28-12-25 Sunday - Ring-necked Duck, Tundra Bean Goose, Penduline Tit

Temp 07°C to 06°C - cloudy and cold, with moderate ENE/NE wind.

As we near the end of the year the Avon Ornithological Group start their preparations for producing the 2025 Avon Bird report. The first step is collecting all the records and verifying any that are unusual. To date we have assessed most reports up to the end of November but all of the following records are missing any sort of identification notes or photos. If you saw any of the following can you please supply a description of what you saw to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk see table at the bottom of the page.

Penduline Tit
White-fronted Goose

Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Parakeet

Tundra Bean Goose

Firecrest

28-12-25 Ring-necked Duck, Nunnery CVL (Bri Thompson)

BRISTOL

28-12-25, Sparrowhawk, Combe Dingle (Pete Bunniss)

Combe Dingle garden:
1 juv Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay

Eastville Park:

1 Firecrest

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel

28-12-25 Red Kite, Withywood (Lee Patch)

Withywood:

1 Red Kite 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Wetland:
2 Penduline Tit

NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
8 White-fronted Goose, 7 Tundra Bean Goose

North Pucklechurch ST6977:
1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 40 Redwing, 40 Fieldfare

Frenchay Tucketts Fields:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

NORTH SOMERSET

Cl-Y, Kingston Seymour

28 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, 24 Collared Dove, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest

28-12-25 Kestrel, Kenn Moor (Wayne Pannell)

Kenn Moor:

2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 14 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

Banwell:

Garden: 18 species inc Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), Marsh Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap (m), Goldcrest, Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Forest Park:

3+ Red Kite

28-12-25 White-fronted Goose, Bitton (Nick Page)

Bitton:
Holm Mead: 4 White-fronted Goose (3 adult, 1 juv/first winter), 1 Greylag Goose with hybrid family (mostly seen at Chew), 33 Teal

28-12-25 Water Rail, Keynsham Park (Chris Vines)

Keynsham:
Broadmead: 2 Egyptian Goose, 8 Lapwing

Memorial Park: 1 Water Rail, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Grey Wagtail

28-12-25 Grey Heron, Keynsham (Denise R)

Saltford:

2 Red Kite

Bath, River Avon Trail:

1 Red Kite, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Peregrine

RESERVOIRS

28-12-25 Whooper Swan, Stratford (Bri Thompson)

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Goosander

28-12-25 Barnacle Goose, Herons Green (Bri Thompson)

Herons Green:
1 Barnacle Goose

Moreton:
1 Marsh Harrier

Stratford:
2 Whooper Swan, 5 Snipe, 4 Marsh Harrier

Rarites requiring a description 

Species		Date	Site
Tree Sparrow	7	01/01/2025	Uphill, Bleadon Hill
Hen Harrier	1	08/01/2025	Redhill, Under Lane
Whooper Swan	4	15/01/2025	M5, Clevedon
Mealy/Greenland Redpoll	1	01/02/2025	Bristol, Stoke Park
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	1	01/02/2025	Manor Woods Valley LNR
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	c2	19/03/2025	Bristol, Cathedral
Goshawk	1	20/03/2025	Worle, Sedbury Close
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	c2	24/03/2025	Bristol, Cathedral
Red-breasted Merganser	2	26/03/2025	Severn Beach
Alpine Swift	1	05/04/2025	Severn Beach
Nuthatch ssp europaea	1	23/04/2025	Bath
Little Tern	6	25/05/2025	Severn Beach
Merlin		30/05/2025	Marshfield, Rushmead Lane
Wryneck	1	24/08/2025	Sand Point, St Thomas's Head
Tree Sparrow	4	04/09/2025	Bitton, Cullyhall Farm
Lesser Whitethroat	12	04/09/2025	Bitton, Cullyhall Farm
Pectoral Sandpiper	1	06/09/2025	Blagdon Lake
Glossy Ibis	15	13/09/2025	BG
Glossy Ibis	9	14/09/2025	Hanham
Razorbill	1	15/09/2025	Severn Beach
Leach's Petrel	4	15/09/2025	Severn Beach
Glossy Ibis	3	28/09/2025	Blaise Castle
Yellow-browed Warbler	1	28/09/2025	Sand Point - Middle Hope
Leach's Petrel	1	04/10/2025	CVL
Little Ringed Plover		05/10/2025	New Passage / Northwick Warth
Bar-tailed Godwit	2	05/10/2025	Chew Valley Lake
Hobby	2	14/10/2025	Chew Valley Lake
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	1	31/10/2025	Oldbury Power Station
Whimbrel	1	06/11/2025	New Passage
Caspian Gull	1	09/11/2025	CVL
Richard's Pipit	1	09/11/2025	Aust
Yellow-browed Warbler	1	15/11/2025	Wains Hill
Yellow-browed Warbler	1	15/11/2025	Lambridge
Reed Warbler	1	16/11/2025	Aust
Glossy Ibis	1	19/11/2025	Knowle
Hoopoe	1	20/11/2025	Rockhampton
Caspian Gull	1	23/11/2025	CVL

Reported by: Jon Angell, Pete Bynniss, Jane Cumming, Martyn Hayes, Dave Hughes, Rob Laughton, Daniel Lundberg, Nick Page, Wayne Pannell, Lee Patch, Denise Rudeforth, Larry Sweetland, Ron Thomas, Bri Thompson, John Thorogood, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker,  Chris Vines

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