25 April - Arctic Skua, Mediterranean Gull

Temp 06°C to 20°C - Sunny, blue skies. A light westerly breeze.

Rarities

Mediterranean Gull

Osprey

Yellow Wagtail

Arctic Skua

Large movement of terns

Glossy Ibis

24-04-26 Wood Warbler, Yate-Westerleigh (Mark Coller) - From yesterday

BRISTOL

Abbots Pool:

2 Mandarin 

Lawrence Weston:

1 Lesser Whitethroat

St Andrew:

3 Swift

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine

1 Osprey

Pilning Wetlands:

1 Yellow Wagtail

Severn Beach:

65 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Tern,  645 commic tern,  2 Arctic Skua, 2 Avocet, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Whimbrel

Kingswood:

1 Red Kite (over)

Yate Common:

Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

Olveston

1 White-tailed Eagle (probable)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
3 Gadwall, 4 Shelduck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat

Nailsea

2 Swift

Sand Point/Bay:
c2005 Common Tern, 33 Black Tern, 2 Fulmar, c1235 Commic Tern, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 11 Whimbrel, 2 Rock Pipit, 3 Curlew, Cetti’s Warbler, 40+ Skylark, 40 Whitethroat, 3 Stonechat, 20 Arctic Tern,  3 Common Gull, 2 Garden Warbler

Woodspring Priory

2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear

BELOW M4 & BANES

Somerdale Path Railway

Whitethroat

Folly Farm:

1 Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

15 Common Sandpiper (various)

Woodford:
2 Garden Warbler

Nunnery:
1 Oystercatcher

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 1 Mandarin (m), Little Ringed Plover, 1 Glossy Ibis

Blue Bowl

House Martins prospecting

 

Reported by: blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds Adrian Morgan, Phil, Jamie, John Rossetti, Paul Gregory, Gary Thoburn, Matt Hull, Mark Collier, Bri Thompson,  Peter Hazlewood, David Hughes, Paul Bowdler, Carol Rushton, Paul Tompkins, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Giles Morris, Pete Brain, Matthew Hall, Stephen Curtis, Carol Rushton