Friday, 9 May 2025

09-05-25 Friday

Temp 05°C to 19°C - A sunny morning, less so in the afternoon, with a gentle breeze from the east.

BRISTOL

Old Sneed Park (garden):
3 Stock Dove

Stoke Park/Duchess Pond:
1 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 3 Rock Dove, 2 Stock Dove, 19 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 13 Wren, 6 Starling, 6 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 7 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Withywood:
2 Swallow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Swift, 1 Cuckoo (calling on lagoon 2)

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
Canada Goose, 15 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 5 Swift, 4 Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, 5 Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, Jackdaw, 3 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, Starling, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

Severn Beach:
Shelduck, Mallard, 2 Swift, Woodpigeon, 15 Oystercatcher, 12 Ringed Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 8 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet

Whitethroat, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Swallow (upper left)/ Peregrine, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
Kestrel, Peregrine, Swallow, Whitethroat

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon (Dowlais):
1 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting

Star:
16 Cattle Egret (heading east)

Worle:
2 Peregrine, 1 Swallow

BELOW M4 & BANES

Mangotsfield:
2 Raven (fighting crows)

Oldland Common:
4 Swift

Compton Dando & lanes:
4 Mallard, 20+ Swift, 2 Stock Dove, 20+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Jackdaw, 25 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 5 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 8+ House Martin, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
50+ Swift, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby (hunting martins), 50+ Swallow & Martins, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied/White Wagtail

Woodford & Wally Bank Path:
2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Blackbird, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Herons Green:
10 Canada Goose, 4 Swift, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 20+ Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5+ Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reed Warbler, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 54+ Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 20+ Swift, 18+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite(over, harassed by corvids), 4 Hobby, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Swallow, 12+ House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 7+ Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Neil Delaney: Charles Dewhurst, Barry Dursley,  Fermandez Francis, Paul Francis, Patrick Haigh, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, John Thorogood, Nick Tippett