04-01-19 Friday - Firecrest

Cold, mainly bright with some cloud

Firecrest
Red-crested Pochard
White-fronted Geese
Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Goosander (m), 6 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch,
2 Redwing, 15+ Blackbird, 4 Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
SE Owl (hunting between lagoon 3 and yacht club), 1 Black Redstart (m)

Almondsbury:
1 Jay (on window feeder), 1 Tawny Owl (heard last night)

4-1-19 Jay on a window feeder (Vera Carpenter)
So that's where all the food is going

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, Pochard, Pintail. Snipe and lots of Fieldfare and Redwing in the back fields

Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose

Severn Beach - Orchard Pools:
2 pairs Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 1 Snipe, 1 Coal Tit, mixed flock 5 Blue & Great Tit, 8 LT Tit,
c 90 Starling (Some rhine areas frozen)

Winterborne - Newleaze Wood to North Wood:
2 Buzzard, 100 Woodpigeon, 1 large Peregrine getting the better of 2 Carrion Crows, 4 Fieldfare,
1 singing Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, plus nice sunset.
Peregrine in ST6581


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 m Blackcap (both 1st winter birds - ringed in a garden close to Battery Point)

Clevedon-Yeo:
15 Goosander (11f, 4m, Blind Yeo)

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Firecrest (Kewstoke, opposite the Commodore Hotel in the overflow car park)

4-1-19 Firecrest (Paul Cousins)
Great photo - best of 50 shots!

Bleadon Levels:
3 Cattle Egret, 1 Jack Snipe, 10 Snipe, 2000 Lapwing, 50 Canada Geese, 2 Little Egret. (No owls at dawn or dusk)

Bleadon:
42 Curlew - in groups 30, 6 and 6, over and in to roost on the Brean side of the Axe, 2 Short-eared Owl - 15:00, out hunting.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
c300 Common Gull, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Stonechat, 4 Buzzard, c200 Fieldfare/Redwing

Newton St Loe:2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 31 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan, 10 BH Gull, 1 Coot, 2 Cormorant, 26 Teal, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, c26 Common Gull,
Many Blue/Great Tit, also Coal Tit, L T Tit, Redwing , Fieldfare, 1 Female Blackcap, 2 Jay,

4 Goldcrest

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 20 Skylark, 70 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 35 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing,
2 Song Thrush

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam: Shoveller, Lapwing

4-1-19 Lapwing off the Dam (B0b Brewer)

Woodford: 4 male Bullfinch

4-1-10 Cetti's Warbler (George Stacey)
Heard but rarely seen

Stratford: 3 Bewicks, 1 Cetti, 3 Snipe, 4 Reed Bunting

4-1-19 Bewick Swans (George Stacey)

Villice: 5 Red-crested Pochard

4-1-19 Red-crested Pochard (George Stacey)

Heron's Green: 12+ Buzzard (in a field)

4-1-19 One of 12 Buzzard (Bob Brewer)

It's that time of year again when the recorder is looking for a little story about rarities that were seen last year, but not yet written about. If you see any in the list that are yours please send in your tale to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Leach's Petrel               1                      03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Glaucous Gull               1 1st wint          03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Goshawk                      1 ♂                   17/02/2018        Marshfield, Tormarton Rd, Newhouse Farm

Iceland Gull                   Present             07/04/2018        Sand Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   12/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Common Redpoll          1                      15/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Nightingale                    1                      19/04/2018        Wick

Goshawk                      1                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Common Redpoll          3                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Turtle Dove                   2                      27/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Spoonbill                      1                      13/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

Honey-buzzard              1                      17/05/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Nightjar                         1                      22/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

White Stork                   1                      01/07/2018        Bristol, Lawrence Weston Moor

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 24/07/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Main Reedbed

Cattle Egret                   2                      03/09/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 13/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Cattle Egret                   4                      15/09/2018        Barrow  Gurney Res.  (BG)

Leach's Petrel               1                      19/09/2018        Severn Beach

Leach's Petrel               1                      21/09/2018        Clevedon, Ladye Bay

Great Skua                    1 juv                 23/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Great Skua                    1                      24/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Nunnery Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ringtail            05/10/2018        Sand Point

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      13/10/2018        Bristol, Southmead, Badock's Wood

Red-necked Grebe        1                      13/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice

Goshawk                      1                      19/10/2018        Hallen

Bearded Tit                   2 ♀ + ♂            19/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      19/10/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Wain's Hill

Hen Harrier                    1                      21/10/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Spoonbill                      1 juv                 21/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Denny Island

Whooper Swan              7                      22/10/2018        Tortworth

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   29/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Heron's Green

Cattle Egret                   4                      04/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Woodlark                      2                      18/11/2018        Aust, Services

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      18/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Whooper Swan              10                     08/12/2018        Chew Valley North Side

Thanks

Reports: Bob Brewer, Paul Bowerman, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Paul Cousins, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazlewood, Bill Hewitt, David Howes, Mike Jackson, Lisa Presland, Lois Price, Aravind Ramesh, Richard Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Howard Taffs,    blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG