Temp 4°C to 13°C - Light rain showers early on. Sunny intervals later with a moderate breeze from the North.
Common Crane
Curlew Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
BRISTOL
Hotwells:
46+ Feral Pigeon, 20+ Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 82 Black-headed Gull, 16+ Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (inc. 2 juvs begging to be fed), 2 Cormorant, 4 Magpie, 29 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Robin
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Pilning Wetlands:
1 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (2 juv), 6 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank (juv), 2 Greenshank, 4 Wheatear
New Passage:
4 Pintail, c100 Swallow (NE), 4 Stonechat
Easter Compton:
(Just before the cycle path running south of Easter Compton reaches the M49, the fields to the south of it are completely flooded into lakes, and the path also flooded to some depth)
12 Gadwall, c.25 Mallard, c.30 BH Gull, c.20 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Jay, c.20 Jackdaw, c.40 Rook, c.30 Swallow, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff (feeding in flowering ivy), 1 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch.
Cribbs Causway:
1 Kestrel
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead (Garden):
1 Chiffchaff
Clevedon (garden):
5 Magpie
BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham:
1 Red Kite, 2 Raven (chasing the kite)
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Curlew Sandpiper, BK hide (Paul Clack) |
Bernard King Hide:
7 Ringed Plover, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin
Great Crested Grebe, Herons Green (Merv Carlyon) |
Herons Green:
1 Black Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 2+ Great Crested Grebe (displaying), 10 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Swallow, 6+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Pied/White Wagtail
Snipe, Stratford (Ian Stapp) |
Stratford:
8 Wigeon, 10+ Pintail, 18 Common Crane (single flock over Burledge ridge), 11 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Spotted Redshank (juv), 5 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (ring D:BK), 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey (unringed juv), 1 Marsh Harrier (2cy fem), 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby (1 juv), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Meadow Pipit
Common Gull, Herriott's (Merv Carlyon) |
Grey Hero/Kingfisher, Herriott's (Ian Stapp) |
Great White Egret, Herriott's (Pete Blanchard) |
Herriotts inc. Pool:
1 Common Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail
Reported by: Pete Blanchard, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Merv Carlyon, Paul Clack, David Gale, MJ, Lucy Masters, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Ian Stapp, Rueben Veal