28-04-24 Sunday - Little Stint, Crane

Temp 5°C to 12°C - Day of two halves: Morning was overcast with rain, felt cold in light winds from the N/W. The afternoon was rather nice, the wind moved to the WSW. Lots of birds clearly on the move again today.

Little Stint

Crane, Osprey

Hobby, Pied Flycatcher

Whinchat, Greenshank

Greenland Wheatear

Purple Sandpiper

Whinchat, Cuckoo

28-04-24 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Jason Williams)

BRISTOL

St George Riviera:

Peregrine

BS5 garden:

1 Hobby over

Troopers Hill:

1 Cuckoo

Stoke Park:

1 Little Grebe, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 f Pied Flycatcher, 2 Linnet, 2 m Reed Bunting

Sims Hill:

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Tree Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Pilning:

6 Avocet, 7 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 8+ Whimbrel, 14 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail

Severn Beach:

5 Ringed Plover, 10 Whimbrel, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 32 Dunlin, 1 Osprey, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 11 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit

28-04-24 LRP, Western D (Vic Savery)

Western D:

1 Little Ringed Plover, c12 Wheatear

28-04-24 Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
1 Little Owl

Yate:

3 Little Egret

Chipping Sodbury Common:
4 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 1 Sand Martin, 8 Swallow,  8+ Chiffchaff,  6 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redstart, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whinchat

28-04-24 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Greenland Wheatear, 2 Rock Pipit

28-04-24 Wheatear, Portishead (Jason Williams)

Nailsea Moor:

8 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat

Clevedon - Wain's Hill to Channel View Sea Wall:
85 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 52 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 33 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 4 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint (Channel View Sea Wall), 2 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 3 Greenshank (Dowlais), 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 12 Skylark, 25 Sand Martin (to NE), 200 Swallow (to NE), 10 House Martin (to NE), 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, 6 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Linnet

Kingston Seymour:
1 Hobby

Weston STW:

1 Whimbrel, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Wheatear

Banwell:
15 Swallow/House Martin

BELOW M4 & BANES

28-04-24 Yellow Wagtail, Tormarton (Chris Teague)

Tormarton:

3+ Yellow Wagtail

Keynsham, Broadmead:
35 Canada Goose, 20 Mallard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 15 Herring Gull, 25 LBB Gull, 2 Heron, 10 Swallow, 100+ House Martin

28-04-24 Yellow Wagtail, Charlton Fields (Paul Tompkins)

Charlton Fields:
1 Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet

Saltford:
2 Lesser Whitethroat

28-04-24 Peregrine with chicks, Bath (Hawk and Owl)

Bath:
2 Peregerine chicks have hatched- watch here

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Tank 3: looks good for wader passage: 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret

Tanks 1/2: 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 White Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

Moreton:

2 Arctic Tern, 2 Crane (later seen from Blagdon Lake), 2 Hobby

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Redshank, 7 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull (2nd cal year), 1 Red Kite (2nd cal year), 2 Hobby

Reported by: Mark, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Ian Duncan, Julain Eastoe, Lee Gardiner, Anthony Goodwin, Matt Hall,  Rupert Higgins, Nigel Povey, Paul Sadley, Steve Sanins, Vic Savery,  Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, John Thorogood, Paul Tompkins, Chris Vines, Liza White, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG