Saturday 20 May 2017

20th May '17 Saturday

Wet through the middle of the day, clearing later.

Looks like the migration season is over...?

Grey Wagtail at St George's, Bristol (Lee @ Wildwood)
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
Grey Heron, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Littleton Brick Pits:
1 Little Owl.

Aythya hybrid at Pilning Wetlands (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 presumed Ring-necked x Tufted Duck back on Grebe Pond.  2 Shoveler, 26 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 24 Dunlin, 4 Lapwing chicks, 1 f. Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Pilning:
Peregrine making repeated stoops at the birds around the allotments.


BELOW M4 & BANES


Whitethroat at Marshfleld (Pete Coslett)
Down Road, Marshfield:
2 Buzzard, 90 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 6-8 Skylark, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10 Swallow, 6 Whitethroat, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 30+ Yellowhammer, 4 Corn Bunting and all the usual corvids.

Yellowhammer at Marshfield (Pete Coslett)
Paulton:
2 Swift, 3 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Dipper, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 100 mixed corvids. 


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Egyptian Geese, Greylag Geese, 1 Little Egret, 2 ad. GBB Gulls, c. 40 Swift, mixed flock of c. 50 hirundines (including a Sand Martin trailing a white feather), 4 Grey Wagtail.

Chew Valley Lake:

Swift over the picnic site at Chew  (Lee @ Wildwood)
Dam:
c. 1000 Swift.

Herriotts End:
1 Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk over Chew (Lee @ Wildwood)
Reports: Pete Coslett, Mark Dadds, Patrick Hancock, Lee @ Wildwood, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Chris Stone, Zoe Trinder-Widdess,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRSnslbirding,  opsbirding,  severnsidebirds,  TBOSG