Sunday, 7 May 2023

07-05-23 Sunday

 Temp 8° to 17° C   - Sunny intervals, improving through the day. a 10mph breeze from the West to start, veering to Southerly late on.

Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Goshawk
Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Redland:
1 Buzzard (soaring)

Sea Mills:
4 Swift, 5 House Martin

Stoke Park / Duchess Pond:
3 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 12 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stoke Dove, 35+ Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, 6 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Tawny Owl, (heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1Jay, 8 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Swallow, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 9 Whitethroat, 6 Wren,1 Nuthatch, 7 Starling, 15 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 23 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 11 Greenfinch, 22 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, (m, f).

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Avening Green:
1 Cuckoo


Short-eared Owl, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
1 Short-eared Owl

Buzzard/Crow, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
1 Buzzard, 1 Carrion Crow (mobbing)

Yate:
6 Swift, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Goshawk (flyover to NW - 2 Gulls mobbing), 4+ Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 15 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 8+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat

Staple Hill:
2 Swift

NORTH SOMERSET


Ringed Plover/Dunlin, Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon - Yeo:
c60 Oystercatcher, 6 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 3 Ringed Plover, 45+ Whimbrel, 25+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 60+ Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 Wheatear

Portbury Wharf:
2 Swift

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bradley Stoke / Winterbourne:
2 Swift, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat

Warmley Forest Park / Webbs Heath:
5 Mallard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 6 Swallow, 15 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

Moreton:
1 Sedge Warbler

Stratford:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Turtle Dove (car park 1845hrs), 2 Little Egret, 4 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Hobby, 1 Garden Warbler

Herriot's:
1 Medittaranean Gull (immature)

Out of Area - BOC meet at Portland/Ferrybridge/Lodmoor:
Ringed Plover, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Kittiwake, 1 Mediterranean Gull, Common Gull, Common Gull (immatures), 2 Sandwich Tern, Little Tern (Colony), Common Tern (Colony), Guillemot, Razorbill, Fulmar, 1 Cirl Bunting


Reported by:  ~Adam, Jon Angell, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Diana Bunniss, Mark Coller, Jane Cummings, Julian Eastoe, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, M.J., Chris Perry, Paul Sadley, Vic Savery, Jason Williams