Saturday 22 April 2023

22-04-23 Saturday - Wood Warbler

Temp 6° to 12° C Sunny at first, but cloudy in an afternoon of light winds with a mainly southerly bias.

Wood Warbler
Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler
Hobby
Garden Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail
Grey Partridge

BRISTOL

Avonmouth - Seabank Pools:
2 Moorhen, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Pied Flycatcher (m)

Coombe Dingle - house/garden:
1 Whitethroat (f) - flew in the front door and helped out via the kitchen window.

Frenchay - The Harvester:
1 Wheatear (m)
22-04-23 Willow Warbler Henbury (Brian Lancastle)
Henbury:
1 Willow Warbler

Redland Green Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Snuff Mills / Oldbury Court:
1 Common Sandpiper - one in each location or the same bird twice!

Southmead - Badock's Wood 
1 Wood Warbler - singing by the pond
22-04-23 Coot Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 18 Mallard, 48 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared, 8 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 9 Magpie, 17 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap (1f & 3m), 4 Wren, 5 Starling, 6 Blackbird (2f & 4m), 2 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 9 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting (f & m)
22-04-23 Linnet Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)
Whitehall - Rugby Ground:
1 Wheatear (m)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Shelduck, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler - singing, 7 Chiffchaff, Blackcap - singing, 5 Greenfinch, flock of Linnet

New Passage/Northwick:
Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin - - - -  the sky is rammed 
22-04-23 Yellow Wagtail Pilning Wetlands (Rob Emery)
Pilning Wetlands:
6 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach - River and Orchard Pools:
1 Coot, 3 Gadwall, 1 Skua species - early, vanished into the fog, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat

Wickwar:
1 Blackbird - a first fledgling

Yate Rocks:
1 Willow Warbler - singing

Old Sodbury - BBS:
2 Red-Legged Partridge, 2 Pheasant, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 18 Wren, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush

Almondsbury - garden centre:
Skylark - singing

NORTH SOMERSET
22-04-23 Pied Flycatcher CL-Y (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon - Yeo:
24 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan, 150 Shelduck, 45 Mallard, 50 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 10 Coot, 83 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 22 Grey Plover, 125 Whimbrel, 75 Curlew, 830 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Knot, 25 Dunlin, 2 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 120 Herring Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 3 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 14 Skylark, 15 Sand Martin, 165 Swallow, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 21 Willow Warbler, 31 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 11 Reed Warbler, 17 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 19 Whitethroat, 4 Pied Flycatcher (f &3m) - Wain’s Hill, 5 Redstart (3f&2m) - Wain’s Hill, 7 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 14 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 7 White Wagtail, 6 Bullfinch, 20 Linnet

Nailsea Moor & Moorend Spout:
18 Canada Goose, 17 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 15 Rook, 10 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 9 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Whinchat (m), 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Chaffinch, 10 Greenfinch, 8 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Sand Point/Bay:
25 Whimbrel, 90+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 25 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Pied Flycatcher (f), 1 Redstart (f), 1 Whinchat (m), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 3 Siskin
BELOW M4 & BANES
22-04-23 Grey Partridge MF (Mike Prior)
Marshfield:
2 Grey Partridge, Red Legged Partridge, Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 2 Raven, 8 Wheatear, Linnet. Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer



UWE - Sims' Hill
1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (m)
22-04-23 Redstart Hanham Hill (Rob Laughton)
Hanham and the Hills:
1 Red Kite, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redstart (m), Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS
22-04-2023 Long-tailed Duck BG (Chris Teague)
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (m)

Blagdon Lake:
Great Crested Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake
22-04-23 Cetti's Warbler CVL ( Lee Gardiner)
Villice:
1 Cetti's Warbler
22-04-23 Common Sandpiper  CVL ( Lee Gardiner)
Nunnery:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:
2 Scaup (f), 1 Hobby

Reported by: Peter Bryant, Paul Chapman, Ben Crabb, Stephen Curtis, Barry Dursley, Julian Eastoe, Rob Emery, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Matt Hall, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Rob Laughton, Brian Lancastle, Martin Lomax, Robbie Morse, Chris Mott, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Lisa Presland, Mike Prior, Patrick Richards, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Joe Sargent, Tony Scott, Helen Strong, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Jack Wylson
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