08-10-20 Thursday - Firecrest

Wet start, bright Sunshine and dry later on, windy, but a beautiful day. Bristol 14°c

Marsh Tit
Yellow-legged Gull, Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, Goldeneye
Shag, Firecrest

BRISTOL

08-10-20 Sparrowhawk Finzels Reach (Rich Scantlebury)

Castle Park/Finzels Reach
1 Moorhen, 3 Black-h Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Carrion Crow

Clifton:

1 Marsh Tit - coming every day to the feeders now.

Redland Garden:

1 Wood pigeon, 2 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow - over, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 6+ Goldfinch - over

08-10-20 Mallard family Stoke Park (Martin Tayler)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
11 Mallard ducklings still with mum, 1 Kestrel, 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

08-10-20 Bar-headed Goose NP-NW (Ian Loats)

New Passage/Northwick:
70 Canada Geese, 1 Bar-headed Goose - a first here, 3 Mute Swan, 12 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 280+ Black-trailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 60 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 100 Starling, 5 Wheatear, 50+ Meadow Pipit

08-10-20 Wheatear NP-NW (Vĕra Carpenter)

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea - garden:

At last; assorted Tit, Wren, Blackbird - inc incomers,  squabbling over the last of the grape vine bounty,  Robin, 

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Shag, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 

08-10-20 Sparrowhawk Banwell (John Thorogood)

Banwell:
1 Sparrowhawk - sat around for fifteen minutes, no more than 18 inches from one of our feeders this morning but had to leave still hungry. (amateur, obvs)

BELOW M4 & BANES

08-10-20 Goldfinch NSL (NSL-Birding)

Newton St Loe:
2 Teal - new in, 4 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 3 Skylark, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 

Marksbury:
50 Woodpigeon - a flock, 150 Starling - on the wires

08-10-20 Nuthatch Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nuthatch, 20 Goldfinch

Paulton:
30 Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 25 Skylark, 1 Wheatear, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch - 1 Clouded Yellow (honorary bird today)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
40+ Great White Egret around the lake, 50 to 100 House Martin - when the sun came out most disappeared!

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-b Gull, 40 to 50 House Martin, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
5 Great Black-b Gull, 2 Raven, 50+ House Martins - over lake

08-10-20 Yellow-legged Gull CVL H Green (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
6 Little Grebe -pool, 3 Black-t Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Gull, 3 G Black-b Gull, 1 Yellow-l Gull - eating bread, no butter, 14 Cattle Egret - field at the back of the pool with cows, 11 Grey Heron, 34 Great White Egret, 16 Little Egret,  20+ House Martin, 4 Pied Wagtail

08-10-20 Marsh Harrier CVL (Simon Isgar)

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Marsh Harrier - there is a Coot, just out of shot, under water!

Herriott's inc Pool:
28 Pintail - pool, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail - channel, 3 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 1 Black-t Godwit,  5 Ruff, 15 Dunlin, 9 Common Gull, 5 Great Black-b Gull, 9 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier - showing on and off flushing everything, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ House Sparrow

08-10-20 Yellow belly slider turtle CVL Herriott's channel (Ian Stapp)

Yellow-belly Slider Turtle
in the channel, first time for a while, this one is quite large

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Vĕra Carpenter, Andy Davis, David Esam, Patrick Hancock, Simon Isgar, Ian Loats, Lucy Masters, Lisa Bresland, Dean Reeves, Ann Rositter, Richard Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Martin Tayler, John Thorogood, 

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

As we continue our preparations for the 2020 bird report we have a list of claims where we need further details otherwise the record will be lost. If you saw any of the following can you please get in touch with the AOG at avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Species	Count	Date	Site
Balearic Shearwater	1	05/07/2020	Sand Point
Great Black-backed Gull	25	18/02/2020	Clevedon
Grey Phalarope	1	26/08/2020	Oldbury Power Station
Grey Phalarope	1	25/08/2020	Severn Beach
Hawfinch	1	02/08/2020	Hallatrow, South
Hawfinch	1	08/04/2020	Wickwar, Lower Woods, Lady's Wood
Hooded Merganser	2	19/02/2020	Clevedon
Hoopoe	1	05/05/2020	Hanham, Roman Way
Hoopoe	1	07/08/2020	Nailsea
Hoopoe	1	05/05/2020	South Stoke, Valley
House Crow	5	25/01/2020	Little Sodbury
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	1	17/04/2020	Thornbury, Hacket / Cleve Woods
Merlin	1	09/05/2020	Bath, Oldfield Park
Montagu's Harrier	1	24/04/2020	Corston Field
Montagu's Harrier	1	24/04/2020	Hunstrete, Lords Wood
Nightingale	2	08/05/2020	Severn Beach
Redstart	present	06/02/2020	Portishead
Rock Pipit - Scandinavian	1	12/03/2020	Severn Beach
Serin	1	27/04/2020	Bristol, Lawrence Weston, Brookthorp Av
Serin	1	24/06/2020	Yate, Kestrel Close
Shag	1	14/03/2020	Chew Valley Lake
Shag	1	23/05/2020	Sand Point
Spoonbill	1	20/03/2020	New Passage / Northwick Warth
Swallow	present	14/03/2020	Chew Valley Lake
Twite	5	11/01/2020	New Passage / Northwick Warth
White-tailed Eagle	1	27/03/2020	Pill, Village
White-tailed Eagle	1	08/05/2020	Weston-super-Mare
Whooper Swan	1	11/01/2020	Longwell Green
Wood Warbler	1	03/08/2020	Chipping Sodbury Common
Yellow-legged Gull	present	18/02/2020	Bristol, Knowle