Light cloud and a gentle breeze - rain at first and then just murky. Max temp 9°C
Pallas’s Warbler
Firecrest
Marsh Harrier
Marsh Harrier
Lesser Redpoll
Black Redstart
BRISTOL
New Cut & Cumberland Basin:
1 Sparrowhawk - north past the Pumphouse, mobbed by Goldfinch
Brandon Hill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 9 Carrion Crows, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Lesser Redpoll - feeding in the birch
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25-11-20 Grey Heron EP (Allan Chard) |
1 Grey Heron
Fishponds - garden:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Henbury - garden:
1 Blackcap (f)
Redland/Westbury Park - garden
8 Fieldfare - gorging on apple
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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25-11-20 Black Redstart OPS (Craig Lewis) |
3 pos 4 Black Redstart (m + 2/3 f)
New Passage / Pilning Wetlands:
C.40 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, c.250 Wigeon, c.30 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, c.170 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, c.50 Black-t Godwit, c.40 Dunlin, c.150 Redshank, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail.
Thornbury - garden:
1 Blackcap (m) - hope it stays!
Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
Stanton Drew:
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackbird, plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing passing through,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier -wing tagged.
Moreton:
1 Stonechat
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Dave Child, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreves, Colin Hawkins, Simon Isgar, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Brian Martin, NSL-Birding, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Brian Speidel, Gary Thoburn
Thornbury - garden:
1 Blackcap (m) - hope it stays!
3 Jay, 2 Blackcap (f & m)
Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
1 Green Sandpiper - unusual here, 2 Peregrine on pylons - about a mile apart
Sand Point Car Park area:
Sand Point Car Park area:
1 Pallas’s Warbler, 2 Firecrest
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Broomfield - garden:
BELOW M4 & BANES
Bath:
Broomfield - garden:
1 Tawny Owl - hooting at 10:40pm last night, 1 Blackcap (f)
Busy feeders today - inc this nice part leucistic Goldfinch
Southgate - roost
c150 Pied Wagtail
Wellow:
Redwing- in groups of 10 on the cycle path
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25-11-20 Chiffchaff Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackbird, plenty of Fieldfare and Redwing passing through,
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
Heron's Green:
3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier -wing tagged.
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25-11-20 Stonechat CVL (Simon Isgar) |
1 Stonechat
Reports: Raoul Chandrasakera, Allan Chard, Dave Child, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreves, Colin Hawkins, Simon Isgar, Craig Lewis, John Lewis, Brian Martin, NSL-Birding, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Matt Scott, Brian Speidel, Gary Thoburn
Dan White,
The following 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 of what you saw 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
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
AVON BIRD REPORT 2019
Copies are still available: please send your name, address
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