Nice day - 13°C - but it did feel warmer!
Little Bunting
White-tailed Eagle
Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel
Garganey, Scaup, Osprey, Cattle Egret, Crane
Tawny Owl
Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank, Whimbrel
Garganey, Scaup, Osprey, Cattle Egret, Crane
Tawny Owl
Yellowhammer
Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Pipit
Redstart, Pied Flycatcher
Penduline Tit, Siberian Chiffchaff
BRISTOL
Blaise Estate:
Tawny Owl calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Magpie, Crow, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 7 Wren, 7 Nuthatch, 1 Tree Creeper, 8 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Bullfinch,
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| 13-04--21 Kingfisher Snuff Mills (Craig Lewis) |
Kingfisher one at Frenchay Bridge and one at Snuff Mills, Dipper, several Grey Wagtail, Redstart at Duchess Pond. (total 35 species)
Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spot and 2 Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch,
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Bunting
19 Shelduck, 20 Teal, Moorhen - on a hedge!!, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Curlew, 1 Knot, 10 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper 1 - my 1st of the year, 27 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail,
New Passage:
1 Swallow
Severn Beach - Western Distribution Park BTO (BBS):
Pheasant, 3 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, Moorhen, Coot, 2 Cormorant, 2 Great Spot & Green Woodpecker, Raven, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff,
1 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush
Yate:
Ridge Wood: 4 Song Thrush - feeding in a small field, expected one!
Yate:
Ridge Wood: 4 Song Thrush - feeding in a small field, expected one!
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| 13-4-21 Redstart CSC (Merv Carlyon) |
1 Redstart
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Lake:
14 Canada Goose, 10 Mute Swan, 13 Common Shelduck, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 31 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Larus sp. -- Showing some classic Caspian features but suspect s hybrid argenteus x cachinanns, 1 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit - saltmarsh, 1 Greenfinch - song flight, 1 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch
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| 13-4-21 Treecreeper Cl-Y (Paul Chapman) |
6 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Goose, 180 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, c25 Wigeon, c70 Teal, 2 Pochard - pair on Blake's Pools, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 8 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, c120 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin 150 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Great Black-b Gull, 4 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 Raven, 16 Skylark, 12 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Willow Warbler, 26 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 8 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail - singing, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 45 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet, 5 Siskin - Wain's Hill, 2 Reed Bunting
Weston-s-Mare - Disused airfield:
1 Penduline Tit - "so close my bins could hardly focus", 1 Siberian Chiffchaff - "I think, but not certain"
Sand Point/Bay/R Banwell:
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Redstart, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 13-4-21 Yellow Wagtail MF (Peter Coslett) |
12 Herring Gull, 18 Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Red Kite 8 Buzzard, 3 Raven, 6+ Skylark, 1 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 11 Pied Wagtail, 6 Yellowhammer, 2 Corn Bunting
Conham - BOC Walk:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard (8 ducklings), 1 Stock Dove, 4 Moorhen, 16 Grey Heron (active heronry), 1 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 17 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 8 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail
Conham - BOC Walk:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard (8 ducklings), 1 Stock Dove, 4 Moorhen, 16 Grey Heron (active heronry), 1 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 17 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 8 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail
Bath St John's Church:
2 Peregrine - incubation of the 4 eggs continues
Lansdown:
Pheasant, Buzzard, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 1 Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Skylark, 1 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, Robin, 1 Stonechat (m), 7 Wheatear, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer.
Charlcombe:
Charlcombe:
2 Coal Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 15 Wheatear - in one field , 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 14 Yellowhammer
Marksbury - Stantenbury Hill :
5 Buzzard, 2 Raven
Marksbury - Stantenbury Hill :
5 Buzzard, 2 Raven
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Whitethroat
Blagdon Lake:
1 Goldcrest,
Chew Valley Lake
1 Scaup, 9 Common Sandpiper - around the lake,
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| 13-4-21 Whitethroat BG (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
1 Whitethroat
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| 13-4-21 Goldcrest BL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
1 Goldcrest,
Chew Valley Lake
1 Scaup, 9 Common Sandpiper - around the lake,
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Willow Warbler
Knowle Hill:
1 White-tailed Eagle - over and away
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Willow Warbler
Knowle Hill:
1 White-tailed Eagle - over and away
Sutton Wick:
1 Buzzard
Villice:
1 Reed Bunting
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| 13-04-21 Cattle Egret CVL (George Stacey) |
4 Little Grebe, 1 Osprey - roosting in dead tree, 10 Cattle Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler and 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail,
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| 13-04-21 Osprey CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 Pochard (m), 4 Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey - roosting in dead tree for 2 hours, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit - nest material gathering, 2 Long-tailed Tit - + nest, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Reed Bunting,
Stratford:
2 Garganey (m), 4 Scaup, - (4 f, 1 ad 3 first sum), 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Crane - over headed N at 13:15, c120 Sand Martin, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine
Herriott's inc Pool:
12 Shelduck, 4 Garganey (f+3m), 30+ Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Osprey - over the pool, first thing, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 15+ Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler & 2 Reed Warbler - singing, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
Reports: Derek Angell, Dru Brook-Taylor, Di Bunniss, David Campbell, Paul Chapman, Merv Carlyon Raoul Chandrasakera, Tony Cook, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Heather England, Paul Gregg, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Colin Hunt, MJ, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver, Steve Sanins, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams
