06-04-26 Monday

Temp 03°C to 18°C - a cold start to an otherwise nice day. Lots of sun with a light to moderate SSW round to SE wind.

I have updated the page on Peter Rock's local gull ringing program, click here to see it. He has ringed nearly 11,000 nestlings which have generated more than 90,000 sightings. The birds have travelled many millions of kilometres. Recoveries range between Tampere, Finland to The Gambia (see map below). Here’s one who has an interesting history: Black3 M:K, ringed on the old Courage Brewery in Bristol in 2006. Many records from Gloucester Landfill up until 2011 when it closed suggested that he was breeding in Gloucester, but he winters in Gafanha da Nazaré, near Aveiro in Portugal. Pete has seen him there over many years. Nowadays he expects to find him in a small part of the fishing port and he didn’t disappoint last year; Pete found him there on 31st October during the annual ring-reading trip to Portugal.

Pete Rock gull recovery sites and MK

Ring-necked Duck

Sandwich Tern

Redstart

Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

B2B cycle path nr Clay Bottom:

2 Willow Warbler

Eastville Park:
4 Willow Warbler

Greenbank Cemetery:
3 Willow Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
14 Ringed Plover, 12 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear

Severn Beach:
1 Tree Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2 Snipe, Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

Abott's Pool:

2 Mandarin

Tyntesfield:

3 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush

Nailsea Moor:

1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Owl

06-04-26 Willow Warbler, Wain's Hill (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon:
Wain's Hill: 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap

Clapton Moor:

Grey Heron, 1 Wheatear

Kenn Moor:

30 Mute Swan, 4 Redwing, 17 Fieldfare

Tickenham Moor:

1 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Wheatear

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
Vismig: 2 Greylag Goose, 220 Woodpigeon, 3 Sandwich Tern, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 5 Wheatear, 1 alba Wagtail, 23 Meadow Pipit, 5 Tree Pipit, 54 Linnet, 24 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin
Present:1 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, c.15 Willow Warbler, 30 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Redstart, 6 Stonechat, 19 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Weston Airfield:

1 Mute Swan, 3+ Mallard, 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 1 BH Gull, 100+ Herring Gull, 25+ LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 6+ Cetti's Warbler, 7+ Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Linnet

Yesterday: 3 Black-tailed Godwit

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-04-26 Corn Bunting, Marshfield (Les Williams)

Marshfield:

Skylark, Corn Bunting

Chew Magna:

2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

06-04-26 Dipper, Chewton Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Chewton Keynsham:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Dipper, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Siskin, 4 Goldfinch, 5 Chaffinch

Charlton Fields:
2 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
3 Egyptian Goose, 1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

06-04-26 Treecreeper & Goldeneye, CVL (Keith Williams)

Dam:
2 Gooander, 2 Common Sandpiper- displaying

Nunnery:
4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper

Herons Green:
1 Common Sandpiper

Stratford:
3 Goldeneye, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap

Herriotts inc. Pool:
8 Gadwall, 4+ Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper

Reported by: Jamie, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Beth & Darren Burton, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Charles Dewhurst, Oscar Dewhurst, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Rich Mielcarek, Mike Moxon, Nick Page, Phil Quinn, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Keith Williams, Les Williams

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