27-09-20 Sunday - Brambling

Much as last couple of days - sunny with a slight chill in the air, though less wind. Bristol max 17 °C

Garganey

Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper

Great White Egret, Cattle Egret

Marsh Harrier

Firecrest 

Whinchat

Brambling, Crossbill, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin

       

27-09-20 Goldfinch, New Passage- Pilning Wetlands (Robert Proctor)

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
7 Canada Goose, 1 Gadwall, 12 Wigeon, 6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Curlew, 17 Dunlin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 5 LTTit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Linnet.

Southern Hawkers, Ruddy Darters, 1 Common Darter + 1 Small Copper

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:

2 Shoveler, 3 Pintail, a few Gadwall, 40 - 50 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 3  Little Grebe, Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover,  Curlew, Black-Tailed Godwit, 7+ Ruff, 8+ Knot, 6 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron , 1 Little Egret, 1  Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3  Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff , 3 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear, a few Meadow Pipit, lots of  Linnet and Goldfinch 

27-09-20 Sparrowhawk, Warmley (Chris Perry)

Doynton:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Swallow (17 Juv on telephone wire with the rest flying low over local fields), 1 Bullfinch m

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Yeo:
Wains Hill-  3 Peregrine, 5 Swallow, 4 alba wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet 

Sand Point/Bay:
30 Swallow, 2 Firecrest, small Chaffinch movement, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin

Weston-Super-Mare:
Old Town Quarry - 7 Crossbill

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:

Buzzard,4 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 8 Skylark,,00+ House.Martin,50+ Swallow,3 Chiffchaff, 6 Stonechat,10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer ,80 Linnet 

Bath:
Prior Park - 1 Kingfisher, a few Siskin over

RESERVOIRS

27-09-20 Great White Egret, CVL (Jason Williams)
[More than 50 of these birds counted today]

        

Chew Valley Lake
Around lake: 55 Great White Egret at CVL - a new record?

Also Garganey,  1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit,5 Ruff, 28 Dunlin,  8 Snipe, 26 Little Egret, 10 Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier,  1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail 

 
Villice:
Parkland - 2 Cattle Egret

27-09-20 some of the Great White Egrets at Herons Green (Martin Tayler)

Heron's Green:

11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret

Stratford:
12 Dunlin, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, Peregrine 

Stratford Lane - 2 Cattle Egret

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Ruff, 1 Cattle Egret, Little Egret

Now that the Avon Bird Report 2019 has been published, we are starting preparatory work on the 2020issue. The following records were posted on Birdguides but we have no idea who the observer(s) were – if you know anything about any of these sightings please get in touch with either the blog team, or direct to the AOG at avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk so we can get more details.

Wood Warbler    1                03/08/2020     Chipping Sodbury Common

Scaup                  Present     24/08/2020      Barrow Gurney Res 

Hoopoe               1               07/08/2020      Nailsea 

Reports: Rich Andrews, Karle Burford, Ken Carruthers, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, David Gibbs, Paul Gregory, Rupert Higgins, Glen Maddison, Chris Perry,  Robert Proctor, Lois Pryce, Aravind Ramesh, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Jason Williams