Monday, 31 May 2021

31-05-21 Whit Bank Holiday Monday - Quail

Warm sunshine all day - and  Bristol temperature up to 25 °C

Mandarin
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite 

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate:
Ridge Woods - 1 Collared Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 House Martin, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Long Tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Colehouse Lane BBS visit highlights - drake Mandarin, 3 Moorhen one with 3 juvs, 3 Swallow, 1 Swift, 1 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail

Weston-Super-Mare STW:
Marsh Harrier

West Wick:
Locking Head Drove - 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 15+ House Martin (collecting mud), an assortment of Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, Goldfinch
 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Shire Valley - 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker - inc 1 juv, 1 Green Woodpecker - calling, 1 Raven but the Gunners Wood site empty, with the following all singing; 1 Skylark, 5 Blackcap 1 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 9 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

Shire Lane - 1 singing male Quail audible from highest point of lane 16.15 pm

31-05-21 Peregrine, St John's Church, Bath (Tony Bridges)
[3 chicks this year, now between 26 and 29 days old]
 RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Denny Island:
Cattle Egret roosting

Herriott's inc Pool:
Red Kite going SE at 10.50a.m.

Reports: Tony Bridges, Jane Cumming, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Nick Hawkridge, Adrian Hockey, John Thorogood, BirdGuides

Sunday, 30 May 2021

30-05-21 Sunday

Sunny and warm with a nice cooling breeze; Bristol temperatures 11 - 20 °C

Red Kite 
Cuckoo

30-05-21 Great-crested Grebe, Herriott's Bridge, CVL (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Golden Hill BBS:
4 Swift - the best of: lots of Woodpigeon, and House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldland Common:
14 Swift - screaming overhead today

NORTH SOMERSET

30-05-21 Herring Gull nest,
Merchant Square, Portishead
(John Clark)


Portishead:
Merchant Square - Traditional five Gulls nest in use. Saw young for first time today. One on nearest nest and these three further away. One nest looks deserted

Clevedon:
2 Peregrine

Clevedon - Yeo:
Dowlais - 3 ad Lapwing, 3 ad Redshank

Kingston Seymour:
Red Kite 

Wavering Down:
Red Kite heading north (posted 12.51pm)




30-05-21 Sparrowhawk on the patio, Kenn  (John Croxton)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Castle Farm - 1 Red Kite 

30-05-21 Grey Heron + Grey Wagtail, Newton St Loe (NSL- Birding)
Newton St Loe:
3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Wooodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 4 Skylark, only 6  Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush,  1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet

Chew Magna:
A pair of Ravens have successfully raised two young from a nest on the edge of the village. All four noted in flight today
River Chew - 1 Kingfisher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
Canada Goose (2 broods 6 & 5), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail

Woodford:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven (fly over), 2 Chiffchaff,1 Blackcap,1 Garden Warbler (car park) 

Heron's Green:
36 Canada Goose, Mute Swan + 6 cygnets), 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 2 (only) Swallow, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting      
Blue Bowl pub - House Martin nesting

30-05-21 Cuckoo, Moreton, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 LTTit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 5+ Reed Warbler, 2 Wren, 2 Robin, 8+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting 

Herriott's inc Pool:
38 Canada Goose, 44 Mute Swan (pool + 3 Cygnets), 4 Shelduck, 12 + Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 4 Swift, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  5+ Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reports: John Clark, John Croxton, Andy Davis, Paul Francis, Richard Harding, Nick Hawkridge, NSL-Birding, Oli@MendipBirding, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, 

Saturday, 29 May 2021

29-05-21 Saturday - Wheatear

Temp 14 to 22°C.  Warmer, but still rained in places. Some sun, not much wind

Cuckoo
Whimbrel
Red Kite
Wheatear


BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
13 Canada Geese, 6 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 2 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Starling, Pied Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 4 Goldfinch, 7 Reed Bunting

Lower Hill, Langport track, BBS Square:
6 Oystercatcher, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker nest, Kestrel, 1 f Peregrine, Raven,  Sedge Warbler

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Alexandria Road:
30+ Swift

Clevedon-Yeo:
8 Canada Geese, 11 Mute Swan, 75+ Shelduck, 25 Mallard, 3 m Tufted Duck, 1 Cuckoo, 2+ Coot, 6 Oystercatcher, 6+ Lapwing, 9 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 4 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 1 BH Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 18 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 8 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Raven, 0 Swallow, 2 Cetti\s Warbler, 8+ singing Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 1 m Wheatear

Worlebury, 11:10:
Red Kite

Uphill, BBS:
13 Canada geese, 74 Shelduck ,18 Mallard, 7 Little Egret, 123 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 1 BH Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Whiteway, 16:00:
Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

No reports

Reports: Jon Angell, Tony Cook, John Croxton, Jane Cumming, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Andy Middleton, Harvey Rose, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Friday, 28 May 2021

28-05-21 Friday - Cuckoo


Light Rain, light Wind, some Sunshine later on.

Avocet
Cuckoo
Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher

BRISTOL

No reports today

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Teal (m), 6 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing + 3 well grown juv, 1 Little Egret, 4 Skylark - singing, 9 House Martin, 4 Reed Warbler - singing, with other gathering nesting material, 1 Wheatear

Chipping Sodbury:
Ridge Wood  - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch
Common - 6 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat
Horton Bushes - 2 Spotted Flycatcher

Kingswood:
1 Red Kite - over at 06:30

NORTH SOMERSET

28-05-21 Coal Tit juv Portishead (David Howes)
Portishead:

Garden ringing session.

28-05-21 Wheatear Cl-Y (John Croxton)
Clevedon - Yeo:

1 Cuckoo - heard, 3 Wheatear

Congresbury - Sandford Strawberry Line:
1 Cuckoo - calling, 1 Tawny Owl, 17 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 7 Song Thrush

Weston-Super-Mare STW:
2 Turnstone, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports today

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Pochard (f + 5m), 8 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler,  2 Lesser Whitethroat - nest building, 

Dam:
Canada Goose - goslings 6 & 8), 30+ Swift, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Woodford:
30+ Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 50+ Swallow and Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 

Heron's Green:
Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swallow & Martin, Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

28-05-21 Reed Bunting CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

40 Swift, 1 Great Black-backed Gull - feeding, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Swallow & Martin, 4 Chiffchaff, 7+ Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 2 Reed Bunting

28-05-21 Reed Warbler CVL (Tony Bridges)

Herriott's inc Pool:

28 Canada Goose, 26 Mute Swan - + 3 cygnets, 6 Shelduck, 12+ Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 6+ Swift, 20 Swallow & Martin, 2 Jackdaw, Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler, 

Reports:  Tony Bridges, Mark Coller, John Croxton, Alan Daniells. Martyn Hayes, David Howes, Matt Hull, Mark Ponsford, Phil Quinn, Ian Stapp, Keith Vinicombe

Thursday, 27 May 2021

27-05-21 Thursday - Arctic Tern

A chilly start with condensation on the windows and sea fog over the estuary (and fog over Chew), clearing to a beautiful sunny day with a little horizon cloud and the lightest of breezes.  Temperature ranging from 5 to 18°C.

Whimbrel
Arctic Tern
Barn Owl
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher

Lesser Whitethroat at Chew (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL
no reports

Turnstones at Severn Beach in both winter and summer plumage (Rosemary Setter)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Arctic Tern on the tidal reservoir.

Ingst:

BBS - 1 Pheasant, 1 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, flock 9 Starling, 7 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet (and 1 Roe Deer).


New Passage/Northwick:
1-2 Dunlin, small party Turnstone.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
(Black Nore/Redcliffe Bay - BBS, 30 species)
Passing migrants: 1 Whimbrel, 1 Swift, 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Fledglings already:  Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Starling, Dunnock, Greenfinch.
Other highlights: 4 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap. 

Cuckoo, Strawberry Line at Yatton ( Mark Savage)
Strawberry Line & Congresbury Moor:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat.

Reed Warbler at Chew (George Stacey)
BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
1 Red Kite, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 9 Cygnets with parents, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Buzzard, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 6 Swallow, 2 H Martin and 1 Swift

Chiffchaff, I think, despite the pink toes (George Stacey)
RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
(yesterday)  4 Hobby.


Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
Canada Goose (2 broods of 6 & 8), 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 20+ hirundines, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Hollowbrook:
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting.

Wick Green Point:
4 juv. Reed Warbler, 3  Blackcap

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush.


Heron's Green:
Mute Swan (+ 6 cygnets), 2 Canada Goose (+ 5 goslings), 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 f. Kestrel, 2 Raven (flyover) , 12+ hirundines, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Moreton:
22 Canada Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 LT Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 7+ Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat,
12+Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting      

Herriott's inc Pool:
52 Canada Goose (2 broods on pool of 3 & 5), 66 Mute Swan (+ Cygnets 3 & 5), 4 Shelduck, 26 + Gadwall, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Hobby2 Cetti's Warbler, 5+ singing Reed Warbler, 5 Jackdaw.

Reports:  Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lois Pryce, Mark Savage, Rosemary Setter, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Lauren Tucker, 

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

26-05-21 Wednesday - Spotted Flycatchers

 A mainly dry day with sunny periods and local light showers. Winds light to moderate, from the West by evening. Temperature 8 to 15°C

Garganey
Spotted Flycatcher
Siskin

26-05-21 Spotted Flycatcher, Marshfield ( Pete Coslett)
BRISTOL

Brislington:
4 Swift- Hulse Road

Clifton -gorge:
2 Peregrine- nestlings ringed today

Hengrove:
1 Peregrine-m hunting over area

Redland - garden:
4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 7 Swift, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 10 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
27 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 23 Gadwall, 16 Mallard + 4 ducklings, 6 Tufted Duck, 27 Swift - foraging and some screaming, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot + juv, 2 Little Grebe, Avocet, 1 Lapwing - rising up to see off passing corvids, Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Egret, 5 House Martin, ~ 3pr Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Tockington:
1 Swift - under the eaves

Yate- Ridge Woods:
2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Pool LNR:
5 Swift, 2 Moorhen - 3 young, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler-sm, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 7 Song Thrush, 2 juv Robin, 4 Spotted Flycatcher- 2 pr, 1 pr nest building, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Siskin 

Clevedon:
12 Swift- around nesting area

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Greylag Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 65 Shelduck, 1 Garganey (Blake’s Pools), 1 Shoveler, 25 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Swift, 6 Coot (incl 1 juv), 6 Little Grebe, 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet , 7 Lapwing, 12 Ringed Plover, 19 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 8 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 100 Carrion Crow, 4 Raven, 15 Skylark, 35 Swallow, 19 House Martin, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 19 Whitethroat, 100 Starling, 1 White Wagtail (Dowlais), 2 Reed Bunting.

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Peregrine-m 

Bleadon Levels:
pr Mute Swan + 7 cygnets, 12 Shelduck, 13 Mallard, 1 Cuckoo - calling, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Peregrine (f) - missed some corvid, ~3 Skylark - singing, 2 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 1 Meadow Pipit - in song flight

BELOW M4 & BANES

26-05-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marshfield ( Pete Coslett )

Marshfield- Shire Valley:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 3 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.


26-05-21 Mute Swan , NSL ( Jonathan Margetts )

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan- 8 cygnets on Newton Park Lake

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 200+Swift, 50+ Sand Martin/Swallow/House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird, 3 Pied Wagtail


26-05-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodford ( Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush

Heron's Green:
2 Canada Goose- 5 goslings, 1 Mute Swan - 6 cygnets, 2 Little Grebe. 100+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 20 Swallows, 30 Sand/ House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.

26-05-21 Reed Warbler, Moreton ( Ian Stapp )

Moreton:
6 Canada Goose, 200+ Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 100+ Sand Martin/Swallow/ House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Wren, 2 Song Thrush,2 Robin, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting-feeding young.
Also 1 Fox, 2 Roe Deer

Herriott's inc Pool:
58 Canada Goose - broods of 3 and 5, 62 Mute Swan- 3 cygnets, 4 Shelduck, 26 Gadwall, 250 Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Jackdaw, 100+ Sand Martin/Swallow/House  Martin, 2  Cetti's Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Matthew Bowell, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Alan Daniells, Paul Francis, Gareth Jones, John Lewis, Jonathan Margetts, Timothy Marks, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins,  Ian Stapp

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

25-05-21 Tuesday

Sunshine to start, gloomy, windy and cold later on.

Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Bedminster Down - Yew Tree Farm. 
("Bristol's last working farm on the edge of Bedminster Down, situated between the New A38 bypass and the Crematorium. It's close by the Lime Kiln Roundabout and adjacent to Colliter's Brook.. A wonderful sustainable farming operation with wildflower meadows and thick untamed hedges and beef cattle grazing freely.")
Stock Dove, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Green Woodpecker, Raven, Skylark - breeding, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Song Thrush and Dipper reported

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
28 Ringed Plover, 4 Sanderling - sum plum, 7 Dunlin

Littleton upon Severn:
Active Rookery ~ 8 nests and lots of fledged birds, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - feeding very noisy nestlings.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
nest report - 2 Oystercatcher, c46 Lesser Black-b Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Cetti's Warbler

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
1 Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer

Clevedon - Yeo, WeBS:
12 Mute Swan, 60 Shelduck, 15 Mallard, 6 Coot, 2 Lapwing - none at Dowlais, 3 Ringed Plover, 17 Whimbrel - 12 at Yeo, 2 Curlew, 11 Dunlin, 2 Redshank - Dowlais, 70 Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-b Gull, 1 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, some Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler ~ all singing, 3 Whitethroat, 15+ Starling, 4 Wheatear - possible Greenland, 1 Greenfinch - singing.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Pensford:
7 Mallard, 20 Jackdaw, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 

Compton Dando:
2 Little Owl - sunbathing, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

25-05-21 Swift  CVL (Mike Trew)
Chew Valley Lake
Site counts - 1000 Swift, 10 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 1600 House Martin, 

Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Shelduck, 200+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Swallow & Martin 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird, 1 Pied Wagtail

25-05-21 Blackcap CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Sutton Wick:
2 Jay, 1 Blackcap - with many more calling, 1 Goldcrest

Heron's Green:
2 Canada Geese +5 gosling, 1 Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 2 Shelduck + 8 ducklings, 2 Gadwall, 200+ Swift, 4 Coot - nest gone, but the pool water level back to normal, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 100+ Swallow, 30+ Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail.

25-05-21 Reed Bunting CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:

28 Canada Goose, 500+ Swift - over the lake, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker + 3 chicks, 4 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 100 Swallow & Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, lots of Reed Warbler - inc nest in front of the hide, 3 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting - feeding nestling

Herriott's inc Pool:
12 Canada Geese + 2 broods 3 + 5, 52 Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 4 Shelduck, 6+ Gadwall, 500+ Swift - over the lake again,  1 Great Crested Grebe + chick, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - over, 4 Jackdaw,  100 Swallow & Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail
PLUS - Adult intermedius or fuscus race Lesser Black-b Gull - on the pool

Reports: Andy Davis, Peter Hazelwood, Andy Middleton, Jean Oliver,  Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone,  Mike Trew, Mary Wood

Monday, 24 May 2021

24-05-21 Monday - A calmer day

 Temp 6 to 14°C.  Sunshine and heavy showers some with hail stones, but the wind has dropped.

Cuckoo
Cattle Egret
Red Kite, Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher


24-5-21 Herons Green Pool Flooding (Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL


Narroways Millenium Green:
1 Jay, 3 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blackbird, 3 Dunnock

Stoke Park:
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station, WeBS:
12 Canada Geese, 25 Shelduck inc brood of 5, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine

Yate Rocks, 14.00:
Red Kite flew towards Lower Woods

NORTH SOMERSET

24-5-21 juv Tawny Owl, Cadbury Camp (Jan Pridie)
Tickenham Ridge, Cadbury Camp:
1 juv Tawny Owl

Felton Common:
1 Stock Dove, 3 Skylark,1 Swallow, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Linnet

Kenn Moor:
4 Swift
24-5-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nailsea (Mike Thomas)
Nailsea garden:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1m/1juv

Worlebury:
Buzzard being mobbed by a Peregrine

BELOW M4 & BANES

24-5-21 Dipper, Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)
Willsbridge Mill:
1 Dipper

Compton Dando:
Red Kite, 1 Little Owl, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Yellowhammer

Pensford:
5 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath:
3 eyasses Peregrine chick gratitude video

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney:
2 Mute Swan, 15 Mallard, 9 Tufted Duck, 23 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Swift, 8 Coot, 5 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 9 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 5 Raven, 68+ Sand Martin (21+ nest holes), 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Blagdon Lake, WeBS:
44 Canada Geese inc 4 gosling, 15 Mute Swan, 1 Gadwall, 25 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 132 Coot + 4 juvenile, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 3 Hobby, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake
1000 Swift, Great Crested Grebe + chick, 400 Hirundine, loads Reed Warbler + 4 chicks, 1 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting + chicks

Dam:
2 Mute Swan +6 cygnet, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail     

24-5-21 Reed Bunting, CVL (George Stacey)
Hollowbrook:
2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

24-5-21 Sedge Warbler, Herons Green (George Stacey)
Herons Green:

2 Canada Geese +5 gosling, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

24-5-21 Reed Warbler Chicks, Moreton  (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker + 2 chicks, 1 Hobby, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Cetti's Warbler + 1 chick, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler

24-5-21 Blackcap, CVL (George Stacey)
Sutton Wick:
2 m Blackcap
24-5-21 Cattle Egret, Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts:

34 Canada Geese + 2 broods 3 + 5, 60 Mute Swan + 6 cygnets, 6 Shelduck, 10+ Gadwall, 3 m Pochard, 2 Water Rail, 4 GBB Gull, 4 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reports: John Croxton, Rob Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Donna Harvey, John Lewis, Andy Middleton, Linda Moysey, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Mike Thomas, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Sunday, 23 May 2021

23-05-21 Sunday - Sanderling

23-5-21 Whitethroat, Three Brooks (Aurora Tarodo)

 Temp 7 to 12°C.  

Grey and windy start to the day, very wet afternoon

Cuckoo 
Sanderling
Bullfinch
Yellow Wagtail



BRISTOL

St George riviera:
4 Greenfinch

Three Brooks Nature Reserve:
no Blue Tit but 3 Whitethroat ringed

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Shelduck, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff,  Reed  Warblers, 1  Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 m/f Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

23-5-21 Sanderling, Littleton-on-Severn (Matt Plenty)

Littleton-on-Severn:
19 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 4 Sanderling, 7 Dunlin (inc 4 arctica), 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Westerleigh, Broad Lane:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lansdown, Charlcombe:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Swallow, 10 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer
23-5-21 Yellow Wagtail, Littleton-on-Severn  (Matt Plenty)


RESERVOIRS

No reports

Reports: Diana Bunniss, Peter Coslett, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Plenty, Mathew Rogers, Aurora Gonzalo Tarodo, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Saturday, 22 May 2021

22-05-21 Saturday - Bonxie


Temp 9 to 14°C.  A relief from all the storms and rain, just a few showers and plenty of sun.

Mandarin
Great Skua
Wheatear

22-5-21 Mute Swan, Backwell Lake (Rob Martin)
BRISTOL


Ashton - Marsh & Colliters Brook:
30 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 nests on David Lloyd bld, 1 Kestrel, 700 Jackdaw - in to roost, just after sunset, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat

Redland Garden:
3 Swift, 2 Woodpigeon, 4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, 7+ House Sparrow
22-5-21 Kingfisher, Snuff Mills (Allan Chard)
Snuff Mills:
Kingfishers

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No reports

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Strode Rd:
Mandarin video link

Clevedon - Wains Hill to Dowlais:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Skua, Skylark, Swallow, Lots House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2+ Rock Pipit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Kenn Moor:
Wheatear
22-5-21 Cetti's Warbler, Backwell Lake (Rob Martin)
Backwell Lake:
18 Canada Goose with 7 Gosling (10 last week), 27 Mute Swan two broods of cygnets 14 in total - 9 &5, 2 Coot, 2 LBB Gull, Little Egret, Swallows, House Martins, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Sand Point:
Tree Pipit, Redpoll, Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Corn Bunting

Newton St Loe, Riverwalk:
7 Swift, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

Cam Brook, Twixt Combe Hay and Midford:
1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Reed Warbler nest at CVRS survived storm winds and now has chicks

22-5-21 Reed Warbler's Nest, CVL (CVRS)
Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Allan Chard, Geoff Dring, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, Simon Harris, John Lewis, Rob Martin, Trevor Riddle, blagdonlakebirds, BUPP, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

Friday, 21 May 2021

21-05-21 Friday- Sabine's Gull, Pomarine Skua

 A day of strong winds, SW to WSW  20-35 mph, gusting to 55. And rain, heavy until lunchtime, intermittent thereafter, to entice and reward keen sea watchers. Temperature 10 to 11°C

Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Arctic Tern
Pomarine Skua
Arctic Skua
Storm Petrel
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Gannet

21-05-21 Sabine's Gull, Severn Beach ( Mark Coller)

21-05-21 Pomarine Skua, Severn Beach ( Mark Coller)
BRISTOL


Hotwells/Cumberland Basin and Rownham Hill:
6 Mallard, 15 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 20 Herring Gull, 18 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 3 Magpie, 22 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 3 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Arctic Tern, 2 Gannet

New Passage/Northwick:
24 Canada Goose, 35 Shelduck, 30 Oystercatcher, 27 Ringed Plover, 4 Turnstone, 6 Dunlin

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 16 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 13 Dunlin -sbsp. arctica, 20 Sand Martin/Swallow/House Martin

21-05-21 Arctic Skua, Severn Beach ( Mark Coller)

21-05-21 Storm Petrel, Severn Beach ( Mark Coller)

21-05-21 Sabine's Gull, Severn Beach (Aravind Ramesh)  

Severn Beach:
3 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Dunlin, 40 Kittiwake, 1 Sabines Gull-ad, 2 Mediterranean Gull- ad,1 Common Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 14  'Commic' Terns, 7 Pomarine Skua, 8 Arctic Skua, 1 Storm Petrel, 10 Fulmar, 3 Manx Shearwater, 10 Gannet 

Cribbs Causeway:
1 Kestrel

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead- Battery Point:
Fulmar-'steady stream west', 2 Gannet-west

Portishead- Boating Lake:
16 Canada Geese- just one brood of 2, 3 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 35 Mallard- broods of 8+4, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhen,1 Fulmar- with 20 Herring Gulls and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull ! 12 Jackdaw, 47  Carrion Crows - in one flock, 2 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 10 Starling.

Portishead - Redcliffe Bay:
1 Fulmar-west

21-05-21 Fulmar, Ladye Bay ( Howard Taffs) 
Clevedon-Ladye Bay:
2 'Commic' Terns, 1 Manx Shearwater, 11 Fulmar, 1Gannet

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Fulmar

Middle Hope:
1 Fulmar, 1 Gannet-3cy, 4 Stonechat-f,3juv, 1 Wheatear-f, 2 Rock Pipit

Anchor Head:
2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Storm Petrel, 3 Manx Shearwater, 10 Fulmar, 3 Gannet

BELOW M4 & BANES

No Reports

RESERVOIRS

21-05-21 Swift, Blagdon Lake (TalkingtoBears)



21-05-21 Swallow, Blagdon Lake ( TalkingtoBears)

Blagdon Lake:
10 Swift, 15 Sand Martin/ Swallow/House Martin

Chew Valley Lake
1000s Swifts, 2 Hobby

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Mark Coller,  Jane Cumming, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves,  Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, Brian Lancastle,  Paul Marshall, Dave Nevitt, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Nigel Sluman, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears

Please note: the BOC outing to Ham Wall this Sunday 23rd is postponed due to the current wind and gales. It will now take place on Sunday May 30th. Places still available  

Thursday, 20 May 2021

20-05-21 Thursday - wind-blown seabirds

A mild damp morning became a wet and blustery afternoon with the winds rising all day.  Temp c.12°C.

Kittiwakes, Pomarine Skua
Fulmars, Manx Shearwaters, Gannets


Has anyone lost a Red-rumped Parrot?  This one belongs in Australia
but is currently in Greville Smyth park (John Lewis)

BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Swallow, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush.
Also an intriguing unidentified raptor - any ideas, anyone?
Buzzard-sized raptor flushed from mid canopy and flew across a clearing just north of the lodge at Clarken Combe, seen from above for 3-4 seconds. It flew over the grass with slow shallow beats and up into mid canopy of the opposite copse. Impression: long-winged with tapered primary tips and long-tailed with slightly convex tip. Overall colour of upper wings, head and mantle uniform mid grey-brown. Upper-tail same grey-brown but white-tinged at the base and narrow darker band at the tip with the very outer tips of the feathers white. No view of the undersides. Suspected male Honey Buzzard but the observer couldn't be sure.

Clifton Down - Avon Gorge:
1 Red Kite

20-05-21 Kingfisher Snuff Mills (Sophie Harris)
Snuff Mills:
4 Kingfisher - inc 2 juv - only stay at natal site for 4 days after fledging

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Greylag Goose, 5 Little Grebe (pr, with 2 juvs, plus 1 adult).

New Passage and Pilning Wetlands
40 Shelduck, 27 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 21 Ringed Plover, 9 Turnstone, 20 Dunlin, 15 Starling - juv on the feeders

Severn Beach:
Dark morph Pomarine Skua (15:45 hrs)

Kingswood:
1 Hobby - whizzed past the house

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
3 Fulmar, Swift

Nailsea:
(in a garden)
1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, H. and LBB Gulls, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Starling, Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch.

Anchor Head:
Seawatch 12-2 over high tide: 6 Kittiwake, 1 skua sp., 4 Fulmar, 2 Manx Shearwater, 5 Gannet.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
Whistling Copse: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Goldfinch.

RESERVOIRS
no reports

Reports:  Paul Bowerman, Trevor Ford, Robert Hargreaves, Sophie Harris, John Lewis, Hetty Metcalfe, Dave Nevitt, Lisa Presland, Howard Taffs, TBOSG,  opsbirdingsevernsidebirds,