Monday 4 January 2021

04-01-21 Monday

Dull all the way, ten-tenths cloud cover with a cold wind from the north.
Bristol temperatures a tad higher than last couple of days at  2 - 5 °C

Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe 
Avocet, Golden Plover
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Merlin
Little Owl
Firecrest 
Black Redstart
 
Photographers - please see bottom of page  
  
04-01-21 Kingfisher, Eastville Park, Bristol  (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Garden - 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest - in among the dead leave of the oak, 2 Blackbird (m) sparring, 2 Robin (f & m as they shared the feeder), 1 Dunnock

Clifton Down:

1 m Firecrest opposite Bristol Zoo 

Peregrine Watchpoint - Peregrine pair (male did part display - flickering wings)

Hotwells to Ashton Court:
Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker, 1 pr Peregrine (interacting/displaying initially by the Bonds and then drifted off together down the Gorge), 6+ Magpie, many Jackdaw, c5 Rook, Carrion Crow, pr Raven, Blue Tit, Blackbird

Fishponds:
1 flyover Raven 

Redland:
Garden -  6 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 5 Blackbird, 6 Redwing

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 f Stonechat, 3 Greenfinch 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 pr Mute Swan, 9 Pintail (estuary), 300 Lapwing, 1 Rock Pipit 


04-01-21 Blackbird, Latteridge (Chris Teague)


NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon Pier:
Black Redstart still

Clevedon-Yeo:
125 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 185 Shelduck, 20 Shoveler, 550 Wigeon, 90 Mallard, 225 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 24 Goosander (reported from Clevedon Blind Yeo), 4 Little Grebe, 8 Coot, 15 Avocet (again on the water just off Yeo mouth), 15 Oystercatcher, 60 Lapwing, 26 Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 260 Curlew, 20 Turnstone,10 Knot, 800 Dunlin, 525 Redshank , 100+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Merlin (Blake’s Pools), 1 Peregrine, 150 Carrion Crow, 5 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 8 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit


BELOW M4 & BANES


04-01-21 Red Kite, Newton St Loe (NSLBirding)

Newton St Loe:
55 species, inc 22 Stock Dove, 30 Lapwing,1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 4 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap,  2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 80+ Starling,  185+ Redwing, 85+ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 45+ Meadow Pipit,  90+ Chaffinch 

04-01-21 Grey Heron, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Marksbury:
80+ Golden Plover, 30+ Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven,  20+ Carrion Crow, 2 Skylark, 30+ Redwing + Fieldfare 

Compton Dando:
10 Pheasant, 200+ Wood Pigeon, 100+ Rook/ Jackdaw/ Carrion Crow, 20+ Fieldfare,3 Redwing, 10+ Chaffinch 

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
No1 Tank - 1 pr Goosander, Long-tailed Duck (displaying to Tufted Ducks)
No 2 Tank - Great Northern Diver (flew to Tank 3 late afternoon) .

Blagdon Lake:
Ubley Hatchery- 1 Treecreeper

Chew Valley Lake
1 Little Owl

04-01-21 Little Owl, CVL (Ted Smith)
Dam:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 pr Shoveler, 1m 3 f  Goldeneye, 20+ Redwing

04-01-21 Snipe, Heron's Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Heron's Green:
2 Pintail, 8 Goldeneye,  1 Little Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe ( reported in bay),  1 Common Sandpiper, 3+ Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Dunnock, 4 Pied Wagtail
 
Bickfield Lane:
20 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret 

Moreton:
30+ Canada Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ LTT

Stratford:
Water level v high - lots of Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit on the feeders, c 10 Goldfinch

Herriott's Bridge:
10 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 12+ Goldeneye, 2 GBB Gull, many Common Gull,  5 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 f Marsh Harrier, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail 


04-01-21 Dunnock, Heron's  Green, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Message to all photographers
The editor of the Avon Bird Report is asking for photos for the next edition. He welcomes any bird shots taken in Avon in 2020 for possible publication in the next Report. In the first instance low resolution versions are OK. Please send to the following e-mail account: blacktgodwit@gmail.coms


OUT OF AREA 

04-01-21 Albatross chick on the Falkland Islands (worse places to be stuck in!)

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, VĂ©ra Carpenter, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Paul Francis, Nick Hawkridge, Mike Moxon, Harvey Rose, Steve Sanins, Richard Scantlebury, Ted Smith, Ian Stapp, Wayne and Lauren Tucker, nslbirding