Thursday 2 May 2024

02-05-24 Thursday - Curlew Sandpiper

Temp 11°C to 12°C - Thunderstorms and heavy rain overnight and it did not improve much during the day- rain, cloud and a variable wind with gusts up to 22mph. Not an easy day to do much birdwatching.

Curlew Sandpiper
Yellow-legged Gull
Cuckoo
Merlin

BRISTOL

Stockwood Open Space:
5 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 5 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Cuckoo

Aust Wetlands:
2 prs Stonechat with fledglings

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Avovet, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail
02-05-24 Curlew Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach:
10 Ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel, 20 Dunlin, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Wheatear, 

Hawkesbury Upton/Horton:
1 Merlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Clevedon - Yeo:
Gadwall, pr Tufted Duck, 10 Sand Martin 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail
Garden: 1 Magpie, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Robin, 1 Blackbird

Backwell:
3 Great White Egret

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Broadmead:
40 House Martin, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Goldfinch

Charlton Fields:
1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

No reports:

Reported by: Nige, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Paul Francis, Peter Hazelwood, Andy Gibb, Sue Jarvis, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Gwen Thomas,  blagdonlakebirds, CVRSopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG