19-04-26 Sunday - Cranes & Swift

Temp 05°C to 15°C. Clear sunny morning, some cloud later. Light breeze from the northwest turned through the day to a northeasterly - gusting to a gentle 11 mph.

Cuckoo

Common Crane

Glossy Ibis

Swift

Garden Warbler

Whinchat

BRISTOL

River Avon (opposite bank from Shirehampton):

1 Cuckoo heard

Sea Mills:

2 Canada Goose, 18 Mallard, 4 LBB Gull, 3 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff

Patchway:

1 Kestrel

Hanham Hills:

1 Wheatear (f)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Cuckoo calling, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 3 Lesser Whitethroat

Aust services to STW:
vismig: 4 Common Crane (heading NE, presume same birds seen earlier over Channel View Farm Clevedon), 15 Ringed Plover, 29 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 15 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Dunlin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin 

New Passage/Northwick:

2 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Goose, c40 Shelduck, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall, 14 Mallard, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Lapwing, 6 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 6 Swallow, 1 Cettis, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (m), 1 Wheatear (f), 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch

Doddington Park:

1 Red Kite

Horton:

1 Little Owl

Chipping Sodbury Common & Golf Course:
1 Little Grebe, 8 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Dowlais:

15+ Whimbrel, 8 Curlew, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Raven, 7 Skylark, 35 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Cettis Warbler 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Whitethroat,  1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting (m)

Channel View Farm, Clevedon:
4 Common Crane (over)

Wraxall fields:
1 Yellowhammer

Watercress Farm, Wraxall:

6 Stock Dove, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer (m)

Felton Common:

Skylark singing, 2+ Willow Warbler singing

Sand Point/Bay:
vismig: 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 2 Sand Martin, 14 Swallow, 1 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit, 6 Siskin

present: 13 Whimbrel, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 26 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 3 Greenfinch 

Uphill:
2 Whimbrel, 8 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 32 Dunlin, 8 Swallow, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe

3 Mute Swan + 1 egg, 9 Mallard, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron - 4 nests believed active - 1 juv seen on nest, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Burnett to Compton to Hunstrete (lanes):
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker (calling), 2 Raven, 5 Skylark (singing), 1 Willow Warbler,  8+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 12+ Chaffinch, 6+Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer

19-04-26 Yellowhammer, Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando:
6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail

19-04-26 Whitethroat, Compton Dando lanes (Ian Stapp)

Hunstrete to Chelwood:
2 Red Kite. 1 Grey Heron, 2 Skylark, 4+Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
6 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush 

Woodford & Path:
1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch 

Herons Green:
2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler (singing), 3 Chiffchaff

Moreton:

14+ Canada Goose + 2 hybrid Greylag Goose, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Little Egret (over Denny Island), 1 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 4 Reed Warbler (singing), 1 possibly 2 Grasshopper Warbler calling, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriotts inc Pool:
5 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 18 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker (calling), 5+ Reed Warbler (singing) 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff

Reported by: Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Oscar Dewhurst, Ken Hall, Matt Hobbs, Dave Hughes, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Wendy Musson, Ross Nairn, Lee Patch, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Carol Rushton, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Martin Wightman, Jason Williams

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