Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Jack Snipe
Firecrest
Hawfinch, Siskin
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| 18-2-18 Short-eared Owls at Aust Warth (Craig Lewis) |
LAST CALL FOR RARITY NOTES (see bottom of page)
BRISTOL
Redland:
Garden in Kersteman Road - 1 Firecrest
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 18-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (NSL Birding) |
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| 18-2-18 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (GingerBirder) |
The Short-eared Owl Show: up to 4 birds and at least 20 cars with spectators late afternoon. Also again one lone photographer right out on the saltmarsh, potentially disturbing the birds while hunting as well as spoiling things for everyone else
Ham Green:
Nuthatch.
Yate:
Kingsgate Park: 4 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Blackcap
Frampton Cotterell, Frampton End / Mayshill:
2 Pheasant, 1 Skylark, c25 Fieldfare, Song thrush, c50 Chaffinch 5 Yellowhammer.
NORTH SOMERSET
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| 18-2-18 Buzzard, Gordano Valley (Jason Williams) |
Buzzard with distinctive markings
Clevedon-Yeo:
inc WeBS count: 1 Mute Swan, 90+Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 8 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 12 Goosander, 5 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 1Grey Heron, 1Buzzard, 1Peregrine, 30 Oystercatcher, 22 Grey Plover, 160 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 150+ Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 12 Knot, 1400 Dunlin, 310 Redshank, 3 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 400 Black-headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Raven, 10 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit
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| 17-2-18 Little Egret roosting, Backwell Lake (Higgy) |
Into roost: at least 26 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Cormorant, 50+ Starling, 8 Grey Wagtail,
+ 8 Fieldfare
1 Peregrine at nearby site
Kenn:
30 Mute Swan, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6 Stonechat
Yatton:
Wemberham Lane - 1 Peregrine, 500 Starling, 70 Fieldfare
Langford:
2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit,1 Goldcrest, 7 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch (3m 2f )
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
Oldland: 3 Hawfinch still in St Anne's churchyard
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| 18-2-18 Mistle Thrush, Saltford (Rob Hargreaves) |
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| 18-2-18 Redwing, Saltford (Rob Hargreaves) |
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 100 Starling, 350 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 14 Robin, 20 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch (4m 1f), 14 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch
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| 18-2-18 Peregrine, Bath (BUPP) |
Bath:
St Mark's Church: Jemima Parry-Jones of, inter alia, @ICBPNewent fame, recommended we increase the depth of gravel in the nest box this year. Here tiercel AA appears to be intrigued by the depth of the foxhole his good lady falcon has crafted.
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| 18-2-18 Prior Park (Glenn Maddison) |
18 Hawfinch still present in yews near the school (see photo above), though mobile
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| 18-2-18 Hawfinch, Bath Spa University, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding) |
71 Teal, 5 Song Thrush, 9+ Hawfinch, 15+ Siskin
RESERVOIRS:
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford Lane:
1 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret
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| 18-2-18 Pintail, Herriott's Pool, CVL (Bob Brewer) |
6 Pintail
Chew Valley Ringing Station:
An occasional visitor to CVRS turned up again - a Robin ringed here as an immature bird in Sept 2014; it was around during Jan and Feb 2015 but wasn't seen again until July 2017 during its post-breeding moult. Also seen here in Jan this year.
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| from a few days ago: Barn Owl, Marshfield (Dan) |
LAST CALL FOR RARITY NOTES
The Recorders Committee will be meeting shortly to finalise the records
to be used in the compilation of the 2017 Avon Bird report. We are still
lacking notes to support any of the records listed below so none of
these records will be considered for inclusion. If you saw any of these
birds please take the short amount of time needed to send some notes to
avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks
Rich Mielcarek
Species Count Date Site
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 26/10/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Clevedon Pill |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 | 12/11/2017 | 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 |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 17/02/2017 | Kenn Moor, Claverham Drove |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 21/04/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW |
| 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 |
Reports: Bath Urban Peregrine Project, Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Mark Coller, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, Higgy, Craig Lewis, Glenn Maddison, Paul Milsom, Greg Poole, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Brian Thompson, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
