Tuesday, 26 April 2022

26-04-22 Tuesday - Swift

 Sunny with a gentle breeze,  4°C to 15°C


Swift
Wood Warbler
Whinchat
Whimbrel
Garden Warbler
Yellow Wagtail
Tree Pipit.

BRISTOL

Leap Valley (BOC walk Downend & Hambrook):
3 Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 19 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 2 Swallow, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 13 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 6 Goldcrest, 18 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, Starling, 2 Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, 1 Dipper, House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 26 Goldfinch

26-04-22 Canada Goose/Swan, Stoke Park
(Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 31 Feral Pigeon, 5 Stoke Dove, 25 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 8 Moorhen (including 2 young), 9 Coot, including 3 young, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Herring Gull,  2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 16 Magpie, 29 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tait, 7 Great Tit, 7 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin,4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 9 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 20 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush, Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 5 Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, (f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
39 Shelduck, 7 Whimbrel, 2 Peregrine, 7 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 17 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear

26-04-22 "Continental" Song Thrush, Littleton
(Mark Dadds)

Littleton (Brick Pits - Ringing):
10 Jays (as a moving flock), 1 Wood Warbler (singing), 1 Song Thrush (Continental form)

Severn Beach:
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied form)

Yate (Tylers Field):
1 Willow Warbler

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Swallow, 8+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

26-04-22 Wheatear, Walton Common
(Dave Horlick)

Walton Common:

1 Wheatear

Portishead (BBS Black Nore):
3 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 63 Woodpigeon, 8 Whimbrel, 15 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 20 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 9 Wren, 3 Starling, 16 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 9 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 9 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

26-04-22 Redstart, Battery Point
(David Howes)

Portishead (Battery Point Ringing):

1 Redstart (m)

Clevedon (Wains Hill):
  Sand Martin,   Swallow,   House Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit

Clevedon (Dowlais):
1 Swift

Clevedon (Ladye Bay evening seawatch):
11 Little Gull, 83 Arctic Tern

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
9 Whimbrel, 3 Jay, 3 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 4 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 14 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 14 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (f), 4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 11 Linnet, 18 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (Church area):
1 Lesser Whitethroat

26-04-22 Kingfisher, Willsbridge Mill
(Ernie Parry)

Willsbridge Mill:

1 Kingfisher

Hanham Hills:
Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Greenfinch

Keynsham (Manor Road Community Woodlands):
3 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 13 Rook, 7 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 10 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch

Keynsham (Memorial Park):
21 Mallard, 15 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 5 Robin

Bath (BBS - Charlcombe):
2 Stock Dove, 1 Curlew heard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 11 Skylark, 9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

Bath (Windsor Bridge):
2 Sand Martin

Chew Stoke:
1 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Grey Heron, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler, Treecreeper.

Chew Valley Lake
 
26-04-22 Grey Wagtail/ Juvenile Blackbird, CVL
(Lucy Masters)

Dam:

2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 8+ Chaffinch


26-04-22 Willow Warbler, Hollowbrook
(George Stacey)

Hollowbrook:

1 Carrion Crow, 1 Willow Warbler

Woodford:
3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush


26-04-22 Sedge Warbler, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

2 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 4 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

26-04-22 Blackcap, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 2 Raven (displaying), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Wren, 1 Blackbird (Juvenile) 6+ Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Great C Grebe, Raven, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling between puddle corner and Stratford car park), Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush

26-04-22 Common Sandpiper, Herriotts
(Ian Stapp)

Herriott's inc Pool:

Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck, 8+ Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper,  Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: John Barrett, David Campbell, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Anthony Cook, Jane Cummings, Mark Dadds, Alan Daniels, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Dave Horlick, David Howes, Matt Hull,  Lucy Masters, Andrew Middleton, Brian Mulgrew, Ernie Parry, Carol Rushton, Paul Sawyer, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs