Wednesday 5 May 2021

05-05-21 Wednesday- Spotted Flycatcher

A topsy-turvy day - sunshine, quite heavy showers, swirling chilly gusts - a bit of everything. Maximum Bristol temperature 11°C

Cuckoo
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat

05-05-21 One of each -  Woodford, CVL (Ian Stapp)

05-05-21 Whimbrel + Green-winged Orchids, Parkland, CVL (Dave Hughes)
BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Pheasant, 1 Red-legged Partridge, Mallard, 12 Shelduck, 1 Swift, 4 Ringed Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Dunlin, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Heron, 2 Buzzard, 5 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Welcome news that at least one Little Grebe chick has hatched on the lake (last successfully bred at OPS in 1996)

Oldbury-upon-Severn:
Sluice - 2 Canada Geese (+ 3 goslings), Collared Dove, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, 1 Linnet

05-05-21 Garden visitor -Grey Heron, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)
Almondsbury:
Garden - 1 Grey Heron, 1 Wren   

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Swallow, 3 Whinchat, 2 Linnet

Warmley:
Mistle Thrush (in song at dawn)

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
Dowlais - 10 Whimbrel

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
St John's Church - 3 Peregrine chicks now

Monkton Combe to Midford:
2 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, c6 Buzzard, 1 LBB Gull, Woodpigeon, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, c12 Swallow, c10 House Martin, LT Tit, c5 Chiffchaff, c12 Blackcap, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Dipper (1 juv), House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch.


05-05-21 Dipper, Pensford (Ian Stapp)
Pensford:
6+ Swift, 9 Mallard 1f & 8m, 1 Jackdaw, 12+ Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Dipper, 2 Wren,12+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail

Nempnett Thrubwell:
1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
05-05-21 Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat, CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Dunlin, Swallow, Martins and Swift all over the lake, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail

05-05-21 Dunlin, Dam, CVL (George Stacey)

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush
1000+ hirundines - most Swallows + House + Sand Martins and 200+ Swifts over lake
500+ hirundines - most Swallows some House + S Martins on wire fence between lake and drive to lodge.

Nunnery:
2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Reed Warbler 
200+ Swallows & Martins sat in a tree on drive in

Parkland:
1 Whimbrel

05-05-21 Dunlin, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)
[A different bird ]

Heron's Green:
2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 pr Kestrel,1 Chiffchaff,1 Reed Warbler, 4+ Sedge Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  2 Raven, 4 Magpie, 1 Hobby (chasing Swallows), 2 L TT,  2 Coal Tit (feeding chicks), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap,1 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush (singing), 7 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Herriott's inc Pool:
 1 Egyptian Goose, 12 Canada Goose, 30+ Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck,  2 Pochard,  2 Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 1 Little  Egret,  1 Grey Heron, 5 Jackdaw, 3 Hobby, 1 m Cuckoo, (100+ Swallows + Martins all over pool), 2 Cetti's Warbler, lots Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush (singing), 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting 

Reports: Peter Bryant, Vera Carpenter, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Mark Dadds, Ken Hall, Pete Hazelwood, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Mike Moxon, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, BUPP