11-04-21 Sunday - Good arrival of Redstarts and other migrants

A bright spring day which felt warmer when the sun came out.  Bristol temperatures  2 - 10°C. 

Garganey, Long-tailed Duck 

Whimbrel

Osprey, Red Kite

Marsh Tit

Wood Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat

Pied Flycatcher

Black Redstart, Redstart, Wheatear

White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail

Siskin

11-04-21 Redstart, Sand Point (Paul Cousins)

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

1 Buzzard,  Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Blackcap

Eastville Park:
2 Kingfisher

Greenbank Cemetery:

1m Pied Flycatcher still present

Sea Mills:

4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

11-04-21 Kingfisher, Snuff Mills (Peter O'Byrne)

Snuff Mills + Oldbury Court:

Frome Valley Walkway - 29 species including 1 Stock Dove, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 2  Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Bishop:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet (present for last 2 days)

11-04-21 Redstart, Stoke Park, Bristol (Martin Tayler)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1m Redstart, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 pr Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Warth:
76 Curlew, 5 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail

New Passage/Northwick:

1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 20 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 m Redstart,  3 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail 

Yate:
Kingsgate Park - 1 Wood Warbler (not singing and high up in trees at south end of children's playground area), 20+ Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Red Kite, 5+Redstart, 1 Black Redstart, 7 Wheatear

Winterbourne

Church Lane - 1 m Redstart

11-04-21 Pied Flycatcher, Warmley Forest Park,(Chris Perry)

Warmley Forest Park:

1 m Pied Flycatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Overscourt Woods:

20+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Leigh Woods:

Garden - 1 Marsh Tit, 1 pair Siskin

11-04-21 -'The Portishead Two' - juvenile Woodpigeons at The Marina (John Clark)

Clevedon - Yeo:

8 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 90 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 8 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 8 Mallard, 2 Pochard ( pair on Blake's Pools, unusual here), 10 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, 8 Oystercatcher, 1 

Grey Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 85 Curlew, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Turnstone, 3 Common Sandpiper, 90 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 LBB Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 20+ Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat (Dowlais),  1 m Redstart, 1 Wheatear + 2 Otter (Blind Yeo)

11-03-21 Chiffchaff, Backwell Lake (Robin Martin)

Backwell Lake:

8 Canada Goose, c 20 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, Coot, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Wren

Nailsea:

Jacklands Fishing Ponds – 2 Canada Goose

Nailsea Moor:

2 Redstart, 4 Wheatear

Kenn Moor:
1 m Redstart

Sand Point + Middle Hope:

1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 m Redstart still

Bleadon Levels/Weston STW:

1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear, 2 Redstart 

BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham :

Memorial Park – 27 Mallard, 1 Herring Gull
Dapps Lane Mill – 4 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 10 Jackdaw, 10 Rook

Chewton Place 

2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven

Chewton Keynsham:

1 Kingfisher

11-04-21 white Pheasants, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando:

Lanes around village - 12+ Pheasant (inc 2 white birds), 2 Canada Goose (fly over), 3 Mallard, 30+ Woodpigeon, 5 Stock Dove, 15+ Feral Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen2 Grey Heron, 7 Buzzard,  2 Green Woodpecker, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 25+ Jackdaw, 40+ Carrion Crow, 8 Rook, 2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 6 Skylark, 5 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit,  2 LTTit,  4 Swallow,  5+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 12+ Starling, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 40+ House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch,  2 Greenfinch, 30+ Linnet, 20+ Goldfinch, 8 Yellowhammer 

11-04-21 Linnet, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

11-04-21 Rookery, Hallatrow (Patrick Hancock)

Hallatrow:

Rookeries - c30 nests spread across 3 Rookeries

RESERVOIRS

11-04-21 The long-staying Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Dave Hughes)

Barrow Tanks:
inc WeBS count - 2 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 24 Mallard, 19 Teal, 32 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 23 Cormorant, 17 Coot, 5 Common Sandpiper, 'plenty' Sand Martin,  6 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 m Pied Flycatcher (patch tick), 2 White Wagtail

11-04-21 Mistle Thrush + Sand Martins,  Barrow Tanks (Dave Hughes)

Blagdon Lake:

1 m Garganey, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe,  1 Osprey 23 Chiffchaff, 14 Willow Warbler, 30 Blackcap,  2 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 35 Wren, 29 Robin, 2 m Pied Flycatcher (first for 5 years), 2 Siskin 

  
Chew Valley Lake
 

Heron's Green:

Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat

 
Reports:  Phil Barlow, Paul Bowerman, John Clark,  Mark Coller, Ben Crabb,  Chris Craig, John Croxton, Sean Davies, Lee Gardiner,  Richard Giles + Fiona Neate, Patrick Hancock, Mark Hall, Pete Harrison, Merilyn Holme, Dave Hughes,  Matt Hull,Mike Jackson,  John Lewis +  Bryony Lewis +Peter O'Byrne, Lisegirl, Timothy Marks, Robin Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Chris Perry, Matt Plenty, Aravind Ramesh, Harvey Rose, Sova, Ian Stapp,  Larry Sweetland,  Howard Taffs Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG