01-10-20 Thursday - Lesser Yellowlegs

 Temp 9 to 15°C. A surprisingly sunny day with the odd shower

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Redshank Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff

Mediterranean Gull

Red Kite, Merlin, Hobby

Little Owl

Yellow-browed Warbler

Firecrest

Whinchat

Yellow Wagtail

Redpoll

1-10-20  Lesser Yellowlegs, Stratford hide (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

1-10-20  Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville:

1 Dipper

Stoke Park:

1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Westbury-on-Trym:

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 4 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1-10-20  Wheatear, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:

4 Shelduck, 11 Wigeon, 11 Lapwing, 14 Grey Plover, 180 Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Knot, 450 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 45 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kestrel, 9 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 18 Stonechat, 3 Wheatear

1-10-20  Ruff, NP (Paul Bowerman)

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:

6 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 1 Merlin

01-10-20 Starling SB (Martin Tayler)

Severn Beach:

Starling

Chipping Sodbury Common:

1 Snipe, 3 Green Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Redpoll

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:

2 Wheatear, 4 Rockpipit

Clevedon Wains Hill:

2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin

Clevedon-Yeo:
800 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 210 Mallard, 2 Pintail - Yeo,  40 Teal, 4 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 55 Oystercatcher, 27 Lapwing, 28 Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 200 Curlew, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 450 Redshank, 300+ Black-h Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-b Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 4 Raven, 34 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Whinchat, 17 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 135 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 35 Linnet, 90 Goldfinch, 10 Reed Bunting

Nailsea Wall Lane:

78 Starlings - flock

Kenn - Moor and garden:

1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Tawny Owl - pr calling, 1 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 

Weston Sewage Treatment Works:

1 Yellow-browed Warbler

Sand Point:

1 Firecrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, a few Chaffinch

1-10-20  Sparrowhawk, Worlebury (Dean Reeves)

Worlebury:

1 Sparrowhawk (f) - equals 1 less Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

01-10-20 Coal Tit Downend (Barry Dursley)

Downend - garden:

Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Long-t Tit.

Wick - Golden Valley:

I Dipper

Pensford:

1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail

Compton Dando:

1 Little Owl

Chelwood:

1 Red Kite seen with 2 Buzzards

Marksbury:

150 Starling

1-10-20 Stonechat, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
First for year here

Newton St Loe:

1 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

1-10-20 Egrets, CVL (Lucy Masters)

Chew Valley Lake

55 Great White Egret, 30 Little Egret

Parkland:

6 Cattle Egret

01-10-20 Peregrine CVL (George Stacey)

Hollow Brook:

10 + Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine - a crop full of ??

Herons Green:

6 Little Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 32 Great White Egret, 22 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Common Gull, 12+ House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Blue Bowl:

1 Red Kite 

1-10-20 Grey Plover, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:

1 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 4 Ruff, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 30 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 30+ Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 6 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Shelduck, 11 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 3 Lapwing, 3 Black-t Godwit, 21 Snipe, 10 Green Sandpiper,

PLUS -  Stratford Waders can be seen from here,  1 Common Gull, 4 Great Black-b Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw. 2 Raven, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting

01-10-20 Cattle Egret CVL (Lucy Gaze)

Please can you help with these records?

Now that the Avon Bird report has been published, we are starting preparatory work on the 2020 work. All the following records were broadcast 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
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OUT OF AREA

Red-necked Grebe and Red-crested Pochard still on Cheddar Reservoir today

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Barry Dursley, Lucy Gaze, Paul Gregory, Colin Hawkins, Pete Hazelwood, Keny Hills, Frankie Macrow, Lucy Masters, Merv, Andy Middleton, Mark Ponsford, David Poulton, Robert Proctor, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG