20-04-25 Sunday

Temp 05°C to 15°C -  Sunny in the morning with light cloud in the afternoon. The wind was a gentle breeze from the east.

Cuckoo

Redpoll

Black Tern

Hobby

Whinchat

Osprey

Whimbrel

BRISTOL

St George:

1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch

Henbury (Moorgrove Woods):

1 Cuckoo

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 2 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

Sims Hill:

4 Rook (over)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Rockhampton:

1 Whitethroat

Oldbury-on-Severn:
2 Whimbrel, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Severn Beach:
1 Osprey (over estuary)

Marsh Tit, Lower Woods (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar/Lower Woods:
1 Whitethroat

Chipping Sodbury Common:
5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 7 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, ++ Chiffchaff, ++ Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 6+ Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Wheatear

Portishead (Battery Point):
2 Redstart (m+f)

Clevedon (Wains Hill):
4 Redpoll (among a "trickle" of Hirundines)

Yatton (Strawberry Line):
4 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff

Sand Point/Bay:

BELOW M4 & BANES

North Common:
c5 Red Kite

Hanham Hills:
1 Whitethroat

Bitton (River Avon area):
1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Reed Bunting, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
10 Canada Goose, 40+ Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 6+ Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 3+ Reed Warbler, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting

Commic Tern, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Black Tern (distant), 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler (lane to Stratford), 6+ Chaffinch

Stratford:
6 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Black Tern, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4+ Reed Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 12+ Gadwall, 20+ Teal, 2 Lesser Scaup, 64 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 6 Jackdaw, 200+ Sand Martin (+ some House M & Swallows over lake), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Out of Area

Black Down/Beacon Batch (above Burrington Coombe):

2 Ring Ouzel (males)

Reported by: Phil Barlow, ~Ben, Mark Coller, Lee Gregory, Donna Harvey, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, Dave Horlick, Dave Hughes, Brian Lancastle, Iris Langson, Rob Laughton, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Gary Thorburn
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