20-12-23 Wednesday - Waxwing

Temp 6°C to 11°C - Overcast with light rain on and off, decent wind from the W/SW gusting to 28mph, made it feel colder

Waxwing

Brent Goose 

Lesser Scaup

Scaup

Mediterranean Gull

Marsh Tit

Firecrest

Lesser Whitethroat

Siskin

BRISTOL

20-12-23 Lesser Whitethroat, Bristol (Mike Owen)

Westbury Park - garden:

1 Lesser Whitethroat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-12-23 Marsh Tit, Avening Green (Fen Marshall)

Avening Green:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:

Dowlais: 2 Brent Goose (Dark-bellied), Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, Dunlin, Redshank, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 10 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit

Blind Yeo: 2 Goosander

20-12-23 GWE & Heron, Yeo (Mark Savage)

Strawberry Line Yatton & Congresbury Moor:
19 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron,1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel,1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 50 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 12 Siskin

BELOW M4 & BANES

20-12-23 Waxwing, Farrington Gurney (Alex Mitchard)

Farrington Gurney:
1 Waxwing

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Red Kite (possibly with tracker), 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest

Moreton:
2 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Heron, 55 Redwing

20-12-23 Reed Bunting, CVL (Robin Martin)

Stratford:

1f Marsh Harrier, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 1st winter Mediterranean Gull, 5 Buzzard

Out of area:

Burnham-on-Sea: Kentish Plover still

20-12-23 Kentish Plover, Burnham (James Packer)

Reported by: Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Fen Marshall, Robin Martin, Alex Mitchard, Mike Owen,  Mark Savage, Trevor Riddle, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

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