01-04-19 Monday - Little Gulls, Firecrest

1-4-19 Chiffchaff at CVL (Ian Loats)

Temp 4 to 18 ℃. Beautiful weather today, lots of birders taking advantage of it


White-cheeked Pintail, Long-tailed Duck
Osprey
Red Kite
Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin
Little Gull
Merlin
Swallow, House Martin
Chiffchaff numbers
Firecrest
Redpoll

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Sand Martin,3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap

Eastville, from roof:
2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 17 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail

Little Stoke, 09.15:
1 Osprey NE mobbed by gulls

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Snipe, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap

Westbury-on-Trym, 14.40:
1 Red Kite flying North

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1-4-19 Lttle Egret on the Little Avon (Adam Rawson)

Oldbury Power Station:
41 Shelduck, 8 Wigeon, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Oystercatcher, 19 Curlew, 3 Buzzard, 30 Hirundine sp, 4 Sand Martin, 1 HouseMartin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 39 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 5 Bullfinch

NewPassage/Northwick Warth:
2 Little Egret, 1 Osprey NW 09.40, 1 Red Kite 09.20, 3 Buzzard, 13 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 LBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 75 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 100 Pied Wagtail, 568 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redpoll, 280 Goldfinch

1-4-19 Little Ringed Plover on Nortwick Warth (Lisegirl)

NewPassage/Northwick Warth, 06.55-08.55:
1 Little Egret, 19 Common Gull, 1 Merlin, 55 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 singing Willow Warbler, Blackcap, vis mig Meadow Pipits mostly, 11 Chaffinch, 68 Linnet, 3 Redpoll, 280 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin

Hambrook, Moorend:
1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, pair Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit

Clevedon, Wains Hill:
90 Woodpigeon, 9 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Redwing, 3 alba Wagtail, 162 Meadow Pipit, 62 Linnet, 89 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting - all North

Tickenham, Jacklands Bridge:
3 Sand Martin

Sand Point, 07.20 - 08.30:
200 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 400 Meadow Pipit, 5 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 5 alba Wagtail, 70 Linnet, 100 Goldfinch, 15 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting, all North
Also, 2 Wheatear, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

1-4-19 Yellowhammer at Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite, Buzzard, 3 Raven, 30 Skylark, Chiffchaff, 1 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Corn Bunting, 30 Yellowhammer

Chelwood Pensford, 12.00:

1 poss 2 Red Kite circling high

Saltford to the old Mangotsfield Station:
2 Buzzard, 8 Sand Martin, 22 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush

Paulton:
1 Mute Swan, 11 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 15 Golden Plover, 40 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 52 Fieldfare, 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

1-4-19 amourous Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank 1 (Ian Loats)

Barrow Tank 1:
1 amourous Long-tailed Duck, poor Tufted Ducks, 2 Cormorant, 2 Common Sandpiper, pair Reed Bunting

Blagdon Lake:
2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Great White Egret

1-4-19 Dunlin, Herons Green wall for 30 seconds (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake:
43 Canada Goose, 38 Mute Swan, female unidentified Teal at Herriott's, 12 Shelduck, 28 Shoveler (Herriott's pool), 12 Gadwall, 1 m Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 1  White-cheeked Pintail (probably an escape), 11 Teal, 10 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret,  1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 1 White Coot, 2 Lapwing,  1 Black-tailed Godwit (Herriott's), 1 Dunlin, 2 Little Gull, 8 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1-4-19 Peregrine getting a bit of grief, Herriott's (Ian Stapp)

1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 4 Raven, 300 Sand Martin, Swallow and House Martin, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

1-4-19 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriott's Pool (Ian Stapp)

'Rare Birds of Avon' has been updated by Rich Mielcarek and team as 'Birds of Avon' and now includes all Avon species. It is available on the Bristol Ornithological Club website

Reports: Rich Andrews, Paul Bowerman, Paul Bowyer, BUPP,  Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Maggie Gamble, Dominic Godfrey, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Matt Hobbs, Rod Holbrook, Gary Hughes, Brian Lancastle, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, Steve Marriott, John Martin, Andy Middleton, NSL-birding, Rich Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Larry Sweetland, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Chris Vines, Keith Vinicombe, Dan White