Temp 10° to 13° C - overcast all day with some long rain shower, the steady south easterly made it feel colder.
Cuckoo
Hobby
Wood Warbler
Ring-necked Duck
Osprey
BRISTOL
Bishopsworth - Merchants Academy, Gatehouse Av:
1 Reed Warbler - singing from the pond/reed bed, (best ever on this BBS)
Hotwells:
4 Swift - over, screaming
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Sedge Warbler singing at the pond.
Withywood:
1 Hobby
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust:
1 Wood Warbler - singing
Damery Bridge - Little R Avon:
Damery Bridge - Little R Avon:
2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper
Wickwar:
2 Green Woodpecker:
Yate Common:
5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat,
Yate Common:
5 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat,
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| 30-04-23 Whinchat CSC (Craig Lewis) |
2 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear,
Coalpit Heath:
1 Swift, 1 Kestrel
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
7 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, c130 Lesser Black-backed Gull - many nesting, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat,
Clevedon Cl-Y - Dowlais:
Clevedon Cl-Y - Dowlais:
2 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear,
Nailsea - Kingshill:
4 Swift
Sand Point/Bay/Middle Hope/ St Thomas's Head:
Cuckoo - calling, from the north, 18 Whimbrel, 1 Cattle Egret, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, Yellowhammer
BELOW M4 & BANES
Dyrham Park:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Coot, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker - both yaffling, 18 Rook, 1 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch
Willsbridge Mill & Valley:
Willsbridge Mill & Valley:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail
Oldland Common - Jarrett Abattoir:
Oldland Common - Jarrett Abattoir:
1 Sparrowhawk (a garden), 2 Red Kite - circling
Swineford to Keynsham - along the river:
Swineford to Keynsham - along the river:
Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 20 mix of Swallow & House Martin, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Greenfinch
Saltford:
1 Red Kite, 3 Raven - inc 2 new juv, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing,
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
Saltford:
1 Red Kite, 3 Raven - inc 2 new juv, 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing,
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck
Chew Valley Lake
Chew Valley Lake
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| 30-04-2023 Glossy Ibis CVL (Gill Sapsed) |
100+ Swift, 2 Cuckoo (f&m) - calling, 1 Arctic Tern, 4 Glossy Ibis, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Raven, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 1Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear
Stratford:
1 Scaup (f), 1000+ Swift, 1 Cuckoo (m), 1 Avocet - flew off west, 1 Whimbrel - flew off west, 1 Common Tern, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey - early, flew off north West, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 200+ Sand Martin, 2 Garden Warbler
Herriott's inc Pool:
2 Hobby
Reported by: Andrew Archer, Rich Andrews, Phil Barlow, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Tim Ford, Paul Francis, Andy Gibb, Geoff Harman, Nick Hawkridge, Simon Isgar, MJ, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Andrew Mears, Paul Marshall, Paul Sadley, Gill Sapsed, Vic Savery, Matt Scott, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Vines, Jason Williams, Jack Wylson
