Friday 15 April 2022

15-04-22 Friday - Cuckoo

 Sunny intervals with a moderate breeze, temp 7°C to 19°C


Cuckoo
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Whitethroat

BRISTOL

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Little Egret, 2 House Martin, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart

Coombe Dingle (garden):
1 Blackcap (singing, unusual)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE


15-04-22 Redstart, Severn Beach
(Aravind Ramesh)

Severn Beach:
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Redstart,  Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin


15-04-22 Wheatear, CSC (Peter Coslet)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

3 Canada Goose, 7 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, Blackbird, Robin, 3 Redstart (2m+1f), 1 Stonechat (m) 3 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 7 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury (Ridge Woods Paddocks):
1 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, 1 Raven, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

East Dundry Lane (Maes Knoll)
2 Little Owl, 6 Wheatear

Portishead (Boating Lake):
12 Canada Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 28+ Mallard, 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 15 Herring Gull but no BH Gull, 30+ Carrion Crow

Portishead (East Wood):
1 Sparrowhawk, 5+ Jay, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch

Portishead (Redcliffe Bay):
1 Raven

Kingston Seymour (lanes):
1 Little Owl, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

Backwell Lake:
3 Mute Swan, 3 Gadwall, 3 Cetti's Warbler

Nailsea Moor:
3 Lapwing, 1 Little Owl, 2 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear (highlights from a Nailsea Nature walk of 49 species in total)

Sand Point/St. Thomas Head:
1 Cuckoo

Weston Moor:

2 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Red Kite, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 

Yatton:
8 Buzzards (moving North), 1 Peregrine (male, pursued by angry Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Strawberry Line (Yatton to Congresbury):
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 22 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 18 Wren, 3 Song Thrush, 18 Robin, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick (Holbrook):
1 Red Kite

Oldland Common:
1 Tawny Owl (calling 3am)

Bath, Carrs to Severn Acre Wood:
1 Little Egret, 2 Stock Dove,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 7 Skylark, 10 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 9 Nuthatch, 1 SongThrush, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 6 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

15-04-22 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow
(Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:

1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake
 
Heron's Green:
3 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 45 Mallard, 2 Teal, 18 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 10 Coot, 1 Oystercatcher, 18 Cattle Egrets, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Goldfinch


15-04-22 Lesser Scaup, Stratford (Lee Gardiner)

15-04-22 Lesser Scaup, Stratford (Lee Gardiner)

Stratford:

1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Marsh Harrier

Herriott's inc Pool:
10 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 45 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 2 Teal, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Eurasian Bullfinch

Reports: Rich Andrews, Richard Belson, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Jane Cummings, Alan Daniells, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Ollie Fournier, Lee Gardiner, Gill Hardman, Robert Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Larry, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Howard Taffs,  Bri Thompson, Gary Thorburn, Wayne Tucker, Paul Williams