26-11-22 Saturday - Hawfinch

 Temp 13° to 11°C sunny at first but then heavy rain after lunch, light wind from the south

Hawfinch

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Smew

BRISTOL

26-11-22 Firecrest Blaise Estate (Matt Hobbs)

Blaise Estate:

5 Firecrest

Old Sneed Park:

30+ Fieldfare - over to the west

Redland - garden:
2 Blackbird - evicted the foraging 6 Redwing

Stockwood Open Space:
10 Redwing, 2 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

26-11-22 Black Redstart OPS (Rob Emery)

Oldbury Power Station:
450+ Dunlin, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Black Redstart, 5 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
7000 wader - in flight, disturbed by 1 Marsh Harrier - a little video

NORTH SOMERSET

Tyntesfield Estate - Chapel Yew Trees:

2 Hawfinch

Clevedon - Blind Yeo, Strode Rd Bridge
1 Common Sandpiper

Clevedon, Colehouse Lane - Avon Winter Bird Survey:
16 Mallard, 4 Feral Pigeon, 100 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 6 Moorhen, 7 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 23 Magpie, 38 Jackdaw, 9 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 45+ Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 14 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 15+ Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Nailsea Moor:

1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick - Golden Valley

7 Lapwing - over

Oldland Common:

75 Common Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull

North Common:

100 Common Gull, 200 Starling

Willsbridge - Hill:
3 Mistle Thrush

Keynsham, Marina area:

8 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing

RESERVOIRS

26-11-22 Bewick's Swan CVL (NSL Birding)

Chew Valley Lake
7 Bewick's Swan, 1 Marsh Harrier

Heron's Green:
5 Little Grebe, 30 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret

26-11-2022 Smew CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Stratford:
3 Bewick's Swan - inc juv, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Smew, 3 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 7 Redwing

Herriott's inc Pool:
Pintail, Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail


Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Graham Blacker, Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Haigh, Matt Hobbs, Roger Jolliffe, Nigel Kempson, Lauren & Wayne Tucker
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG eBird

Call for rarity notes on the following claims:
If you saw any of these birds please send supporting notes to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk so the record can be considered for inclusion in the 2022 Avon Bird Report

Bittern         1     19/03/2022     Bath, Claverton Hill

Goshawk         1     26/04/2022     Roundhouse Wood, Hill

Goshawk         1     16/05/2022    Whitchurch, ASDA, Allotments

Shag                  Pres     22/05/2022     Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Wood Warbler         2     21/08/2022     Nailsea, Moorend Spout Nature Reserve

Lesser Yellowlegs      1     04/09/2022     Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Heron's Green

Whitethroat         1     02/10/2022     Keynsham, Manor Rd, Community Woodlands

Black Tern         3     09/10/2022     Chew Valley Lake (CVL) Reported on Birdguides

Willow Warbler         1     16/10/2022     Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Willow Warbler         1     20/10/2022     Tickenham

Ring Ouzel         1     23/10/2022     Sand Point, Middle Hope / St Thomas's Head

Reed Warbler         1     23/10/2022     Warmley, Siston Brook in song

Woodlark                 2     24/10/2022     Keynsham, Manor Rd, Community Woodlands

Woodlark                 1     29/10/2022     Sand Point - Middle Hope

Great White Egret     42         31/10/2022     Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's

Long-tailed Duck      1     31/10/2022     Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Moreton juv