13-04-24 - Sunday

Temp 09°C to 15°C - Generally cloudy all day with limited sunshine. A chilly force 3 west wind.

Winds turns southerly tomorrow so that should push more migrants through. The first Garden Warblers maybe?

Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck

Glossy Ibis

Osprey

Garden Warbler

13-04-25 Tree Pipit, Sims Hill (Steve Richardson)

BRISTOL

Avonmouth - Hallen Marsh:

1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Osprey - over 

Sea Mills (WeBS):

2 Canada Goose, 22 Shelduck, 16 Mallard, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Common Sandpiper, 13 Redshank

Sims Hill:

1 Buzzard, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Linnet

Stoke Park:

1 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 f Stonechat, 

Purdown:

2 Canada Goose, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Grasshopper Warbler (lag 3)

Aust:
2 Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat

Northwick village:
1 Swallow

Pilning Wetlands:
c.40 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail

Chittening Warth:
1 Brent Goose, 6+ Whimbrel, 62 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear

13-04-25 Chiffchaff, Wapley Bushes, Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - Wapley Bushes:
3 Mallard, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 13 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Walton-in-Gordano:

2 Red Kite - circling

Clevedon to Yeo Estuary (WeBS):

3 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 86 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 12 Mallard, 2 Little Grebe, 14 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 2 Moorhen, 82 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 4 Turnstone, 18 Dunlin, 18 Redshank, 18 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler

River Yeo - Tutshill Sluice:
26 Cattle Egret

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig:

14 Woodpigeon, 51 Herring Gull, 306 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 11 Meadow Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit, 67 Linnet, 189 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Present:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 10 Meadow Pipit, 4 Greenfinch

Sand Bay (WeBS):
16 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 305 Black-headed Gull (unusually high count for so late in season), 1 Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

St. George's - W-s-M:
1 Reed Warbler

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett:
1 Kestrel

Chelwood:
1 Buzzard

Cameley:

Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Greenfinch - all species singing up and down the valley

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 m Ring-necked Duck, 2 Common Sandpiper

Litton Reservoir (WeBS):

4 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Wigeon, 12 Mallard, 6 Teal, 22 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 5 Moorhen, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

13-04-25 Oystercatcher, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake
1 Little Ringed Plover

Dam:
2 Common Sandpiper

Parkland:
1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

Sutton Green:
1 Nuthatch

Herons Green:
10 Canada Goose, 40+ Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 50 Sand Martin/Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
4 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Chaffinch

13-04-25 Scaup & Tufted Duck, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 m Tufted Duck, 1 f Scaup, 2 Lesser Scaup, 1 Little Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 300+ Sand Martin, 50+ Swallow, a few House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Greylag Goose, 3 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 12+ Gadwall, 1 m Pintail, 20+ Teal, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1+ Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of area:

Whiskered Tern still at Durleigh Reservoir

Reported by: Karle Burford, Pete Cheetham, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Julian Eastoe, Neville Hankins, Pete Harrison, Matt Hull, Humphrey Keeper, Andy Mears, Bob Medland, Nigel Milbourne, Tom O'Shea, Matt Plenty, Steve Richardson, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Julian Thomas, Jason Williams.
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