Whooper Swan
Green-winged Teal, Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Diver
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Woodcock
Yellow-legged Gull
Marsh Tit
Snow Bunting
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
5 Mute Swan, c50 Mallard, 1 m Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, c40 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull (considered same returning individual for last four winters), 6 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 7 Moorhen (incl. 4 juv), 3 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c.300 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, flock 40 Crows on foreshore, 5 LT Tit, flock 40 Starling, mixed flock and individuals totalling c.50 Fieldfare and Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, group 6 Bullfinch (No sign of Black Redstart)
NORTH SOMERSET
Sand Point/Bay:
Fieldfare and Redwing in single figures, 1 Snow Bunting north at 10:00
BELOW M4 & BANES
Newton St Loe:
Newton Park - Newton St.Loe - Bath Mill - Globe - Whooper Swan still on lake at Newton Park, with 9 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Marsh Tit, Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
9 Shelduck (all males), 4 Pintail, 5 Scaup (3♂ + 2♀), 5+ Great White Egret (presumed overlap with those at HG), 9 Cattle Egret, 140 Lapwing, 2 Woodcock, 3 Snipe, 2 Raven
Chew Valley Lake
9 Shelduck (all males), 4 Pintail, 5 Scaup (3♂ + 2♀), 5+ Great White Egret (presumed overlap with those at HG), 9 Cattle Egret, 140 Lapwing, 2 Woodcock, 3 Snipe, 2 Raven
Dam:
1 Red-throated Diver, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper
Walley Bank - brownhead Red-breasted Merganser still
Heron's Green:
4 Great White Egret, 4 (1m3f) Goosander,
Herriott's:
1 Green-winged Teal - later virtually all the birds on Herriott's Pool (including the ♂ Green-winged Teal) were flushed off by shooters
1. Avon Bird Report 2018 - now in the post to BOC + BNS members:
Copies for non-BNS or BOC members from the Editor: Harvey Rose, Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW Cost: £10 plus £1.50 postage.
2. A new issue of the annotated checklist 'The Birds Of Avon' has been uploaded to the BOC web site - publications tab. Contains new data from 2018 and more pictures.
Reports: Andy Davis, William Earp, Paul Gregory, Glen Maddison, Lois Pryce, Richard Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, Larry Sweetland , Keith Vinicombe
