Submitting your bird records helps keep track of how the birds in our area are faring. Whether you send your records into us, the BOC, the County Recorder or via Birdtrack and eBird they are all helpful, especially any evidence of breeding for most species.
More details can be found here: https://bristolornithologicalclub.co.uk/bird-recording/ or here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5IMCd2tpRiJHwvIhY-AYJjNoLM7k5a3/view
Some of the species are rare breeding birds or Schedule 1 species, and therefore caution must be applied when reporting them during the breeding season. The welfare of the bird always comes first.
Here is a short list of birds for which all sightings, especially any evidence of breeding, would be appreciated, this allows population size and trends to be monitored:
all geese |
Kingfisher |
Pied Flycatcher |
all ducks |
all falcons |
Black Redstart |
Grey Partridge |
Ring-necked Parakeet |
Redstart |
Quail |
Marsh Tit |
Whinchat |
Nightjar |
Bearded Tit |
Stonechat |
Cuckoo |
Sand Martin |
Dipper |
Water Rail |
House Martin |
Yellow Wagtail |
all grebes |
Cetti’s Warbler |
Grey Wagtail |
all waders |
Wood Warbler |
Tree Pipit |
Great Black-backed Gull |
Willow Warbler |
Rock Pipit |
Cormorant-breeding records |
Sedge Warbler |
Hawfinch |
Bittern |
Garden Warbler |
Siskin |
Great White Egret |
Grasshopper Warbler |
Crossbill |
Cattle Egret |
Lesser Whitethroat |
Yellowhammer |
Little Egret |
Firecrest |
Corn Bunting |
all hawks |
Spotted Flycatcher |
Reed Bunting |
all owls |
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Here are a list of species that all evidence of breeding would be appreciated:
Mute Swan |
Moorhen |
Treecreeper |
Canada Goose |
Coot |
Mistle Thrush |
Shelduck |
Buzzard |
Pied Wagtail |
Swift |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Meadow Pipit |
Collared Dove |
Green Woodpecker |
Bullfinch |
Stock Dove |
Jay |
Linnet |
Grey Heron |
Nuthatch |
Greenfinch |
