16-04-26 Thursday - Arctic Tern

 Temp 10°C to 16°C.  A gentle southwesterly breeze gusting to a max of 20 mph

Mandarin Duck

Whimbrel

Bar-tailed Godwit

Grasshopper Warbler

Whinchat

Tree Pipit

BRISTOL

Sea Mills station:

3 House Martins - checking out the nests

Crews Hole Woodland:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch

Troopers Hill:

1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Swallow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Pheasant (m displaying to f), 6 Sedge Warbler & 11 Reed Warbler singing, 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing

Pilning Wetlands:
7 Shelduck, 16 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 4 Ringed Plover, 7 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 5 Dunlin, Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, c50 Sand Martin, 20+Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Cettis Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, 5 White Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, Linnet, Reed Bunting 

New Passage:

54 Shelduck, 1 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Swallow, 2 Cettis Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, White Wagtail, Linnet

Severn Beach:

18 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 10+Whitethroat, 2 Stonechat, Tree Pipit, Linnet

Chittening Warth:

16 Shelduck

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Raven, 8 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Buzzard, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet

Congressbury Moor:
2 Grasshopper Warbler

Watercress Farm, Wraxall:
Wetlands - Kestrel, Willow Warbler singing, several Whitethroat

Sidings - lots of Whitethroat and Greenfinch

16-04-26 Siskin, WSM garden (Dean Reeves)

Weston-Super-Mare garden:
2 Siskin

Weston-Super-Mare Sewage Treatment Works
1 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-04-26 Buzzard with prey, Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Dyrham:

Buzzard, Chiffchaff

Keynsham Memorial Park:
17  Mallard (including 11 ducklings), 11 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail

Somerdale:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Magpie, 11+ Carrion Crow, 2+ Skylark, 6 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

River Avon above Bath:
  Downstream of Dundas aqueduct:  pair Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher
  Below Warleigh Weir:  1 Mandarin Duck (m), pair Goosander + 4 ducklings
  Above Batheaston:  1 Canada Goose, pair Mute Swan, pair Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail
  Bathampton:  pair Canada Goose, 1 Kingfisher, c10 Sand Martin

Burnett:

1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

Folly Farm:

2 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Skylark,
2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler. 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch,
2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Linnet

Woodford Hill, Chew Stoke:
6 Cattle Egret

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

16-04-26 Reed Bunting, Herons Green CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
8 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 300+ Sand Martin, some Swallows, some House Martins, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail

Woodford & Path:
1 Arctic Tern, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 2 Jay,  300+ Sand Martin, some Swallows, and House Martins, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4+ Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch

16-04-26 Common Sandpiper, Nunnery (Ian Stapp)

Nunnery:
1 Canada Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron,  2 Raven, 3 Reed Warbler (singing), 400+ Sand Martins (over lake), Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

16-04-26 Sedge Warbler, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 2 Sedge Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler (singing), 300+ Sand Martin, 10+ House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 2  Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:
2 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 4+ Reed Warbler (singing), 350+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (singing), 4+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose (+ only 8 Goslings now), 5 Shelduck, 17 Gadwall, 16 Teal, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard,  4 Reed Warbler (singing), 350+ Sand Martins, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Pete Brain, Darren Burton, Mark Coller, Julian Eastoe, Duncan Evered, Alastair Fraser, Ken Hall, Andrew Harrison, Andy Mears, Mike Moxon, Mark Ponsford, Dean Reeves, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Caron Thornton-Trippit

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