19-01-25 Sunday - Mediterranean Gull, RN Duck

Temp  01°C to 03°C - Overcast all day, with patches of mist until 10am. Light drizzle in some areas and a light, predominantly south-easterly breeze, gusting up to 9mph.

As we start preparations for the 2024 Avon Bird Report we are chasing up supporting notes for a number of locally rare species and subspecies which have been reported during the year.

The following records have all been entered into Birdtrack and the system will have automatically requested supporting notes, but these have not been forthcoming. If any of these are your records please submit supporting notes to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Waxwing	1	11/01/2024	Tortworth Common
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	1	15/02/2024	Marshfield (MF)
Hen Harrier	Present	15/03/2024	Tog Hill,
Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis	Present	29/03/2024	Portbury Wharf
Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis	1	31/03/2024	Chew Valley Lake
Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis	1	01/04/2024	Chew Valley Lake
Whooper Swan	1	14/04/2024	Stoke Gifford, Cob Court
Tree Sparrow	1	17/04/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Tree Sparrow	4	21/04/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Tree Sparrow	3	23/04/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Tree Sparrow	14	24/04/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Tree Sparrow	7	26/04/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Tundra Bean Goose	1	24/04/2024	New Passage / Northwick Warth
Garganey	8	24/04/2024	New Passage / Northwick Warth
Common Gull	3	13/05/2024	Bristol, Clifton Down
Common Gull	10	13/05/2024	Bristol, Clifton Down, Circular Rd
Yellow-legged Gull	2	13/05/2024	Bristol, Clifton Down, Circular Rd
Northern Long-tailed Tit ssp caudatus	2	17/05/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Common Gull	4	23/06/2024	Downend, Cleeve Hill
Wood Warbler	Present	26/06/2024	Litton Resrs.
Northern Herring Gull ssp argentatus	6	02/07/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Northern Herring Gull ssp argentatus	5	25/07/2024	Weston-super-Mare, Corondale Rd
Common/Iberian Chiffchaff	1	07/07/2024	Bristol, St Anne's, Eastwood Rd
Slavonian Grebe	Present	11/07/2024	New Passage / Northwick Warth
Arctic Skua	ad pale phase	11/09/2024	Chew Valley Lake
White Wagtail	Present	07/10/2024	Tickenham, Cadbury Camp
Willow Warbler	Present	08/10/2024	Bath
Bar-tailed Godwit	20	23/10/2024	Clevedon, Strawberry Hill
Goshawk	Female	25/10/2024	Ashton Court, Top Entrance
White-breasted Cormorant	1	26/10/2024	Bathampton Down
Yellow Wagtail	Present	22/11/2024	Yatton, Kenn Moor Rd
Tree Sparrow	1	01/12/2024	Bleadon Hill
Short-toed Lark	1	30/12/2024	Aust

 We are also trying to contact the observers of the following records to request supporting notes. If you saw any of these, or know who did, please get in touch, again with avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

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	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

Pink-footed Goose

Purple Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull

Siberian Chiffchaff

Black Redstart

Hawfinch

Ring-necked Duck

Red-breasted Merganser  

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:

1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1+ Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 3 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch 

Eastville Park:

1 Pink-footed Goose

Oldbury Court:

1 Little Egret

Sea Mills (WeBS):

57 Mallard, 14 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 48 Redshank, 140 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 

St Werburgh's:

1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail

Withywood (Garden):

1 Red Kite (over), 2 Carrion Crow 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands:
200 Canada Goose, 12 Greylag Goose, 18 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 250 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 7 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 350 Lapwing, 30 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 70 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 40 Starling, 1 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Goldfinch

Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

1 Little Owl, 1 Peregrine, 1 Stonechat (f)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
8 Lapwing

Portishead, Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper

Easton-in-Gordano - garden:
1 Marsh Tit

Clevedon:

Pier: 1 Black Redstart (f)

Garden: 1 Feral Pigeon, 5 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 13 Carrion Crow, 1 Robin

Strode Road Bridge: 2 Raven (display flight)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe, Newton Park Lake:
3 Mute Swan, 13 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 10 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Golden Plover, 30 Black-headed Gull, 60 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch (m), 1 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 14 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
c90 Woodpigeon, 16 Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Northern Diver

Litton Reservoir:

inc - 2 Mute Swan, 23 Teal, 44 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove, 16 Little Grebe, 2 Raven (over), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Pied Wagtail

Blagdon:

1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 1 Scaup, 11 Goosander, 20 Snipe, Siskin

Chew Valley Lake

1 Red- breasted Merganser, 1 Black-necked Grebe

Nunnery:
8 Goldeneye, 2 Common Gull, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret

Mediterranean Gull, Herriotts CVL (Nigel Warren)

Herriotts inc. Pool:

1 Mediterranean Gull

Reported by: Diana Bunniss, Judy Chapman, Judy Copeland, Stephen Curtis, Neil Delaney, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Povey, Bob Proctor, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Steve Richardson, Carol Rushton, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Nigel Warren

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