30-12-23 Saturday - Waxwing

Temp 6°C to 12°C - Light cloud with showers until tea time, then heavy rain through the night. Gusting wind from the South to SSW up to 40mph.

Black-necked Grebe, Purple Sandpiper

Waxwing, Firecrest

Ring-necked Duck

30-12-23 Waxwing CVL (Dave Hughes)

BRISTOL

Bishopston & Horfield:

4 Waxwing - high over Kings Av, c15 Fieldfare

Blaise - Cherry Orchard:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Blackbird, 8 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

35 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 55 Teal - displaying, 115 Lapwing, 800 Dunlin, 34 Snipe, 1000+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Little Egret, 3 Skylark, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 155 Redwing, 8 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail,  5 Rock Pipit, 11 Bullfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer

Wickwar:
4 Goosander - over, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant - over, 9 LTT

Little and Old Sodbury:

2 Shelduck, Stock Dove, 1 Snipe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Magpie, 80 Rook, 2 Raven, Goldcrest, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 12 Avocet - mud by RPD lock gate, 12 Snipe

30-12-23 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Jason Williams)

Portishead:
5 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon Beach:

21 Turnstone

Weston-Super-Mare - High Street:

115+ Pied Wagtail - roosting in decorated trees

BELOW M4 & BANES

Wick - Riding Barn Hill - feeder:

6 Long-tailed Tit

RESERVOIRS

30-12-23 Ring-necked Duck, BL ( Dave Hughes)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 12+ Goldeneye, 3 Goosander

30-12-23 Waxwing CVL (Mike Trew)

Chew Valley Lake

30-12-23 Firecrest CVL (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
2 Raven, 3 Waxwing - gone by 9am, back 10 to 11:30, 12+ LTT, 2 Firecrest - towards the dam, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 

Orchard:

1 Jay, c5 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

Moreton:
2 Scaup (f), Siskin

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Greylag Goose, 1 Mandarin (f)

Reported by: Rich Andrews, Jon Angell, Di Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Chris Craig, Julian Eastoe, Lee Gardiner, Martyn Hayes, Dave Hughes, Oliver, James, Karen Jayne, Gareth Jones, Nigel Jones, Nigel Kempson, Paul Moon, Bob Proctor, Dean Reeves, Paul Sadley, Gill Sapsed, Cliff Smith, Mike Trew, Jason Williams

 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