagtail,.2 Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Chaffinch

Newton St Loe:
3 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Notice from Bristol Water

We are now issuing day and season permits. Application is by email only. Woodford Lodge remains closed. Permits are only available by email to woodford.lodge@bristolwater.co.uk . We will require you to provide proof of membership to an ornithological group such as the RSPB or similar. Please attach a picture or scan of your membership and provide a contact number so that we can call you back and issue a permit.

Stratford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 LTT (juv), 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

04-06-20 Redshank (left), Shelduck and Little Egret,  Herriott's Pool, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's - inc Pool:

56 Canada Goose 9 Shelduck 10 Shoveler, 50+ Swift 32 Great Crested  Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Redshank, 4 Grey Heron 2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 120+ House Martin + Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6+ Reed Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail,1 Reed Bunting

Out of Avon (just)

Drifton Hill (Wilts) 2 Quail heard.

Reports: Karen Ash, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Stephen Curtis, Mark Dadds,Paul Francis, Brian Lancastle, Lisegirl, Lucy Masters, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce,  Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Keith Williams, Bristol Water, opsbirding