04-04-25 Friday - Arctic Skua

Temp 09°C to 23°C - a cloudy start with light drizzle. It cleared up and became the hottest day of the year. A moderate NNE/NE/ENE wind with gusts to 24mph.

Another bumper day, new species have been ticking over during the last 2 weeks, the Avon year list is now at least 159, see it here.

Arctic Skua

Lesser Scaup

Little & Mediterranean Gulls

Jack Snipe

Water Pipit

Ruff

Osprey

Redstart

Tree Pipit

Redpoll

Yellow Wagtail

04-04-25 Osprey, CVL (Wayne Tucker)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck (m, presumed same bird as in Stoke Park)

Fishpool Hill, Brentry;

1 Red Kite

Hallen Marsh:

1 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 28 Stock Dove, 5 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 1 Glossy Ibis, 5 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 247 Meadow Pipit

Redland Green Park:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Willow Warbler

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Mandarin Duck (m), 1 Kestrel, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting

Westbury-on-Trym:

1 Red Kite

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Greylag Goose, 11 Grey Plover, 18 Dunlin, c10 Sand Martin, 21 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 50+ Linnet, 70+ Goldfinch

04-04-25 Yellow Wagtail, Pilning (Brian Lancastle)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Ruff, 3 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Red Kite, + Sand Martin, Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

Severn Beach:
Vismig til 10am: 7 Grey Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 45 Bar-tailed Godwit, 38 Little Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 23 Sand Martin, 17 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Wheatear, 2207 Meadow Pipit, 15 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 146 Goldfinch

Vismig 1030-1230: c35 Grey Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, c15 Dunlin, 4 Little Gull, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Red Kite, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 1 House Martin, Meadow Pipit, Goldfinch, Linnet

Western Approach, Severnside:
6 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

12+ Swallow

Winscombe:
2 Swallow, 1Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig: 47 Sand Martin, 31 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1350 Meadow Pipit (site record count), 5 Willow Warbler, 23 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart (m), 5 Tree Pipit, 23 Linnet, 77 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hursley Hill:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
6+ Little Gull

Moreton:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Scaup (m), 2 Great White Egret

04-04-25 Osprey, CVL (Wayne Tucker)

Stratford:
2 Shelduck, 1 Lesser Scaup, 2 Scaup, 5 Little Gull, 100 BH Gull, 5 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 8 Cattle Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey, 3 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

04-04-25 Ruff CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Ruff, 1 Lesser Scaup, 2 Scaup, 2+ Little Gull, 1 Osprey

Reported by: Chris Craig, Mark Carruthers, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Andy Mears, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Lee Patch, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Vic Savery, Tony Scott,  Larry Sweetland, Wayne Tucker, Karen Wilkinson

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