30-04-21 Friday - Osprey

Still a bit chilly but did manage to get up to 12°C. Hail/sleet in the south.

Artic Skua

Merlin
Osprey, Cattle Egret, Hobby

Ring Ouzel 

BRISTOL

Henbury:

Garden - 1 Tawny Owl - called twice, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff
Aldi - 1 Chiffchaff & 1 Blackcap - both singing 11:45

30-04-21 Whitethroat St Annes (Gill Sapsed)

St Annes - R Avon:

2 Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Wren, Song Thrush, Robin, Greenfinch

30-04-21 Common Sandpiper Duchess Pond (Steve Richardson)

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
2 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, 7 Moorhen - plus little ones, 5 Coot - plus little ones, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler - still singing, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Artic Skua - upriver, 1 Merlin (f), Jay, 5+ Redpoll

Redwick Glen:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat - all vocalising

New Passage/Northwick:
4 Canada Goose, 22 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 13 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1 Reed Warbler - singing - upper end of Chestle Pill, 2 Wheatear (m), 2 Yellow Wagtail - in flight to north, 2 Tree pipit, 5 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch

Pilning Wetlands:

4 Canada goose - different to above, 5 Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck, 16 Gadwall, 1 Teal (m), 15 Mallard, 8 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 6 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 6 Little Ringed Plover, possible 1 Wood Sandpiper - unconfirmed sighting, 1 Greenshank - roosting, 4 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring gull, 2 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet - in flight to north,    100+ Sand Martin, 200+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler - singing, 15 Starling - foraging flock, 2 Yellow Wagtail - different to above, 3 Pied wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit

Redwick/Severn Beach - VISMIG:

2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 303 Swallow, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Tree Pipit, 178 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Yate Common:
1 Willow Warbler, good numbers of Chiffchaff and Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Ring Ouzel - still feeding up. 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Boating lake, Battery Point/East Woods - BBS:

2 Greylag Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck on the shore, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove -singing, 3 Moorhen, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Jay, 21 Carrion Crow most of them feeding together on new-mown lawn, 2 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow - dropped in to feed over the boating lake, 4 House Martin - passing up the coast, 1 Blackcap - singing, 18 Starling-  feeding on lawn, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Linnet.

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Swift, 2 Oystercatcher, 40 Whimbrel, 102 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling, 3 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 14 Swallow, Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear (f)

30-04-21 Hobby SP (Adrian Dutt)

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Cuckoo - calling, 1 Hobby    

Dolebury Warren:

Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Great Spot and Green Woodpecker, Raven, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear - before heavy sleet/snow & rain storm!

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Hills:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f&m), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (f), 2 Blackcap (m), 2 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 

Bath - St Johns:
2 Peregrine - brooding 4 eggs, due to hatch any day - a little video clip

Pensford:

6 Mallard, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Dipper 2 Grey Wagtail

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 4 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler - on passage, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
2 Grey Heron, 14 Swallow and Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail.

30-04-21 Reed Bunting CVL (George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:
Reed Warbler - plenty but never seen, 1 Wren - singing, 1 Reed Bunting

Heron's Green:
6 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (f), 4 Raven - over, 20+ Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 8+ Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

30-04-21 Sedge Warbler CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
3 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby - over reeds Moreton to Stratford, 2 Raven, 40+Swallow & some Martins, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long- tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 1 Song Thrush - singing by the gate, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock,  

Ringing Arena:

good numbers of Sedge Warbler passing through, 2+ Garden Warbler -singing, Lesser Whitethroat - back on territory, 

30-04-21 Shoveler CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Greylag Goose - pool, first one for a while, 12 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swam, 12 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler - looking smart, 24 Gadwall, Mallard with 6 duckling - pool, 16 Teal, 5 Pochard (m), 14 Cattle Egret - pool, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret - pool, 2 Buzzard, 1 Osprey - arrived from the south at 10.15 and flew towards Nunnery, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 4 Jackdaw 2 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 1 Sedge Warbler,  lots Reed Warbler - singing from the reeds, 1 Song Thrush - singing,  1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: BUPP, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Stephan Curtis, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Adrian Dutt, Paul Francis, Patrick Hancock, Matt Hobbs, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Steve Richardson, Gill Sapsed, Paul Sawyer, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland,

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