04-11-24 Monday

Temp 11°C to 12°C - the murky weather continues with a light E/NE wind, pretty much no rain for almost a week now. The recent Snow Bunting takes the Avon year list to 219, see it here.

The 2023 Avon Bird Report will be available soon. Members of the BOC and BNS will as usual receive a copy. It is the largest ever, with 240 text and 20 colour pages, and contains a comphensive round up of the area's birds, as well as some papers on the local avifauna. If you wish to order one, please email Harvey Rose  bktlgodwit@gmail.com. It costs £13 including p&p. The report contains many excellent photos, including this one on the front cover by Lee Gardiner, taken at CVL.

Woodcock, Black Redstart

Brent Geese, Scaup

Grey Plover, Water Pipit

Bearded Tit

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Shoveler (m), 60 Redwing

Sims Hill:

1 (probably 2) Woodcock, 13 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Brambling

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Common Gull, 3 Stonechat, 60 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Brent Goose (db), 44 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 70 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 138 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 115 Turnstone, 350 Dunlin, 6 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart (m)

Aust Services:
vismig (7-10.30am): 1 DB Brent Goose, 6 Greylag, 4 Pintail (3 drakes), 9 Stock Dove, c160 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 29 Dunlin, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 11 Raven, 23 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, c50 Fieldfare, c100 Redwing, c2,000 Starling, 1 Water Pipit, 1,050 Chaffinch, c300 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Redpoll, 3 Brambling, 1 Reed Bunting

Aust Warth:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting

Severn Beach:
1 Water Rail, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Knot, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Kenn pier: 3 Mute Swan, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher
Kenn mouth and Tutshill's Ear cycle path: 115 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 35 Mallard, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Grey Plover, 30 Curlew, 80 Dunlin, c100 Redshank, 12 Cormorant, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron
Garden: 1 Feral Pigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail

Woodford:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 5+ Goldcrest, 6+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 12+ Chaffinch

Herons Green:
5 Wigeon, 24 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret

Moreton:
5 Stock Dove, 1 less Coot (being eaten by a fox), 5 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Kingfisher,  20+ Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Goldcrest

Stratford:
1 Goldeneye, 2 Scaup, 1 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff

Herriotts inc. Pool:
8 Pintail, 4 Gadwall, 12 Shoveler, 64 Teal, 4 GBB Gull, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Iris Langson, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Povey, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

03-11-24 Sunday - Red-crested Pochard

Temp 10°C to 14°C - A drab grey day with a light breeze from east south east gusting to 18mph

Red-crested Pochard

Short-eared Owl

Bearded Tit

Caspian Gull

Hawfinch

Crossbill

BRISTOL

03-11-24 Tawny Owl and Kingfisher EP (Martin Tayler)

Eastville Park - inc vismig:

400 Woodpigeon, 83 Lapwing - single flock, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 30 Redwing, 40 Fieldfare, 3 Chaffinch, 7 Linnet

Knowle:

a flock of 10 Magpie

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

03-11-2024 possible  Chiffchaff - abietinus Aust Cliff (Jamie Dunning)

Aust Cliff - vismig and ringing session:

31 Stock Dove, 197 Lapwing, inc a potential Northern Chiffchaff - abietinus ringed, 3428 Starling, 313 Fieldfare, 646 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 10 Redpoll

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Brent Goose, Canada Goose, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Knot, 40 Dunlin, 1 Water Pipit

Pilning Wetlands:
50 Lapwing, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Caspian Gull - 1st wint

03-11-2024 Red-crested Pochard SB (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
70 Wigeon, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 45 Teal, 20 Curlew, 30 Turnstone, 1 Dunlin, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing, 1 Stonechat 

Chipping Sodbury Common:
300+ Woodpigeon, 1 Lapwing, Snipe, 50+ Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 50+ Redwing, 100+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, a few Chaffinch and Greenfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 15 Linnet 

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Highdale garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 5 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw 

Clevedon - Yeo,  inc Wain's Hill vismig:
3 Brent Goose, c 180 Shelduck, 44 Woodpigeon, 1 Snipe, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 85 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Fieldfares, 31 Meadow Pipit, 408 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 40 Linnets 1 Redpoll, 2 Crossbill, 1 Siskin

Sand Point/Middle Hope - vismig:
26O Woodpigeon, 4 Golden Plover, 24 Lapwing, 125 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 3 GBB Gull, 3050 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 51 Redwing, 160 Fieldfare, 1435 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 4 Hawfinch, 45 Siskin

03-11-24 Firecrest Uphill (Adrian Dutt)

Uphill - garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, 1 Firecrest, Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham - garden:

trickle of Redwing, Chaffinch, 1 Brambling - over

Warmley - garden:

1 Mistle Thrush - on Rowan berries - 1st in a year

Keynsham - Broadmead flash:

4 Snipe

Newton St Loe:

5 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 120 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 21 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 60 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Magpie, 22 Jackdaw, 65 Rook, 17 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 20 Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Mistle Thrush, 30 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch.

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Moreton:
2 Scaup (f&m)

Stratford:
114 Lapwing - over, 14 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Bearded Tit, Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Redpoll, 7 Siskin

Herriotts inc Pool:
thousands of Starling going to roost

Reported by: David Allward, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Milosz Cousens, Matt Coward, Ian Dickie, Jamie Dunning, Adrian Dutt, Matt Hobbs, Nick Hudson, Matt Hull, Rob Laughton, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Aravind Ramesh, John Rossetti, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Wayne Tucker

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

02-11-24 Saturday - Winter migrants now in!

Temp 12°C to 14°C - Classic gloomy November day but at least it was dry! A force 2 ENE wind.

Many classic winter species now in with Redwings/Fieldfares being seen in more places and a few scarcities mixed in. Worth looking out for Black Redstarts around old buildings and in rocky places along the coast as quite a few probably go unnoticed.

Some decent birds turning up at the lakes too. Increased chance of birds like Red-throated Diver turning up if these NE winds continue (we are definitely overdue one!)

Scaup

Jack Snipe

Yellow-legged Gull

Caspian Gull

Shag

Black Redstart

Water Pipit

Snow Bunting

Brent Geese

02-11-24 Red Kite, Bishop Sutton (Bri Thompson)

BRISTOL

Arno's Vale Cemetery:

Mixed flock of Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, Goldcrest - - - holly bush by main path between War Memorial and Rajah memorial,

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

02-11-24 Black Redstart, Oldbury Power Station (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:
287 Woodpigeon NE (one flock), 1 m Marsh Harrier, 4 Fieldfare, 1 m Black Redstart

Aust services vismig (07:01-09:49):

6 Stock Dove, 1444 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 24 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 403 Starling, 29 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 5 alba Wagtail, 7 Meadow Pipit, 225 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 17 Linnet, 119 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Present: 1 Brent Goose, 7 Barnacle Geese

Aust Warth:
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 12 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 6+ Rock Pipit, 38 Linnet

New Passage:

1 Brent Goose, 1 Caspian Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - The Windmill Inn:
1 Merlin

02-11-24 Egyptian Geese, R. Yeo, Tutshill Sluice (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Wain's Hill vismig:

125 Woodpigeon, 1 Cattle Egret, 50 Redwing, 140 Chaffinch

Kingston Seymour - Tutshill Sluice:

(This is a new cycle path that runs between Weston & Clevedon. Sluice is on River Yeo)
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Green Sandpiper, 13 Cattle Egret

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
8 Teal, 2 Goosander, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 1 GW Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 20 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit, 30 Goldfinch, 200 finch sp. over (in two flocks)

Sand Point - Car Park:
1 Jay, 5 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Redpoll, 1 Siskin

Middle Hope vismig (06:35-12:17):
16 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 290 Woodpigeon, 170 Curlew, 83 Black-headed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 22 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Shag, 31 Carrion Crow, 6 Skylark, 2275 Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, 38 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 alba Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 342 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 10 Redpoll, 167 Siskin, 1 Snow Bunting, 1 Reed Bunting

Banwell:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield - West Kingston:
12 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Stock Dove, c.100 Woodpigeon (one flock), 40 Herring Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 17+ Red Kite (14 flock over Ebdown), 8 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, c.300 Jackdaw/Carrion Crow, 3 Raven, 15 Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 16 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 20 Chaffinch, 20 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Goldeneye, 13 Lapwing, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Wick Green Point:
2 (m/f) Scaup

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 ad Yellow-legged Gull

Reported by: Andy Gibb, Malcolm Gibbs, Peter Hazelwood, Matt Hobbs, Matt Hull, Andy Mears, Nigel Milbourne, Trevor Riddle, Mark Steer, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood.

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

01-11-24 Friday - Scaup

Temp 10°C to 14°C. Cloudy but dry. Light breeze starting westerly, all over the place through the day, ending north-westerly.

Scaup

Firecrest

Brambling

01-11-24 Scaup, Herons Green CVL (Bri Thompson)

BRISTOL

Clifton Downs:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Rook, 1 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Bullfinch 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Pair Gadwall, 17 Black-tailed Godwit

Bristol Science Park Lake:

1 Great White Egret + small murmuration of 250+ Starling

NORTH SOMERSET

01-11-24 Marsh Harrier, Portbury Wharf (Karen Wilkinson)

Portbury Wharf:
Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 12 Little Grebe, 3 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Mistle Thrush

01-11-24 Kestrel & Peregrine, Wains Hill (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Wains Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, Pair Peregrine, 

+2 Skylark, 140 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 7 Siskin all going NE

Clevedon garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:
2 Buzzard, 1 Little Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 8 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

01-11-24 Great White Egret + Grey Herons, Barrow Tanks (Lee Wildwood)

Barrow Tanks:

4 Little Grebe, c200 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret 

Chew Valley Lake

01-11-24 Pintail, Herons Green CVL (Bri Thompson)

Herons Green:
Pintail, 1 Scaup (m)

Moreton:
2 Scaup (1m, 1f), 28 Cattle Egret emerging from Denny Island roost

Cetti's Warbler, Stratford CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Stratford:
Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Andy Gibb, Patrick Hancock, Rob Laughton, Nigel Povey, Joe Sargent, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Lee Wildwood, Karen Wilkinson, Jack Wylson:

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds