05-12-24 Thursday - Leach's Petrel

Temp 12°C to 14°C. Rain in the morning, heavier rain in the afternoon. Mod south-westerly breeze.  

Ring-necked Duck

Yellow-legged Gull

Leach's Petrel

05-12-24 Snipe, Stratford CVL (Bri Thompson)

BRISTOL

No reports

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Shoveler (2m, 1f), 1 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, c200 Curlew 

Severn Beach:
1 Leach's Petrel

Ridge Woods:
Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 gull sp, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw

BELOW M4 & BANES

No reports

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

inc - 2 Stock Dove, Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye (2f, 1m), c20 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Redwing, 8 Chaffinch, c12 Goldfinch

Chew Valley Lake

Herons Green:

inc - 1 Stock Dove, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Raven, 4 Long-tailed Tit

05-12-24 Little Grebe, Stratford CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Stratford:

Little Grebe, 2 Lapwing, 32 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier (imm male), Kingfisher

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Ring-necked Duck (on lake),  1 Yellow-legged Gull (on pool)

For information: The 7th edition of "The Birds of Avon - An annotated checklist" has just been released in expanded and updated form. This checklist of species in the Avon recording area with details of how their status has changed over time makes a fascinating and impressive read. There is a link at the top of the sidebar to the right (in web version).

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Alan Daniells, Phillip Delve, Marc Hunt, Nigel Povey, Andy Stockhausen, Bri Thompson

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