31-1-18 Wednesday - Wood Duck

Temp 8 down to 4 ℃. Nasty rain early, sunshine from midday but getting colder

Bird order is IOC, BOU and Birdtrack, using 2018 BOU names

Wood Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Ring-necked Parakeet
Marsh Tit

BRISTOL

Percival Road, BS8
1 Marsh Tit on feeders

Stapleton, Holy Trinity and Days Rd:
1 Peregrine

St Andrews Park:
14 Magpie in one tree, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

31-1-18 Wood Duck, Westerleigh (Wilfred King)

Westerleigh Garden Centre:

1 Wood Duck

NORTH SOMERSET

31-1-18 Black Redstart, Uphill (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill:
1 (f) Black Redstart

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 (part leucistic) Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 and BANES

31-1-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's (David Gale)

Oldland, St Anne's Church:
3 Ring-necked Parakeet

Marshfield, Down Road:
200 Linnet, 5 Corn Bunting

30-1-18 Peregrine, Bath (Hamish Smith)
Falcon called all day for mate to no avail

Bath, St John's:
1 f Peregrine

RESERVOIRS

31-1-18 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank 1 (Allan Chard)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake, 30th
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Scaup, 9 Goosander, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 48 Lapwing, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker

Chew Valley Lake:

31-1-18 Goldeneye, the Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:
4 2m/2f Goldeneye

31-1-18 Redwing, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
several Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff seen, many Redwing

31-1-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (George Stacey)

Moreton:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Out of Uk 
Bob Brewer with Raptors in India

Reports: Alan Chard, David Esam, David Gale, Ginger Birder, Bill Hewitt, King, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, Hamish Smith, George Stacey, Martin Tayler, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

30-1-18 Tuesday - Redpoll

Temp -1 to 7 ℃. Sunshine all the way today, not too cold in the Sun with just a cool breeze

Bird order is IOC, BOU and Birdtrack, using 2018 BOU names

Black-necked Grebe
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Marsh Tit
Black Redstart
Hawfinch, Redpoll, Siskin

30-1-18 Cormorant + Pike, (Ian Stapp)
Pike fishing starts this Thursday at CVL

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

7 BH Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 28 Wood Pigeons, 2 Collared Doves, 16 Magpies, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Crows, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 14 Starlings, 3 Blackbirds, 6 Fieldfares, 8 Robins, 20 House Sparrows, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtails, 2 Chaffinches, 4 Greenfinches, 12 Goldfinches

Castle Park/ Finzels Reach:
3 Mute Swan, 1 Moorhen, 2 Peregrine, 3 Starling

30-1-18 Concorde Way (Patrick Richards)

Concorde Way:
1 Sparrowhawk, 13 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 6 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 42 Starling, 3 m Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 19 Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 f Chaffinch, 2 f Bullfinch, 1 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

15 Siskin

Aust, 14.00:
2 Short-eared Owls, 1 Stonechat

New Passage/Northwick Warth, 29th:
80 Shelduck, 300 Wigeon, 62 Oystercatcher, 48 Lapwing, 114 Curlew, 97 Dunlin

Thornbury, Hacket Lane, evening:

2 Green Woodpecker, large mixed flock Thrushes, 6 Chaffinch, 24 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury, North Pools:
2 Canada Geese, 2 j Mute Swan, 18 Shoveler, 27 Gadwall, 24 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 5 Moorhen, 36 Coot, 2 Oystercatcher, 32 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 55 BH Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Pied Wagtail

30-1-18 Black Redstart, Uphill (Bill Hewitt)

Uphill:
2 Song Thrush, 1 (f) Black Redstart

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Bunting,

BELOW M4 and BANES

30-1-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, St Anne's (Lee Gardiner)

Oldland, St Anne's Church:
3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Hawfinch

Warmley Forest Park:

1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzards, 3 Jays, 2 Coal Tits, 8 Blue Tits, 5 Great Tits, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Nuthatch, 12 Blackbirds, 100+ mixed flock Fieldfares and Redwing, 7 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

30-1-18 Stonechat, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret (Shire Valley), 5 Buzzard, 330 Common Gull, 3 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (Down Rd), 20 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 200 mixed Finch, 30 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer

Pensford, BOC walk:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 3 Raven, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, 17 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 50 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 12 Siskin - lots of song about

Bath, Bloomfield:
1 f Blackcap

30-1-18 Fieldfare, NSL (NSL-birding)

Newton St Loe:
4 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 10 Stock Dove, 1 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 1 Hawfinch, 15 Greenfinch, 20 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (No.1), 3 f Goldeneye

Blagdon Lake:
3 Barnacle Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Scaup, 9 Goosander, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 48 Lapwing, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker

Chew Valley Lake:

30-1-18 Redpoll, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
7 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 14 Lapwing, 1 Hooligan's Gull, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll

30-1-18 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redwing, 1 f Reed Bunting

Woodford:
3 2f Scaup, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 1 GBB Gull

30-1-18 Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
32 Wigeon, 9 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 40 Lapwing, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+15 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 40 Starling, 20 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

Herriotts:
8 Shelduck, 2 Buzzard

30-1-18 Red-legged Partridge, Marshfield (Dan White)
In the evening light

Reports: John Budd, Alan Chard, Peter Coslett, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, Ben Hoare, Brian Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, Bob Pepper, Chris Perry, Adam Rawson, Patrick Richards, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, Dan White, Denise Whittle, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

29-1-18 Monday - Woodcock

Mild with misty rain, a bit windy at times, clearing somewhat in the afternoon.

Lesser Scaup 
Black-necked Grebe
Hawfinch
Short-eared Owl
Woodcock

Nice portrait of a Wren in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Concorde Cycle Track:
14 Woodpigeon, 7 Collared Dove, 5 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 17 Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 3 Blue Tit, 31 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.

Clifton Down:
1 Mistle Thrush, 37 Redwing, 2 singing Song Thrush, 1 Jay.

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
No Hawfinches but 2 Ring-necked Parakeets.

Horfield:
Woodcock - flying over Lockleaze road this afternoon. Very unexpected sighting!

Kingfisher 29th Jan 2018 Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
Kingfisher, Wren.

Fishponds:
4 Blackcap in the garden - 1♀ + 3♂

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
m. Black Redstart, 1 Kittiwake - 1st winter.

Almondsbury:
Tawny Owl.

Aust:
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel

New Passage:
80 Shelduck, 300 + Wigeon, 62 Oystercatcher, 48 Lapwing, 114 Curlew, 92 Turnstone, 97 Dunlin, 18 Redshank.

NORTH SOMERSET

Ring-necked Parakeet in a Clevedon garden (Stephen Curtis)

Clevedon:
(Garden in Cannonsgate) Ring-necked Parakeet.

Ringed Plovers and Sanderling on Uphill beach (Simon Williams)

Uphill:

Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Sanderling.

BELOW M4 and BANES

Hawfinch still in the garden - lucky Denise Whittle!

Marshfield:

Hawfinch still in the garden

Bath - Walcot Gate:
9 Long-tailed Tit and 2 Song Thrush with other usual suspects on the 'enhanced' garden feeding station

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
Egyptian Goose, 3 feral Barnacle Geese with Canada Geese, 2 m. Scaup, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron.

Black-necked Grebe at Moreton, Chew (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
5 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 50+ Lapwing.

Woodford/Villice Bay:
2 Scaup (1m., 1f.), 7 Goldeneye, 1 Peregrine, 2 G BB Gull, 40+ Fieldfare, 10+ L TTit, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch.

Herons Green:
2 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe.

Moreton:
14 Wigeon, 2 f. Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker,  15+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing,  1 Jay, 1 Raven, 20+ L TTit, 12+ Chaffinch.

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 1 G BB Gull.

Reports: Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Stephen Curtis, Rob Emery, Scott Petrek, Dean Reeves, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Gareth Roberts, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Brian Thompson, Simon Williams, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TBOSG

28-1-18 Sunday - Firecrest

Mild but damp - rain never far away all day. Little wind; overcast

Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Ring-necked Parakeet
Firecrest
Siskin

28-1-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL
Fishponds:
1 Peregrine 

Eastville Park: 

1 Firecrest (copse by narrow bridge next to weir) 

Bishopston:

2 Redwing

Stockwood Open Space:
I Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 15 mixed Blue/ Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 12 blackbird, 10 Redwing, , 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-1-18 another view of the Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Allan Chard)

Aust:

1 Short-eared Owl late afternoon

NORTH SOMERSET

28-1-18 Ring-necked Parakeet, Clevedon (Molly Pannell, aged 9, via i-phone)

Clevedon: 
1 Ring-necked Parakeet 

Langford: 

28-1-18 Blackcap pair, Langford (David Goodliffe)

(RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Coal Tit,  3 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 pair Blackcap,  1Wren, 1 pair Blackbird, 3 Chaffinch, 3 pair  Bullfinch, 30+ Goldfinch,1 m Siskin    

BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:

Lower Weston - 1 Sparrowhawk 

Oldland,  St Anne's Church:

27-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's Church Oldland (Richard Bedwell)
One of the regularly reported birds has a damaged beak
 - half the upper mandible is missing

RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
No 1 Tank: Long-tailed Duck still
No 3 Tank: 3 Goldeneye

Blagdon:

1m Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebe
Chew Valley Lake:

Ringing Station update: weather limited ringing but  did however produce a female Coal Tit, ringed here in autumn 2015 as a young bird. She was around and started breeding the following spring, but then disappeared 'til the 2016 / 17 winter. She is back visiting this winter.

Villice Bay:

4 Scaup (3m,1f)

Moreton:

1 Black-necked Grebe

Out of area:

Somerset Levels, Ham Wall, VP1 - Drake Ferruginous Duck.  Torr Hide - Drake Ring-necked Duck

Gloucestershire, Crabtree Hill Great Grey Shrike 
Gloucestershire, Arlingham Richard's Pipit
Gloucestershire, Plock Court, Penduline Tit 

Gloucestershire, Sharpness, Great Northern Diver


Reports:  Jon Angell, Richard Bedwell,  Birdguides, Allan Chard,  Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Michael Davis, David Goodliffe, John Griffiths,  Mike Meecham, Molly Pannell, Shane Pannell,  blagdonlakebirds,  CVRS,  nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

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

27 -1-18 Saturday - Purple Sandpiper

Bit of every thing today - but mostly miserable.

Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpiper
Hawfinch

BRISTOL

Coal Tit 27th Jan 2018 Bristol St George (Lee Gardiner)

St George:
Coal Tit (splendid image from the Great Garden Birdwatch)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 (2♂) Tufted Duck on the Lake, 60 Common Gull, 1 Peregrine, 50 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush - all singing, 100 Redwing,  and 1 Robin also singing.

Aust: (combined report)

White-fronted Goose (flyover, pm), c.30 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 2 Curlew, c.30 Dunlin, c.30 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl (appeared 5.07pm), 1 Kestrel, c.20 Redwing. 1 Stonechat.

Easter Compton:

c 90 Jackdaw (mostly as couples.) along the main road.

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake: (highlights)
24 Mute Swan, a Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, 5 Song Thrush and 13 Greenfinch.

Portishead: Battery Point.

4 Purple Sandpiper

Linnet 27th Jan 2018 Portishead (Pete Evans)

Blackcap 27th Jan 2018 Portishead (Pete Evans)

Portishead, Down Road:
1 m Blackcap and 3 Linnet

Clevedon: Hand Stadium (near)
1 Green Sandpiper

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

Whithymead area:

Hawfinch on the feeder again - briefly.

Willsbridge Mill and St Ann's

1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush (full song), 6 Robin, 6 Hawfinch,  6 Greenfinch.

Paulton:2 Moorhen, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 40 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Lesser Redpoll,
10 Goldfinch.


RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Scaup.

Morton:
Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe

Out of area:
Somerset Levels, Ham Wall, VP1 - Drake Ferruginous Duck.  Torr Hide - Drake Ring-necked Duck
Gloucestershire, Plock Court, Penduline Tit still in play. 

Gloucestershire, Sharpness, Great Northern Diver.


Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Brennan, Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Pete Evans, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock Robert Kelsh, Lois Pryce, Howard Taffs, 

Wildwoodphotos blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

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

26-1-18 Friday - Hawfinch

Quite nice out in the sun but a bit of a cold wind

Short-eared Owl
Hawfinch
Lesser Scaup

26/1/18 Teal in the sunshine at Chew Valley Lake (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Redland garden:
Male Blackcap

Lockleaze:
(Concorde Way cycle track, Lockleaze. ST6077)

3 Black Headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 1m 1f Peregrine Falcon, 2 Collard Dove, 8 Magpie, 

2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 50+ Starling, 1 Blackcap, 1m 1f Blackbird, 4 Robin, 

23 House Sparrow,  Dunnock and 3 Goldfinch.

26/1/18 Peregrine in Lockleaze (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:

2 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck,  2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 

16 Lapwing, 200-300 Dunlin,  40 Redshank

26/1/18 Little Grebe at New Passage (Vera Carpenter)

Aust Warth:

4 Short-eared Owl, 1 Stonechat

26/1/18 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Lisa Presland)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Partial albino Coot  (could this be the Chew bird?)

26/1/18 Leucistic Coot at Portbury Warf (Chris Stone)

Clevedon:

3 Goosander off Wains Hill

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
(Shire Valley)
1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 250+ Golden Plover, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 

2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 60+ Fieldfare, 15 Redwing

Oldland St Anne's Church:
8 Hawfinch

26/1/18 Hawfinch at St Anne's Church Oldland (Richard Bedwell)

Keynsham:
Keynsham Garden in ST6567:
2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Starling, 

2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck

26/1/18 Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks (Wildwood Photos)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper

Picnic Site No.2:
2 Goldeneye, Little Grebe

Hollow Brook:

2 Fieldfare

Woodford:
7 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 4 Scaup (F in Villice bay), 12+ L TT, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest,
1 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch,

Heron's Green:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's (calling)

Moreton:
Lesser Scaup was still viewable in the middle of the lake from Moreton this morning.

12 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander,  1 Buzzard,  2 G BB Gull, 1 G S Wood, 4 Ravens (lots of calling & chasing around), 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's, 1 Chiffchaff, 20+ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 10+ L TT, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch

26/1/18 Goldeneye displaying at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts:

8 Shelduck, 2 adult Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti's (calling)


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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