Wednesday 24 January 2018

24-1-18 Wednesday - Hawfinch

Temp 11 down to 7 ℃. Not cold, but a lot of wind, gusting to 60 mph, and rain, 14mm

The normal order now as we have two multiple entries. Still, have a look at yesterday's again!

Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Common Gull
Hawfinch


24-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's Oldland (Peter Coslett)
New Passage/Northwick Warth:
28 Common Gull

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
1 m Blackcap

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 (part leucistic) Blackbird, 3 singing Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfnch

24-1-18 Hawfinch, Marshfield (Denise Whittle)
Blagdon Lake:
2 Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebe

Reports: Peter Coslett, Bill Hewitt, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Dee Pope, Denise Whittle, Blagdonlakebirds

2017 Avon Bird Report
We are still missing descriptive notes or photographs for quite a few of the local rarities seen last year. In order to make the 2017 report as complete as possible, if you saw any of the birds on the list below can you please let us have some confirmatory notes as soon as possible.

Thanks
Rich Mielcarek

Species Count Date Site 
Whooper Swan 1 26/10/2017 Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Clevedon Pill
Whooper Swan 1 05/12/2017 Blagdon Lake (BL)
Lesser Scaup 1 12/11/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Red-breasted Merganser Present 05/01/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Great Northern Diver 1 11/11/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Balearic Shearwater 1 11/09/2017 Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Leach's Petrel 1 11/09/2017 Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Leach's Petrel 4 13/09/2017 Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Cattle Egret 2 11/02/2017 Winterbourne, Moorend, R Frome
Cattle Egret 1 17/02/2017 Congresbury
Cattle Egret 1 25/03/2017 New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW
Great White Egret 1 17/02/2017 Kenn Moor, Claverham Drove
Great White Egret 1 26/02/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Great White Egret 1 21/04/2017 New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW
Goshawk 1 08/07/2017 Wickwar, Lower Woods
Crane 2 25/03/2017 New Passage / Northwick Warth
Grey Phalarope 1 11/09/2017 Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head
Ring-billed Gull Present 08/01/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Caspian Gull Present 02/03/2017 Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice
Turtle Dove 1 25/04/2017 Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)
Turtle Dove 2 01/06/2017 Bristol, Sea Mills, Sylvan Way
Nightjar 1 15/10/2017 Avonmouth, Trading Estate, Severn Rd to Hallen
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 03/04/2017 Tortworth, Michael Wood, Little River Avon
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 3 13/04/2017 R. Chew N of Compton Dando
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 08/05/2017 Wickwar, Lower Woods
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 5 25/06/2017 R. Chew N of Compton Dando
Willow Tit 1 21/12/2017 Radstock, Cycle Track
Woodlark 1 29/10/2017 New Passage / Northwick Warth
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 15/10/2017 Winterbourne
Waxwing 1 14/01/2017 Yate
Waxwing 20 14/01/2017 Bristol, Fishponds, Staple Hill, CO-OP
Waxwing 1 17/01/2017 Aust
Waxwing 6 04/02/2017 Bristol, Staple Hill, Signal Rd
Waxwing 4 01/03/2017 Thornbury
Tree Sparrow 1 31/10/2017 Dundry, Garden
Richard's Pipit 1 24/09/2017 Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Channel View farm sea wall
Hawfinch 1 15/10/2017 Aust Cliff
Hawfinch 1 18/10/2017 Aust Cliff
Hawfinch 1 31/10/2017 Dundry, Garden
Hawfinch 2 02/11/2017 Cribbs Causeway
Hawfinch 1 10/11/2017 Dundry
Hawfinch 1 30/11/2017 Tortworth, Court
Lapland Bunting 1 15/10/2017 Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) Wain's Hill