Saturday, 23 April 2022

23-04-22 Saturday - Seabird and Wader Passage

 Light cloud and a stiff breeze - Temp. 5°C to 19°C


Bar-tailed Godwit
Little Gull
Iceland Gull (possibly 2 birds in different plumages)
Arctic Skua
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23-04-22 Bar-tailed Godwit, Herons Green
(Lee Gardiner)

BRISTOL


Lawrence Weston:
1 Red Kite

Eastville Park:
1 Willow Warbler

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, Moorhen (with 2 chicks), Coot (with 2 chicks), 2 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1pr Reed Bunting 

Sims Hill:
2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat

Ashton:
12 Magpies (single noisy group)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

23-04-22 Dunlin, OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station:

12 Bar-tailed Godwit (probable, flying upriver), 18 Dunlin, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Arctic Tern (probable, flying upriver), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (Shepperdine Saltmarsh), 1 Stonechat 
(plus a "white winger"; either 1st winter Glaucous Gull or 2cy Iceland Gull)



23-04-22 Little Gull, Severn Beach (Matt Hall)

23-04-22 Whimbrel, Severn Beach
(Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
8 Shelduck, 10 Common Scoter, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 10 Grey Plover, 46 Whimbrel, 60 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Sanderling, 7 Dunlin, 39 Little Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 140 Herring Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Magpie, 11 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Sand Martin, 68 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 14 Starling, 2 Robin, 5 Wheatear, 20 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 8 Linnet

Chittening Warth:


23-04-22 Chiffchaff, Nibley (Barry Dursley)

Nibley:

1 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

Ham Green:
1 Iceland Gull (adult plumage, scoped from Sea Mills)

Clevedon (Ladye Bay):
11 Little Gull, 1 Arctic Skua

Nailsea (Youngwood Lane):
2 House Martin

Chelvey (Brockley Lane):
2 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard, 1 Feral Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove,   Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel,   Magpie,   Jackdaw,   Rook,   Carrion Crow,   Blue Tit,   Great Tit, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest,   Wren,   Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush,   House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Backwell Hill:
4 Stock Dove,   Woodpigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest,   Wren,   Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush,   Robin, 1 Greenfinch,   Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

North Common:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker,   Rook, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch,   Goldfinch

Hanham Hills:
1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Swallow


23-04-22 Robin, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
2 Pheasant, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 8 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 4+ House Sparrow 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
 

23-04-22 Lesser Scaup, Herons Green
(David Hughes)

Heron's Green:

1 Tufted Duck, 1 Lesser Scaup, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtails

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Raoul Chandrasakera, Ben Crabbe, Robert Emery, Heather England, Matt Hall, Geoff Hardman, Andrew Harrison,  Nigel Jones, Robert Laughton, John Lewis, Andy M, Matthew Rogers, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Robert Webber