Friday, 10 May 2024

10-05-24 Friday - Swifts & Lesser Whitethroats

Even hotter: Temp 9°C to 26°C. Sunny. Light westerly turning easterly.

Pink-footed Goose
Osprey
Firecrest

BRISTOL

Clifton Downs:
5+ Swift, 1 Chiffchaff, 3-4 Blackcap singing

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 9 Mute Swan (pair with 7 very young cygnets), 1 Kingfisher

Redland - gardens:
Swifts heard overhead and 5 seen swirling above another
10-05-24 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redland Green Park (Mike Owen)
Redland Green Park:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (pair), 1 Jay, 1 Nuthatch

Victoria Park:
2 Swift

Knowle:
1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing)

Fields behind Windways estate, Whitchurch:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

Hengrove Mounds:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

10-05-24 Canada Goose & goslings, OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
Canada Goose with 4 goslings

Tortworth:
1 Red Kite

Wickwar:
4 Swift (2pairs)

10-05-24 Grey Plover SB (Paul Bowerman)
Severn Beach - pm:
9 Grey Plover

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Pool LNR, Abbots Leigh:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch, 4 Siskin

Cadbury Camp:
1 Hobby

Backwell Lake:
2 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch

Yatton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite

Clevedon garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 2 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend:
5 Swift

Mangotsfield:
c10 Swift

Siston Hill:
3 Swift

Hanham:
2 Swift

Troopers Hill LNR:
4 Swift, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Keynsham, Hygge Park:
1 Lesser Whitethroat

Keynsham, Broadmead:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mallard brood with 3 tiny ducklings, 50 Herring Gull, 70 LBB Gull

Saltford:
1 Red Kite 

Hallatrow:
6 Red Kite (prospecting over a freshly cut silage field)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Moreton:
2 Egyptian Goose (over & heading for lake)

Stratford:
1 Osprey

Reported by: David Allward, Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Paul Bowerman, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Paul Davison, Barry Dursley, Anthony Goodwin, Chris Hall, Pete Harrison, Andy Leggatt, John Lewis, Steve Newland, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Alan Piper, Nigel Povey, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Nick Tippett, Chris Vines: