Temp 04°C to 08°C - largely cloudy with some sun and some showers. Felt cold in the moderate ESE/ENE wind.
Click here to see the latest version of Rich Mielcarek's 'Birds In Avon' publication. Here is the fledgling Avon year list- let us know if we have missed any off. And here is a new page about how to submit your rare bird sightings in Avon.
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.
Ring-necked DuckWater Pipit
Goldfinch
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| 29-01-26 Ring-necked Duck, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
Ridgeway Playing Fields:
1 Mediterranean Gull
Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Stonechat
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
NorthwickWarth/Pilning Wetlands:
54 Greylag Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard (f), c400 Lapwing, 110 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 14 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 GBB Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 4 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Water Pipit, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 30+ Linnet
NORTH SOMERSET
Worle:
Morrisons: c200 Goldfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marksbury:
1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 100 Starling
Stanton Drew:
Garden: 1 Greenfinch (unusual visitor)
RESERVOIRS
Chew Valley Lake
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| 29-01-26 RIng-necked Duck, CVL (Ian Stapp) |
2 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 10+ Chaffinch
Woodford:
1 Red Kite, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 20+ Redwing, 2 Bullfinch, 12+ Chaffinch
Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 12 Pochard, 38+ Tufted Duck, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Snipe, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 10+ House Sparrow
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| 29-01-26 Ring-necked Duck with Tufted, CVL (Raoul Chandrasakera) |
4 Goldeneye, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 20+ Redwing, 60+ Starling, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Stonechat, 4 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
3 Goldeneye, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Coal Tit, 20+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch
Herriotts inc. Pool:
8 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting
Reported by: Kenneth Blake, Raoul Chandrasakera, Ben Crabb, Matt Hull, Rich Keel, Ross Nairn, Tom OShea, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen
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 | Barrow Gurney |
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 |
