29-12-25 Monday

Temp 03°C to 07°C - Overcast to start but some sunshine by 10am. The gentle east north east wind continues to gust to 22 mph making it feel colder

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

Whooper Swan

White-fronted Goose

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

18 Feral Pigeon, 22 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 8 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 13 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 15 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 4 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Gadwall, 69 Wigeon, 63 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 19 Oystercatcher, 85 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 650 Dunling, 36 Snipe, 29 Redshank, 5 Grey Heron, 24 Redwing, 1 Black Redstart (f)

Aust Warth:

1 Kestrel,

Aust Wetlands:

1 Penduline Tit

Northwick - Cake Pill:
1 Penduline Tit

Pilning Wetlands:
8 White Fronted Goose, 15 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Penduline Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

Dundry - West:

1 Barn Owl

Clevedon - Blind Yeo - Strode Rd:
2 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 11 Goosander (5f & 6m), 2 Moorhen, 1 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

29-12-25 Grey Plover Cl-Y (Simon Williams)

Cl-Y - Dowlais:

Shelduck, 4 Goosander, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Plover, thousands of Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 4 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-12-25 White-fronted Goose Keynsham (Bri Thompson)

Bitton Holm Mead:

4 Greenland White-fronted Goose

29-12-25 Egyptian Goose Bitton (John Aldridge)

Bitton Station - new pool:

2 Egyptian Goose

Lansdown - Monument
2 Stonechat

Bath:
1 Red Kite, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
2 Goldcrest - together

29-12-25 Goldeneye CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Herons Green:
4 Goldeneye (2f &2m)

Moreton:
4 Whooper Swan

29-12-25 Pintail CVL (George Stacey)

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Pintail (f&m)

Reported by: John Aldridge, Jon Angell, John Budd, Merv Carlyon, Bryan Cook, Neil Delaney, Richard Giles, Matt Hall, Dave Hughes, Nigel Jones, Nigel Kempson, Andy Middleton, Fiona Neate, Nick Page, Stuart Poiner, George Stacey, Bri Thompson, Simon Williams

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

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