28-12-23 Thursday - More Waxwings

Temp 10°C to 12°C - Sunshine and heavy showers. Still a strong SW wind, gusting to 35mph.

Black-necked Grebe

Kittiwake

Barn Owl, Little Owl

Waxwing

Lesser Whitethroat

Firecrest

28-12-23 female Blackcap, Spike Island, Bristol (Lee Gardiner)

BRISTOL

28-12-23 Dipper, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:

1 Little Grebe, 1 Dipper

Bishopston-Henleaze:

25 Waxwing

28-12-23 Lesser Whitethroat, Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland:

1 Lesser Whitethroat

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

122 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull.

Spike Island:

1 f Blackcap

Withywood:

1 Mistle Thrush - singing.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

28-12-23 Little Egret, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Oldbury Power Station:

11 Canada Goose, 8 Shelduck, c.50 Curlew, 2 Redshank, c.1000 Black-headed Gull, 1/2 Common/Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Fieldfare.

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

90 Canada Goose, 25 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 7 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 9 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 30 Oystercatcher, 120 Lapwing, 35 Dunlin, 80 Redshank, 190 BH Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Meadow Pipit.

28-12-2023 Barn Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:
1 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl (heard only).

Yate Rocks:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Tit - garden.

Pomphrey Hill-Emerson's Green:

2 Buzzard

Frenchay:

1 Grey Heron

NORTH SOMERSET

29-12-23 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point Portishead (Leanne Clarke)

Portishead:

5 Purple Sandpiper

Portbury Wharf:
10 Canada Goose, 1+ Shoveler, 1+ Wigeon, 1+ Little Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 6 Lapwing, 10 Common Gull

28-12-23 Goosander, Clevedon-Yeo (Diana Bunniss)

28-12-23 Meadow Pipit, Clevedon-Dowlais (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Yeo:
5 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 8 Goosander, 20 Lapwing, mobile flock of Meadow Pipit.

Backwell Lake:

9 Canada Geese, 26 Mute Swan, (1m,1f) 2 Gadwall, 30 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 18 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 7 Magpie, 1 Mistle Thrush.

Goblin Combe:
2 Marsh Tit, 1 Firecrest.

Sand Point:
76 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 21 Curlew, 65+ Kittiwake, 29 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 68 Mallard, 5 Teal, 4 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 46 Black-headed Gull, 130 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 19 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 8 Skylark, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Chaffinch, 17 Goldfinch. 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Goldeneye, 4 Great-crested Grebe.

Chew Valley Lake

28-12-23 Waxwings, Woodford Lodge (Jenny Daniels)

Woodford:
3 Waxwing

28-12-23 Baikal Teal, Greylake (James Packer)

Out of area:

Baikal Teal at Greylake.

Reported by: Jon Angell, Peter Bryant, Diana Bunniss, Allan Chard, Leanne Clark, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Jenny Daniels, Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Richard Giles, Anthony Goodwin, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Gareth Jones, Linda, Mike Owen, James Packer, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Wayne Tucker.

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

2023 Avon Bird Report - Rarities without any details

The Avon Ornithological Group is starting preparations for the production of the 2023 Avon Bird Report and an important aspect of this is obtaining supporting notes for locally scarce species. For all the following sightings we not only lack supporting notes but also have no details of who the observer(s) were. If you saw any of the following, or know who did, please get in touch with the Recorders Committee via avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk 

     Species                    Date                 Site.                  .

Glossy Ibis               20/02/2023     Congresbury 

Ring-necked Duck   20/04/2023     Portishead 

Black Redstart         21/05/2023     Weston-super-Mare 

Quail                        08/06/2023     Hinton Charterhouse 

Goshawk                  01/09/2023     Walton Common Reserve 

Caspian Gull            19/09/2023     Chew Valley Lake 

Long-tailed Duck     22/10/2023     Blagdon Lake 

Long-tailed Duck     19/11/2023     Chew Valley Lake 

Purple Sandpiper     19/11/2023      Severn Beach