Friday, 14 May 2021

14-05-21 Friday -Red Kite

Cloudy and dull at first with cool light NE. Warming up a little later and wind shifting to the South. Temperature 9 to 15°C

Cuckoo
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier
Red Kite
Hobby 
Spotted Flycatcher
14-05-21 Garden Warbler, CVL Dam (David Hughes)
BRISTOL
Avonmouth- Cabot Park Reservoir and Salt Rhyne:
3 Gadwall, 3 Coot -with young, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 15 Reed Warbler-inc.courtship, 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting 

14-05-21 Sparrowhawk, Eastville Park ( Allan Chard)
Eastville Park:
2 Sparrowhawk

Frenchay Park Road:
3 House Martin nests

Hengrove:
1 Red Kite -tagged, over Great Hayles Road

Redland:
1 Peregrine. 6 House Martin

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
4 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 4 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, 3 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe + 2 young, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow, 3 Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet.
and 3 Roe Deer.
14-05-21 Dunlin, New Passage ( Martin Hayes)  
New Passage/Northwick:
37 Shelduck,  3 Gadwall, 5 Swift, 43 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew,  1 Dunlin (sbsp.arctica), 2 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 3 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
1 Egyptian Goose -north
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat at Know-how site

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 5 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Goldfinch

Frenchay:
11 Swift

Filton:
50 Starling at Elm Park 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

Weston STW:
1 Marsh Harrier

BELOW M4 & BANES

14-05-21 Little Owl, Compton Dando ( David Hughes)
Compton Dando:
1 Little Owl

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake 
14-05-21 Lesser Whitethroat, CVL Dam ( Ian Stapp)

Dam:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackbird

Picnic area:
2 Reed Bunting

14-05-21 Dunnock, CVL ( George Stacey )

Sutton Wick:
Blackcap -many, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Wren,1 Mistle Thrush,1 Dunnock 

14-05-21 Great Black-backed Gull, CVL (George Stacey)
Woodford:
100 Swift ,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Song Thrush 

Nunnery:
2 Canada Goose-with goslings, 100 Swift, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap,1  Garden Warbler

14-05-21 Buzzard, Heron's Green ( Ian Stapp )
Heron's Green:
40 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Carrion Crow, 50 Swallows, 50 House Martins, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
4 Hobby (yesterday at dusk) 

Herriott's inc Pool:
8 Canada Goose, 52 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 20 Gadwall,2 Pochard, 50 Swift, 15 Cattle Egret ( also at North Widcombe), 4 Grey Heron, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 

Reports: Peter Bryant, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Ollie Fournier, Martin Hayes,  Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, David Hughes, John Lewis, Timothy Marks, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp