04-08-22 Thursday - Cuckoo

Fine and bright but a lot of high cloud.  Warm, max of 22°C  with a light westerly wind.  Dry.

Yellow-legged Gull

Curlew Sandpiper

Hobby 

Cuckoo

Redstarts

Hobby near Littleton (Tony Scott)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

juv. Kingfisher, juv Dipper.

High Kingsdown:

17 Swift over at 20:45 hrs.

Redstart at Chipping Sodbury Common (Mark Coller)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
c.40 Mallard (estuary edge), 4 adult & 2 juv Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe + 2 babies (parent diving for food and bringing small fish to eager youngsters), c.40 BH Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, c.20 Sand Martin, 8 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 10+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, flock 30 Starling, 6 Greenfinch.

Littleton Warth:

Stock Dove, Buzzard, Hobby, Kestrel, Raven, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

New Passage/Northwick:
Moulting adult Curlew Sandpiper

Chipping Sodbury Common:
m, Sparrowhawk, 15+ Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Redstart.

Linnet at Battery Point, Portishead (Ian Stapp)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead lake grounds:

16 Canada Goose, 30+ Mallard, 20+ BH Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 28 LBB Gull, 4 Magpie,  12+ Carrion Crow, 12+ Swallow, 7 House Martin, 12+ House Sparrow, 5 Chaffinch, 9 Linnet.

male Sparrowhawk at Stratford, CVL (Bri Thompson)

BELOW M4 & BANES

 

Newton-St-Loe

1 Pheasant, 2 Mute Swan, 40 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 40 Woodpigeon, 9 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 10 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Yellow-legged Gull at Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Heron's Green:

40+ Canada Goose, 1 imm. Goldeneye,  2 Moorhen, 4 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (on the wall), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite (over Moreton cottage), 2 Grey Wagtail, 8+ Pied Wagtail.

juv. Cuckoo at Stratford (Tony Bridges)

Stratford:

Cuckoo, 1 Green Sandpiper,

m. Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Peregrine.

Herriott's inc Pool:

14+ Canada Goose, 10 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 17 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron. i March Harrier, 1 Kingfisher (in the channel), 8 Jackdaw,  2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (adult feeding juv.).

Black-tailed Godwit at Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Tony Bridges, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Pete Coslett, Lois Pryce, Tony Scott., Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Keith Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG