Bewick's Swan
Scaup, Red-crested Pochard
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Grey Plover, Spotted Redshank
Merlin
Water Pipit
Brambling
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| 8-11-18 Red-crested Pochard, Bernard King (Rob Hargreaves) Dire record shot against the light of male (S Hale would be proud!) |
Coombe Dingle:
4 Raven mobbed by 20 Jackdaw
Henbury, Crow Lane, 7th:
Rooks on road verge
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| 8-11-18 Grey Plover, OPS (Peter Hazelwood |
5 Grey Plover, 1 Blackcap, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling
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| 8-11-18 Curlew at Pilning (Chris Snook) |
135 Oystercatcher, 135 Lapwing, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, 145 Stock Dove, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin 1 Water Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit
Clevedon-Yeo:
72 Canada Goose, 7 Mute Swan, Wigeon, 50 Teal, 5 Little Egret, 42 Oystercatcher, 70 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 80 Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 600 Dunlin, 160 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 15 Skylark, 150 Starling, 120 Meadow Pipit, 5 Rock Pipit
Kenn Moor:
89 Canada Goose (Manmmor, River Kenn), 1 Little Grebe (Manmoor), 2 Buzzard, 1 m Kestrel, 50 Starling, 70 Fieldfare, 1 m Stonechat
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| 8-11-18 Green Woodpecker, Yatton (Higgy) |
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 regular Green Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, pair Blackcap, Redwing fly-overs heard regularly at night
BELOW M4 & BANES
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| 8-11-18 Mistle Thrush, Newton St Loe (Wayne Tucker) |
2 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 7+ Coal Tit, 3 Mistle Thrush, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 10 Linnet
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Pintail, 1 Great White Egret, 420 Lapwing, 30 Pied Wagtail, 35 Meadow Pipit
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| 8-11-18 Bewick's Swan, Bernard King (Rob Hargreaves) |
2 Bewick's Swans, 30 Pintail, pair Red-crested Pochard (Bernard King), 2 Scaup (Herons Green), 1 m Goldeneye, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (HG to Stratford), 1 Red Kite, 9 Cattle Egret (HG), 10 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 55 Lapwing, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Snipe, 2 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Water Pipit (Moreton), 3 Reed Bunting
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| November 18 Hoopoe, Hilmarton (Mike Trew) |
Hoopoe at Hilmarton and Ruddy Shelduck at Langford Lakes, Nov 6th
Avon Bird Report
The 2017 edition of the Avon Bird Report is available now. BOC and BNS members will get their copies in November. It's the largest ever at 208 pages, the cost is £10 plus £1.50 postage and can be obtained from Harvey Rose at:
Arncliffe
Coast Road
Walton Bay
Clevedon, BS21 7FW
(If you are passing my way you are welcome to drop by to pick up a copy but please let me know first that you are coming.) I also have back numbers at a much-reduced cost. Please note that cheques should be made out to "AOG", that is Avon Ornithological Group.
Apart from the regular items the Report contains papers on (a) Trends in wildfowl numbers in the Severn Estuary (Rupert Higgins), (b) Unusual Avon area sightings for the period 2013 to 2017 (Andy Davis), (c) Iberian Chiffchaff in Yate (Mark Coller), and (d) Unusual Common Gulls in the Chew Valley area (Andy Davis and Richard Mielcarek). Cover picture: Alex Carlisle Editor: Harvey Rose
