18-12-23 Monday - Black Redstart

Temp 10°C to 13°C - Overcast with light rain from mid afternoon, wind from the South West gusting to 25mph.

Black Redstart

Purple Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Downend, Bromley Heath

1 Song Thrush - singing

Eastville Park:

7 Mute Swan, 5 Stock Dove, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 6 Cormorant,1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Jay, Song Thrush, Redwing, 1 Pied Wagtail

Redland - garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird (m), 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow

18-12-2023 Lesser Whitethroat Westbury Park (Mike Owen)

Westbury Park - garden:

1 Lesser Whitethroat - still feeding regularly 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

18-12-23 Black Redstart OPS (Heather England)

Oldbury Power Station - WeBS:

2 Shelduck, 99 Wigeon, 24 Mallard, 46 Teal, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 38 Lapwing, 78 Curlew 78, 10 Dunlin, 34 Snipe, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 36 Redshank, 100 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart, 5 Stonechat 

Littleton Warth - WeBS:

4 Shelduck, 85 Wigeon, 14 Mallard, 120 Teal, 22 Oystercatcher, 67 Curlew, c1500 Dunlin, 58 Redshank, 21 Little Egret

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
54 Canada Goose, 50 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 30 Shelduck, 40 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 140 Wigeon, 458 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 150 Lapwing, 121 Curlew, 2000 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 120 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Raven

New Passage:

c8 Long-tailed Tit - on the feeders

Severn Beach:
15 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon, 15 Ringed Plover, 22 Curlew, 39 Turnstone, 30 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Raven

Hawkesbury Upton - AWBS:

60 Pheasants, 20 RL Partridge, 544 Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 13 Yellowhammer

Horton - Hill Lane

1 Corn Bunting - singing

Yate - Kingsgate Park:

4 Goosander (3f&1m)

Yate - Cooper Lake

4 Goosander (4f&2m)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon, Woodspring Bay - Yeo Est South - WeBS
3 Mute Swan, 177 Shelduck, 32 Wigeon, 54 Mallard, 24 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, 3 Avocet, 130 Lapwing, 84 Curlew, 3 Knot, 150 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 460 Redshank, 330 Back-headed Gull, 55 Common Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Stonechat, 20 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Somerdale:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest

RESERVOIRS

18-12-23 Scaup (m) 1st wint Blagdon Lake (Phil Delve)

Blagdon Lake:
5 Mute Swan, 75 Canada Goose, 6 Shoveler, 34 Gadwall, 75 Wigeon, 88 Mallard, 60 Teal, 266 Pochard, 1 Pochard/Ferruginous hybrid, 631 Tufted Duck, 1 m 1st w Scaup, 19 Goldeneye (9m), 1 Water Rail, 13 Moorhen, 1016 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 45 Great Created Grebe, 9 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, c100 BH Gull, 138 Common Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 35 LBB Gull, 34 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake

Walley Bank Path:
1 Goosander, (m)

18-12-23 Firecrest CVL (Dave Hughes)

Woodford:
1 Red Kite, 2 Firecrest

18-12-2023 Ring-necked Duck CVL (Bri Thompson)

Moreton:
1 Wigeon (f), 1 Pintail (f), 1 Ring-necked Duck (m) ad, 2 Scaup (f), 12 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), c100 Redwing

Reported by: Nancy Barrett, Mark Coller, Andy Davis, Phil Delve, Heather England, Julie Evans, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Pete Hazelwood, Dave Hughes, Andy Middleton, Giles Morris, Ross Nairn, Mike Owen, Matt Plenty, Lisa Presland, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Gordon Youdale

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AVON BIRD REPORT -- 2022

Copies of the 2022 edition of the Avon Bird Report are still available, the cover photo taken by Mark Coller is below / above. . The Report itself has 228 pages (including photographs and cover) and contains the usual items including extensive coverage of the birds seen in Avon in 2022.

Members of BNS and BOC should have received their copies by now. Otherwise copies are available from me at £10 plus £3 postage etc. . If you want to buy a copy, and I hope many of you will - possibly a Xmas or New Year present, please e-mail me and I can send you payment and other details.
Harvey Rose (Editor) with ABR e-mail address: blacktgodwit@gmail.com