15-05-22 Sunday - Hobby

 Rain then sun then rain again, light easterly wind. Temp 13 - 21°C

Hobby

Yellowhammer

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

2 Great Tit, 6 Starling - juv, balancing ineptly on the feeders, 2 Robin, 4 House Sparrow

Eastville 

- Park: - 1 Tufted Duck (m)

- garden: 5 Swift, 1 Sand Martin

Hotwell & Cumberland Basin:

2 Mallard, 1 Woodpigeon, 3 Swift - screaming, 20 Herring Gull, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 6 Jackdaw, 2  Blue Tit, 26 House Martin, 1 Blackcap - singing, 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Sea Mills - WeBS count:

8 Shelduck, 12 Mallard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, plus - -  8 House Martin, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch

Stapleton - Begbrook:

1 Red Kite - harassed by corvid

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
c10 Swift, 1 Hobby, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (f&m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Treecreeper

Severn Beach:

Vismig (3.25hrs) - 19 Swift, 3 Grey Plover, 25 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Turnstone, 2 Ruff, 2 Sanderling - sum plum, 200+ Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 'Commic' Tern, 38 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 5 Wheatear - grounded, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit

Wickwar - West End:

1 Cuckoo - calling

Hawksbury Upton:

1 Yellowhammer - singing after the rain

Bradley Stoke:

1 Hobby - powering over northward

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret - over, 1 Little Egret, plus an OTTER

Sheepway Lane

3 Red Kite - south south east

15-05-22 Spotted Flycatcher Wain's Hill (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Wain's Hill:
3 Spotted Flycatcher, 

15-05-22 Lesser Whitethroat SP (Matt Hull)

Sand Point - Middle Hope:

14 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 2 Jay, 36 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Garden Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, c.15 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Redstart, 1 Whinchat (f), 6 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 17 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna - garden:
4 Swift - screaming, 1 Red Kite - 2nd yr, 6 House Martin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Herron's Green:

1 Hobby, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 

Stratford:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Red Kite - over Burledge, 3 Hobby, 

Herriott's inc pool:

1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 

Reports: Derek Angell, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Ollie Fournier, Paul Golledge, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hull, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Mike Prior, Aravind Ramesh, Matt Rogers, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs

 , blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

PLEASE NOTE:
Sunday 22 May - BOC is running a coach trip to Dorset to walk 5 - 6 miles along the coast from Worth Matravers to Durlston Country Park, Swanage. Delights include wonderful views, orchids and downland flora, a breeding auk colony, and bushy valleys full of winding paths. We hope to see Yellowhammer, Dartford Warbler, Peregrine and possible migrants. Leaving the Water Tower on the Downs at 08:00 hrs. The return journey will leave Durlston at 17:00 hrs. Cost £18. Contact judycopeland19@gmail.com to book.