Wednesday 4 May 2016

Sightings 4/5/16

4/5/16 Cuckoo at New Passage (David Hanks)
about 10 birds reported in Avon 14-30 April

New birds today were a drake Red-crested Pochard at Planet Chew and 3 Red Kite. One or two Siskin continue to be reported...locally quite good for Avon in May.

Stockwood (Bristol):
Open Space: 1 Buzzard, 9 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Stoke Park (Bristol):
Duchess Pond: 1 Whinchat.

Hanham (Bristol):
Chequers Pub: 9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap.

Henbury (Bristol):
Avon Riding Centre: 2 Stock Dove.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Short-eared Owl again, L3.

Aust Warth:
1 Little Egret, 2 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear.
4/5/16 Whinchat (Vic Savery)
New Passage-Northwick:
1 Pintail, 11 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 20 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 50 Dunlin, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 6 Raven, 1 Grasshopper Warbler still, 1 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Siskin.
4/5/16 Dunlin (Brian Lancastle)
Severn Beach:
2 Peregrine, 12 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 30 Dunlin, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Whimbrel, 7 BH Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler.

Portishead:
Marina: 1 Whimbrel (estuary), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Linnet.
Down Rd: 1 Blackcap, 2 Siskin, garden.
Battery Pt: 5 Purple Sandpiper.
Last chance to see these birds over the next week or so until autumn.

Walton Castle:
1 Cuckoo 8am.

Walton Common:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap,  6 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush.

Clapton-Weston Moor:
1 Hobby, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Whinchat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear.

Tickenham:
1 Red Kite on the deck and also following the plough 11am (Andy Waygood).

Kenn:
1 flyover Red Kite 12.35pm (Steve Curtis).

Yatton:
Wemberham Lane: 1 Buzzard, single Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 1 Siskin.

Clevedon coast:
Yeo Est end: 50 Shelduck, 3 Little Egret, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 19 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew, 30 Redshank, 3 Swift, 5 Skylark, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 15 Sedge Warbler, 11 Reed Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 12 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting.

Uphill-Weston STW:
4 Whimbrel, 7 Swift, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 18 Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear.

Saltford-Bath:
Cycle Track: 1 Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail of note.

Barrow Tanks:
1 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 15 Common Sandpiper, 4+ Raven, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear.

Blagdon Lake:
2 Hobby, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Otter (Top End, evening).

Planet Chew:
Red-crested Pochard: 1 drake new in at Villice (Dave Nevitt).
Red Kite: 1 flyover 12.25pm (Andy Davis, Ian Stapp).
Other stuff, 2 Barnacle Goose, 22 Shelduck, 7 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 3 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull still, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 1 singing Whinchat (HG Pool), 1 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting.
Fewer Hirundines around the lake today. Reed Warbler now present en masse.
4/5/16 Red Kite (Ian Stapp)

Reports:Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Pete Evans, Dave Gibbs, David Hanks, Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Adrian Hockey, Roger Hurding, Brian Lancastle, Dave Nevitt, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Larry Sweetland, Andrew Waygood, BL birds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds.