Saturday 13 May 2023

13-05-23 Saturday - Wood Sandpiper

Temp 11° to 20° C   - no rain, but overcast, thankfully the afternoon sun was hot with little wind chill in the light NNE wind.   Tomorrow's Sunrise: 05:23 Sunset: 20:52

Wood Sandpiper
Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose
Yellow Wagtail
Mandarin
Yellowhammer

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:
7 Starling - juv, making short work of suet pellets

Clifton Down:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Goldfinch

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Mandarin (m), 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Stonechat - pr

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
13-05-23 Pink-footed Goose OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Pink-footed Goose - flying visit, 
 - vismig - 2hrs: 27 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sand Martin, 125 Swallow, 28 House Martin
 - local - 10 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch

New Passage;
2 Swift - over the garden, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - on the feeder
13-05-23 Wood Sandpiper PIL (Paul Bowerman)
Northwick/
Pilning Wetlands:
Barnacle Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Garganey, 18 Gadwall, 13 Swift, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 13 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
4 Barnacle Goose - over going east, 1 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, Ringed Plover, 1 Great White Egret - flew east, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch
13-05-23 Long-tailed Tit Frampton Cotterell (Keith Williams)
Frampton Cotterell - Nightingale's Bridge:
4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret - flew off east, family of Long-tailed TIt, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 24 Jackdaw, 1 Kestrel, 17 Skylark, 14 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 10 Long-tailed Tit,  12 Chiffchaff,  5 Blackcap, 12 Whitethroat, 6 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush,  2 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 7 Linnet, 9 Yellowhammer
13-05-23 Grey Wagtail Cl-Y (Mike Owen)
Clevedon - Dowlais:
3 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 11 Grey Heron, Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail (m)
13-05-23 Whitethroat Hanham (Donna Harvey)
Hanham - R Avon:
Whitethroat

Keynsham, Park Rd:
11 Swift - screaming round the house

Keynsham, Duck Pond:
4 ducklings - tiny.

Keynsham, Memorial Park & R Chew
1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Bath - St John's:
2 Peregrine + 2 juv 10 and 13 days old - a little edited clip

Bath - Kelston Park:
1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Skylark

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
13-05-23 Red Kite  CVL (Simon Isgar)
Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Red Kite, 3 Hobby

Reported by: John Barnett, BOPP, Paul Bowerman, Oscar Dewhurst, Alastair Fraser, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Lisa Presland, Larry Sweetland, Emma Watson, Keith Williams