Mainly overcast but dry, cool. Brisk SW wind swinging West with more cloud rolling in later.
Great Northern DiverGreat White Egrets
Red Kite
BRISTOL
Narroways LNR, St Werburgh's:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Black Redstart
Lower Woods:
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Warth:
BELOW M4 & BANES
Stanton Prior:
Barrow Tanks:
Great Northern Diver
2 Goldeneye, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail.
Woodford orchard:
Herriott's Bridge:
6 Shelduck, 150+Teal, Shoveler, 18 Pintail, 4 Goldeneye, 1 f. Goosander, 1 Water Rail, Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, LBB Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite (flew over 12.10pm), 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 50+ mixed winter thrushes (flyover), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.
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: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Clarke, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Alan Daniells, Geof Daniels, Paul Francis, Toby Fountain, Pete Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Jean Oliver, Mark Savage, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Serena Sweeting, Chris Teague
Marsh Tit
Black Redstart
Merlin
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| Fight or flight? A pair of Goosanders (George Stacey) |
Filton Park:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Jay, 12 Magpie, 23 Starlings, 3 Pied Wagtail, 14 Goldfinch.
Henleaze - garden:
3 Greenfinch
Redland garden:
1 Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird, m. and f. Blackcap.
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| Green Woodpeckers (Tony Scott) |
Greenbank cemetery:
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay.
Narroways LNR, St Werburgh's:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
St Agnes - garden:
1 Chiffchaff
Oldland Common:
Sparrowhawk caught a Magpie
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| Drake Goosander (George Stacey) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Black Redstart
New Passage/ Northwick Warth:
2 Merlin (f & m) - roosting (m), got chased off by (f)
Lower Woods:
7
Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Blue
Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 10+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 2
Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Chaffinch, pr. Bullfinch.
Latteridge:
Redwing again - gorging on berries
Yate:
4 Goosander.
4 Goosander.
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| Robin (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Warth:
10 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 10 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 1 Cormorant, 40 Redwing
Tyntesfield:
Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 3 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 19 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin.
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| Marsh Tit at Cadbury Hill (Mark Savage) |
Cadbury Hill, Yatton:
1 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Marsh Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Mistle Thrush.
Clevedon pier:
Black Redstart
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| Buzzard (Ian Stapp) |
BELOW M4 & BANES
Stanton Prior:
Buzzard, Kestrel, Starling, Fieldfare, Redwing, 1 Stonechat, Chaffinch
Newton St Loe:
Newton St Loe:
2 Mute Swan, c.28 Mallard, 15 Teal, 10 Pheasant, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, c.100 BH Gull, c.12 Common Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 1 m. Kingfisher, 1 GS Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, LT Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, 2 Nuthatch, c.10 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, Robin, 1 f. Stonechat, House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch.
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| Red Kite over Herriotts Bridge (Simon Isgar) |
Folly Farm:
Pheasant, 200+ Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Red Kite (drifting east c 12.40 pm and mobbed by a corvid), 2+ Buzzard, Green
Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue
Tit, Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing,
Robin, Chaffinch.
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| Marsh Tit (Raoul Chandrakasera) |
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
Great Northern Diver
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| Pochard (George Stacey) |
Chew Valley Lake
2 Goldeneye, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Pied Wagtail.
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| Mistle Thrush (George Stacey) |
Buzzard, 10+Jackdaw, 12+ LT Tit, 50+ mixed winter thrushes, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Chaffinch.
Hollow Brook:
18 Goosander (3 m.)
Heron's Green:
4 Wigeon, 14 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 6 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 8 Carrion Crow, (m. and f.) Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail.
18 Goosander (3 m.)
Heron's Green:
4 Wigeon, 14 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 6 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 8 Carrion Crow, (m. and f.) Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail.
Moreton:
60+ Woodpigeon, 2 Stock Dove, Water Rail, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 20+ Crow and Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 25+ LT Tit in mixed tit flock, 4 Stonechat (2m., 2f.), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch.
6 Shelduck, 150+Teal, Shoveler, 18 Pintail, 4 Goldeneye, 1 f. Goosander, 1 Water Rail, Common Gull, 4 GBB Gull, LBB Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite (flew over 12.10pm), 1 Kingfisher, 5 Jackdaw, 50+ mixed winter thrushes (flyover), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.
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| Pied Wagtail at the Dam (Ian Stapp) |
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:
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: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Clarke, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Alan Daniells, Geof Daniels, Paul Francis, Toby Fountain, Pete Harrison, Nick Hawkridge, Jean Oliver, Mark Savage, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Serena Sweeting, Chris Teague
