Sunday, 5 May 2024

05-05-24 Sunday - Arctic Tern

Temp 7°C to 15°C - Cloudy day with 2mm of light rain Wind South East Force 1

Cuckoo
Swift
Arctic Tern
Osprey, Hobby
Lesser Whitethroat


BRISTOL

Stoke Park:
Swift, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat,  Stonechat female feeding juvenile (2nd consecutive year of successful breeding), 1 pr Linnet, 1 Redpoll + 2 in garden vismig, BS5 6RH, all going North, and 3 Swift
5-5-24 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redland Green Park (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (nesting in 2nd biggest ash tree), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Long-tailed Tit, pair Nuthatch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Cuckoo, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 6 Bullfinch mostly males, 1 Reed Bunting

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
10 Swift, 7 Avocet, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Red Kite, 3 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
1 Great Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 24 Dunlin, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Redpoll
06-05-24 Curlew Sandpiper, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)
Severnside:
Western Approach: 10 Canada Geese with one brood of 4 goslings,  2 Kestrel, Seabank: 1 Kestrel
5-5-24 Reed Bunting, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
Tortworth Lake:
1 Canada Goose,  2 Mute Swan,  9 Mallard with 3 broods of 3 ,4 ,5 ducklings,  4 Tufted Duck (2f, 2m),  1 Moorhen, 7  Coot with 2 broods of 3 and 5, 1 Goldcrest,  1 Robin

Yate Rocks/ Tanhouse Lane:
1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, pair Stonechat, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Highdale Rd:
2 Pigeon, 6 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Backwell Lake
8 Canada Geese with one brood of 3 goslings,  16 Mute Swans,  1 m Gadwall,  7 Mallard,  1 Feral Pigeon,  3 Moorhen, 1 Coot,  2 LBB Gull, 1 Swallow, 1 Song Thrush + 3 Greenfinch on the Common 


BELOW M4 & BANES
5-5-24 Whitethroat, Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)
Keynsham, Broadmead:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Swallow,  lots House Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Linnet + 1 Yellowhammer at Charlton Fields

Newton St Loe:
Swift, a few Barn Sallow, 1 Whitethroat

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
Lots of Swifts, 1 Osprey, 3 Sparrowhawk, 5 Hobby

Stratford:
1 Arctic Tern, 4 Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Osprey, 2 Kingfisher 

Out of Avon
Sumplum Black-necked Grebe at Long Drove - Ham Wall

Reports: Morris Benson, Peter Bryant, Mike Dilger, Richard Giles & Fiona Neate, Rupert Higgins, John Klosinski, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Paul Sadley, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Gary Thorburn, Paul Tompkins, Wayne Tucker, Chris Vines, blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG