20-09-20 Sunday - Wryneck

Temp 14 to 23°C. Strong North East wind but otherwise pleasant, warm sunshine about

Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 

Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Little Stint, Spotted Redshank

Wryneck

Merlin

Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail

Lesser Redpoll

20-9-20 Ruff, Herriotts (Ian Stapp) 
a lot of size difference!

BRISTOL

Duchess Pond:

2 Stonechat

20-9-20 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville:

2 Snipe over going South, 17 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 7 House Martin, 20 Meadow Pipit

Hoar Gout:

1 Coot, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Purdown:

1 Yellow Wagtail SW

Sea Mills WeBS:

30 Mallard, 12 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, c.80 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 75 BH Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - Lagoon 3:

1 Wryneck

20-9-20 Grey Plover, NP (Ben Ofield)

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands, inc BOC Field Trip, :
170 Canada Geese, 3 Mute Swan, c.30 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 11 Pintail, 15 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 12 Coot, 70 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 7 Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 5 Ruff, 1 Sanderling, 20 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 300 BH Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Swallow, 1 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 200 Starling, 2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail, 50 Meadow Pipit, 130 Linnet, 1 Redpoll, 30 Goldfinch - Comma, Speckled Wood, Southern Hawker, Ruddy Darter

20-9-20 Lesser Redpoll, Almondsbury (Adam Cross)

Almondsbury RS:

many Blackap, 2 Lesser Redpoll

Iron Acton:

1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail,40 Linnets,  also heard Green Woodpecker & Kingfisher calling in the Frome Valley

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, Whitethroat, 3 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Beach:

17 Turnstone, 3 Rock Pipit

20-9-20 Turnstone, Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo, Channel View:
300 Shelduck, Wigeon, 150 Mallard, 28 Pintail, 40 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 48 Oystercatcher

20-9-20 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Knot & Curlew Sandpiper, Channel View (Rob Hargreaves)

2 Golden Plover, 12 Grey Plover, 20 Ringed Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 125 Curlew, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, 3 Knot, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 180 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 200 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 3 Raven, 3 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Rock Pipit

Nailsea Moo, North Drove:

2 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard, Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 7 Magpie, 45 Jackdaw, 35 Rook, 35 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Swallow, 170 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 3 Redstart, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 7 Meadow Pipit, 54 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dyrham Park:

1 Sparrowhawk, Ravens, Coal Tits, Goldcrests, Grey Wagtails

20-9-20 Whinchat, Northfield Lane (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Northfield Lane:

2 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Whinchat, 5 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 80 Linnet

Newton St Loe:

2 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch

Temple Cloud cricket pitch:

1 Wheatear

RESERVOIRS

20-9-20 Egyptian Goose, Blagdon Lake (Chris Clarke)

Blagdon Lake:

2 Egyptian Goose, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 5+ Great White Egret, 1 Wheatear

Chew Valley Lake

20-9-20 Cattle Egret, Stratford Lane (Simon Isgar)

Stratford:

11 Cattle Egret

Stratford Lane: 14 Cattle Egret

20-9-20 Black-tailed Godwit, Herriotts (Simon Mackie)

Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Shelduck, 24 Wigeon, 22 Pintail, 12 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 9 Snipe, 8 GreenSandpiper, 1 juv Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 5 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 16 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 7 Jackdaw. 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

20-9-20 Snipe, Herriotts (Simon Mackie)

Reports: Morris Benson, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Chris Clarke, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Adam Cross, Anne Crowe, Andy Davis, Oscar Dewhurst, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Pete Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Robert Kelsh, J Klosinski, Paul Marshall, Simon Mackie, Ben Ofield,  Aravind Ramesh, Harvey Rose, Tony Scott, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Jason Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

AVON BIRD REPORT 2019

Copies of the 2019 edition of the Avon Bird Report will be available this 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

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...

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