Sunday 2 April 2017

2nd April '17 Sunday - late update

A glorious spring day with blue sky, scattered high clouds, a light NW wind - and no migrants.

Not much around here, but a Cuckoo singing in South Devon today.
Redstarts at Chipping Sodbury Common


BRISTOL

Green Woodpecker in Leigh Woods today (Vera Carpenter)
Leigh Woods:
(dawn chorus walk) 2 Stock Dove, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton BP:
5 Shelduck, 1 Snipe, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Siskin.

Short-eared Owl at Aust  - we can't resist photos of these charismatic birds
(Rod Holbrook)
Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl.

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
4 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 50+ Turnstone, 2 White Wagtail.

Pilning wetland:
1 Yellow Wagtail.

Redstart at Chipping Sodbury Common (Darren Pearce)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Kestrel, 3 m. Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 3 Raven, 2 Willow Warbler, 9+ Chiffchaff.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Portbury Wharf:
2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 5+ Willow Warbler.

Clevedon-Yeo:
(Quiet - low numbers) 3 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Goose, c.40 Shelduck, 10 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 23 Oystercatcher, 7 Grey Plover, c. 6 Curlew, 2 Dunlin (migrant schnizii showing black bellies), 210 Redshank, 45 LBB Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Wheatear.

Sand Point:
20+ Shelduck, 3 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Dunlin, 100+ Curlew (Sand Bay), 120+ Redshank (River Banwell), pair Stonechat, 8+ singing Chiffchaff, 2 singing Blackcap, 1 Raven, 20+ Linnet.

Uphill:
1 Short-eared Owl.


BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
8 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Skylark, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 8 Nuthatch, 8 Treecreeper.

Compton Dando:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, several Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tit.

Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Skylark, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch, 9 Yellowhammer.


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
2 Canada Goose, 1 Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 3 f. Goldeneye, 1 m. Long-tailed Duck., 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow.

Grey Wagtail at Chew ("Lee")
Chew Valley Lake:
8 Scaup, 150+ Sand Martin.

Reports: BOC walkers, Rich Andrews, Des Bowring, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, ChrisPDuck, Vera Carpenter, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Gary Hughes, Darren Pearce, Harvey Rose, Nigel Tucker,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG