Temp 6°C to 10°C - Overcast with occasional showers, heavy rain briefly after lunch, light winds from the West - mostly. 74mm of rain so far this week, about 3 inches.
Slavonian Grebe
Jack Snipe
Cattle Egret
Barn Owl
Ring-necked Duck
BRISTOL
Chittening Warth:
1 Shelduck, 2 Woodpigeon, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Kestrel, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Robin, 2 Stonechat (m)
Downend:
Coal Tit - on the feeders
Redland -garden:
4 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Magpies, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 1 Dunnock
Stockwood:
Stockwood:
1 Barn Owl - hunting over the fields at 4:40pm
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Jack Snipe, 50 Redwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet
Westbury Park:
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| 03-01-23 Lesser Whitethroat Westbury Park (Mike Owen) |
1 Lesser Whitethroat
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust Warth:
1 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Chaffinch
NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
42 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 360 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Woodpigeon, 68 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 14 Snipe, 620 BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin , 2 Stonechat
New Passage:
1 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 2 Raven, 1 Chaffinch
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| 03-01-2024 Slavonian Grebe PIL (Paul Bowerman) |
42 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 360 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Woodpigeon, 68 Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 14 Snipe, 620 BH Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin , 2 Stonechat
New Passage:
40 Greylag Goose, 8 Canada Goose, 1 Shelduck, 180 Wigeon, c40 Oystercatcher, 10 Ringed Plover, 28 Turnstone 360 Dunlin, c50 Redshank, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven
Severn Beach:
1 Raven
Wickwar:
3 Blackcap (f&2m)
Yate - Yate Rocks garden:
Severn Beach:
1 Raven
Wickwar:
3 Blackcap (f&2m)
Yate - Yate Rocks garden:
1 Sparrowhawk - just had lunch from the bird table
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Battery Point:
c10 Purple Sandpiper - flushed by a Carrion Crow
Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Mute Swan, 10 Goosander (7f&3m), 1 Kittiwake, 83 Black-headed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine (m) - roosting on masts, 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 16 Pied Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit
Congresbury Moor
2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 60 Snipe - single flock, all disturbed from the ground, 15 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting.
Yatton - Strawberry Line
1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti’s Warbler.
1 Water Rail, 1 Cetti’s Warbler.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Chew Magna - Stanton Drew
1 Goosander (m) c50 Cattle Egret
RESERVOIRS
1 Goosander (m) c50 Cattle Egret
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake
1 Scaup, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 3 Great White Egret
Chew Valley Lake
Woodford:
2 Goosander (m), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Redwing
Herons Green:
1 Little Egret
2 Goosander (m), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Redwing
Herons Green:
1 Little Egret
Herriotts inc Pool:
13 Shelduck, 11 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher
Reported by: Roger Bingham, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Steve Curtis, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Robert Hargreaves, Martyn Hayes, John Lewis, Linda Moysey, Mike Owen, Alan Piper, Lois Pryce, Carol Rushton, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Les Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, ;opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
2023 Avon Bird Report - Rarities without any details
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
