02-05-23 Tuesday - Grey Partridge

Temp 9° to 18° C   - cloudy but with some sunny intervals, the light south easterly did nothing to cool  the day. 

Cuckoo

Grey Partridge

BRISTOL

Bedminster - factory roof by the station:

6 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull - all on nests

Bedminster - Victoria Park:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - nesting, Carrion Crow - nesting, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap - singing, 35 Starling - feeding flock

Fishponds:

2 Swift

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch

Stoke Park, Sims' Hill:
1 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Tree Pipit

Kingswood:

1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - inc BOC walk:
2 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 19 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Partridge, 5 Pheasant, 1 Cuckoo - calling, 1 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe + 1 juv, 2 Curlew, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron, 3  Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 6 Wren, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Reed Bunting

Oldbury on Severn:

2 Grey Wagtail

02-05-23 Whitethroat SB (Rosemary Setter)

Severn Beach:
1 Whitethroat

Horton Court:

1 Cuckoo - calling and 4 days later than last year

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:
2 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Linnet

Portishead - garden:

Dunnock with 2 juvs - 1st fledglings

Congresbury Moor:

2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush

BELOW M4 & BANES

Lyde Green:

1 Buzzard, 3 Grey Heron, 6 House Martin - all searching for nest sites,1 Cetti’s Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Siston Brook - St Anne's Church to River Avon:

Common Sandpiper, Jay, Dipper

02-05-23, Dipper, Siston Brook (Donna Harvey)

Hanham - garden:

2 Starling - 1st fledglings

Abson - church:

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 

Hunstrete to Compton Dando Lanes & Village:

40+ Woodpigeon, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 3 Magpie, 100+ Jackdaw & Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 6 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 20+ Starling, 4 Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Robin, 30+ House Sparrow, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8+ Linnet, 5 Goldfinch 3 Yellowhammer

Compton Dando - village:

7 Mallard, 8 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 1 Dipper - flew under the bridge up river, then flew down river over the road, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat

02-05-23 Whinchat, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Blagdon Lake - singing bird survey:
2 Stock Dove, 21 Woodpigeon, 6 Pheasant, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Carrion Crow, 12 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 9 Reed Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 11 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 39 Wren, 9 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 17 Blackbird, 36 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 17 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

- -  also 1 Canada Goose + 6 goslings, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel

Chew Valley Lake

Dam: 
1 Mallard +5 duckling, 100+ Swift, 300+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
100+ Swift, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 G-S Wood, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 200+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin,2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush

02-05-23 Coal  Tit CVL (Ian Stapp)

Nunnery:
2 Shelduck, 100+ Swift over, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 300+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4+ Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting

Heron's Green:
4 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler

Moreton:

2 Shelduck, 100+ Swift - high 1 Grey Heron, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 200+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting    

Stratford:
1 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 200+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriott's inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, Mallard + 3 Duckling, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler and Reed Warbler - singing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Alan Daniells, Andy Gibb, Donna Harvey, Pete Hazelwood, Julian Head, Nigel Jones, John Lewis, David Luddington, Andy Middleton, Trevor Riddle, Paul Sawyer, Rosemary Setter, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson

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