1st November '17 Wednesday - Woodcock

Temp max 14˚C. Wind S max 6 mph. A bit dull but dry

Goosander
Great White Egret
Merlin
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Water Pipit
Woodcock

BRISTOL

1-11-17 Blackcap in High Kingsdown (Keith Williams)
Showing well all over Avon

Pomfrett Garden, feeders:
3 Blue Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Robin, 3 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1-11-17 Merlin at Aust (Tony Scott)

Aust Warth:
1 Buzzard, 3 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Redwing, 2 pair Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

1-11-17 Merlin at New Passage (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 30th:
2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 6-700 waders, inc. 58 Oystercatcher, 59 Lapwing, 20 Knot, Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 1 Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Turnstone, 1 m Stonechat, Meadow Pipit

Emerson's Green/Winterbourne Down:
500+ Starling murmuration

Almondsbury:
1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren

1-11-17 Buzzard over Strawberry Line (Terri Borash)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
50 Starling

Weston-super-Mare:
1f Peregrine hunting along seafront

Uphill and STW:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 7 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

Strawberry Line, Sandford towards Congressbury:
2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Goldcrest, lots Fieldfares and Redwings, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch


BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Victoria Park:
Woodcock (film clip of it landing)

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 

1-11-17 Coal Tit in Keynsham (talkingtobears)

Keynsham, ST6567:
4 Herring Gull, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 10 Jackdaw, 4 Coal Tit, 50 Starling, 20 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
5+ Shovelers, 6 Pintails, 1 Water Rail, 125 Lapwings

1-11-17 Golden Plover at CVL (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
12 Goosander, 26 Little Egret, 29 Great White Egret, 18 Golden Plover, 4 Water Pipit

Dam:
2 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10 Long-tailed Tit

Bittern Trail:
10 Pintail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit

Woodford:
3 Goosander, 4 Little Egret, 15 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Dunlin, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit,

Herons Green:

6 Goosander, 16 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 18 Golden Plover came to wash but only 2 stayed, 25 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 1 f Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit

1-11-17 Water Pipit in Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
2 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Treecreeper, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
5 Shelduck, 16 Pintail, 4 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 5 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 1st w Mediterranean Gull

1-11-17 Golden Plover in Mendips (George Stacey)

Out of Avon:
Mendips ref 520525 Chancellors Farm:

100 Golden Plover, with lots of Lapwing, Starling, and a few Fieldfare

(photo Alex Carlisle)

The 2016 Avon Bird Report is now available. It has 216 pages including 16 in colour

BOC and BNS members will get a copy in November, but if you are not a member of either group they are available to buy from Harvey Rose at Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW. They cost £9.50 including postage, and cheques should be made out to "AOG"



Reports: Terri Borash, Paul Bowerman, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, David Gale, Robert Hargreaves, Adrian Hockey, David Howes, Brian Lancastle, Ros Maud, Paul Milo, Rob P, Lois Pryce, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, talkingtobears, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds