02-01-24 Tuesday

 Temp 8°C to 13°C - Persistent rain in the morning. The afternoon bought strong winds (45mph+) and showers from the west.

Purple Sandpiper

Redpoll

Lesser Whitethroat

Marsh Tit

Black-necked Grebe

Long-tailed Duck

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Lesser Whitethroat, Redland (Mike Owen)

Redland (garden):

1 Lesser Whitethroat

Stoke Park (garden):

2 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Marsh Tit, Tortworth (Fen Marshall)

Tortworth:

2 Marsh Tit

Oldbury Power Station:

4 Stock Dove, Coot, 100 Snipe (flock flushed from saltmarsh by high tide), Cetti's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, Rock Pipit

Yate:

Kingsgate Park: 2 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander (f)

Brimsham Park: 5 Goosander (1m+2f+2juv)

Abbeywood:
4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Warth, (Lee Gardiner)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Black-necked Grebe (North Pool Hide - wellies advised),, 1 Curlew, 2 Snipe, 2 Redshank

Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper (on rocks by lighthouse at Battery Point on incoming tide)

Great White Egret, Clevedon (Karen Jayne)

Clevedon (Strode Road Bridge):
1 Great White Egret

Siskin, Backwell Lake (Robin Martin)

Backwell Lake:
10 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 15 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Moorhen, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, Raven, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 8 Siskin

Nailsea (Youngwood Lane):
1 Kestrel, c75 Redwing, 15 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Abbeywood:
4 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Goldfinch


Saltford to Avon Valley Station:
1 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 80 BH Gull, Herring Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1+ Green Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 3+ Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1+ Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 60 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 3 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 50 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch

Compton Dando:
c200 Common Gull, c250 Herring Gull, c50 Lesser Black-backed Gull (field adjacent STW)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (drake in tufted/pochard flock No.1 tank), 1 Common Sandpiper (No.3 tank)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (drake in Long Bay), 4 Little Egret(field adj Holt Bay), 5+ Redpoll (Lodge trees), 2 Siskin (Lodge feeder), 

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
1 Waxwing (orchard by the turning to the Lodge)

Stratford:
1 Red Kite (distant)

Reported by: Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Peter Hazelwood, Karen Jayne, Fen Marshall, Robin Martin, Mike Owen, Mike Prior, Steve Richardson, Andy Stockhausen, Rod Taylor

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

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

Purple Sandpiper         19/11/2023        Severn Beach