Wednesday, 30 April 2025

30-04-25 Wednesday - Spotted Flycatcher

Temp 10°C to 26°C - Sunny with light airs from the south east, increasing slightly after dark and moving south westerly

Spotted Flycatcher
Common Scoter
Cuckoo
Osprey
Barn Owl

BRISTOL

Ashley Down - County Ground:
2 Swift - screaming, 2 Raven

Avonmouth - Chittening Warth:
1 Marsh Harrier

Bishopston:
1 Red Kite - flying north this pm

Chocolate Path - New Cut:
2 Common Sandpiper

Coombe Dingle:
1 Whitethroat - 1st in 35 yrs

Eastville:
3 Swift - back on site

Fishponds:
2 Swift - back on site

Henbury:
1 Osprey - heading north east

Montpelier:
6 Swift
30-04-25 Little Egret R Frome Valley (Tony Jones)
Oldbury Court / Vassalls Park - R Frome
1 Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar:
21 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose.1 Barn Owl - 21:30, 1 Little Owl, 
30-04-25 Canada Goose OPS (Pete Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Canada Goose + 3 gosling - walked 1.7 mile to Oldbury Pill, 1 Grey Plover - sum plum, 17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 

Rockhampton:
1 Cuckoo, 2 Hobby, 1 Sedge Warbler, ++ Reed Warbler

Littleton Brisk Pits:
2 Cuckoo (f&m) 

Thornbury:
2 Swift - screaming

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Pochard, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Cuckoo, 36 Grey Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 13 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Sanderling, 5 Little Gull, 1 Common Tern, 1 Artic Skua, 1 Hobby, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheartar, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
14 Canada Goose + goslings, 4 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 8 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 5 Black- headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat

Clevedon - Yeo:
Wood Warbler - singing along Poets Walk

Congresbury Moor:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Jay, 3 Skylark, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 14 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat 2 Reed Bunting

Puxton Moor:
3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 9 Sedge Warbler, 20 Reed Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Reed Bunting
30-04-25 Cuckoo Sand Point (Matt Hull)
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
4 Common Scoter, 1 Cuckoo, 50 Whimbrel, 24 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Skua, 4 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Garden Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 30 Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 3 Yellow Wag & 1 Tree Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES
30-04-25 Skylark MF (Caron Thornton Trippit)
Marshfield:
3 Buzzard, ++ Skylark, 6 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, lots of Pied Wagtail. 4 Corn Bunting, 7 Yellowhammer

Hanham - R Avon:
1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Magna - Winford Brook
6 Swift, c10 House Martin - back on site


RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5 Swift

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail

Herons Green:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Sedge Warbler,  6+ Reed Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
30-04-25 Greenshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriotts inc Pool:

3 Shelduck, 12+ Gadwall, 9 + Teal, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 5 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Loise Bailey, Paul Bowerman, Simon Bowles Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Ken Carruthers, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Geoff Dring, William Earp, Julian Eastoe, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hull, Tony Jones, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Nige Milbourne, Aravind Ramesh, Gareth Roberts, Paul Sadley, Matt Scott, Ian Stapp, Trevor Riddle, Caron Thornton Trippit