Sightings 18/4/16

(17/4/16) Blue-headed Wagtail at Northwick Warth (Brian Thompson)

One still present today though some discussion in some quarters as to whether it may be a different bird.

Summary:
A quieter day today. A Pied Flycatcher at Yate of note...about 8 birds already recorded so far this month which is high octane stuff for Avon.
Planet Chew and Blagdon remain asleep.

Warmley (Bristol):
2 Peregrine in courtship display, the male caught a prey item.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch.

Yate:
Common: 1 Pied Flycatcher, trees by the pond 1.30pm.

Almondsbury:
Lower Knole Farm: 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Redpoll this morning.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 4 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 9 Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing in display, 5 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25 Redshank, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Raven, 25 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 37+ White Wagtail.

Pill:
Crockerne Drive: 2 Siskin, garden feeders.

Portbury Wharf:
27 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 11 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 15 Sand/House Martin, 3 Swallow, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler,  3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Bullfinch, 2 White Wagtail.
No sign of the White-fronted Goose.

Portishead:
East Wood: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Nuthatch.

18/4/16 Jay (Paul Milsom)

Clevedon coast:

Dowlais: 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 28 Yellow Wagtail (single flock), 15 White Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch.

Sand Pt:
1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Swallow, 20 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart, 6 Stonechat, 11 Linnet, 4 Siskin, 1 flyover Redpoll.

Worle:
Lower Kewstoke Rd: 2 Siskin, garden feeders.

Uphill-Weston STW:
2 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler.

Uphill 17/4/16: 1 Short-eared Owl out 5.30pm.

Saltford-Stanton Prior:
Cycle ride via Corston fields: 2 Green Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldfinch, 14 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, 2 Willow Warbler,

Planet Chew:
1 Greylag Goose, 7 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon, 1 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 18 Swift, 3 Green Woodpecker, 30 Sand Martin, 130 Swallow, 50 House Martin, 1 Nuthatch, 2 White Wagtail.

Reports: Teresa Chard, Mark Dadds, Mike Donne, David Gale, Dave Gibbs, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Paul Milsom, Darren Pearce, Dean Reeves, Steve Sanins, Chris Stone, Brian Thompson, Mrs Trellis, Chris Vines, Keith Vinicombe BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 17/4/16

Summary:
New birds: A Swift and 2 Garden Warbler, both at Planet Chew.
Red Kite: 1 over Clevedon this morning.
Osprey: 3 through Planet Chew during the day.
Crane: 2 reported at Portbury Dock this evening and another/same 2 birds at Clevedon in the morning plus 1 at Oldbury during the day.
Pied Flycatcher: 1 at Warmley Forest Park. About 6 birds so far this spring...exceptionally good numbers for Avon.
Blue-headed Wagtail: 1 at Northwick Warth/Pilning wetland, annoyingly like the Channel Wagtail seen earlier this week.

Newton St Loe birding: Just reached 50,000 views...please help Lauren & Wayne get to 100,000..

http://newton-st-loe-birding.blogspot.co.uk/. Thanks.

Stoke Park (Bristol):
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat.

17/4/16 Lesser Whitethroat (Rich Scantlebury)

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 5 Starling, 15 Blackbird, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch.

Marshfield:

2 Red-legged Partridge, 6 Buzzard, 100 Woodpigeon, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Skylark, 25 Swallow, 30+ Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Grey Wagtail, 50 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Yellowhammer, 1 Brown Hare.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl out 7-8pm.

Bridgeyate:
1 Egyptian Goose.

Warmley Forest Park:
6 Canada Goose, 4 Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 7 Swallow, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 20 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 6 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch.

Shepperdine:
1 Crane heard (Pete Hazelwood, but not seen).
Other stuff, 35 Shelduck, 5 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Meadow Pipit.

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Short-eared Owl (saltmarsh), 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 Redpoll.

17/4/16 Short-eared Owl (Pete Hazelwood)

Littleton Warth:
Ringing Report: 138 birds processed (over 3 sessions).
Sunday 17th: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 13 Redpoll.
Thurs 14th: 1 Redstart.
Other highlights, 7 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Linnet.

New Passage-Northwick:

1 Blue-headed Wagtail (2nd sentry box area), similar to the Channel Wagtail recently.
Severnsidebirds YouTube clip: HERE.

17/4/16 Blue-headed Wagtail (John Martin)

Other stuff, shore & wetland: 7 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin, 39 Oystercatcher, 10 Little Ringed Plover (1st sentry box), 8 Ringed Plover, 32 Dunlin, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart (Glen all day), 1 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail, 40 White Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
1 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Long Ashton:
Keed's Wood: 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, dawn chorus stuff.

Portbury Dock:
2 flyover Crane to north 5.30pm (Frank Hawkins). One appeared to have an injured leg.

Portbury Wharf:
Pools: the White-fronted Goose still present.

Other stuff, 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.

Portishead:
East Wood: 1 Treecreeper this morning.
Slade Rd: 1 Cetti's Warbler, Adlington House. Singing in scrub nearby, but quite an urban area for this species.

Clevedon coast:
2 Crane reported flying to south at the coast this morning (per Pete Dommett).
Town: 1 flyover Red Kite (Jim Payne).
Wain's Hill: 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer.
Dowlais: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin.

Sand Pt:
7 Whimbrel, 7 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 1 Tree Pipit.

W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill: 2 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Weasel.

Keynsham:
Old Fry's site: 2 Raven, on pylons.

Newton St Loe:
Patch walk highlights: 4 Mute Swan, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Yellowhammer, 1 Brown Hare.

17/4/16 Brown Hare (Lauren & Wayne Tucker)

Barrow Tanks:
7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat of note.

Blagdon Lake:

2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Greylag Goose.

Planet Chew:
Osprey: 3 birds through, 2 at 11am, 1 at 3.35pm (Mike Jenkins).
Swift: 1 over Herriott's Pool (Sean Davies, our first of the season).

Other stuff, 4 Barnacle Goose, 14 Shelduck, 1 drake Wigeon, 1 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Snipe, 13 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 20 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 14 singing Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler (Ian Stapp, Nunnery, our first of the season), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 White Wagtail.

Reports: Phil Baber, Teresa Chard, Sean Davies, Pete Dommett, Rob Emery, David Gale, David Gibbs, Robert Hargreaves, Frank Hawkins, Adrian Hockey, Paul House, Mike Jenkins, Craig Lewis, John Martin, Jim Payne, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Alex Rhodes, Rich Scantlebury, Roger & Jean Staples, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Dan White, Jason Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG.

Costa Rica - Brian Thompson

Brian not long back from a family holiday to Costa Rica which inadvertently turned into a partial birding trip too as he found that he had accidently packed his camera and binoculars as well.

Brian stayed near Playa Ocotal on the north-west Pacific coast 21 March-4 April plus a few trips further afield.

Brian tweeted a lot of stuff while he was there, here are some of his 'highlights of highlights':-

Laughing Falcon

Double-striped Thick-knee

Southern Lapwing

Purple-throated Mountain Gem & Violet Saberwing Hummingbird

Long-tailed Manakin & Keel-billed Toucan

Scarlet Macaw & Three Wattled Bellbird

In all, he managed 108 new species during the brief spells he was sober.

Very many thanks Brian.

Sightings 16/4/16

Len Ingram: Very many thanks for all the kind comments you have tweeted or sent in following Len's death.
Don is going to pass all this on to Len's wife Jean. Well done Tribe and thank you.


Lawrence Weston (Bristol):
AWT Moor: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler.

Marshfield:
7 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 8 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 1 Raven, 6 Swallow, 6 Wheatear.
Skylark and Linnet abundant plus a scattering of Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstart.

16/4/16 Short-eared Owl (Chris Teague)
this evening

16/4/16 Redstart (Brian Thompson)

Frampton Cotterell:

2 Stock Dove, 1 Raven, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer,

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Peregrine, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Wheatear, 5 Redpoll.

Almondsbury:
Over: 1 Ring Ouzel (in the solar panel field), 1 Redstart (SE end of the golf course).

Littleton Warth:
Whale Wharf: 9 Wheatear this evening.

Aust-Littleton Warth:
20 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Siskin, 1 Redpoll.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 7 Canada Goose, 11 fly-through Barnacle Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin, 60 Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Curlew, 50 Redshank, 5 BH Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 40 White Wagtail, 1 Grey Seal, 1 Stoat.

16/4/16 Barnacle Goose (Lee Gardiner)

16/4/16 Yellow Wagtail (Brian Lancastle)

Severn Beach:
1 Cetti's Warbler.

Chittening Warth:

2 fly-by Barnacle Goose, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Portbury Wharf:
This White-fronted Goose found by Chris  today on the pools. No rings and only faint belly barring so it may be an immature bird.
Exact origin unknown but one as at Westhay Moor recently (per Julian Thomas).

16/4/16 White-fronted Goose (Chris Stone)

16/4/16 Blackcap (Paul Milsom)

Other stuff, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl, 2+ Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Willow Warbler, 2+ Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Yellow Wagtail of note.

Pools quiet but still a few Wigeon lingering.

Portishead:
9 soaring Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Swallow.

Walton Common:

1 Cuckoo, seen and heard.

Clapton-in-Gordano:

16/4/16 Pied Flycatcher (Nathan Guttridge)
presumably the bird seen here yesterday

Clevedon coast:

Yeo Est end: 3 Pintail, 16 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 15 White Wagtail.

Lulsgate:
Airport: 1 fly-by Hobby.

Pensford:

Lord's Wood: 2 Tawny Owl, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush.

Paulton:
River Cam/Sewage Works: 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush.

Compton Martin:
5 Marsh Tit, garden (Chris Craig). We've asked Mya to check out the veracity of these claims...

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 250 LBB Gull, 1 Sedge Warbler, 40 Linnet.

Planet Chew:
1 Scaup, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 35 Chiffchaff, 12 Willow Warbler, 60 Blackcap, 23 Pied Wagtail (single flock), 1 White Wagtail.

Reports: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Simon Carder, Teresa Chard, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Steve Emery, Lee Gardiner, Nathan Guttridge, David Hanks, Matt Hobbs, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, Craig Lewis, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Vic Polley, Vic Savery, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Nigel Tucker, Andrew Waygood, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Len Ingram 1940-2016 - Obituary

Len Ingram 1940-2016
gentleman birder, old school and sadly missed

We are very saddened to report the death of Len Ingram on Thursday 14 April. 

Len had been very poorly for some time but bore his illness with great patience and dignity.

We extend our condolences to wife, family and friends at this sad time.

Len was Wiltshire-based but often strayed over into Avon with his birding pal Don Smith.

The Tribe has lost a diamond-coated stalwart birder this week.

Sightings 15/5/16

Hoopoe in Hallen 14/4/16:
First seen by a dog-walker in fields alongside the M5 yesterday. Still present today, but it has relocated to a private back-garden with no public access or viewing.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.
Bifield Rd: 1 Skylark, 6 Goldfinch.

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Crox Bottom: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 18 Magpie, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 14 Robin, 2 Goldfinch.

Sea Mills (Bristol):
14 Mallard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank.

Henbury (Bristol):
Ison Hill: 1 Whitethroat.

Westerleigh:
1 flyover Raven this afternoon.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Curlew, 2 Short-eared Owl (yacht club, this evening), 1 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler (No.2 & No.3 lagoons), 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 7 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall still, 10 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 35 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 75 Dunlin, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50 Redshank, 15 Turnstone, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 25 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 10 Wheatear, 16+ Yellow Wagtail, 30+ White Wagtail, 2 Tree Pipit, 9 flyover Siskin, 1 Redpoll.

Severn Beach:
1 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear.

Chittening Warth:
3 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap.

Clapton Moor:
1 male Pied Flycatcher this afternoon.

Clevedon:
Lower Knowles Rd: 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap.

Woodspring Priory:
12 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat.

Sand Pt:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 30+ Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Mistle Thrush,  1 Stonechat, 5 Tree Pipit, 3 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 1 Bullfinch.

Sand Bay:
1 Cetti's Warbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Barrow Tanks:
32 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 28 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 4 Willow Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 1 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Compton Martin:
4 Marsh Tit, village garden

Planet Chew:
6 Barnacle Goose, 8 Shelduck, 1 female Scaup (Stratford), 4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 100 House Martin, 9 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler.
Lower Gurney Farm: 1 Whinchat, near Herriott's Pool.

15/4/16 Teal (Bob Brewer)

Reports: Terry Bond, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Nick Cryer, Ed Drewitt, Andrew Ford, David Gibbs, Melvin Hedges, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Andy Middleton, Lois Pryce, Andy Stockhausen, Mrs Trellis. Keith Vinicombe, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 14/4/16

12/4/16 the Pallid Harrier at Marshfield, Shire Valley (Martyn Hayes)
2nd Avon record following the 2011 bird on the Avon-Mendips border

Martyn found the bird on 12 April and very sensibly got it checked out by others before going public.

It was only seen briefly and flew off after a short while and did not linger.

Summary:
New birds into Avon today were Common Tern, Cuckoo (both Planet Chew) and Channel Wagtail (Northwick Warth).
2 flyover Red Kite and 73 White Wagtail (Northwick Warth) also very noteworthy.


Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 3 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Dunnock, 2 Stonechat, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch.

Bishopsworth (Bristol):
Vicarage Rd: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 flyover Raven.
Crox Bottom: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch.

Redland (Bristol):
Zetland Rd: 1 flyover Ring-necked Parakeet. Another or same bird at Waverly Rd on 2 April too.

Sea Mills (Bristol):
6 Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Redshank.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Short-eared Owl again, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 5 Fieldfare, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Redstart, 1 Yellowhammer.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl (lagoon 3, 8pm), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Wheatear (jetty), 1 flyover Yellow Wagtail.

Littleton Warth:

14/4/16 Redstart (Mark Dadds)
ringed at the AWT reserve this morning

Tockington:

Moor Lane: 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Over (nr Almondsbury):

Pegwell Wood: 1 Peregrine, 3 flyover Little Gull, 7 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap.

Bradley Stoke:

14/4/16 Whitethroat (Vic Savery)
3 birds, Three Brooks NR 

Aust Warth:
2 Teal, 2 Kestrel, 30 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank new, 1 Wheatear.

New Passage-Northwick:

Channel Wagtail: 1 found in among the Wagtail flock this morning (John Martin).
Last recorded here April 2014.

14/4/16 Channel Wagtail (John Martin)
finder

Other stuff, 2 Greylag Goose up, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 11 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 30 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 29 Dunlin, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 70 Redshank, 15 BH Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Pied Wagtail, 73 White Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting.

Severn Beach:
33 Shelduck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 

Long Ashton:
Community Centre: 2 flyover House Martin.

Ham Green:
1 flyover Red Kite towards the Avon Gorge 4.40pm (John Rossetti).

Gordano Valley:
North Weston-Clapton Moor: 6 Gadwall, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear.

Clevedon coast:
Pied Flycatcher: 1 male at the Kingston Seymour seawall bushes this morning (Richard Hunt), near the site of the 2005 Upland Sandpiper. Not seen after its initial discovery though.

Dowlais: 2 Sand Martin, 27 Swallow, 1 House Martin.
Kenn Est: 6 Wheatear.
CV Farm-Yeo Est: 27 Shelduck, 14 Little Egret, 22 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 6 Redshank, 6 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Redstart, 14 Wheatear, 8 White Wagtail, 4 Linnet.

14/4/16 Oystercatcher (Mrs Trellis)

14/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis)

Yatton:

Strawberry Line: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 17 Blackcap (good count for here), 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Worle:
Lower Kewstoke Rd: 1 Redpoll, garden feeders.

Sand Pt:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Tawny Owl (calling, dawn), 1 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpiper.

Blagdon Lake:
14 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper of note.

Planet Chew:
Red Kite: 1 flyover Herriott's 3pm (Allan Chard).
Common Tern: 7 out on the lake today.
Cuckoo: 1 heard at Folly Farm 11am (Anne Crowe), our first of the season.

Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 18 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 7 Buzzard, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull (Herriott's Pool, nesting), 4 GBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Siskin.

14/4/16 Dunlin (Ian Stapp)
Heron's Green wall

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Paul Collins, Anne Crowe, Nick Cryer, Mark Dadds, Michael Davis, Ed Drewitt, Steve Emery, Paul Francis, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Richard Hunt, Mike Jenkins,  John Martin, Darren Pearce, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, John Rossetti, Vic Savery, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Gordon Youdale, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 13/4/16

Summary:
A generally quieter day today though there were some new arrivals, Lesser Whitethroat (several places) and Whinchat (Chipping Sodbury).

Stoke Park (Bristol):
5 soaring Buzzard.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
2 Jay plus Long-tailed Tit and Chiffchaff nest site searching.

Filton (Bristol):
Retail Park: 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, in reed-beds.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 1 Short-eared Owl (Darren Pearce, good bird for here), 2 Swallow, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whinchat (Darren Pearce, our 1st of the season), 1 Redstart, 2 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer.

13/4/16 Whinchat (Darren Pearce)
back of the camera pics are sooo...atmospheric...

Oldbury Power Station:

1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat.

Aust Services-Littleton Warth:
1 Peregrine, 1 Whimbrel, 35 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit, evening.

New Passage-Northwick:
4 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 60 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 40 Dunlin, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Redshank, 1 BH Gull, 6 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 48 White Wagtail (evening), 2 Tree Pipit, 2 Siskin, 8 Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting.

13/4/16 Reed Bunting (Mrs Trellis)

Severn Beach:

Pipes: 1 Whitethroat, 1 Redstart.
Orchard Pools: 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, evening.
Railway station: 1 Cetti's Warbler again.

Chittening Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl.

Ham Green:
2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Redpoll.

Portbury Dock:
1 Little Egret, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear.

Portbury:
Caswell Lane: 2 Yellowhammer, hedges past the Gordano RFC.

13/4/16 Yellowhammer (Mrs Trellis)
intoxicating stuff for here...

Portishead:

Lake Grounds: 8 House Sparrow.

Walton Common:
4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.
3 Peacock, 7 Brimstone out on the wing too.

Clevedon:
St Michael's Ave: 2 Blackcap.
Dowlais: 2 Wheatear.
Channel View: 1 Merlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 White Wagtail.

Congresbury:
8 Siskin, garden feeders.

13/4/16 Siskin (Graham & Sue Lovesay)

Sand Pt:

1 Whimbrel, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redstart, 2 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear,
No sign of the Hoopoe or Ring Ouzel.

W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Redpoll.
Balmoral Way: 10 flyover Sand Martin this evening.

Backwell Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper. Not normally seen here so definitely a migrant.

Dundry:
Back to normal here today. 11 Stock Dove, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 15 Yellowhammer.

Saltford:
Avon Valley: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper this morning.

Bath:
King George's Rd: 3 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, on the allotments.

Paulton:
River Cam & environs: 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail.

Barrow Tanks:
2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper.

Blagdon Lake:
Pretty quiet bird-wise, 6 Teal, 1 Snipe, 1 Otter + 2 pups.

Planet Chew:
1 Barnacle Goose, 11 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 flyover Marsh Harrier 3.30pm, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 GBB Gull, 1 Barn Owl (11am, Moreton to Stratford track), 1 Coal Tit, 16 Sand Martin, 12 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 House Sparrow, 6 Goldfinch.

13/4/16 Coal Tit (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Simon Carder, Geoff Dring, Rob Emery, Andrew Ford, Laurie Garner, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Mike Jenkins, Jessica Killey, Wilf King, Graham & Sue Lovesay, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Darren Pearce, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Chris Vines, Keith Vinicombe, Tim Worsfold, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 12/4/16

12/4/16 Hoopoe & Ring Ouzel (David Gibbs)
Dave had a terrible time at Sand Pt this morning, just the 1 Hoopoe and 2 Ring Ouzel of note, bummer really

Summary:

A Hoopoe at Sand Pt of particular note. Unfortunately, the finder has published a photograph and the bird was seen by other observers too so we are unable to trash the record. Shame.

An Arctic Tern at Chew and Sedge Warblers at Oldbury and Chew are new birds today.

2 Osprey reported (Severnside & Blagdon) and 80+ Whimbrel at Oldbury this evening....surely the Bar-tailed Godwits can't be far behind...?
47 White Wagtail at Northwick Warth this evening must be some kind of record?

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 26 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 12 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Goldfinch.

Eastville Park (Bristol):
3 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap.

Shirehampton (Bristol):
Lamplighters: 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 12 Skylark, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting.

Warmley Forest Park:
3 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch.

Frampton Cotterell:

12/4/16 Short-tailed Tit (Peter Maxfield)
1st Avon record, possibly a 1st UK record too..

Oldbury Power Station:

80+ Whimbrel (evening passage), 1 Short-eared Owl again, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Redstart.

12/4/16 Redstart (Craig Lewis)
yacht club this evening

New Passage-Northwick:

8 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 1 flyover Osprey (12.08pm, Rich Miles), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 47 White Wagtail (evening, John Martin), 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Redpoll, 3 Reed Bunting.

12/4/16 Sand Martin (Dave Hughes)

12/4/16 Yellow Wagtail (Darren Robson)
Northwick Warth in the evening sun

Severn Beach:

12 Shelduck, 1 fly-through Hobby, 20 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 BH Gull, 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 1 flyover Siskin and Redpoll.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit.

Portbury Dock:
8 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 5 Rock Pipit, 2 Linnet.

Portbury Wharf:
5 Cetti's Warbler of note. Much fewer Phylloscopus warblers than yesterday.

Portishead:
East Wood: 2 Nuthatch this morning.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 4 Mute Swan, 35 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 4 Pintail (2 pairs), 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 22 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 16 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 8 Lapwing, 8 Dunlin, 8 Whimbrel, 45 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 130 Redshank, 35 LBB Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Raven, 8 Sand Martin, 25 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wheatear, 10 Linnet.

Sand Pt:
Hoopoe: 1 found this morning (Dave Gibbs), Trig Pt area. Our first Hoopoe...since the last one.
Pied Flycatcher: 1 male at eastern end past the Trig Pt this morning (Adrian Hockey).

Other stuff, 1 passing Fulmar, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 8 Siskin.

Dundry Hill:
29 Stock Dove, 1 Ring Ouzel (at dawn but not later on), 1 Wheatear, 26 Yellowhammer.

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff.

Saltford:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush.

Bath:
Southstoke: 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Swallow, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 4 Nuthatch.

Backwell Lake:

12/4/16 Bar-headed type Goose (Andy Lucas)
the usual wanderers around the Gordano valley sites

Blagdon Lake:

1 fly-through Osprey mid-morning (Nigel Milbourne).
Other stuff, 15 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Gadwall, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Wheatear.

12/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis)
Top End this afternoon

Planet Chew:

Red Kite: 1 soaring over Burledge Hill, then off to south (Mike Jenkins).
Arctic Tern: 1 out on the lake for most of the day.

Other stuff, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 4 Shelduck, 1 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier, 23 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 50 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Brambling (Nunnery), 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.

12/4/16 Mallard duckling (Ian Stapp)
our first report that we know of...

Reports: Valerie Bentley, Janet & Jim Boyd, Teresa Chard, David Gale, David Gibbs, Simon Harris, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Dave Hughes, Mike Jenkins, Wilf King, Craig Lewis, John Martin, Peter Maxfield, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Karin Rhodes, Darren Robson, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Mrs Trellis, BL birds, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 11/4/16

Summary:
Persistent and heavy overnight rain grounded lots of birds at many places, including some new arrivals.
New species of the Spring were, 2 Whimbrel (Portbury/Planet Chew), 1 Whitethroat (Anchor Head) and 7 Yellow Wagtail (Portbury Dock/Northwick Warth).
Also pleasing to report were 1 Red Kite, 1+ Osprey, 4 Little Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Ring Ouzel and another Pied Flycatcher.
Large numbers of Chiffchaff-Willow Warbler also reported but surprisingly few Hirundines considering the overcast and murky weather.
Counts should be seen as minimum numbers and only a snapshot of birds seen. Observers were out throughout the day and actual numbers are undoubtedly much higher.

Northwick Warth is in tip-top condition and should produce more good stuff in the coming days.


Brentry (Bristol):
Fishpool Hill: 5 Stock Dove, garden.

Avonmouth Docks (Bristol):
High Tide count: 52 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 5 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 15 Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 11 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 30 Turnstone, 6 LBB Gull, 84 Herring Gull.

Aust Services & STW:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 4 Swallow, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 50+ Chiffchaff, 15+ Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit.

11/4/16 Tree Pipit (Matt Hobbs)

New Passage-Northwick:

9 Canada Goose, 90 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 12 Tufted Duck, 60 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 80 Redshank, 5 BH Gull, 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart, 11 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail (our 1st of the season, John Martin et al), 16 White Wagtail, 5 Tree Pipit, 3 flyover Siskin.

11/4/16 Yellow Wagtail (Lisa Presland)
showing well on Northwick Warth this afternoon

Severn Beach:
1 Cetti's Warbler again, near the railway station scrub.

Portbury Dock:

High Tide count: 8 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 23 Curlew.
Other stuff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Ring Ouzel, 3 Redstart.

Abbots Leigh:
Sandy Lane: 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush of note.

Portbury Wharf:
WeBS Pools: 11 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 20 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 9 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe, 12 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, 2 LBB Gull, 22 Herring Gull.

High Tide Estuary count: 2 Canada Goose, 24 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 10 Teal, 8 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Snipe, 1 Whimbrel (our 1st of the season, Mrs Trellis),  20 Curlew, 29 Redshank, 2 Herring Gull.

Other stuff, 1 Red Kite (2.20pm flyover, Chris Stone), 3 Common Sandpiper, 100 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling 1st hide), 120+ Willow/Chiffchaff, 20 Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler, 10 Redstart, 3 Wheatear, 1 Pied Flycatcher (trees in Sanctuary area near seawall, Chris Stone), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 7 Redpoll.

Clevedon coast:
Dowlais: 1 Redstart.

Sand Pt:
80 Sand Martin to north, 20 Swallow east, 1 House Martin, 3 Stonechat, 3 Redstart, this evening.

W-s-M:
Worlebury: 2 Siskin, on the garden feeders.
Anchor Head: 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (Dave Gibbs, our 1st of the season).

Dundry:
Crabtree/Dundry Lane: 1 male Ring Ouzel (Dave Nevitt).
Other stuff hereabouts, 12 Stock Dove, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 30 Yellowhammer.

11/4/16 Ring Ouzel (Dave Nevitt)
taken this evening

Barrow Tanks:

1 Wheatear.

Blagdon Lake:
1 fly-through Osprey mid-afternoon (BL birds).
Other stuff, 10 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Gadwall, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 40 Sand Martin, 1 Redwing.

Planet Chew:
Osprey: 1 bird 6.30pm and into dusk, east shore (Mike Jenkins), possibly the Blagdon bird.

Other stuff, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Whimbrel new,  1 Greenshank new, 4 Little Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 1 White Wagtail.

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Mark Dadds, Sean Davies, Steve Emery, Dave Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Matt Hobbs, Mike Jenkins, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Dave Nevitt, Lisa Presland, George Rabin, Lyndon Roberts, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, BL birds.

Sightings 10/4/16

10/4/16 Ringed Plover & Dunlin at the Portbury coast this morning (Mrs Trellis)

Not many small waders on the Avon coast at present but things should pick up in late April/early May with Sanderling and hopefully Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper.

Summary:

4 Red Kite today and another Pied Flycatcher.

Stoke Park (Bristol):
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch.

Marshfield:
Rushmead end: 2 flyover Red Kite 8.20am (Martyn Hayes).

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 4 Redstart, 3 Meadow Pipit.

10/4/16 Redstart (Craig Lewis)
3 males, 1 female here today

Yate:

Kingsgate Park: 4 Chiffchaff, 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Short-eared Owl again (lagoon 3), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Aust Warth:
2 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 8 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 25 Oystercatcher, 30 Curlew, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Linnet.

New Passage-Northwick:
Shore & wetland: 4 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck, 20 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 10 Mallard, 20 Shoveler, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 60 Oystercatcher, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Knot, 5 Dunlin, 6 Snipe, 20 Black-tailed Godwit (wetland), 35 Curlew, 110 Redshank, 43 Turnstone, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark, 2 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 7 White Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
30 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 1 Peregrine, 55 Oystercatcher, 20 Redshank.

Leigh Woods:
North Rd: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch.

Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 22 Redshank, 1 Little Owl (Sheepway side), 2 White Wagtail, 2 Water Pipit.

Clevedon:
Wain's Hill: 1 flyover Peregrine. Spotted by Molly Pannell, aged 7.
Other stuff here, 1 Swallow, 6 Siskin, 2 Redpoll, 60 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, migration to north.

Also, 1 flyover Red Kite towards Kingston Seymour this morning (Jason Williams).

Sand Pt:
A male Pied Flycatcher in the car-park this morning (finder Brian Thompson). It later relocated towards the house at the end of the car-park.
Other stuff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear, 3 Tree Pipit, 8 Siskin. Plenty of Willow-Chiff and Blackcap around too.

10/4/16 Pied Flycatcher (Brian Thompson)
Brian dipped on the Blagdon bird early, then found this one
we think that is very rude and thoroughly undeserved

The bird is carrying a ring, not all of which Brian could read clearly but 'LOND Z4814' was noted.

Barrow Tanks:
WeBS: 4 Shelduck, 20 Mallard, 5 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck, 12 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Other stuff, 1 Peregrine, 2 GBB Gull, 10 Willow Warbler, 2 White Wagtail.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 250 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin.

Compton Martin:
3 Marsh Tit, garden.

Planet Chew:
CVRS: 1 flyover Red Kite this morning (Chris Craig), 1 Redstart here too.


Reports: Adrian Adams, Jon Angell, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, Craig Lewis, Molly Pannell, Lois Pryce, Karin Rhodes, Darren Robson, Gill Sapsed, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.

Sightings 9/4/16

9/4/16 the Pied Flycatcher at Blagdon Lake (Mrs Trellis)
found by Terry Doman this morning and present all day, Dam end, trees along Park Lane road to the Lodge

Nice start to the WeBS count for Terry.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch.

Snuff Mills (Bristol):
1 Dipper.

St George (Bristol):
Nevalan Drive: 1 flyover Peregrine this morning.

Stoke Bishop (Bristol):
Saville Rd: 1 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Nuthatch, around the Wills Halls of Residence.

Marshfield:
Down Rd: 1 Merlin.

Horton:
1 Little Owl.

Chipping Sodbury:
Common: 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redstart. No sign of the Smew.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Greenshank new, 20 Redshank, 8 Willow Warbler of note.

Littleton Warth:
WeBS: 39 Shelduck, 29 Teal, 22 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 27 Redshank, 3 Common Gull.
AWT Reserve: 93 birds processed over 3 sessions, 52 new, 41 re-traps. Too early in Spring for any large numbers of warblers.

9/4/16 Redpoll (Paul House)
best bird of the recent ringing sessions

Aust Cliff:
1 Redstart.

New Passage-Northwick:

4 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 80 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 70 Curlew,, 80 Redshank, 2 Skylark, 5 White Wagtail.

Severn Beach:
Riverside: 1 Cetti's Warbler, garden

Chittening Warth:
15 Gadwall, 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Redstart.

Portbury Wharf:
Wharf Lane: 2 Redstart, in the usual horse-field (Molly Pannell, aged 6).

Portishead:
Battery Pt: 9 Purple Sandpiper still.

Weston Moor:

9/4/16 Vole sp (Howard Taffs)
does anyone know what species it is please...?

Kingston Seymour:

Plantation Fishing Lake: 2 Redstart, by the road this morning.

Yatton:
1 flyover Peregrine 4.30pm, harassed by Herring Gulls.

Sand Pt:
1 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 30 Willow Warbler, 1 Redpoll.

W-s-M:
Worlebury Hill/Woods: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, a flyover party of Crossbill (Dave Gibbs).
Old Airfield: 5 Little Egret.

Willsbridge Mill:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Dipper, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin.

Newton St Loe:
12 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer.

Bath:
St Johns Rd: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpiper, 25 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 10 Chiffchaff, 13 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Blagdon Lake:
WeBS: 23 Mute Swan, 22 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, 59 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 252 Tufted Duck, 4 Little Grebe, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 7 Grey Heron, 21 Moorhen, 145 Coot, 3 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 60 LBB Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 GBB Gull.
Other stuff, 5 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 150 Sand Martin, 4 Long-tailed tit, 1 male Pied Flycatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail.

Planet Chew:
1 Scaup, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10 Reed Bunting.

9/4/16 Wheatear (Mrs Trellis)
Nunnery Pt since 6 April

Reports: Simon Carder, Teresa Chard, Pete Coslett, Dave Gibbs, Paul Gregory, David Hanks,  Robert Hargreaves, Julian Head, Jeff Hosier, Paul House, Craig Lewis, John Martin, Molly Pannell, Darren Pearce, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Tony Scott, Chris Stone, Howard Taffs, Mrs Trellis, Jason Williams, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.