13-04-22 Wednesday - Wood Sandpiper

Dry, brighter going through the day, wind a gentle south / southwesterly, temp 11 to 15°C

Garganey, Lesser Scaup

Avocet, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper

Little Gull

Osprey, Marsh Harrier

Sedge, Reed & Grasshopper Warblers

Pied Flycatcher

Redstart

Yellow & White Wagtails

Tree Pipit

Brambling

BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

6 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 5 Redstart

Coombe Brook Valley Nature Reserve BS5:

2 Pied Flycatcher (1m, 1f)

Redland Green BS5:

1 Carrion Crow, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch (heard), 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Hengrove Mounds BS14:

1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

13-04-22 Wheatear, Oldbury Yacht Club (Heather England)

Oldbury Yacht Club:

1 Canada Goose, 2 Kestrel, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 13 Wheatear (10m, 3f), 16 Linnet

& "good numbers" Skylark & Meadow Pipit

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 20+ Blackcap

Pilning Wetlands:
20+ Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 35 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 13 Avocet, 2+ Little Ringed Plover, 16+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 3 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 2 Little Egret 

Severn Beach:

60 Shelduck, 9 Oystercatcher, 50 Curlew, 10 BH Gull, 1 Swallow

Lower Woods:

1 Kestrel (m), 1 Pied Flycatcher (m)

13-04-22 Little Owl, West End (Paul Sadley)

West End:

1 Little Owl

Hover's Lane, Iron Acton:

3 Willow warbler, 1 Redstart (m)

Yate:

2 Sparrowhawk (m&f)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Curlew (heard over), 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler (possibly), 1 Whitethroat, 5 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 4 Linnet

Bristol & Bath Science Park:

1 Great White Egret

NORTH SOMERSET

Walton Common:

1 Redstart (m)

Gordano Valley:

Walton Drove:

1 Grasshopper Warbler

Walton Moor:

1 Redstart (f)

Weston Moor:

1 Redstart

Clevedon: 

Cannons Gate Garden:

2 Blue Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 House Sparrow (2 pairs, with nest material), 4 Goldfinch (2 pairs)

Cannons Gate:

1 Sparrowhawk (m)

Wain's Hill, Clevedon

1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Jay, 1 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Tree Pipit, 11 Greenfinch

13-04-22 Golden Plover, Dowlais, Clevedon-Yeo (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Yeo:

3 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Wood Sandpiper (first noted on the scrape, then flew high downriver), 8 Swallow, 5 Skylark, 12 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 7 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 20 Linnet

Strawberry Line (section between Yatton and Congresbury):
3 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler

Congresbury Moor:
1 Osprey (to NW mobbed by Herring Gulls), 5 Buzzard, 10 Raven, 2 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

Sand Point / Middle Hope / St Thomas Head:
5 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel (f), 5 Jay, 6 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 7 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Redstart (2m, 2f), 2 Stonechat, 6 Wheatear (2f&4m), 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet

Weston-Super-Mare Sewage Treatment Works:

6 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 5 Grasshopper Warbler (4 singing), 3 Whitethroat,

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Hills: 

"Lots of " Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Tree Pipit

13-04-22 Chiffchaffs, Keynsham Memorial Park (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
22+ Mallard, 2 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Carrion Crow, 4+ Chiffchaff, 6 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch

Bishop Sutton:
3 House Martin

RESERVOIRS

13-04-22 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank 1 (Cliff Smith)

Barrow Tanks:

Tank 1:

1 Long-tailed Duck (m)

Blagdon Lake:

4 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Gull (2nd calendar year) 1 Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 12 Brambling

Chew Valley Lake
 

Main Lake:
Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Cormorant, Reed Bunting, 1 Brambling (f)

Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper

Heron's Green:

3 Garganey (2m, 1f), 2 Stock dove, 2 Little Grebe

Moreton:
Pheasant, Jay, "many" Sand Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (m), Goldcrest, Wren, Great Tit, Chaffinch,

13-04-22 Lesser Scaup, CVL (Chris Craig)

Stratford:

1 Lesser Scaup (m), 1 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Brambling (f)

Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Garganey (pair), 2 Pintail (pair), 1 Little Gull (2nd calendar year), 2 LBB Gull (adult) showed characteristics of the race fuscus Baltic Gull, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Brambling (f)

Also seen - Canada Goose, Shelduck, Mute Swan, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, BH Gull, Herring Gull

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Phil Crouter, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Tim Ford, Patrick Haigh, David Hanks, Dave Horlick, Karen Jayne, Robert Laughton, Matt Plenty, Mark Ponsford, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Cliff Smith, Caleb Stradling, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Christopher Teague, Bri Thompson, Paul Williams, 

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