Gloomy with intermittent drizzle, though not cold: Bristol temperatures between 10 and 12°C
Long-tailed DuckAvocet
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Northern Diver
Great White Egret
Yellow-browed Warbler (possible)
Redpoll, Siskin
BRISTOL
Castle Park:
BRISTOL
Castle Park:
1 Peregrine on One Building on corner of Victoria St, just outside Castle Park
UWE Frenchay Campus:
Ring Rd opposite UWE Frenchay Campus - 1 Kestrel
Abbeywood Retail Park:
100+ Jackdaw flying over at dusk
Downend:
Downend:
1 Nuthatch - on the feeders for the 1st time
R Avon at Sea Mills:
R Avon at Sea Mills:
12 Mallard, 32 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 25+ Redshank
Hotwells to Ashton Court:
23 sp inc 160+ Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Mistle Thrush
Stockwood Open Space:
2 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 1 m Stonechat, 2 m Bullfinch, 3 GreenfinchSOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage/Northwick:
470+ Wigeon, Avocet, Grey Plover, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 130 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 15 Common Gull, Rook, 110 Redwing, Fieldfare, Siskin
Sand Point/Bay:
vismig - Fieldfare, 20 Redwing,20 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Prior Park - Stock Dove singing, plenty of Redwing, a few Fieldfare, Song Thrush, small flock of Chaffinch feeding in and around the Yews
Chew Valley Lake
Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing 25 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail
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| 21-11-20 Avocet , Fieldfare NP/NW (Aravind Ramesh) |
New Passage/Northwick:
470+ Wigeon, Avocet, Grey Plover, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 130 Dunlin, 9 Snipe, 15 Common Gull, Rook, 110 Redwing, Fieldfare, Siskin
NORTH SOMERSET
Nailsea:
Nailsea:
Bucklands View – 8 Magpie
Backwell Common:
Backwell Common:
2 Moorhen, 3 Raven, 3 Fieldfare
Sand Point/Bay:
vismig - Fieldfare, 20 Redwing,20 Chaffinch, 1 Redpoll
Carpark- 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Goldcrest.
Mid-day visit- 470 Shelduck, 8 Oystercatcher, 160 Lapwing, 11 Common Redshank, 9 Curlew, 2 Raven, 5 Redwing, 7 Stonechat, possible Yellow- browed Warbler in bushes east of car park
Mid-day visit- 470 Shelduck, 8 Oystercatcher, 160 Lapwing, 11 Common Redshank, 9 Curlew, 2 Raven, 5 Redwing, 7 Stonechat, possible Yellow- browed Warbler in bushes east of car park
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Prior Park - Stock Dove singing, plenty of Redwing, a few Fieldfare, Song Thrush, small flock of Chaffinch feeding in and around the Yews
Twerton - 1st f Blackcap of the autumn
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver still on Tank no2
Blagdon Lake:
1 Bar-headed Goose with Canada Goose flock, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 pr Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll , lots of Goldfinch
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck and Great Northern Diver still on Tank no2
Blagdon Lake:
1 Bar-headed Goose with Canada Goose flock, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 pr Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Redpoll , lots of Goldfinch
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| 21-11-20 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Dean Reeves) |
Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing 25 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail
Villice:
51 Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 8 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Out of Avon:
Cheddar Reservoir - 5 Red-crested Pochard still plus 1 juv Great Northern Diver
AVON BIRD REPORT 2019
Copies are still available: please send your name, address
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Harvey Rose, Arncliffe, Coast Road,
Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7FW
or email bktlgodwit@gmail.com
The Report is the longest ever, at 216 pages
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...
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 ABR e-mail address: bktlgodwit@gmail.com
Also:
The following claims have all been on Birdguides but we have no idea of the observer(s) involved. If you saw any of these birds can you please supply some confirmatory notes to
avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk otherwise the records will be lost
Species Date Site
Wood Warbler 03/08/2020 Chipping Sodbury, Common
Hoopoe 07/08/2020 Nailsea
Yellow-browed Warbler 01/10/2020 Wick St. Lawrence, STW
Yellow-browed Warbler 22/10/2020 Bristol, St Anne's Park
avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk otherwise the records will be lost
Species Date Site
Wood Warbler 03/08/2020 Chipping Sodbury, Common
Hoopoe 07/08/2020 Nailsea
Yellow-browed Warbler 01/10/2020 Wick St. Lawrence, STW
Yellow-browed Warbler 22/10/2020 Bristol, St Anne's Park
Reports: Des Bowring, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Paul Gregory, Rob Hargreaves, John Lewis, Glen Maddison, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Stuart sammonds, blagdonlakebirds
