Tuesday 2 May 2017

2nd May '17 Tuesday - Short-eared Owls

A bit overcast but pleasant enough, with a NE wind.

Short-eared Owls, Red Kites, Black Tern, Grasshopper Warbler.

Look what I found in my garden
(Grey Heron by Ian Stapp)
BRISTOL

Stoke Park:
3 Swallow, 15  Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 'loads' of Blackcap and Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler.

Stockwood Open Spaces:
2 Buzzard, 2 Pheasant, 4 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 1-2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5+ Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch.

Whitchurch:
1 Red Kite.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
1 Little Egret, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8 Dunlin, 10 Black-headed Gull, 3 x 1W Common Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Stonechat at Aust (Vic Savery)
Aust:
2 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat.

Greenshank at Pilning Wetlands (John Martin)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
2 Grey Plover (in summer plumage), 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Knot (just showing some colour), 61 Dunlin (some showing black bellies), 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 3 Yellow Wagtail (2 m., 1 f.).

Ingst: (ST5787, inland from New Passage)
4 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 1 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 15 Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler, 8 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, flock 9 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch.


NORTH SOMERSET:

Portbury Wharf:
2 Wigeon, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel,1 Little Stint, 2 Common Sandpiper, a Peregrine with pray on a pylon, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 12+ Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler,


Whimbrel at Portishead (Brian Thompson)
Portishead:
1 Oystercatcher, 3 Whimbrel.

Clevedon-Yeo:

(the whole coast, 4 hours at high tide):
125 Shelduck, 4 Tufted Duck, 7 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret. 34 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 12 Lapwing (also 1 juv at Dowlais), 17 Dunlin, 40 Bar Tailed Godwit, 71 Whimbrel, 5 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 1 Short Eared Owl (Yeo), 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 14 Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 9 Reed Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 15 Linnet.

(BBS earlier, Channel View southwards, lowish tide):
24 Shelduck, 1 Peregrine (unsuccessfully stooping at a Whimbrel), 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing, 6 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Snipe, 8 Skylark, 2 Cettis Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Wick side of Yeo), 9 Reed Warbler , 7 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Raven, 4 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting.


Rock Pipit at Portishead (Brian Thompson)
Weston-super-Mare,  Airfield (disused):
3 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10+ Whitethroat.

Uphill:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Swallow, 1 Stonechat, 3+ Whitethroat.

RESERVOIRS:

Blagdon Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 flyover Shelduck, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler.

Oystercatcher on the dam at Chew today (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
2 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swift, 1 Whitethroat.

Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 6 Nuthatch (feeding young - presume 2 adults and 4 juvs.), 3 Reed Bunting.

Woodford:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Blackcap, 2 Raven.

Heron's Green:
2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 7 House Sparrow.

Moreton:
2 Shelduck, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler,  2 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Jay, 1 Bullfinch.

Stratford:
2 Buzzard, 1 Black Tern, 2 Swift, 15+ Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Raven.

Herriotts End:
10 Shelduck, 2 feral Barnacle Goose, 2 Hobby, 1 Red Kite, 5 G BB Gull, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting.

Who am I? - hybrid gull at Chew (Allan Chard)
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