Garganey
Whimbrel
Grey Plover, Little Stint, Sanderling, Ruff
Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper
Cattle Egret
Hobby
Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail
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| 18-9-20 Pectoral Sandpiper, NP (Paul Bowerman) |
Eastville:
2 Swallow (heading north)
Sea Mills:
1 Little Egret
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station (WeBS):
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Greylag, 1 Garganey, 11 Collared Dove, 50 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Turnstone, 2 Ruff, Knot, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, 200 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 200 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 400 Linnet
Severn Beach:
Ringed Plover, Turnstones, Dunlin, 2+ imm Sanderling
NORTH SOMERSET
Kingston Seymour Seawall:
Worle:
2 vocal Peregrine
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath, Victoria Park:
Reports: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Sean Davies, Andy Davis, Alastair Fraser, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Lucy Masters, Andrew Middleton, Lisa Presland, Matthew Rogers, Dean Reeves, Matthew Rogers, Carol Rushton, Rosemary Setter, Larry Sweetland, Nick Smith, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, Christopher Teague blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station (WeBS):
1 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 12 Wigeon, 1 Shelduck, 159 Mallard, 42 Curlew, 101 Dunlin, 18 Ringed Plover, 38 Redshank, 13 Lapwing, 45 Turnstone, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1m & 1f Sparrowhawk, 7 Wheatear, 3 Stonechat, 1 Whinchat
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| 18-9-20 Ruff, NP (Chris Teague) |
1 Greylag, 1 Garganey, 11 Collared Dove, 50 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 5 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 25 Turnstone, 2 Ruff, Knot, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, 200 Dunlin, 3 Little Stint, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, 200 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 400 Linnet
Severn Beach:
Ringed Plover, Turnstones, Dunlin, 2+ imm Sanderling
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| 18-09-20 Waders at Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Kingston Seymour Seawall:
300 Shelduck, 20 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, 20 Dunlin, 3 Little Egret, 3 Raven, 20 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 4 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear, 2 Pied Wagtail
Worle:
2 vocal Peregrine
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath, Victoria Park:
36 Mallard, 9 Duck (of "questionable parentage"), 20+ Feral Pigeon, 5 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Magpie, 12+ Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 6 Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch
Paulton:
1 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 15 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS
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| 18-09-20 Pintail, Herriott's (CVL) (Ian Stapp) |
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| 18-09-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Stratford (CVL) (Lucy Masters) |
Chew Valley Lake
Moreton:
8 Cattle Egret, 20+ Great White Egret
Heron's Green:
14 Grey Heron
Herriott's inc Pool:
6 Mute Swan, 1 Shelduck, 12+ Shoveler, Gadwall, 28 Wigeon, Mallard, 26 Pintail, 17 Pochard, Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 200+ Great Crested Grebe (out on lake), 2 Lapwing, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 4+ Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Green Sandpiper, lots of gulls including 4 GBB Gull, 200+ Cormorant (on Moreton Point & out on lake), 3 Cattle Egret (scoped, Moreton Point), 4 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 5 Jackdaw, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Blue Tits, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail
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| 18-09-20 Kingfisher, Herriott's (CVL) (Ian Stapp) |
OUT OF AVON
Cheddar Reservoir:
1 Red-necked Grebe (just out of summer plumage), 1 juv Shag, 63 Teal, 22 Wigeon, 7 Gadwall, 6 Pochard, 7 Shoveler, 3 Tufted Duck, Golden Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Sand Martin
CURLEW - RINGED BIRDS ID
A message from Mike Smart - He's after some help looking for ringed Curlew over the high tides 17-22 September (contact CurlewCall)Hi Everyone
As I am sure you are aware, there are some monster tides coming up from 17 to 22 September. I am hoping we may be able to use these tides to read Curlew rings, especially 2019 Slimbridge head-started rings, at sites where it is often hard to get close to the Curlews.
Help required from those willing to check along the Severn Estuary please,
email supplied, contact the blog address
AVON BIRD REPORT 2019
Copies of the 2019 edition of the Avon Bird Report will be available in the next week; if you are not a member of either BOC or BNS I would encourage you to obtain a copy. One way to do this is as follows: by post, please send your name, address and a cheque for £11.50 made out to AOG to
Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW
Arncliffe, Coast Road, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW
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The Report is the longest ever, at 216 pages, and also earlier than usual due at least partly to Covid-19 -- this year contributors have had more time on their hands...
There are three papers: Waterbirds on Severnside, Barn Owls, and tits in the Gordano Valley, plus the usual items including the AWBS, BBS and ringing reports. The cover photo, by David Hughes, was taken at CVL last summer.
A note to photographers...
A note to photographers...
The 2019 Report contains as usual about 30 photographs; we received quite a few but we felt that we could have had more. So if you have any good bird pictures taken in Avon in 2020 that you would like to see published, these can be sent now, or any time up to the end of the year, to my ABR e-mail address: blacktgodwit@gmail.com
