Saturday, 14 May 2022

14-05-22 Saturday - Spotted Flycatcher

Mostly sunny, with a light westerly wind. Temp 11 - 19°C

Spotted Flycatcher
Cuckoo
Brent Goose
Firecrest
Hobby

BRISTOL

Ashton Court:
2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Common Swift - screaming, 25 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 1 Coal Tit,
3 Chiffchaff - singing, 3 Blackcap - singing, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Treecreeper - food carry, 1 Mistle Thrush, 
1 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin - calling going over

Coombe Dingle:
7 Swift, 1 Treecreeper

Purdown - Gun battery area:
1 Spotted Flycatcher
14-05-22 House Martin Sea Mills (Di Bunniss)
Sea Mills:
10 Swift, 10 House Martin:

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Shelduck - inc 10 juv, 1 Cuckoo - calling, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine (f&m),  1 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, Whitethroat, 

Littleton Brick Pits - ringing arena:
1 Cuckoo - escaped un-ringed, 1 Peregrine - over

Pilning Wetlands:
7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Flycatcher - behind the pools

Avening Green:
7 Buzzard - circling, were quite noisy !
14-05-22 Hobby Wickwar (Paul Sadley)©
Wickwar - West and Church End:
12 Swift, 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer

Falfield:
2 Red Kite, Buzzard - circling over the newly cut hay fields

Thornbury:
1 Swift - screaming, 1 Red Kite - over

Tyrtherington:
1 Red Kite - over sileage cutting



NORTH SOMERSET
14-05-22 Wheatear Cl-Y (Paul Chapmam)
Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Brent Goose, 8 Lapwing with 8 chicks, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Red Kite - over, 2 Wheatear, 

Burrington Combe - Mendip Lodge Wood:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Firecrest - alarm calling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
14-05-22 Spotted Flycatcher Yatton (Mark Savage)
Yatton - Strawberry Line:
4 Swift, 1 Skylark, 9 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge to Hanham - circuit:
1 Mallard, 2 Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 54 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 29 Magpie, 44 Jackdaw, 9 Rook, 12 Carrion Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 18 Chiffchaff, 21 Blackcap, 12 Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 51 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 26 Starling, 26 Blackbird, 7 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 33 Robin, 1 Dipper, 10 House Sparrow, 9 Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 14 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
14-05-22 Ringed Plover & Dunlin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Dam:
1 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cetti's \Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush

Heron's Green inc Pool:
1 Mallard + 8 ducklings, 20+ Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Coot +2 chicks, 2 Buzzard,  12 Swallows, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting
14-05-22 Cuckoo CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
2 Cuckoo - only one bird calling, between Moreton & Stratford, lots of chasing each other around, 1 Coot - nesting, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting 

Stratford:
2 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher - on the Island, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Herriott's inc Pool:
6 Shelduck, 20+ Gadwall, 1 Pochard (m), 10+ Swift, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw 4 Swallows, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, lots of Reed Warbler 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Mark Dadds, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Sue & Nigel Kempson, John Lewis, Fen Marshall, Stuart Matthews, Ben Ofield, Paul Sadley, Mark Savage, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Vines
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