04-04-21 Easter Sunday

 Beautiful sunshine all day. Bristol temperatures up to 15°C 

Scaup 

Slavonian Grebe

Little Ringed Plover

Osprey, Red Kite

Great White Egret

Marsh Tit, Penduline Tit

Siberian Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler

Ring Ouzel, Pied Flycatcher, Wheatear, Redstart

Tree Pipit
Siskin, Corn Bunting

04-04-21 Osprey, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Same, by Dave Hughes

And another, by Tony Bridges

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Wren, 2 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch

Eastville:

Garden - 2 Swallow flying North, 1 Chiffchaff

 
Fishponds:

Everest Rd- 1 Rook flying south (rare over the patch)

 
Henbury Golf Course:

Buzzard, 3 GS Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Raven, 4 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch

Redland:

Garden - 1 Buzzard, 4 Feral Pigeon,1 Buzzard, 2 Jays, 2 Magpie, 3+ Carrion Crows,  2 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 8+ House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

4 Little Ringed Plover (flushed by dogs), 16 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, multiple Skylark, 2 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet 

04-04-21 Pied Flycatcher, Iron Acton (Chris Teague + Heather England)

Iron Acton:

1 m Pied Flycatcher

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:

Garden - Marsh Tit, 1 pr Siskin

Dundry:
Castle Farm - 1 Ring Ouzel late morning ( in flight and not relocated)

Portbury Dock:

1 Great White Egret in flight going south

Portbury Wharf:
1 Common Sandpiper

Clevedon - Yeo:

Wains Hill - 9 Meadow Pipit, 3 Siskin, 18 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet

Dowlais -10 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 2 Coot, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Snipe, 6 Redshank, Little Egret, pair Peregrine, 4 Jay, 2 Skylark, Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1+ Willow Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
12+ Canada Goose, 35+ Mute Swan (one on nest),1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 
1 Chiffchaff 

Nailsea:

1 Redstart

04-04-21 Ring Ouzel, Sand Point (Penny Wills)

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (seemingly came in off the sea), 7 Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 1 Grasshopper Warbler,1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 m Wheatear, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Tree Pipit, 4 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet, 1 Siskin

St Thomas/Middle Hope:

50 + Carrion Crow, 1 pr Raven, Magpie, 1 Swallow, pr Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 pr Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, 1 pr Chaffinch, 1 pr Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch,  4 Linnet

04-04-21 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (Tony Bridges)

Weston Airfield:

1 Penduline Tit+ Siberian Chiffchaff still present

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Golden Plover, 'lots' Skylark, 2 Wheatear (m+f), Linnet, Yellowhammer, 1 Corn Bunting 

Bath:
Lansdown - 1 Swallow

Newton St Loe:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 4 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch,  6 Yellowhammer 

Pensford:

6 Mallard, 16 Jackdaw, 2 Wren, 2 Dipper, 1 Blackbird, 2 Grey Wagtail 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, + totals of singing birds as follows: 27 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler ( first of year here), 19 Blackcap, 18 Wren, 31 Robin

Chew Valley Lake
 

04-04-21 Slavonian Grebe, Herriotts Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:
16 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 18 Shoveler, 1 f Scaup, lots Goldeneye, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Osprey,1 Red Kite,  3 Buzzard,   1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, smaller numbers of hirundines 20+Sand Martin,  2 House Martin, 3 Swallow,  1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff,  2 Song Thrush

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Tony Bridges,  David Campbell, CCBirding,  Paul Brian Chapman, Ben Cragg,  Sean Davies, Martin East, Heather England, Paul Gregory, Dave Hughes, Hayden James, John Lewis, Nicola Little, Jonathan Margetts, Dave and Hazel Newman,  George Rabin, Sova,  Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Mike Thomas, Jason Williams, Keith Williams, Penny Wills,  blagdonlakebirds