************* Late news: It's a Richard's Pipit (not Blyth's) at Steart WWT, Somerset *************
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Black-necked Grebe
Mediterranean Gulls
Bearded Tits
Black Redstart
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| Mediterranean Gull at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Eastville Park:
Mediterranean Gull
Clifton:
Marsh Tit coming to a garden feeder.
Stoke Bishop garden:
2 Blackcap.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Snipe, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Black Redstart.
New Passage/Northwick:
6+ Gadwall, 1 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5-6 Knot, 10 Common Snipe, c.300 Dunlin, 5 Turnstone, c.60 Curlew, c.15 Fieldfare.
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon - Land Yeo:
1 Mandarin Duck
Portishead:
(Boating Lake) 35 Canada Goose, 'George' the Greylag, 18 Tufted Duck, a couple of Rock Pipits.
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Dowlais Farm) 40 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 12 Oystercatcher, 100 Lapwing, 100 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 2 Skylark, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet.
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| 04-01-2020 Mandarin Duck Land Yeo Clevedon (Brian Chapman) |
1 Mandarin Duck
Portishead:
(Boating Lake) 35 Canada Goose, 'George' the Greylag, 18 Tufted Duck, a couple of Rock Pipits.
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Dowlais Farm) 40 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 12 Oystercatcher, 100 Lapwing, 100 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 2 Skylark, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker in Bath (Jean Tye) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath (a Twerton garden):
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, lots Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 LT Tit, 2 Blackcap (1 m., 1 f., Jean Tye's photos below), 5 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 4 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
drake Long-tailed Duck on Tank 1, juv. Black-throated Diver and juv. Great Northern Diver on Tank 3, Common Sandpiper on Tank 2.
Chew Valley Lake
10 Scaup, 20+ Goldeneye, 1 drake Goosander, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 6 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 7 GBB Gull, Common Gulls, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ LT Tit, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Redwing, 6 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Siskin.
Moreton:
40+ Pochard, 2 Raven, 1 Reed Bunting.
Stratford:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Bearded Tit.
Herriott's - inc Pool:
10 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, c.60 Teal, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher.
2019 bird records
If anyone has any bird records they haven't already sent to the blog team or to BOC, or entered into Birdtrack, please send them to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk before the end of January so they may be included in the 2019 Avon Bird Report. Ideally records should be on a spreadsheet, and show at least the species, the number of individuals, the date seen (dd/mm/yyyy) and the site.
Reports: Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, David Esam, John Griffiths, Phil Quinn, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Jean Tye, Jason Williams, opsbirding.
40+ Pochard, 2 Raven, 1 Reed Bunting.
Stratford:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Bearded Tit.
Herriott's - inc Pool:
10 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, c.60 Teal, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher.
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| Marsh Harrier at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
2019 bird records
If anyone has any bird records they haven't already sent to the blog team or to BOC, or entered into Birdtrack, please send them to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk before the end of January so they may be included in the 2019 Avon Bird Report. Ideally records should be on a spreadsheet, and show at least the species, the number of individuals, the date seen (dd/mm/yyyy) and the site.
Reports: Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Stephen Curtis & Carol Rushton, David Esam, John Griffiths, Phil Quinn, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Jean Tye, Jason Williams, opsbirding.
