Temp 02°C to 06°C - Heavy overnight rain which had cleared by 9am in most places. What felt like a cold westerly breeze brought the temperatures down.
CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Work is beginning on the next Avon Bird Report and one aspect of this will be the inclusion of a number of bird photographs, As in the last Report we are hoping to include up to bird 40 pictures. So if you have any that you think might be suitable please e-mail them to me at
All shots need to have been taken in 2024 and within the Avon boundary. Also we need to know when and where they were taken, and any special circumstances. Last year we included one drawing and it would be good if we could include one or two in the next ABR so our request applies here also. Most photographs will be half-page 'landscape' but one or two of the best can be full page 'portrait'. - and the very best of these will be used for the front cover. If you have any queries do please get in touch, otherwise send what you have preferably by the end of the month.
Harvey Rose (Editor ABR)
Harvey also has copies of the 2023 Avon Bird Report still for sale.
Ring-necked Duck
Grey Partridge
Purple Sandpiper
Great Northern Diver
Yellow-browed Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff
Hawfinch
Redpoll
BRISTOL
Eastville Park:
2 Tawny Owl, 1 Firecrest
St Andrew's Park and Environs.
1 Wood Pigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 6 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tits, 13 Redwing, 2 Robins, (House Sparrows audible from neighbouring gardens) 2 Pied Wagtail (m+f)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
3 Shoveler (downriver 1f, 2m)
Charfield :
1 Grey Partridge
Huntingford Engineering Works:
3 Redpoll, 15+ SiskinsFrampton Cotterell
1 Red Kite(via Facebook)
Sims Hill:
1 Woodcock
NORTH SOMERSET
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead - Battery Point:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Rock Pipit
Clevedon:
Highdale Rd:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin
06/01/25 Purple Sandpiper, Dowlais (Howard Taffs)
Dowlais:
25 Wigeon, 12 Teal, 2 Lapwings, 50 Dunlin, 1 Purple Sandpiper (1st winter), 50 Redshank, 30 Fieldfare, 16 Skylark
BELOW M4 & BANES
BELOW M4 & BANES
Keynsham - Memorial Park:
c10 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher - heard only, 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird, Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail - pr, 2 Pied Wagtail - pr,
Bath Spa University:
7 Hawfinch
Burnett:
Burnett:
1 Red Kite
Compton Dando:
Compton Dando:
Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando STW (Ian Stapp)
Sewage Works:
5 Wood Pigeon, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch
5 Wood Pigeon, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 4 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch
Fly over:1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Jackdaw, 4 Raven
06/01/2025 Firecrest, Compton Dando Orchard (Ian Stapp)
Orchard:
2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 4+ Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Goldfinch (60+ mixed flock of Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare and Wood Pigeon also present)
Radstock - Writhlington garden:
1 Blackcap (m)
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Great Northern Diver
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, Siskin (on feeders)
Chew Valley Lake
Woodford:
3 Redpoll (along recreational path)
Moreton:
10 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon (m), 10 Great White Egret (dropped in reeds in front of the hide), 2 Red Kite
10 Shelduck, 1 Wigeon (m), 10 Great White Egret (dropped in reeds in front of the hide), 2 Red Kite
Out of Area
Frampton On Severn:
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
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