Tuesday 20 November 2018

20-11-2018 Tuesday - Red Kite

Overcast - Cold - Bright spells

Yellowhammer
Red Kite, Yellow-legged Gull, Cattle Egret.
Bewick's Swan.


Dipper 20-11-2018 River Chew (Lee Gardiner)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet - moving about the area - Egerton Rd (12th) now in Berkeley Road.

Redland:
3 Blackcap - (2m 1f) first in the garden this winter.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth - Pilning wetland:
79 Lapwing, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 68 Stock Dove, 2 Raven, 20+Redwing, 1 Fieldfare.

Hambrook:
BOC Tue walk - 12 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 9 Moorhen - 2 climbed into a small tree, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon - flocks of 12, 18, 26, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Jay, 9 Magpie, 47 Jackdaw - one flock of 30, 2 Rook,
8 Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Blackbird, 7 Redwing - one small flock of 6, 4 Robin, 1 Dipper, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 16 Chaffinch - 10 on the feeders, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
4 Cormorant in the harbour area

Walton Common:
1 Tawny Owl calling at 2:45 pm, 20 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch.

Worlebury:
12 Long-tailed Tit

Churchill:
1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 2 Redwing.

BELOW M4 & BANES


Starling 20-11-2018 Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch.

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
4 Bewick's Swan - flew off to CVL at 16:15.

Chew Valley Lake
1 Red Kite, 3 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret

Dam:
1 Yellow-legged Gull (ad)

Reports: John Clark, Andy Davis, Rob Emery, Lee Gardiner, David Horlick, Andy Middleton, George Rabin, Brian Speidel talking to bears,   blagdonlakebirdsCVRSnslbirdingopsbirdingsevernsidebirdsTBOSG

2018 records
Now the 2017 Avon Bird Report has been published we have started preparatory work for the 2018 report, checking the records submitted during the first nine months of this year.
All the following records lack supporting notes so if you saw any of the birds in question please let us have your notes please, to avonbirdrecorder@gmail.com.
It helps us immensely if people submit supporting notes at the time of the sighting.

Species
Date
Site
Cattle Egret
2
03/09/2018
Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)
Common Redpoll
1
15/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Common Redpoll
3
21/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Glaucous Gull
1
1w
03/01/2018
Severn Beach
Goshawk
1
17/02/2018
Marshfield, Tormarton Rd, Newhouse Farm
Goshawk
1
21/04/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Great Grey Shrike
1
25/09/2018
Almondsbury (M4/M5 interchange)
Great Skua
1
juv
23/09/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Hen Harrier
1
13/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Moreton
Hen Harrier
1
12/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL)
Honey-buzzard
1
17/05/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Iceland Gull
07/04/2018
Sand Point
Leach's Petrel
1
03/01/2018
Severn Beach
Leach's Petrel
1
19/09/2018
Severn Beach
Leach's Petrel
1
21/09/2018
Clevedon, Ladye Bay
Nightingale
1
19/04/2018
Wick
Nightjar
1
22/05/2018
Oldbury Power Station (OPS)
Ortolan Bunting
1
13/09/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth
Ortolan Bunting
1
15/09/2018
New Passage / Northwick Warth, PWL
Purple Heron
1
juv
24/07/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Main Reedbed
Purple Heron
1
juv
13/09/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford
Spoonbill
1
13/05/2018
Oldbury Power Station (OPS)
Turtle Dove
2
27/04/2018
Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's
White Stork
1
01/07/2018
Bristol, Lawrence Weston Moor