11-04-23 Tuesday - Pied Flycatcher & Whimbrel

Temp 6° to 12°C.  A largely sunny morning was a false dawn before an utterly misearable afternoon- the moderate south west breeze bought heavy cloud and lots of rain.

Long-tailed Duck

Mediterranean Gull

Red-throated Diver

Fulmar, Whimbrel

Ruff, Spotted Redshank

Bar-tailed Godwit

Pied Flycatcher

BRISTOL

Blaise:
1 Pied Flycatcher (M)

Arnos Vale Cemetery:
1 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat (2M 1F), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch (pair), 5 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

11-04-23 Chiffchaff, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat

Aust Warth:
4 Willow Warbler, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear

New Passage/Northwick:
3 Little Ringed Plover

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Reed Warbler

11-04-23 Wheatear, Severn Beach (Paul Bowdler)

Severn Beach:
5 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Fulmar (released after being rescued from Bradford-on-Avon), 2 Wheatear, 1 Siskin

11-04-23 Mediterrenean Gulls, Severn Beach (Paul Bowdler)

Westerleigh:
1 Peregrine

11-04-23 Peregrine. Westerleigh (Chris)

Leap Valley - BOC walk:
1 Heron, 3 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 19 Goldfinch

11-04-23 Grey Wagtail, Leap Valley (Paul Tompkins)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Raven, 5 House Martin, 10+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear

11-04-23 Sparrowhawk (Allan Chard)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Pink-foooted Goose, 13+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin

Clevedon - Dowlais:
60 Shelduck, 16 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 45 Oystercatcher, 12 Lapwing, 8 Grey Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 7 Whimbrel, 25 Curlew, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 12 Dunlin, 95 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 6+ Chiffchaff, 30 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 2 Wheatear (1M 1F), 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - Ringswell:
1 Willow Warbler

Willsbridge:

1 Green Woodpecker

11-04-23 Green Woodpecker eating ants, Willsbridge (Chris)

Hanham Hills:

2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart (M)

Keynsham, STW:
c30 Swallow, c120 House Martin

Compton Dando:
2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Reaven, 8 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (M), 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 30 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

Chew Magna:
2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
4 Common Sandpiper

Heron's Green:
1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Barn Owl

11-04-23 Wren, Leap Valley (Vera Carpenter)

Reported by: Chris, John Barnett, Paul Bowdler, Vera Carpenter, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Alan Daniels, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Julian Eastoe, Matthew Hall, Peter Hazlewood, Rupert Higgins, Katie & Graham Horrocks, Nigel Jones, Rob Laughton, Nick Page, Patrick Richards, Matt Rogers, Harvey Rose, Larry Sweetland, Paul Tompkins, Bri Thompson, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG