08-04-23 Saturday - Whitethroat

Temp 7° to 15° C  Another lovely morning, clouding over a bit after lunch, but the light SE wind hardly touched the bright feel of the day.

Whitethroat, White Wagtail, Sedge Warbler

Little Ringed Plover, Osprey

Redstart, Tree Pipit

Pink-footed Goose

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

Fishponds - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

Frenchay Common:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Redland Green Park:
2 Nuthatch - mating

Stockwood Open Space and a garden:
2 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 1 Moorhen, 1 Red Kite - over  to SE, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 3 Cettie's Warbler, 51 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler - singing at dawn, 12 Blackcap

08-04-23 Little Egret PIL (Rob Emery)

Pilning Wetlands:
3 Little Egret, 2 House Martin

Wickwar, West End - garden:

1 Swallow, 1 Blackcap (f)

Yate - Garden:
4 Canada Goose - over, 2 Red Kite - one with some secondaries missing

Chipping Sodbury Common:
Red-legged Partridge, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 2 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

08-04-23 Barn Owl PW (Paul Chapman)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Barn Owl

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:

2 Teal, 50 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Rook, 4 Skylark, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

Clevedon - Yeo:
21 Canada Goose, 38 Mute Swan, 2 + 5 juvs Egyptian Goose, 150 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 30 Mallard, 80 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 75 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 16 Grey Plover, 115 Curlew, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Knot, 10 Dunlin, 3 Common Snipe, 200 Redshank, 30 Black Headed Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 115 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 9 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 3 Raven, 20 Skylark, 20 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 11 Willow Warbler, 35 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler (Blake’s Pools), 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (Blake’s Pools), 1 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 27 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 7 Reed Bunting.

Kingston Seymour - lanes
1 Little Owl, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

08-04-23 Willow Warbler SP (Matt Hull)

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
2 Peregrine, 1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 24 Willow Warbler - fall, 27 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap,     2/3 Redstart, 30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 24 Greenfinch - on territory, 70 Linnet, 40 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
1 Willow Warbler - singing

Hanham - Chequers:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard - sharing the same thermal

Keynsham, Manor Rd:
1 Blackcap, 4 Goldfinch

Bath - St John's:
2 Peregrine - still incubating

08-04-23 Yellowhammer Compton lanes (Ian Stapp)

Hunstrete to Compton Dando - around the lanes:

35 + Wood Pigeon, 2 Buzzard, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 60+ Jackdaw & Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 20+ Starling, 2 Greenfinch, 7 Yellowhammer

Compton Dando:
6 Mallard, 12 Jackdaw, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

08-04-23 Buzzard Stanton Drew (Matty England)

Stanton Drew:
1 Buzzard, 1 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

08-04-23 Osprey CVL (Bri Thompson)

Dam:
2 Common Gull, 1 Osprey, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
2 Goldeneye, 2 G-BB Gull, 2 L TT, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush - food gathering, 2 Robin, 7 Chaffinch,  5 Goldfinch

08-04-23 Little Grebe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:

4 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe - displaying, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff   

Moreton:
4 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 G-S Woodpecker - drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 L TT  - nesting, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 12+ Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting

08-04-23 Great Crested Grebe CVL (Simon Isgar)

Stratford:
1 Greylag Goose, Great Crested Grebe - early morning, 2 Chaffinch - pr

Herriott's inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 2 G-BB Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 G S Woodpecker - drumming, 100 Sand Martin, Swallow, 35 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: David Allward, Jon Angell, Dru Brooke-Taylor, BUPP, Simon Carder, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Rob Emery, Matty England, Ollie Fournier, Paul Francis, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Simon Isgar, Nigel Kempson, Mike Owen, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Jason Williams

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