Tuesday, 30 April 2024

30-04-24 Tuesday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 8°C to 14°C - Sunny turning cloudy later on. A touch warmer with the breeze now from the South.

Spotted Flycatcher
Cuckoo

BRISTOL

No Reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Rockhampton:
1 Cuckoo (~1700hrs?)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo (calling on lagoon 2 - 0800 & 1115)
Whinchat, Pillhead Gout (Matt Plenty)
Pillhead Gout (nr Oldbury):
22 Whimbrel, 4 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 2 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear

Ingst (BBS)
2 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 7 Curlew, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Rook, 1 Skylark, 11 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 11 Goldfinch

Aust STW:
5 Wheatear

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Swift, 6 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 4 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 17 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail
Spotted Flycatcher, New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
New Passage:
2 Whimbrel, 9 Black-headed Gull, c100 Sand Martin (as one flock, late on), 1 Spotted Flycatcher

Severn Beach:
6 Ringed Plover, 10 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 8 Dunlin, (steady passage of Swallows and Martins), 1 Wheatear

Yate (garden):
1 Whitethroat (f)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Barn Owl, Swallow (a few), Warbler sp (all the common species), 3 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead (off the marina):
1 Whimbrel, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit (1m, 5f), +Sand Martin

Walton Common:
1 Cuckoo (heard)
Pink-footed Goose, Dowlais (Paul Chapman)
Clevedon (Dowlais):
1 Pink-footed Goose (fly through), 3 Shoveler, 4 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 10 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear

Clevedon (garden):
14 Magpie

Clevedon (Central Way):
2 Red Kites (heading N.)

Weston Moor - Gordano:
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend:
1 Red Kite (over)

Willsbridge:
2 Dipper

Mangotsfield:
2 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven (in battle)

Oldland:
3 Red Kite
Whitethroat/Swallow, Charlton Fields (Paul Tomkins)
Keynsham (Charlton Fields):

2 Moorhen, 2 Swallow,5 Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer

Keynsham, Broadmead Lane:
1 Ringed Plover, 80 mixed large white headed gulls, 1 Sedge Warbler - singing, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

No Reports

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Jamie Dunning, Barry Dursley, Andy Gibb, Peter Hazelwood, Donna Harvey,  David Horlick, Brian Lancastle,  Iris Langson, Craig Lewis, Nick Page, Matt Plenty, David Poulton, Lois Pryce, Matt Scott, Jeremy Squire, Andy Stockhausen, Nick Tippet, Paul Tomkins