Friday, 3 May 2024

03-05-24 Friday - Osprey

Temp 7°C to 12°C - Cloudy, with some rain, WSW wind gusting to 25mph gave a chilly feel to the day.

Osprey
Curlew Sandpiper
Cuckoo

BRISTOL

Henleaze - garden:
2 Great Tit - nest box getting a second use

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, 1 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Rockhampton:
1 Cuckoo

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck
03-05-24 Red Kite New Passage (Paul Bowerman)
NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:

28 Shelduck, 12 Gadwall, 3 Swift, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, c300 Sand Martin (at dusk), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (m)

Severn Beach:
2 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, 15 Ringed Plover, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Curlew Sandpiper - sum plum, 30 Dunlin, 18 Kittiwake - away NE, 9 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Yate:
Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat - singing

Frampton Cotterell - Black Rocks:
1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 

Coalpit Heath - Windmill Fishery:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 March Harrier - hunting, Carrion Crow, 40/50 mix of Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin

Clevedon - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Dowlais
1 Greylag Goose, 3 Shoveler (m), 2 Wigeon, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, 4 Wheatear, 

Sand Point/Middle Hope/Anchor Head:
1 Gannet, 2 Sandwich Tern - both downriver

BELOW M4 & BANES

03-05-24 GS Woodpecker Wick (Nigel Jones)
Wick, Riding Barn Hill

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m)

Queen Charlton:
1 Yellowhammer - singing
03-05-24 Ringed Plover & Dunlin Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, Broadmead:
3 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 17 Herring Gull, 32 LBB Gull, 60 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 60 House Martin

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake

03-05-24 Osprey CVL (Lee Patch)
Herons Green:

1 Osprey
03-05-24 Osprey CVL (Keith Wisbey)
Stratford:

1 Scaup (f), 1 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Osprey - in and out all day, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 8 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, Swallow

Herriotts Bridge:
1 Hobby - chasing 

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Julian Eastoe, Tim Ford, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, David Hanks, Pete Harrison, MJ, Nigel Jones, Brian Lancastle, Pam Marsden, Nige Milbourne, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey, Matt Scott, Andy Stockhausen, Paul Tompkins, Keith Wisbey