05-01-24 Friday - Jack Snipe

 Temp 4°C to 9°C - Cloud gradually cleared to leave a dry day (finally!) A light 4mph NW wind.

NOTE:   The BOC walk at Westhay on Sunday has been cancelled owing to the likelihood of flooding.

Ring-necked Duck

Scaup, Lesser Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe

Purple Sandpiper

Woodcock, Jack Snipe

Cattle Egret

Marsh Harrier

Little Owl

Lesser Whitethroat

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Water Pipit

Redpoll

BRISTOL

05-01-24 Lesser Whitethroat, Redland garden (Mike Owen)

Redland:

2 Jay, 2 (m/f) Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Arnos Vale Cemetary:

2-3 Firecrest

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Jack Snipe

Hotwells-Cumberland Basin:

7 Woodpigeon - fewer than usual, 1 Moorhen, 100+ Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 7 Jackdaw - fewer than usual, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, c.10 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch. 

South Street Park:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 8 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch.

Hanham Court Gardens:

2 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper (bathing in a puddle for 10mins), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, c35 Fieldfare.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:

6 Pintail

Oldbury Power Station:

6 Grey Plover, 20 Oystercatcher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat.

Aust Wetland:

4 Shelduck, 1 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Curlew, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat.

Aust Warth:

22 Sheduck, 20 Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 25 Redshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel, 30 Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 35 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting.

05-01-24 Dunlin, New Passage (Lisegirl)

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
60+ Canada Goose, 53 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 15 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 40 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 40 Oystercatcher, 200 Lapwing, 75 Curlew, 12 Turnstone, 280 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 6 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting.

Severn Beach:

18 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 2 m Pintail, 40 Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, 40 Oystercatcher, 40+ Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 2 Stonechat.

Wild Place Project:

1 Firecrest

Horton:
1 Woodcock, 1 Little Owl, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

05-01-24 Goosander, Brinsham Lake, Yate (Peter Bryant)

Yate-Brinsham Lake:

15 Goosander

Chipping Sodbury Common:
3 Pheasant, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 8 Skylark, 40+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch, 50+ Linnet, 1 Redpoll.

Kendleshire Golf Course:

2 (m/f) Goosander, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 25 Redwing.

Mangotsfield:

2 Raven, 2 Blackcap.

Willsbridge Mill:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

NORTH SOMERSET

05-01-24 Common Sandpiper, Clevedon Blind-Yeo (Karen Jayne)

Portbury Wharf:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 f Blackcap.

Portishead:
3 Purple Sandpiper

05-01-24 Redwing, Watercress Farm (Robin Martin)

Watercress Farm:

1 m Gadwall, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch.

05-01-24 Goosander, Clevedon Blind-Yeo (Karen Jayne)

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
1 Mute Swan, 33 Goosander, 12 Moorhen, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail. 

Backwell Lake:
15 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan, 4 Gadwall, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 19 Cormorant-roosting, 60 Little Egret-roosting, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Song Thrush. 1 Redwing 

Kingston Seymour:
1 Common Gull, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Compton Martin:
1 Marsh Harrier

Stanton Drew - R Chew:

15 Cattle Egret

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch.

Chew Valley Lake

05-01-24 Goldeneye, CVL Dam (George Stacey)

05-01-24 Redshank, CVL Dam (George Stacey)

Dam:
1 m Goldeneye, 1 Redshank, 2 (m/f) Stonechat.

Hollowbrook:
2 Great White Egret

Sutton Wick:
1 Lesser Scaup

Walley Bank Path:
1 Kingfisher

Woodford:
1 Firecrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2+ Bullfinch, 1 Siskin. 

Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1+ Great White Egret.

05-01-24 Great White Egret, Moreton (Mike Moxon)

Moreton:

1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Mistle Thrush. 

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Peter Bryant, Karle Burford, Alex Carlisle, Mark Coller, Ben Crabb, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Julian Eastoe, Anthony Goodwin, Martyn Hayes, Pete Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, Matt Hull, Jack, Mike Jackson, Karen Jayne, Nigel Kempson, John Lewis, Lisegirl, Robin Martin, Mike Moxon, Nick, Mike Owen, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Tony.

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG 

Avon Bird Report for 2023

Calling all photographers

Work is just beginning on the next Report, for 2023 to be published in the autumn of 2024. We like to include a number of bird photographs and so we are asking all local bird photographers if they are willing to submit some shots for possible inclusion. We usually receive about 200 and publish between 30 and 40, it would be good if both of these figures increased this year. So if you have any suitable do please get in touch using my ABR e-mail address blacktgodwit@gmail.com

We are especially keen to hear from any photographer who has not submitted before.. Photos should be on a jpeg, or similar file, and have been taken in Avon in 2023.