Saturday 9 April 2016

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.