Starting overcast but bright with a light N wind, clearing to a fine afternoon with high cloud. Dry. Temp still low at 12°C
Red Kite
Hobby
Spotted Flycatcher
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| Spotted Flycatcher at Channel View, Clevedon (Mark Savage) |
BRISTOL
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| Peregrines at Clifton Down (Keith Williams) |
2 Peregrine.
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
1 Swift, 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 10 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, pr. Reed Bunting
Greenbank Cemetery:
1 Willow Warbler
Filton Park:
1 Sparrowhawk - eating a juv starling.
Tytherington:
3 Swift - north, 1 Red Kite - following the silage cutter, 3pm
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
35 species including fledgling Canada Goose, Mallard and Coot. 3 Shelduck, pr. Gadwall. 14 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 20 Herring Gull (and 25 more on the shore), 110 LBB Gull (mostly adult pairs), 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, a few Swallow and House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, singing Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail.
Clevedon the Portishead:
4 Shelduck & 1 Whimbrel by the pier. Another 4 more Shelduck around Redcliff Bay, 10 Whimbrel spread along coast to N, 2 Turnstone, 1 Rock Pipit
Clevedon - Yeo:
(Two BBS surveys plus other random sightings)
30 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 5 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 7 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 20 Ringed Plover, 29 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 250 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 15 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting. and a Brown Hare
(Two BBS surveys plus other random sightings)
30 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Swift, 5 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 7 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 20 Ringed Plover, 29 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 250 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 15 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting. and a Brown Hare
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| Linnet in Portishead (Diana Bunniss) |
Stanton Wick:
(crop sowing) Woodpigeon, 100+ nixed H and LBB Gull, 300+ corvids, most Rooks, also Crow and Jackdaw.
Pensford:
7 Mallard, 2 Swallow, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
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| Lesser Whitethroat at the dam at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
2 Hobby (feeding over the lake)
Dam:
2 Grey Heron, 50+ Swift, 100+ Swallow and martin, 2 LT Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush (and 2 Roe Deer).
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| Garden Warbler at the dam at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Wick Green Point:
2 Jay
Woodford:
Nunnery:
Woodford:
1 GS Woodpecker, 30+ Swift, 2 Raven, 100+ hirundines, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush.
2 Grey Heron, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Reed Warbler.
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| Ringed Plover at Herons Green (Ian Stapp) |
Heron's Green:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite (9:30 a.m. flyover), 2 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 4+ Sedge Warbler. 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting. |
| Sedge Warbler at Chew (George Stacey) |
Moreton:
1 Grey Heron, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 LT Tit, 2 Coal Tit (feeding chicks), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush (singing), 5 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose (with 2 Shelduck), 16 Canada Goose, 28 Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 1 Cuckoo - early blast of song, 1 Whimbrel - flying SW early morning, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 50+ hirundines, 2 Cetti's Warbler, lots Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting.
