06-11-24 Wednesday - Snow Bunting, SEO

Temp 12°C to 14°C - Another gloomy overcast day with some drizzle. An occasional light wind from the SE. See Monday's blog post for details on how to order a copy of the 2023 Avon Bird Report which will be available soon- members of the BOC and BNS will get theirs through the post.

Don't forget about this new book on the buzzards he studied, by local birder Robin Prytherch, available from Bristol Books.

Brent
Short-eared Owl
Caspian Gull
Spotted Redshank

Snow Bunting

06-11-24 Snow Bunting, Middle Hope (Matt Hull)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Shoveler, 35 Coot

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 3 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit

Sims Hill: 

1 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Mute Swan, 19 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 4 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 12 Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet, 11 Goldfinch
Oldbury Village: 1 Fieldfare

Aust Warth:
3 Brent, 1 Short-eared Owl, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Mistle Thrush, 15 Redwing, 6 Stonechat, 50 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

New Passage/NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
2 Golden Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Turnstone, c100 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Caspian Gull, 3 Little Egret, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail,  c30 Greenfinch

Bristol Zoo Project:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Garden: 1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

Portbury Wharf:
3 Water Rail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

06-11-24 Egrets, Kingston Seymour (Howard Taffs)

Kingston Seymour:

23 Cattle Egret (patch record), 1 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret

Sand Point/Middle Hope:
1 Snow Bunting

Weston-s-Mare - Grove Park:

1 Firecrest

06-11-24 Kestrel, Uphill (Adrian Dutt)

Uphill:

1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, many Redwing

BELOW M4 & BANES

06-11-24 Dipper, Midsomer Norton (Wayne Tucker)

Midsomer Norton:

1 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

06-11-24 Common Sandpiper, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Dam:
1 Knot, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper

06-11-24 Dunlin, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Moreton:

5 Goldeneye

Stratford:
1 Curlew, 12 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit heard

Reported by: Rod, Merv Carlyon, Adrian Dutt, Julian Eastoe, Alastair Fraser, Brian Lancastle, Matt Hull, Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Joward Taffs, Bri Thompson, Wayne & Lauren Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG