Thursday 28 April 2016

Sightings 28/4/16

Avon Gorge (Bristol):
Suspension Bridge: 2 Common Sandpiper on the river bank.

Shepperdine:
4 Whimbrel.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Cuckoo (lagoon 2), 13 Sand Martin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (yacht club end), 2 Whinchat (L3).

New Passage-Northwick:
4 Canada Goose, 45 Shelduck, 10 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 65 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Redshank, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 1 flyover Tree Pipit.

Severn Beach:
4 Whimbrel, 9 Kittiwake (evening), 1 Cetti's Warbler still.

Clevedon coast:
Wain's Hill-Yeo Est: 2 Canada Goose, 65 Shelduck, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Merlin, 15 Oystercatcher, 11 Ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 12 Dunlin, 50 Whimbrel, 3 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Redshank, 15 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.
28/4/16 Whimbrel (Robert Hargreaves)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Planet Chew:
2 Barnacle Goose, 7 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 1 Scaup, 4 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 20 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull, 4 GBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven chicks calling, 500 mixed Hirundine, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 12 Reed Warbler, 11 Blackbird (single flock, Woodford), 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Whinchat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.
28/4/16 White Wagtail (Ian Stapp)
Nunnery Pt, on the rocks
Reports: Robert Hargreaves, Duncan McLaughlin, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.