06-04-25 Sunday - Pied Flycatcher, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo

Temp 04°C to 19°C - a very sunny day with light NE wind to start, a bit stronger later, with gusts to 20mph. 

Another bumper, bumper day, local birding at its best. The year list is now 165 though I can barely keep up, see it here. Still a few regular migrants to arrive over the rest of the month, see the info here.

Lesser Scaup (m)

Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis

Cuckoo, Osprey

Pied Flycatcher

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge & Reed Warbler

Whitethroat, Tree Pipit

Yellow & White Wagtails

Redstarts galore

Little Gull, Ruff

Water Pipit, Jack Snipe

Arctic Skua

Sandwich & Common Tern

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood:

1 Redstart

Frenchay Common:
1 Mistle Thrush singing

Greenbank Cemetery:

6 Willow Warbler

Hallen Marsh:

1 Glossy Ibis

Horfield:

2 Raven over

Stockwood:

1 Red Kite

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Redstart

Victoria Park:

Inc: 1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 7 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

present: 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit

vis-mig: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 105 Sand Martin, 39 Swallow, 12 House Martin, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 50+ Linnet, 18 Goldfinch

Littleton Brick Pits:

1 Reed Warbler

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
3 Avocet, 3 Ringed Plover, 9 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Ruff, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 120 Sand Martin, 1 Redstart (m), 8 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail (all m), 4 White Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

Severn Beach/ New Passage vis mig:
Some of these may be duplicate with the entry above

1 Brent Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 553 Woodpigeon, 8 Grey Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 39 Little Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 10 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Red Kite, 202 Sand Martin, 21 Swallow, 18 House Martin, 2 Redwing, 2 Wheatear, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 663 Meadow Pipit, 73 Linnet, 334 Goldfinch

Western D:

2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Wheatear

Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 2 Canada Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, 8+ Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

06-04-25 Wheatear, CSC (Les Williams)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

3 Willow Warbler, + Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Swallow, 3 Redstart, 1 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

6 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 50+ Sand Martin, + Willow Warbler, + Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler

06-04-25 Raven (Jason Williams)

Blackrock/Weston Big Wood:

1 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 50+ Raven

Gordano Valley:

1 Redstart

Nailsea Moor:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Owl, 1 Redstart

06-04-25 Chiffchaff, WCF (Pete Bunniss)

Watercress Farm:

c50 mixed hirundine, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer

Clevedon to Portishead coastal walk:

Clevedon golf course: 10 House Martin

Walton Bay area: 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 10-15 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush

Red Cliffe Bay: 11 Shelduck, 1 Mallard, 1 Kestrel

Portishead boating lake: 28 Mute Swan, 30 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant

Clevedon:

Channel View & Dowlais:1 Wigeon, pr Pintail, 77 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 50+ Redshank, 3+ Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Redstart, c200 Meadow Pipit

Hazel Close football pitch: 3 Red Kite

Kingston Seymour:

Near Owl in the Oak Cafe: 17 Cattle Egret

06-04-25 Redstart, Yatton (Des Bowring)

Yatton Moor:

1 Redstart

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Greylag Goose, 839 Woodpigeon, 1 Cuckoo, 21 Sand Martin, 39 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 27 Willow Warbler, 43 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 6 Redstart, 5 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 289 Meadow Pipit, 14 Tree Pipit, 328 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 263 Goldfinch

West Wick- Weston-s-Mare:

1 Spoonbill

BELOW M4 & BANES

Longwell Green:

2+ Red Kite

Hanham Hills:

1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart (m)

Burnett:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Compton Dando:

2 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 8 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Willow Warbler,
10 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chaffinch,
2 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer

Saltford:

1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit

Newton St Loe:
1 Pied Flycatcher (m)- near fisherman's car park

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 Osprey, + Sand Martin, 36 Chiffchaff, 24 Blackcap, 37 Wren, 1 Fieldfare, 31 Robin, 1 Reed Bunting

Chew Valley Lake

06-04-25 Grebes in the mist, CVL (Lucy Masters)

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 11+ Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 30+ Swallow/Martin, 1 Chiffchaff

Sutton Wick:
11 Little Gull, 1500+ Sand Martin

Herons Green:
1 Scaup (f), 2 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 9 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler

06-04-25 Moorhen, CVL (Chris Teague)

Moreton:
6+ Little Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

06-04-25 Lesser Scaup, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
12 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 2 Lesser Scaup (m&f), 2 Scaup (m&f), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Lapwing, 5 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 11 Little Gull, 17 Cattle Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20+ Swallow/Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowdler, Des Bowring, Pete Brain, Di & Pete Bunniss, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Oscar Dewhurst, Julie Evans, Richard Giles, Markas Gilmartin, Donna Harvey, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Karen Jayne, Gareth Jones, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Nigel Milbourne, Ross Nairn, Fiona Neate, Dave Newman, Nick Page, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, James Richard, Lyndon Roberts, Carol Rushton, Joe Sargent, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Clare Tait, Chris Teague, Gary Thoburn, Bri Thompson, Joe Tugwell, Karen Wilkinson, Jason Williams, Les Williams

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