Wednesday, 9 April 2025

09-04-25 Wednesday - Lesser Scaup (m), Common Tern, Grasshopper Warbler

Temp 06°C to 18°C - sunny, little wind to start, then a light NE/E breeze.

Garganey
Lesser Scaup
Grasshopper Warbler
'Blue-headed' Yellow Wagtail
Common Tern
Fledged juv Robin
Osprey

BRISTOL

Ashton Marsh/Colliters Brook:
2 Mallard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Greenfinch, 11 Goldfinch

Bedminster Down:
3 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldfinch

New Cut & Cumberland Basin:
5 Mallard, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Reserve:
1 Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Coot, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 26 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 3 Skylark, 7 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Stonechat, 25 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting
09-04-25 Continental Yellow Wagtail, Pilning (Paul Bowerman)
NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
9 Avocet, 2 Ruff, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Yellow Wagtail (including 1 Blue-headed Wagtail), 1 White Wagtail

New Passage:
Avocet

Severn Beach:
1 Brent Goose, 2 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 90 Woodpigeon, 4 Ringed Plover, 20 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 260 Meadow Pipit, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 50 Linnet, 140 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Chipping Sodbury Common:
7 Canada Goose, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 10+ Skylark, 2 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 11 Meadow Pipit

Tanhouse Lane, nr Yate:
1 Green Sandpiper

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
House Martin, Willow Warbler

Walton Common:
2+ Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, Coal Tit, 1+ Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, Goldfinch

Clevedon:
Vismig: 1 Goosander, 52 Woodpigeon, 7 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1 White Wagtail, 45 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 50 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Raven, 3 Skylark, + Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 10 Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch, 12 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES
09-04-25 RL Partridge, Tormarton (Chris Teague)
Tormarton:
1 Red-legged Partridge
09-04-25 juv Robin, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)
Chew Stoke:
1 juv Robin

Chew Magna:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow,
1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail,
4 Yellowhammer

Cameley:
1 Osprey

Bath:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Osprey

Herons Green:
2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler

Nunnery:
4 Little Egret, 42 Cattle Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap

Moreton:
1 Common Tern, 4 GBB Gull, 3 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Jay, 1 Mistle Thrush

Stratford:
2 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Treecreeper
09-04-25 Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 1 Garganey (f), 1 Lesser Scaup (m), 1 Scaup (m), 1 Goldeneye, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 6 GBB Gull, 9 Great White Egret, 1 Osprey, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles, Pete Brain, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Philip Crouter, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Patrick Haigh, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Lucy Masters, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Steve Richardson, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Reuben Veal, blagdonlakebirdsopsbirdingsevernsidebirds