04-05-21 Tuesday - Skua

Strong westerly wind kept it feeling chilly, the sun did shine, but showers interrupted the climb to 12°C

Skua

Cuckoo

Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
2 Swift, 2 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, pr Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Great Skua - up river early am, 1 Kittiwake - juv & 1 Arctic Tern - down river, midday

04-05-21 Wigeon NP (Dave Hughes)

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Wigeon (m), 45 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plovers, 15 Little Ringed Plover - 2 of them on the first pool of the wetland, 13 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 3 Dunlin, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Peregrine

Severn Beach:
4 Swift, 8 Dunlin, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Peregrine, 1 Hobby, 51 Swallow

Horton:

1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea Moor:

20 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 24 Mute Swan, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Lesser Black-b Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 50+ Jackdaw, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Swallow, 2 House Marin, 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat - pr, 2 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

04-05-21 Whimbrel Redcliff Bay (Stephen Jones)

Portishead:

Seafront - 2 Greylag Goose, 10 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Swift, 8 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler.
Redcliffe Bay - several Curlew

Clevedon - Dowlais/Wain's Hill:

4 Swift, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

Worlebury Golf Course:
1 Cuckoo

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Great Skua - up river, 1 Little Gull & 1 Gannet - down river

BELOW M4 & BANES

04-05-21 Yellowhammer MF (Martyn Hayes)

Marshfield:
Yellowhammer

Bath, St John's Church:

2 Adult and 2 chicks.

Pensford:

6 Mallard, 6+ Swift, 2 Wren, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Compton Dando:

1 Black Pheasant

Chew Magna:

1 Siskin - over the garden, late mover or possible breeder???

Compton Martin:

1 March Tit, 1 Bullfinch (m), 1 Siskin (m) - on the feeders together.

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Swift, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Peregrine, Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 

Chew Valley Lake
 

04-05-21 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 1000+ Swallow, Martins & Swift all over the lake, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail

04-04-21 Arctic Tern CVL (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
4 Arctic Tern, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Song Thrush

Denny Island:

18 Cattle Egret went to roost this evening

Heron's Green:
2 Dunlin, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Hobby, 4 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 2 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit - feeding chicks, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-t Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

04-06-21 Song Thrush CVL (George Stacey)

Herriott's inc Pool:
14 Canada Goose, 18 Mute Swan, 7 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 2 Pochard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 100+ Swallow & Martins all over the pool, lots of Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reports:  TtB, BUPP, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Oli Gilman, Paul Gregory, Matt Hall, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Stephen Jones, John Lewis, Vic Polley, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson

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