Saturday 20 May 2023

20-05-23 Saturday - Black-crowned Night Heron

Temp 9° to 21° C    Hot sun most of the day, with a little chill in the light NE wind.   Tomorrow's Sunrise: 05:11 Sunset: 21:03

Little Stint
Black-crowned Night Heron
Common Scoter
Sanderling
Goshawk

BRISTOL

Clifton Down - East of PE watch point:
2 Garden Warbler - singing

Redland Green Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - nest hole

Snuff Mills and Oldbury Court Estate - Frome Valley Walkway:
1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker - yaffling

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Canada Goose + 7 goslings, Shelduck + 4 ducklings, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Goshawk - imm flushed, 
20-05-23 Common Scoter NP (Aravind Ramesh)
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Common Scoter, 1 Swift, 1 Avocet, 4 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard

Pilning Wetlands:
4 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Avocet, 4 Lapwing, 34 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 22 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff

Severn Beach:
17 Shelduck, 5 Swift, 15 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew, 8 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 15 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Western Distribution Park:
2 Mistle Thrush - juv

Hawksbury Upton:
Red-legged Partridge, 1 Cuckoo - calling, Red Kite, Skylark, Whitethroat, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer
20-05-23 Grey Wagtail FC (David Hanks)
Frampton Cotterell:
1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, Skylark, Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Radstock - Westfield:
1 Black-crowned Night Heron - heard contact calling as it went over north at 03:50

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Hills:
1 Kestrel (m), 4 Swallow, 1 Skylark, 15 Greenfinch

Mangotsfield Green:
small party of Swift 

Queen Charlton - BBS:
17 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 13 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 9 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Wren, 5 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 14 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery:
1 Whimbrel - flew off

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Alan Browne, Mark Coller, Oscar Dewhurst, Barry Dursley, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, David Hanks, Pete Harrison, Pete Hazelwood, Sue & Nigel Kempson, Brian Lancastle, Nige Milbourne, Mike Owen, Aravind Ramesh, Vic Savery, Paul Sawyer