Temp 2 to 12°C. A frosty misty start to a beautiful bright dry day, fading to late cloud
Scaup hybrid, Red-breasted MerganserYellow-legged Gull
Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Merlin
Cattle Egret
Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Merlin
Cattle Egret
Bearded Tit
Firecrest
Brambling, Lesser Redpoll
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
Duchess Park:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Almondsbury garden:
New Passage outlet:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Merlin, Bearded Tit sound video below
Sand Point:
Banwell lockdown loop:
Newton St Loe:
5 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 21 Lapwing, 150 Common Gull, 5 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 17 Buzzard (12 in one field), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 80 Starling
100+ Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 13 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Red Admiral
Chew Valley Lake:
Hollowbrook:
Herons Bay:
5 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Cattle Egret (with 1 Little Egret in cow fields opposite road to Blagdon), 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Moreton:
Herriotts:
2 Shelduck, 1 Scaup/Pochard hybrid, 6+ Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Lisegirl, Pagan Birder, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, John Thorogood, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Firecrest
Brambling, Lesser Redpoll
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| 5-11-20 Yellow-legged Gull, Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
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| 5-11-20 Sparrowhawk, Eastville Park (Martin Tayler) |
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, lots Long-tailed Tit
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| 5-11-20 Black-headed Gull, Duchess Pond (Patrick Richards) |
1 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 36 Feral Pigeon, 8 Moorhen, 1 BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 40+ Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 40+ Starling, 9 Blackbird, 30+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Robin
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| 5-11-20 Stonechat, Duchess Park (Patrick Richards) |
1 Stonechat, 11 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 5-11-20 Mistle Thrush, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter) |
1 Mistle Thrush
New Passage outlet:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 5-11-20 Merlin, Clevedon-Yeo (Howard Taffs) |
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Merlin, Bearded Tit sound video below
Sand Point:
2 Skylark, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Lesser Redpoll
vismig: 1 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 100 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 2 Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Uphill:
Marsh Harrier, Blackcaps, Goldcrests, Redwings, Fieldfares, a Clouded Yellow
Banwell lockdown loop:
We found lots of Redwing and Fieldfare all the way around the circuit and saw Buzzard twice. A large, vocal group of Jackdaws and Jay, Crow, Magpie, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Chiffchaff completed today’s cast
BELOW M4 & BANES
Chew Stoke:
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| 5-11-20 Redwing, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters) |
Redwing
Marksbury:
400 Gulls, mostly Black-headed
Bath, Carrs Woodland:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 12 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Chaffinch
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| 5-11-20 Red Kite, Newton St Loe Birding |
5 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 21 Lapwing, 150 Common Gull, 5 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 17 Buzzard (12 in one field), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 80 Starling
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| 5-11-20 Fieldfare, Newton St Loe Birding |
Paulton:
60 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 50 Skylark, 12 Starling, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake, 4th:
1 Slavonian Grebe
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| 5-11-20 Mute Swan, Hollowbrook (George Stacey) |
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| 5-11-20 Cetti's Warbler, Hollowbrook (George Stacey) |
1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit
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| 5-11-20 Common Sandpiper, Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
5 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Cattle Egret (with 1 Little Egret in cow fields opposite road to Blagdon), 4 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler
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| 5-11-20 Stonechat, Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
14 Pheasant, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 7 Magpie, 2 Raven (lots of calling), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 x 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (M&F field with cows), 10+ Meadow Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting
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| 5-11-20 Pintail, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp) |
2 Shelduck, 1 Scaup/Pochard hybrid, 6+ Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail
Reports: Vera Carpenter, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Lisegirl, Pagan Birder, Dean Reeves, Patrick Richards, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, John Thorogood, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
