Tuesday 9 April 2024

09-04-24 Tuesday

 Temp 4°C to 11°C - Sunny intervals but felt cold in the wind from the west. Gusting to 40mph in the morning, slowly dropping during the afternoon.

Osprey
Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Green Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Victoria Park:
3 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 12 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 5 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Goldfinch

Windmill Hill (Malago Greenway):
4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 1 Song Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
6 Arctic Tern, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling on Lag.3)
Common Sandpiper, Northwick Warth (Rosemary Setter)
NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
16 Canada Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 23 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 12 Wigeon, 10 Tufted Duck, 7 Coot, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Common Redstart (fem.), 1 Pied Wagtail
Swallow, Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter)
Severn Beach:
2 Common Scoter, 1 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, c250 Kittiwake (1800hrs), 2 Mediterranean Gull (summer plumage), 2 Arctic Tern, 3 Swallow, 7 Wheatear

Yate:
1 Sparrowhawk
Wheatear, CSC (Christopher Teague)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
c6 Skylark, 2 Redstart, 6 Wheatear, 12 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon (garden):
8 Magpie, 2 Robin

Backwell Hill:
1 Peregrine (in fracas with Ravens), 1 Nuthatch

Uphill (Walborough Reserve):
Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Tern sp going fast North, Little Egret, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch

Uphill (STW):
5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (male)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend:
1 Peregrine

Webbs Heath:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch (pair), Greenfinch

Mangotsfield
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 12+ Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush

Bath (Skyline-Hengrove Wood BOC Walk):
9 Herring Gull, 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Jay, 28 Jackdaw, 4 Rook, 5 Chiffchaff (- singing), 15 Blackcap (- singing), 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch

Bath (garden):
2 Blackcap (m+f)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Scaup (male), 1 Arctic Tern,

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
2 Red Kite
Osprey, CVL (Wayne Tucker)
Woodford:

1 Osprey (also reported at Herriots, Villice, and Sutton Wick)

Villice:
4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler

Herons Green:
4 Arctic Tern, 8+ Cattle Egret
Sparrowhawk, Moreton (Wayne Tucker)
Moreton:

1 Scaup (fem), 2 Arctic Tern, 25 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 1 Reed Warbler

Stratford:
2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Scaup (fem), 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine

Reported by: Tony Bridged. Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig,  Barry Dursley, Adrian Hockey, Robin Lambert, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Linda Moysey, Ross Nairn, James Packer, Nick Page, ~Phil, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, John R.,  Rosemary Setter, Andrew Stockhausen, Christopher Teague, Wayne Tucker