Light cloud & sunny spells with north to northeasterly breeze, temp 7 to 17°C
Swift - first arrivals?
Lesser Scaup
Little Gull
Arctic Skua
Tree Pipit
BRISTOL
New Cut, Temple Meads:
1 Blackcap singingYew Tree Farm, Bedminster Down:
2 Stock Dove, 18 Woodpigeon, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 8 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 13 Carrion Crow, 24 Blue Tit, 20 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit,16 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Blackbird, 13 Robin, 9 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Greenfinch
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| 20-04-22 Common Sandpiper & Common Whitethroat, OPS (Peter Coslett) |
Oldbury Power Station:
Common Sandpiper (jetty), 2 Red Kite, 10 Swallow (through), 8+ Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Sedge & Reed Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Common Whitethroat
Severn Beach:
31 Mallard, 18 Feral Pigeon, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 5 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Chaffinch
Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
Moreton:
2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Wren, 6+ Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Swift
Herriott's inc Pool:
11 Shelduck (lake & pool), 20+ Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 2 Pintail (m & f), 1 Swift, 2 Little Grebe (pool), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Sand Martin, 7+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
Common Sandpiper (jetty), 2 Red Kite, 10 Swallow (through), 8+ Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Sedge & Reed Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8+ Common Whitethroat
Severn Beach:
morning vismig: 2 Grey Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 21 Swallow, 4 Tree Pipit, 68 Goldfinch, 47 Linnet, 1 dark Arctic Skua (heading NE), 26 Little Gull (NE)
Avening Green:
1 Red Kite
Avening Green:
1 Red Kite
West End:
1 Red Kite
Northwick:
1 Red Kite
1 Red Kite
Science Park, Lyde Green:
2 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat,
NORTH SOMERSET
Backwell Lake:
22 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan,1 Muscovy Duck (Domestic type), 2 Gadwall, 7 Mallard, 4 Mallard (Domestic type), 1 Little Grebe, Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, 1 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Wren, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinch
2 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat,
NORTH SOMERSET
Backwell Lake:
22 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan,1 Muscovy Duck (Domestic type), 2 Gadwall, 7 Mallard, 4 Mallard (Domestic type), 1 Little Grebe, Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, 1 Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Wren, 1 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Tall Pines Golf Club, top of Brockley Combe:
1 Red Kite - 09.30
Yatton:
1 Red Kite - 14.45 (same bird?)
Sand Point/Bay & Middle Hope:
1 Oystercatcher, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron (over), 2 Jay, 26 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 13 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit, 11 Greenfinch, 60+ Linnet, 35 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin,
Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine (m) - having a pop at a Buzzard
BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham, Memorial Park:1 Red Kite - 14.45 (same bird?)
Sand Point/Bay & Middle Hope:
1 Oystercatcher, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron (over), 2 Jay, 26 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 18 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 13 Meadow Pipit, 2 Tree Pipit, 11 Greenfinch, 60+ Linnet, 35 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin,
Weston-Super-Mare:
2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine (m) - having a pop at a Buzzard
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 20-04-22 Jay, Keynsham Memorial Park (Andrew Harrison) |
31 Mallard, 18 Feral Pigeon, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Great Tit, 5 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Chaffinch
Burnett:
1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
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| 20-04-22 Common Sandpiper, Dam CVL (Ian Stapp) |
Dam:
Woodford:
3 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush
1 Common Sand (wall), 8 GBB Gull (eating a big pike), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (spillway), 1 Song Thrush, 3 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 5+ Chaffinch
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| 20-04-22 Reed Bunting, Picnic Site 2 CVL (George Stacey) |
Picnic Site 2:
6+ Reed BuntingWoodford:
3 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Song Thrush
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| 20-04-22 Common Whitethroat, Heron's Green CVL (Ian Stapp) |
1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 2 Little Grebe (pool), 8 GBB Gull (likely same birds as seen at the Dam), 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
Moreton:
2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Wren, 6+ Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Swift
Herriott's inc Pool:
11 Shelduck (lake & pool), 20+ Shoveler, 24 Gadwall, 2 Pintail (m & f), 1 Swift, 2 Little Grebe (pool), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Jackdaw, 4 Sand Martin, 7+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
Reports: Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Robert Emery, Tim Ford, Fen Marshall, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Robin Lambert, John Lewis, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Caleb Stradling,
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