Friday 7 May 2021

07-05-21 Friday - Lesser Whitethroats

Sunny periods and light to moderate westerly. Cold start, but gradually warming up : 6 to 15°C

Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Red Kite
Hobby
Marsh Tit
Lesser Whitethroat
Wheatear
White Wagtail
Siskin

07-05-21 Lesser Whitethroat, CVL (Ian Stapp ) 
BRISTOL


Bishopston:
10 Swift -over cricket ground

Clifton:
8 Swift- Apsley Road

Fishponds:
20 Swift

Hengrove:
1 Peregrine- f

Kingsdown:
1 Peregrine

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
 1 Reed Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
45 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 24 Mallard, 4 Swift, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 19 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Starling- at nestbox, 1 White Wagtail - m

Severn Beach:
3 Shelduck, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Great Black-backed Gull- 3w, 1 Cormorant, 5 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat  

Cribbs Causeway:
1 Barn Owl- over M5 early hours 

Wickwar:
1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Tit,  1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

Wraxall:  
Watercress farm - monthly bird survey:
2 Canada Goose, 3 Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, 7 Wood Pigeon, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 7 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 2 Crow, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 9 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 10 Whitethroat, 13 Wren, 10 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 11 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 13 Yellowhammer

Clevedon-Wains Hill:
12 Swift

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Lesser Whitethroat,  1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

07-05-21 Siskin, Worle ( Dean Reeves)
Worle:
2 Siskin- m,f

Uphill/ Bleadon Level:
2 Cuckoo, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 3 Skylark, 33 Swallow,  7 House martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Sedge warbler, 5 Reed warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting  

Congresbury Moor:
1 Marsh Harrier

Puxton Moor:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 6 Reed Warbler,
7 Wheatear,  2 Reed Bunting.

Wick St Lawrence:
House Martin back at nest sites

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
11 Swift

Hunstrete:
Common Wood BBS:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer

North Widcombe:

17 Cattle Egret- beside the road

Wellow:
1 Swift, 1 Red Kite -low over the church

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 
07-05-21 Garden Warbler, CVL Dam( Ian Stapp )  

07-05-21 Jay, CVL Dam  (Ian Stapp)
Dam:

20 Swift, 1Common Sandpiper, 2Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit,2 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail

        07-05-21 Blackcap, Bittern Trail ( George Stacey)

07-05-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker, CVL ( George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap

Woodford:
30 Swift, 2 Raven, 4 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush

07-05-21 Wheatear, CVL ( George Stacey)
Parkland:
1 Wheatear

Heron's Green:
1 Egyptian Goose- flyover, 1 Little grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 2 Raven,  5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler - singing in reeds pool, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting

Moreton:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit - feeding young, 2 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Wren, 3 Chaffinch

Herriott's inc Pool:
16 Canada Goose, 24 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck,  1 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 2 Pochard-m, 1 Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 8 Hobby, 1 Peregrine,  4 Jackdaw, 100 Swallows/ Martins, Reed warbler - many, 1 Garden warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat


Reports: Derek Angell, Bill Blake, Ken Carruthers, Dave Childs ,  Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Paul Gregory, Nick Hawkridge,  John Lewis, Timothy Marks, Mike Moxon, Dean Reeves, Gareth Roberts, Gill Roberts,  Steve Sanins, George Stacey,  Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Wayne Tucker, Keith Williams.