Thursday 9 May 2024

09-05-24 Thursday

Temp 11°C to 24°C. Another sunny day with distant haze. Very light south-westerly turning westerly.

Pink-footed Goose
Eider
Cuckoo
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-throated Diver
Pied Flycatcher
Corn Bunting
09-05-24 Swallow, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)
BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose

Snuff Mills:
1 Little Egret

Arnos Vale:
3 Stock Dove, 8 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Swift, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow, 11 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 25 Wren, 4 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 14 Robin, 5 Dunnock, 3 Greenfinch

Hengrove Mounds:
1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage garden:
Siskin (f & m probably)

Severn Beach:
8 Eider, 1 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, 1 Red-throated Diver, "handful" of Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Hawkesbury Upton to Lower Kilcott:
BBS - 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer

Hall Lane, Horton:
2 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Wickwar:
Swallow

Chipping Sodbury:
Starling fledged

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, Kestrel, 5 Swallow, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano Valley - Weston Moor:
1 Red Kite

Weston Big Wood:
1 Garden Warbler

Clevedon:
5 Swift, 3 Magpie, 1 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Robin
& heard from Cannonsgate - 1 Cuckoo

Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Canada Goose, c12 Shelduck, 2 Teal (Dowlais), c10 Mallard, 48 Oystercatcher, 30 Whimbrel, 2+ Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 25 LBB Gull, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, c40 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Dowlais), 1+ Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Flycatcher (male)

Uphill:
Axe Estuary WEBS count: 25 Shelduck, 6 Mallard, 1 Little Egret, 8 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 13 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 21 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield
12 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 1 Siskin

Kingswood:
Swifts over

Hanham:
4 Swift

Hanham Hills
1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 2+ Bullfinch

Cadbury Heath:
5 Canada Goose (over)

Keynsham, Broadmead:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mallard brood of 5 ducklings, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Linnet

Keynsham, Hicks Gate:
1 Peregrine

Dyrham:
1 Kestrel (m)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
09-05-24 Canada Goose family, Herons Green CVL (Nick Page)
Herons Green: 
2 Canada Goose with goslings, 3 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret

Moreton Lane:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Jay

Stratford:
1 Cuckoo, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey, 3 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (f type 2cy), 1 Red Kite, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Hobby, 1 Redstart (m)

Herriotts:
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Pete Allen, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Paul Davison, Tim Ford, Ollie Fournier, Andy Gibb, Colin Hawkins, Martyn Hayes, Pete Hazelwood, Gary Hughes, MJ, Nigel Kempson, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Nick Page, Darren Pearce, Alan Piper, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, Harvey Rose, Paul Sadley, Rosemary Setter, Nigel Sluman, Andy Stockhausen, Caron Thornton-Trippett, Nick Tippett