Wednesday 6 January 2021

06-01-21 Wednesday - Firecrest (3)

Cold and overcast, this wind is only a sailor friend.

Firecrest
Red Kite
Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Merlin, Mandarin Duck 
Jack Snipe
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

06-01-21 Jay Clifton Down (Martin Tayler)
Clifton Down:
1 Jay, 1 Blackcap - heard,  3 Firecrest - 2 opposite the Zoo and the other, in brambles, half way up Ladies Mile, lots of Redwing, 1 Song Thrush

City Centre - Floating Harbour:
1 Kingfisher

06-01-21 Green Woodpecker (Pete Bunniss)
Coombe Dingle -garden
:
1 Green Woodpecker - aerating the sward all day !

Eastville Park:
2 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, c20 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 8 Moorhen, 6 Coot, c10 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 10+ Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 10+ Long-t Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, Robin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 8+ Chaffinch

Montpelier, Narroways, LNR
5 Woodpigeon, 3 Common Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Redland - garden:
1 Jay, 3 Blackcap (f & 2m)

St George:
1 Sparrowhawk (m)

06-01-21 Redwing Cumberland Basin (Ian Loats)
Cumberland Basin:
1 Redshank, 1 Peregrine (m), 30 Starling, 3 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

no reports today

NORTH SOMERSET

06--01-21 Black Redstart Tyntesfield (Peter Skett)
Tyntesfield:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon - pier:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon-Yeo:
85 Canada Goose, 135 Shelduck, 1 Mandarin Duck (m), 11 Shoveler, 205 Wigeon, 50 Mallard, 270 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 19 Goosander - 3 at Clevedon Pill & 16 at Blind Yeo, 7 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 12 Avocet -Yeo, 8 Oystercatcher, 125 Lapwing, 8 Grey Plover, 185 Curlew, 12 Turnstone, 1350 Dunlin, 275 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin -Blake’s Pools, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 6 Skylark, 100 Fieldfare, 275 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit. 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Linnet, 

06-01-21 Jack Snipe Axe Estuary (Paul Gregory)
Weston-Super-Mare:
Airfield: 4 Mute Swan - ad +3 juv, 5 Shoveler, 30 Teal, 2 Stonechat
Axe estuary mouth: 8 Shelduck, 120+ Wigeon, 34 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe
Axe Sluice: 100 Wigeon, 20 Teal

06-01-21 Collage Uphill (Penny Wills)
Uphill - Bleadon Levels:

Teal, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, Raven, Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch, Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common - garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-b Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackday, 2 Carrion Crow, Coal, Blue, Great & Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 40 Goldfinch, 

06-01-21 Goldcrest Willsbridge (Véra Carpenter)
Willsbridge - inc Mill:

1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 8 Jay - including a group of 4 by St. Anne's Church, an abundance of Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Nuthatch, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper

06-01-21 Red Kite Twerton (Jean Tye)
Bath -
Twerton -garden: 1 Red Kite, Magpie, Blue and Great Tit, 4 Blackcap (f+3m), Starling, Blackbird, 13 Redwing, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, 

Pensford:
1 Dipper

Paulton:
12 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 30 Woodpigeon, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven, 50 Skylark, 5 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 13 House Sparrow, 12 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 9 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS
All Bristol Water Sites
Bird hides and permit only areas will sadly be closed with immediate effect. Lakeside staff are currently installing barriers and removing combination padlocks on gates to stop trespass.

Message to all photographers 
As editor on the Avon Bird Report I am asking for photos for the next edition. I would welcome 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.com I look forward to seeing your photos. Harvey Rose

Reports: Pete Bunniss, Véra Carpenter, Ben Crabb, William Earp, Paul Francis, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Pete Harrison, Gareth Jones, Andy Leggatt, Ian Loats, Mike Moxon, Carol Rushton & Stephen Curtis, Rich Scantlebury, Tony Scott, Peter Skett, Howard Taffs, Martin Tayler, Jean Tye, Penny Wills, Paul Williams