Tuesday, 8 April 2025

08-04-25 Tuesday - Garganey

Temp 02°C to 15°C - bright, but a little less sunny than  recent days. The winds were light from the Northeast.

Grasshopper Warbler
Tree Pipit
Garganey
Hobby
Little Owl

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Tree Pipit (over)

Greenbank Cemetery:
7 Willow Warbler, +Blackcap

Arnos Vale Cemetery:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 6 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 5 Wren, 2 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Avocet, 1 Cattle Egret (over), 2 Reed Warbler

Yate (Ladden Garden Village):
1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied/White Wagtail
Linnet, CSC (Peter Coslett)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, ++ Skylark, 3 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch, ++ Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Whitchurch (fields near Whitewood Farm):
2 Swallow, 1 Skylark

Nailsea Moor:
inc - 7 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl,1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler. 8 Pied Wagtail
Red Kite/Lapwing, Gordano Valley (Robin Martin)
Gordano Valley NR:
4 Tufted Duck, 10 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 2 Reed Bunting (m+f)

Watercress Farm:
3 Little Egret, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel,  5 Skylark (singing males), Chiffchaff ++, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (first on site this year), Linnet, Greenfinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
12 Shelduck, 3 Mallard, 92 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Curlew, 18 Herring Gull, 48 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 1 Raven, 1 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Willow Warbler, 27 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 9 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail (alba), 83 Meadow Pipit, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 37 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 26 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (Rushmead Lane):
11 Red-legged Partridge, 200 Herring Gull, 200 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 7+ Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 50 Jackdaw, 100 Rook, 200 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 21 Skylark, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Linnet, 12 Corn Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer

Wick:
1 Willow Warbler

Keynsham (garden):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer

Compton Dando:
2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 20+ Chaffinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

Chelwood:
2 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS
Linnet, Blagdon (Holt Farm duck pond), (Patrick Hancock)
Blagdon Lake:

4 Mallard, 4 Grey Partridge, 6 Pheasant, 21 Rook, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Linnet

Chew Valley Lake
White Wagtail - form alba, Nunnery (Ian Stapp)
Nunnery:

1 Garganey (f), 1 Scaup (f), 1 Lesser Scaup (f), 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 White Wagtail (alba - singing)
Great Crested Grebe, Herons Green (Mike Trew)
Herons Green:

10 Canada Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Sand Martin, 8+ Swallow (another 5 Swallow by the Blue Bowl), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 12+ House Sparrow, 1 Pied/White Wagtail

Moreton:
46 Canada Goose, 5 Pheasant, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush

Stratford:
3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, (10+ Swallow & Martins), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2+ Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 1 Garganey, 14 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 20+ Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Moorhen, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Area

Tintern (Angidy Trail - BOC walk):
2 Canada Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, 6 Mallard, 3 Woodpigeon, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 15 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Blackbird, 15 Robin, 4 Dipper, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Graham Blacker, Peter Coslett, Trevor Ford, Ollie Fournier, Rob Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, Robin Martin, Andy Mears, Darren Pearce, Denise Rudeforth, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Mike Trew, Wayne Tucker
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