19-01-19 Saturday

Miserably wet all morning, clearing in the afternoon. Temp 5 - 8℃

White-fronted Goose 
Great White Egret (18th)
Short-eared Owl, Little Owl 
Siberian Chiffchaff (18th)

19-01-19 A welcome splash of colour on a dank day: Goldfinch, Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)

BRISTOL

19-01-19 Blackcap, Redland, Bristol (Tony Scott)

Redland:
Garden - 1 Blackcap

Hotwells:
2 Peregrine perched on the top of A Bond late pm
Not much else of note: . 2 Coal Tit, c30 Redwing, 10+ Goldfinch.

St Andrews Park:
4 Long-tailed Tit, 30 Goldfinch

19-01-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Eastville Park ( + River Frome):
2 Mute Swan, 58 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Cormorant,7 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 81 Black-headed Gull, 9 Woodpigeon, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Tawny, Owl, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 49 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit,  1 Goldcrest, 1m Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Chaffinch

Boiling Wells:

2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Dunnock

Crew's Hole:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, both heard

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
28 Skylark, 4+ Yellowhammer

Aust Warth:
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Little Owl nearby

19-01-19 Short-eared Owl, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle)

Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose still, 1 Short-eared Owl 

Pilning wetland:
1m Pintail, 1 Pochard, c 610 Lapwing, c 75 Black-tailed Godwit

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill: 
Winter bird Survey
3 Cormorant, 14 Black-headed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 75 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 7 Magpie, 32 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 15 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 38 Starling, 32 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 23 Robin, 34 House Sparrow, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch.

Easton-in-Gordano:

31 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 20 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 16 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 18 Blue Tit, 9 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 26 Starling, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 15 Robin, 16 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 19 Goldfinch.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:

19-01-19 St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)
[With rain as good as driving into the front of the Bath Peregrines nest box, the effectiveness of the design is clear, as the falcon's preferred scrape location remains dry. Andy Grant's approach was to mirror a natural cliff shelf with a small 'cave' to the back]

Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen, 70 Black-headed Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 11 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch

At the STW:
5 Grey Wagtail, 90 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

Chew Stoke STW:
18th : visible for the R Chew footpath - 2 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
18th: 2 Barnacle Goose, 2 Great White Egret,  a ♀ Sparrowhawk,  50+ Redwing, 1Grey Wagtail

Chew Valley Lake

No reports

AVON BIRD REPORT
We are shortly starting preparatory work on the 2018 Avon Bird Report. If you have any local records you have not yet submitted please let us have them before the end of the month so they can be included in the data used to prepare the report.

Thanks.

Reports: Bob Brewer, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford,  Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Brian Lancastle, Giles Morris, Jon Mortin, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Tony Scott, Birdguides, BUPP, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding