Bright and sunny early, clouding over by noon. Cool, dry. Temp 13°C. Light northerly wind perhaps causing the amazing dearth of hirundines after all the recent passage.
Garganey, Scaup, Osprey, Cattle Egret
Long-tailed Duck
Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwits, Merlin Little Gull
Cuckoo
Penduline Tit
Penduline Tit
Garden Warbler
Grasshopper Warblers |
| A smart White Wagtail at Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
Ashton Court:
Eastville (vismig):
1 Swallow, 12 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet.Greenbank Cemetery:
3 Swallow.
Perrett's Park, Knowle:
6 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 H Gull, 2 LBB Gull, party of 6 Magpie, 2 C.Crow probably at nest, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Wren, 5 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 11 House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch.
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
3 Sand Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler.
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| Sparrowhawk on a kill in a Redland garden (Tony Scott) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
Little Ringed Plover, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Wheatear
Pilning Wetland:
7 Canada Goose, 64 Shelduck, 19 Mallard, 9 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 4 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 m. Kestrel, 1 f. Sparrowhawk, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 49 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 1 Turnstone, 41 Redshank, 59 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Snipe, 2 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 singing Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing in hedgerow), 2 m. Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 5 Pied Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Kestrel, Skylarks, 3 Wheatear, Redstart, Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (and 3 Hare).
NORTH SOMERSET
Leigh Woods garden:
NORTH SOMERSET
Leigh Woods garden:
Marsh Tit, pr. Siskin
Portishead:
first Orange Tip butterfly of the year in my garden
Clevedon - Yeo:
6 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 60+ Shelduck, (no Wigeon) 12 Teal, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, Lapwing, 3 Whimbrel, 45 Curlew, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, (no Dunlin) 2 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (prob. imm. male). 4 Skylark, 16 Sand Martin, 18 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler. 8 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 12 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 50 Meadow PIpit, 12 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting (and a Hare).first Orange Tip butterfly of the year in my garden
Clevedon - Yeo:
Nailsea Moor:
1 Lapwing, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Redstart, 14 Wheatear, pr. Stonechat
Nearby: 1 Whitethroat.Sand Point/Bay:
6 Whimbrel, 15 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 1 Siskin.
Wick St Lawrence:
Swallows, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps.
Hutton Hill (W-s-M):
2-3 Redstart
Locking disused airfield:
1 Penduline Tit
Burrington Ham:
pr. Marsh Tit, 1 Redstart.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
5 Buzzard, Jay, 2 Raven, 5+ Skylark, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Yellow Wagtail (still on Down Road), a few White Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 4 Corn Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer,
(Brimstone and Orange Tip butterflies).
Willsbridge Mill:
5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail,
Keynsham:
1 Cuckoo (calling and showing), 2 singing Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap.
Pensford:
6 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Buzzard, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| Nuthatch at Blagdon (George Stacey) |
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
Garganey (nr. 3), Long-tailed Duck (nr. 1), 2 White Wagtail (nr. 3).
Blagdon Lake:
Osprey (probably the Chew bird which is thought to be visiting both reservoirs), 1 Green Woodpecker, lots of Chiffchaff and Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch.
Osprey (probably the Chew bird which is thought to be visiting both reservoirs), 1 Green Woodpecker, lots of Chiffchaff and Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch.
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| Blackcap (George Stacey) |
1 Curlew, 1 ad. Little Gull, 5 Red Kite.
Dam:
(no Egyptian Goose - see Herriotts)
lots of Blackcap
Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 f. Kestrel, 2 Raven, 5 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler (singing at the back of the pool), 2 singing Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 White Wagtail.
Moreton:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 4 LT Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Stratford:
4 f. Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Osprey
4 f. Scaup, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Osprey
Herriott's Bridge:
1 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shelduck, 1 pr Garganey, 29 Shoveler, 20+ Gadwall, 20 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 4 Buzzard, 1 calling Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (singing, early), 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
1 Egyptian Goose, 13 Shelduck, 1 pr Garganey, 29 Shoveler, 20+ Gadwall, 20 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 4 Buzzard, 1 calling Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (singing, early), 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
