20-01-24 Monday - Glossy Ibis, Guillemot

Temp 02°C to 09°C - Overcast with a light wind from the NE round to the SW.

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
Whooper Swan	1	14/04/2024	Stoke Gifford, Cob Court
Tree Sparrow	Up to 14	April 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	Up to 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	Up to 6	July 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
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

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
Goshawk	1	10/9/2024	Marshfield
Siberian Chiffchaff ssp tristis	1	26/12/2024	Blagdon Lake

 
Glossy Ibis

Guillemot
Short-eared Owl
Black-necked & Slavonian Grebe

Great Northern Diver

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose

Grow Wilder:

1 Stonechat

Oldbury Court:

6 Ring-necked Parakeet

Sims' Hill:

1 Stock Dove, 90 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet 

St Werburghs:

1 Siberian Chiffchaff still Boiling Wells Lane

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

20-01-24 Guillemot, Severn Beach (Paul Bowerman)

Severn Beach:
1 Guillemot

Easter Compton:

1 Sparrowhawk, 90+ Rook, 70 Jackdaw, 3 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury:
Garden: 1 Bullfinch (first garden record)

Tormarton:

1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

20-01-24 Dunnock, Portishead (David Minshall)

Portishead:

3 Wigeon, 1 Cormorant, Dunnock, 2 Rock Pipit

Clevedon:

Garden: 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 6 Crow, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin

Nailsea Wall/Kenn Moor:
1 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, c400 Starling, 1 singing Mistle Thrush, 140 winter thrush, mainly Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat

20-01-24 Redwing, Long Ashton (Karen Wilkinson)

Long Ashton:

Garden: 2 Coal Tit, 11 Redwing, 5 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stanton Prior:
1 Fieldfare, mixed finch flock-Linnet, Greenfinch and Chaffinch, 10+ Yellowhammer

Corston Fields:

200+ Linnet, 30+ Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

20-01-24 Great Northern Diver, Barrow (Vic Savery)

Barrow Tanks:

5+ GBB Gull, 1 Great Northern Diver

Blagdon:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Red Kite

Chew Valley Lake

20-01-24 Great White Egret, CVL (Vic Savery)

Denny Lane:
2 Glossy Ibis

Walley Bank:
7 Goosander, 15 Little Egret

Heron's Green:

2 Scaup (m), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe

Stratford:
3 Black-necked Grebe

Herriotts inc. Pool:
55 Lapwing, 25+ Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier

BTO Gull Counts:

5640 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 11855 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1690 Herring Gull, 1185 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Out of area:

Steart: 1 Least Sandpiper still

Kilmersdon: up to 20 Hawfinch the last 2 days

Reported by: John Allen, Helen Burdett, Paul Bowerman, John Croxton, Andy Davis, William Earp, Ken Hall, Rupert Higgins, David Minshall, Rowan Peters, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Vic Savery, Larry Sweetland, Rod Taylor, Lauren Tucker, Karen Wilkinson

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