28-01-26 Wednesday - Little Gull

Temp 03°C to 08°C - It turned into a sunny day, after some early cloud - it returned at teatime with some rain! A light breeze mainly for the east before backing to south east as the clouds rolled in.

The Avon Ornithological Group still have a number of notable records that 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 list at the bottom of the post

Little Gull

Ringed necked Duck

Purple Sandpiper

Brent Goose

Firecrest

Avocet

BRISTOL

Brislington:

3 or 4 Song Thrush - all singing

Clifton:

4 Raven - 2 doing some serious courting!!

Knowle:

3 Dunnock - all singing

28-01-26 Common Sandpiper Lamplighters (Darren Burton)

Shirehampton - Lamplighters LNR:

1 Common Sandpiper, Redshank

Sea Mills - inc R Avon:

9 Lapwing, 5 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 1 Buzzard, 2 Firecrest - allotment path

28-01-26 Blackcap St Andrews (John Mortin)

St Andrews Park:

2 Collared Dove, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail

St Werburghs - Mina Rd Park:

1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Goldfinch

28-01-26 Goldcrest Withywood (Lee Patch)

Withywood - garden:

1 Goldcrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Services:
6 Buzzard, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 8 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 25 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling (m), c300 Linnet  

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Brent Goose -db

NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Court:

inc - 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, Redwing

Pill - R Avon:
5 Avocet, 3 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank

28-01-26 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (John Lewis)

Portishead - Battery Point:
3 Turnstone, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 7 Black-headed Gull, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
23 Lapwing, 50+Rook, 21 Redwing, c250 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 10 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer

Mangotsfield:

5 Buzzard

Willsbridge:
3 Buzzard

Burnett:

8 Cormorant - south, 1 Kestrel

Chelwood to Marksbury:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 500+ Starling

Bishop Sutton:
4 Collared Dove, 10+ Jackdaw

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 12+ Chaffinch,

North Shore:

1 Stonechat

Bittern Trail:
Redwing - lots

28-01-26 Goldeneye CVL (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:
2 Goldeneye

Hollowbrook:
Redwing - lots

28-01-16 Ring-necked Duck CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
Canada Goose flock with 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Pochard, 1 Ringed necked Duck, 25+ Tufted Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G W Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard inc the white one, 6 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch 

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Gull -ad, 2 G BB Gull, 1 G W Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 G S Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ L TT, 1 Chiffchaff, 200+ Starling, 1 Song Thrush - singing, 20+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat (m), 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Herriotts inc Pool:
8 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 G W Egret, 1 Little Egret,

2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8+ L TT, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting

Reported by: David Allward, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Darren Burton, Lee Gardiner, Chris Hall,  John Lewis, Jon Mortin, Lee Patch, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Nick Tippett, Reuben Veal, Jason Williams

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

Species	Date	Site
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	01/02/2025	Manor Woods Valley LNR
Blue-headed Spanish Wagtail intergrade	10/04/2025	Pilning Wetlands
Pectoral Sandpiper	06/09/2025	Blagdon Lake
Glossy Ibis (15)	13/09/2025	BG
Razorbill	15/09/2025	Severn Beach
Shag	19/09/2025	River Avon in Bath
Glossy Ibis (3)	28/09/2025	Blaise Castle
Yellow-browed Warbler	28/09/2025	Sand Point - Middle Hope
Leach's Petrel	04/10/2025	CVL
Red-breasted Merganser	12/10/2025	Blind Yeo, Clevedon
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	31/10/2025	Oldbury Power Station
Glossy Ibis (9)	31/10/2025	CVL
Shag	04/11/2025	River Avon in Bath
Shag	05/11/2025	River Avon in Bath
Hoopoe	20/11/2025	Rockhampton
Whooper Swan	26/11/2025	Blagdon Lake