15-01-25 Wednesday -

Temp  02°C to 10°C - A misty start and finish. Overcast for the early part of the day with the sun making a showing warming things up later. a light breeze mostly from west south west.

As part of the preparation for drafting the 2024 Avon Bird Report we are trying to trace the observers of each of the following records. If you saw any of these, or know who did, please get in touch with avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Waxwing	3	27/01/2024	Bathampton
Goshawk	1	18/1/2024	Severnside
Ring-billed Gull	Present	20/02/2024	Chew Valley Lake
Waxwing	12	25/03/2024	Hawkesbury Upton, Cricket Club
Hen Harrier	1	13/4/2024	Severn Beach
Hen Harrier	1	16/4/2024	Marshfield
Dartford Warbler	1	12/08/2024	Sand Point
Goshawk	1	10/9/2024	Marshfield
Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis	1	26/12/2024	Blagdon Lake

Siberian Chiffchaff

Bearded Tit

BRISTOL

Location

Bishops Knoll And Sneyd Park LNR:

inc- 19 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Moorhen, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail

Bishopston - garden:

3 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 32 Goldfinch

Southmead Swimming Lake - WeBS:

10 Mallard, 8 Moorhen, 1 Herring Gull, 10+ winter-dippers in 5°C water from the Henleaze Swimming club - heading for the sauna!

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
3 Pintail (f & 2m)

Pilning to Easter Compton road:
1 Stonechat (m)

Aztec West:

1 Sparrowhawk

Three Brooks Nature Reserve:

1 Water Rail - squealing

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea Moor:

1 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Owl

Clevedon - Highdale garden:
2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Buzzard, 4 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
inc - 1 Red-legged Partridge, 80 Lapwing, 4 Common Gull, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 5 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, 20 Corn Bunting

15-01-25 Kingfisher Keynsham (Merv Carlyon)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Kingfisher

Compton Dando - STW:

2 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

15-01-25 Little Grebe Dyrham (Caron T-T)

Dyrham - garden:

1 Little Grebe

Chew Magna - Winford Brook
1 Kingfisher

15-01-25 Goldfinch Paulton (Patrick Hancock)

Paulton:
1 Pheasant, 9 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Blackbird, 1 Linnet, 11 Goldfinch

15-01-25 GS Woodpecker Writhlington  (Merv Carlyon)

Writhlington:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 2 Blackcap

Radstock - STW
3 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 50+ Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
3 Goosander, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (m)

15-01-25 Black-necked Grebe CVL (Rob Martin)

Herons Green:
2 Wigeon, 3 Pintail (1m), 2 Scaup (m),1 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Peregrine

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye (3f & m), 1 Tawny Owl - called 3:30 pm

15-01-25 Snipe CVL (Rob Martin)

Stratford:
2 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, Cormorant, 2 Bearded Tit

Herriotts inc Pool:
4 Marsh Harrier - around the lake, 8 Cattle Egret, 25 Great White Egret, Little Egret - inc colour ringed bird, 

East Shore:

13 Great White Egret

Out of Area

East Harptree Woods

8 Crossbill

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Ben Crabb, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Daphne Havercroft, Nick Hawkridge, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Robin Martin, Brian Mulgrew, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Joe Sargent, Caron Thornton-Trippett, Jenny White
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