Thursday, 10 April 2025

10-04-25 Thursday

Temp 05°C to 19°C - another sunny day with light winds from the ENE-NNE.

A quieter day. The female Lesser Scaup at Chew is tending to associate with a smaller male Scaup, whereas the male Lesser Scaup is often on his own. 

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2 Lesser Scaup
Grasshopper Warbler
Black Redstart
Whimbrel
Jack Snipe

BRISTOL

Ashton Vale:
Garden: 1 Black Redstart

Hengrove:
2 Whitethroat

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Redstart (f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
10-04-25 Wheatear, OPS (Heather England)
Oldbury Power Station:
4 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear

Pilning:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 97 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wagtail (including Flava x iberiae type), White Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit

Severn Beach:
14 Whimbrel

Yate:
Garden: 1 Redstart (f)

NORTH SOMERSET
10-04-25 Cattle Egret, Portbury Wharf (Hayden James)
Portbury Wharf:
16 Shelduck, 5 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 4+ Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 2 Cattle Egret, c75 LBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 5+ Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet, c10 Goldfinch

Nailsea Moor:
2 Little Owl, 2 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Dando lanes:
4 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 6+ Swallow, 20+ House Sparrow, 30+ Chaffinch, 12+ Linnet, 7 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
At least 3 Greater and 2 Lesser Scaup around the lake today.

10-04-25 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Merv Carlyon)
Dam and path to Picnic Site 2:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 6+ Chiffchaff, 7 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Blackcap

Sutton Wick:
1 Lesser Scaup (m)

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap
10-04-25 Sedge Warbler, CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
1 Lesser Scaup (m) assumed same as Sutton Wick, 1 Scaup (f), 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Red Kite, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler
Blue Bowl Pub: 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin

Stratford:
2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Swallow & Martin, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc. Pool:
12 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 1 Lesser Scaup (f), 1 Scaup (m), 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellow Wagtail (over)

Reported by: Jon Angell, Darren Birdton, Merv Carlyon, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Paul Davison, Heather England, Ollie Fournier, Martyn Hayes, Hayden James, Gareth Jones, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek,  Nick Page, Ian Stapp, Reuben Veal, Gordon Youdale, blagdonlakebirdsopsbirdingsevernsidebirds