Sightings 28/4/11

Red Kites in Avon so far this month: Yatton (8th), RPD (9th), Redland and Clifton (9th), CVL (18th), Burrington Combe (22nd), Kingswood (22nd), Winford (23rd), Chipping Sodbury (25th), Marshfield (25th), Bristol airport (27th) and Severn Beach (28th).

There was some seabird and wader passage in the estuary at last today.


BRISTOL:
Eastville: 2 Goldcrest at the park (R Scantlebury).

CHIPPING SODBURY:
The female Ring Ouzel still present to 1.30pm at least (D Pearce). 12th day of stay.

SEVERNSIDE: per severnsidebirds,
Severn Beach:  a Red Kite over 7.45am.

On the late afternoon/evening seawatch: 120 Bar-tailed Godwit, 22 Whimbrel and 2 Arctic Skua but no Terns at all.

PORTBURY WHARF:
5 Whimbrel and a Swift new at the pools this morning. 2 singing Lesser Whitethroat along wharf lane (S Hale).

PORTISHEAD:
Battery Pt seawatch 1.45-5.15pm: single Kestrel, Hobby and Peregrine, 75 Bar-tailed Godwit, 105 Wader sp, probably Whimbrel/Bar-taileds, 2 Skua sp, 145 Tern sp (80/40/15/10), thought to be Common/Arctic.

Backdrop to the seabird passage was a steady stream of Swallow to north, c.140 birds (S Hale).

PILL:

28.4.11 House Sparrow © Roger Hawley, many thanks

a rare bird in some Pill gardens

Along the foreshore scrub: 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, a Willow Warbler, 5 Whitethroat, 7 Sedge Warbler and 2 Bullfinch.

One of the Raven chicks fledged and was out flying today (R Hawley).

CLEVEDON COAST:
Shore highlights this morning were: 18 Bar-tailed Godwit, 28 Whimbrel, 3 Common Sandpiper and 6 Wheatear (HE Rose).

Still a noted lack of small waders such as Sanderling and Dunlin.