Friday 2 April 2021

02-04-21 Good Friday - Garganey

 Temp 5 to 13°C. Cloudy start, Blue skies in the afternoon. A bitter East wind

Garganey
Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling
Red Kite
Cattle Egret
Redstart
Yellow and White Wagtail, Tree Pipit
Redpoll, Siskin


2-4-21 Willow Warbler, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)
BRISTOL

Clifton Down:
1 Red Kite - a little video

Eastville Park:
Singing Willow Warbler, Blackcap, and Song Thrush

Duchess Park:
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, 1 Stonechat, 11 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Redland:
Red Kite
2-4-21 Nuthatch, St Annes (Gill Sapsed)
St Anne's Wood:
Chiffchaff, pr Nuthatch, small Starling colony, House Sparrow colony

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Itchington and at Tytherington:
Red Kite

Thornbury:
1 Red Kite - over the garden at 16:45
 
Oldbury-on-Severn to Littleton-on-Severn:
3 Canada Goose, 39 Shelduck, 12 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 19 Rook, 6 Skylark, 20 Swallow, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 20 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 3 Wheatear, 9 House Sparrow, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Severnside:
2 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 12 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 1 Willow Warbler singing, 1217 Goldfinch on vismig

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill - garden:
A total raptorfest - 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven

Leigh Woods, garden:
Marsh Tit, 1 f Siskin

2-4-21 Wheatear, Dowlais (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon, Wain's Hill toYeo:

1 Greylag Goose, 20 Mute Swan, 275 Shelduck, 75 Wigeon, 60 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 8 Little Grebe, 10 Little Egret, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 8 Coot.
9 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 135 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 85 Redshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Jay, 8 Raven, 12 Skylark, 20 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 24 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Wheatear, 10 White Wagtail, 150 Meadow Pipit, 4 Bullfinch, 60 Linnet, 50 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, a Hare

Nailsea Moor:
Cattle Egret, 1 Red Kite, 4 Swallows, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 3 Yellow Wagtail

Yatton, Wemberham:
43 Mute Swan, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 House Martim, 8 Linnet, 1 Wheatear

2-4-21 Skylark, Sand Point (George Rabin)
Sand Point and Middle Hope:

8 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 12+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 m Redstart, 4 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit, 6 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 10 Siskin

Weston-super-Mare, Milton:
Osprey

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Combe Down:
2 Swallow

Bath - Walcot Gate, garden:
Blue Tit - in the nest boxes

Burnett - area:
1 Redstart (m)

Paulton:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Osprey ('possible' - not 100% sure of ID) - north late afternoon, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 40 Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
4 3m/1f Garganey, 1 House Martin

2-4-21 Garganey, Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:


Herons Green Bay:

Cattle Egret
2-4-21 Osprey, CVL (Anthony Bridges)
Herriotts:

18 Shelduck, 2 m/f Garganey, 22 Shoveler, 4 Pintail, 35+ Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 150 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting   

Reports: Anthony Bridges, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Ben Crabb, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Heather England, Paul Golledge, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Matt Hobbs, Gareth Jones, Karon, Robert Kelsh, Henry Kirkwood, Glen Maddison, Andy Mears, Paul Milsom, Jean Oliver, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Gill Sapsed, Tony Scott, Sova, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mike Trew, blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG