Temp 8°C to 12°C - Clear and bright in the morning, light rain showers in the afternoon - light winds from the South.
Penduline Tit
Whimbrel
BRISTOL
Cribbs Causway:
1 Kestrel
New Cut:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail
Stoke Park incl Pond:
Stoke Park incl Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Siskin (over south), 2 Bullfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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| Stonechat/Little Egret, OPS (Mike Prior) |
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Skylark, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 20+ Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 10 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Siskin (over), 8 Reed Bunting
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| Short-eared Owl, Aust (Keith Fowler) |
New Passage:
25 Canada Goose, 56 Greylag Goose, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Turnstone, 150+ Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret
Aust/Northwick:
c20 Shelduck, c40 Oystercatcher, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, 14 Linnet
Wickwar (West End):
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wickwar (~Alan) |
Wickwar (West End):
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel
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| Common Gull, Horton (Chris Teague) |
Horton:
25+ Common Gull, 2 Buzzard, Jay, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Blackbird
NORTH SOMERSET
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| Penduline Tit, Portbury (Howard Taffs) |
Portbury Wharf:
1 Penduline Tit
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield (Tormarton Road):
7 Red Kite
Keynsham (Broadmead Lane STW):
1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 1+ Goldcrest, 2+ Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4+ Meadow Pipit, 2+ Linnet
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret (No.2 tank)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (lodge)
Chew Valley Lake
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| Marsh Harrier, Stratford (Wayne Tucker) |
Stratford:
3 Marsh Harrier (1f + juv +1m), 1 Peregrine (juv), 1 Bearded Tit (calling)
Reported by: ~Alan, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Coslett, Keith Fowler, John Lewis, Andrew Mears, Nick Page, Mike Prior, Lois Pryce, Matthew Rogers, Larry Sweetland, Ben Sykes, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker
Copies of the 2022 edition of the Avon Bird Report are due from the printers this week, the cover photo is above. It is of a Pallid Swift, one of three seen at Aust at about this time last year. and it was photographed by Mark Coller. The Report itself has 228 pages (including photographs and cover) and contains the usual items with two exceptions - an extensive weather report and a list of ringing recoveries which was not available from the BTO in time. There are two papers, one on a Ringed Plover study in the Avonmouth area by Lyndon Roberts and a second discussing the notable Avon records for the last five years by Andy Davis.
Members of BNS and BOC will receive their copies in the next few weeks. Otherwise copies are available from me at £10 plus postage. The exact postage cost will only be known later this week but it is likely to be in the range £2.40 to £3. If you want to buy a copy, and I hope many of you will, please e-mail me and I can send you payment and other details.
We are always looking for 'new blood', that is new contributors who are willing to write a portion of the systematic list or help in other ways to produce the next (2023 onwards) editions of the Report. If you feel that you might like to help please contact me in the first instance by e-mail.
Harvey Rose (Editor) with e-mail address: blacktgodwit@gmail.
