Wednesday 14 April 2021

14-04-21 Wednesday - Cuckoo

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
Garden Warbler
Grasshopper Warblers

A smart White Wagtail at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
3 Skylark, 2 Raven, Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch.

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. 

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:
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).

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:
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. 

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.

Blackcap (George Stacey)
Chew Valley Lake
1 Curlew, 1 ad. Little Gull, 5 Red Kite.

Dam:
(no Egyptian Goose - see Herriotts)

Sutton Wick:
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

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.


Reports:  
Judy Copeland, Pete Coslett, Ben Crabb, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, Mark Dadds, Sean Davies, Heather England, Paul Francis, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Matt Hull, MJ, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, 'Nailsea Nature', Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Sova, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Christopher Teague.