05-01-19 Saturday - Woodcock

Overcast and cold: -2 at start, creeping up to 5 degrees later.

White-fronted Goose
Scaup, Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Woodcock, Jack Snipe
Black Redstart
Water Pipit

Reports of Blackcap in gardens today from Redland, Fishponds, Winterbourne

BRISTOL

Redland:
Garden birds today - 2 Blackcap (1m. 1f), 2 Goldcrest

Eastville Park:

2 Mute Swan, 30 BH Gull, 1 Tawny Owl (in  usual box), 1 Kingfisher

River Frome - 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher (probably the same as above), Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming. 

Stockwood Open Spaces:
2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Jay,  1 Coal Tit, 3 LTT,  lots Great + Blue Tit,  1 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4  Bullfinch

Fishponds:
Garden - 2 m Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl (hunting Lagoon 3 to Yacht Club again)

05-01-19 Redwing, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
4 Jay, 2 Rook, 1 Song Thrush, 20 Fieldfare, 100 - 150 Redwing

Aust Warth:
1 Woodcock (flushed by one of the owls), 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl

05-01-19 f Merlin, Northwick Warth,  John Martin

Pilning wetland/Northwick Warth:
2 Mute Swan, 5 White-fronted Goose, 36 Canada Goose, 60 Shelduck, 100 Wigeon, 17 Gadwall, 80 Teal, 14 Mallard, 24 Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard,  3 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail,  41 Oystercatcher, 140 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 155 Black-tailed Godwit, 400 Dunlin, 30 Redshank, 1 Snipe, BH Gull, Herring Gull, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker,  1 Merlin, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 30 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit

Pilning:
1 Little Owl between here and Easter Compton

Winterbourne:
Garden - 1 f Blackcap 

Longwell Green:
Garden  - 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap (1m. 1f), 6 Chaffinch, 26 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon:
Black Redstart still at pier

Worle:
Worlebury Hill Rd/Golf Course - 1 Cormorant, 5 Herring Gull, 17 Woodpigeon, 2 Jay, 8 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

05-01-19 Buzzard, Marshfield (Pete Coslett)

Marshfield:
Down Road - 68 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 100 Common Gull, 1 Raven.150 Linnet,

Rushmead Barn - 3 Buzzard worming, 3 Raven.

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 8 Blackbird, 20 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Chaffinch

STW - 2 Grey Wagtail, 80 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

Radstock, Wellow Brook:
1 Dipper singing

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery: 1m Goldeneye

Moreton:  2m,1 f Goldeneye, 4 f Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup (distant) plus 2 Roe Deer.

Stratford:5 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 3 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher,  1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest,  1 Water Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting plus 3 Roe Deer.

Herriott's: 9m, 4f Pintail

Out of Avon:

05-01-19 Mandarin Duck, Cheddar Reservoir (Pete Bunniss)

Cheddar Reservoir :
1 drake Mandarin Duck, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Great Northern Diver

It's that time of year again when the recorder is looking for a little story about rarities that were seen last year, but not yet written about. If you see any in the list that are yours please send in your tale to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Leach's Petrel               1                      03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Glaucous Gull               1 1st wint          03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Goshawk                      1 ♂                   17/02/2018        Marshfield, Tormarton Rd, Newhouse Farm

Iceland Gull                   Present             07/04/2018        Sand Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   12/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Common Redpoll          1                      15/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Nightingale                    1                      19/04/2018        Wick

Goshawk                      1                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Common Redpoll          3                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Turtle Dove                   2                      27/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Spoonbill                      1                      13/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

Honey-buzzard              1                      17/05/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Nightjar                         1                      22/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

White Stork                   1                      01/07/2018        Bristol, Lawrence Weston Moor

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 24/07/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Main Reedbed

Cattle Egret                   2                      03/09/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 13/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Cattle Egret                   4                      15/09/2018        Barrow  Gurney Res.  (BG)

Leach's Petrel               1                      19/09/2018        Severn Beach

Leach's Petrel               1                      21/09/2018        Clevedon, Ladye Bay

Great Skua                    1 juv                 23/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Great Skua                    1                      24/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Nunnery Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ringtail            05/10/2018        Sand Point

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      13/10/2018        Bristol, Southmead, Badock's Wood

Red-necked Grebe        1                      13/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice

Goshawk                      1                      19/10/2018        Hallen

Bearded Tit                   2 ♀ + ♂            19/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      19/10/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Wain's Hill

Hen Harrier                    1                      21/10/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Spoonbill                      1 juv                 21/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Denny Island

Whooper Swan              7                      22/10/2018        Tortworth

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   29/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Heron's Green

Cattle Egret                   4                      04/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Woodlark                      2                      18/11/2018        Aust, Services

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      18/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Whooper Swan              10                     08/12/2018        Chew Valley North Side

Thanks

Reports: John Angell, Nancy Barrett, Pete Bunniss, Simon Carder, Vera Carpenter, Allan Chard, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett,  Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Tim Ford, Lee Gardiner,,Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazelwood,  Rod Holbrook, Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, John Martin, Richard Mielcarek, George Rabin, Dean Reeves, Jean Tye, Birdguides

04-01-19 Friday - Firecrest

Cold, mainly bright with some cloud

Firecrest
Red-crested Pochard
White-fronted Geese
Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Goosander (m), 6 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher

Stockwood Open Spaces:
1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Goldfinch,
2 Redwing, 15+ Blackbird, 4 Robin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
SE Owl (hunting between lagoon 3 and yacht club), 1 Black Redstart (m)

Almondsbury:
1 Jay (on window feeder), 1 Tawny Owl (heard last night)

4-1-19 Jay on a window feeder (Vera Carpenter)
So that's where all the food is going

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, Pochard, Pintail. Snipe and lots of Fieldfare and Redwing in the back fields

Northwick Warth:
5 White-fronted Goose

Severn Beach - Orchard Pools:
2 pairs Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 2 Coot, 1 Snipe, 1 Coal Tit, mixed flock 5 Blue & Great Tit, 8 LT Tit,
c 90 Starling (Some rhine areas frozen)

Winterborne - Newleaze Wood to North Wood:
2 Buzzard, 100 Woodpigeon, 1 large Peregrine getting the better of 2 Carrion Crows, 4 Fieldfare,
1 singing Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, plus nice sunset.
Peregrine in ST6581


NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 m Blackcap (both 1st winter birds - ringed in a garden close to Battery Point)

Clevedon-Yeo:
15 Goosander (11f, 4m, Blind Yeo)

Sand Point/Bay:
1 Firecrest (Kewstoke, opposite the Commodore Hotel in the overflow car park)

4-1-19 Firecrest (Paul Cousins)
Great photo - best of 50 shots!

Bleadon Levels:
3 Cattle Egret, 1 Jack Snipe, 10 Snipe, 2000 Lapwing, 50 Canada Geese, 2 Little Egret. (No owls at dawn or dusk)

Bleadon:
42 Curlew - in groups 30, 6 and 6, over and in to roost on the Brean side of the Axe, 2 Short-eared Owl - 15:00, out hunting.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
c300 Common Gull, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Stonechat, 4 Buzzard, c200 Fieldfare/Redwing

Newton St Loe:2 Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 31 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan, 10 BH Gull, 1 Coot, 2 Cormorant, 26 Teal, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, c26 Common Gull,
Many Blue/Great Tit, also Coal Tit, L T Tit, Redwing , Fieldfare, 1 Female Blackcap, 2 Jay,

4 Goldcrest

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 20 Skylark, 70 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 35 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing,
2 Song Thrush

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam: Shoveller, Lapwing

4-1-19 Lapwing off the Dam (B0b Brewer)

Woodford: 4 male Bullfinch

4-1-10 Cetti's Warbler (George Stacey)
Heard but rarely seen

Stratford: 3 Bewicks, 1 Cetti, 3 Snipe, 4 Reed Bunting

4-1-19 Bewick Swans (George Stacey)

Villice: 5 Red-crested Pochard

4-1-19 Red-crested Pochard (George Stacey)

Heron's Green: 12+ Buzzard (in a field)

4-1-19 One of 12 Buzzard (Bob Brewer)

It's that time of year again when the recorder is looking for a little story about rarities that were seen last year, but not yet written about. If you see any in the list that are yours please send in your tale to avonbirds@hotmail.co.uk

Leach's Petrel               1                      03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Glaucous Gull               1 1st wint          03/01/2018        Severn Beach

Goshawk                      1 ♂                   17/02/2018        Marshfield, Tormarton Rd, Newhouse Farm

Iceland Gull                   Present             07/04/2018        Sand Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   12/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Common Redpoll          1                      15/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Nightingale                    1                      19/04/2018        Wick

Goshawk                      1                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Common Redpoll          3                      21/04/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Turtle Dove                   2                      27/04/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL)

Spoonbill                      1                      13/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

Honey-buzzard              1                      17/05/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Nightjar                         1                      22/05/2018        Oldbury Power Station (OPS)

White Stork                   1                      01/07/2018        Bristol, Lawrence Weston Moor

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 24/07/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Main Reedbed

Cattle Egret                   2                      03/09/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y)

Purple Heron                 1 juv                 13/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Cattle Egret                   4                      15/09/2018        Barrow  Gurney Res.  (BG)

Leach's Petrel               1                      19/09/2018        Severn Beach

Leach's Petrel               1                      21/09/2018        Clevedon, Ladye Bay

Great Skua                    1 juv                 23/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Stratford

Great Skua                    1                      24/09/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Nunnery Point

Hen Harrier                    1 ringtail            05/10/2018        Sand Point

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      13/10/2018        Bristol, Southmead, Badock's Wood

Red-necked Grebe        1                      13/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice

Goshawk                      1                      19/10/2018        Hallen

Bearded Tit                   2 ♀ + ♂            19/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Herriott's

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      19/10/2018        Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Wain's Hill

Hen Harrier                    1                      21/10/2018        New Passage / Northwick Warth

Spoonbill                      1 juv                 21/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Denny Island

Whooper Swan              7                      22/10/2018        Tortworth

Hen Harrier                    1 ♂                   29/10/2018        Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Heron's Green

Cattle Egret                   4                      04/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Woodlark                      2                      18/11/2018        Aust, Services

Yellow-browed Warbler  1                      18/11/2018        Portbury Wharf (PW), Marsh/ Hide 2 & 3

Whooper Swan              10                     08/12/2018        Chew Valley North Side

Thanks

Reports: Bob Brewer, Paul Bowerman, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Anthony Cook, Paul Cousins, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Peter Hazlewood, Bill Hewitt, David Howes, Mike Jackson, Lisa Presland, Lois Price, Aravind Ramesh, Richard Scantlebury, Nigel Sluman, George Stacey, Howard Taffs,    blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

03-01-19 Thursday - White-fronted Goose

Temp 4 down to 2℃. Dull grey day

White-fronted Goose
Mandarin Duck, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe
Barn and Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart

3-1-19 White-fronted Geese at New Passage (Aravind Ramesh)

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
6 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull (rare here), 3 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 31 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove; 7 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 52 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 14 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 8 Robins, 19 House Sparrow,  1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch

Blaise:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Goldcrest

Brandon Hill:
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 18 Long-tailed Tit

3-1-19 Goosander, Eastville Park (David Hughes)

Eastville Park:
1 m Goosander, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Kestrel on Hawkfield Road, Hartcliffe

St Anne's Park, garden count:

Blush of Goldfinch 2, Taggle my Leader LTT 10, Dipsy Dunnock 2, Robin rocks 3, Strolling Wood Pigeon 4 + 1 on carousel (bonkers) 🤔, Blue tits small & Great 5, Chaff my inch 15, Urban 3, Coal TitOver: Swan, Jay 2. GSW 2, Cormorant 4

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
67 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 500 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover (Oldbury Pill), 2 Ringed Plover (Shepperdine), 3000 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Oldbury Pill), 2000 BH Gull, 250 Common Gull, 2 Peregrine, 3000 Starling, 1 1st winter Black Redstart (Jetty), 2 Stonechat, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting

3-1-19 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Lisegirl)

Aust:
3 Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel

3-1-19 Reed Bunting at NP (Lisegirl)

New Passage:
5 White-fronted Geese, 1 Peregrine, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch

3-1-19 Fieldfare, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
3 Jay, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury, Sheepway:

3 Buzzard, 10 Lapwing, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 14 Magpie, 10 Skylark, 2 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Goldfinch

3-1-19 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier (Brian Thompson)

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 m Mandarin Duck (Blind Yeo), 1 Barn and 1 Short-eared Owl (Dowlais), Skylark, 1 Black Redstart (Pier), Rock Pipit

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 20 Redwing

W-s-M, Worlebury Hill Rd/Worlebury Golf Course:
8 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 28 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Blackcap (Worle), 2 Goldcrest (Worle), 10 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 27 Chaffinch, 18 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham Woods:
First ever Nuthatch seen here

3-1-19 Corn Bunting at Marshfield (Brian Thompson)

Marshfield:

Corn Bunting

3-1-19 Song Thrush, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham Gardens:

1 Feral Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Black Cap male, (first for this winter) 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch

3-1-19 Rook at Newton St Loe (NSL-Birding)

Newton St Loe:
14 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Coot, 3 Common Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Skylark, 7 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Fieldfare, 55 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1♂Gadwall, 1♂Pintail, 1 pair Goosanders, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail

Barrow Tank No 1:
1 m Long-tailed Duck

3-1-19 Shoveler at Bernard King (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 f Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
6 Shoveler, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker  1 Coal Tit + many Blue and Long-tailed Tits

Woodford:
6 Bullfinch

Nunnery:
1 Lesser Scaup

Reports: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Rod Holbrook, Hayden James, Rob Laughton, Lisegirl, John Martin, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Dave Nevitt, NSL-Birding, Matt Plenty, George Rabin, Aravind Ramesh, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Gill Sapsed, Matt Scott, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Wayne Tucker

02-01-19 Wednesday - Firecrest

Bright though frosty early on - cloudier later (0 - 5 degrees)

Mandarin Duck, Lesser Scaup, Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Marsh Tit
Firecrest 
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Corn Bunting

BRISTOL

North Bristol:
A Barn Owl hunting the rough ground between the M32 And M4 at 5.20 this morning.

02-01-19 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Bishopston: 
1 me Blackcap, 3 m Chaffinch

 Blaise:
1 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
45 Greylag Goose

Oldbury Power Station:
1 fem/juv Pochard (on lake - first here for 3 years), 1 Black Redstart

Oldbury Yacht Club - 1m Sparrowhawk (chasing Meadow Pipits)

02-01-19 Short-eared Owl, Aust Warth (Lisegirl)

Aust Warth:
4 Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Bristol Airport:
40 Golden Plover

Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Jay, 11 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 3 Nuthatch,  2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 House Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch

Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon-Yeo:

Dowlais area - 49 Shelduck, 21 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 10 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron,  1 Buzzard, 9 Oystercatcher, 60 Lapwing, 20 Curlew,  6 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 12 Redshank, 435 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 12 Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow,  20 Skylark, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Linnet

Blind Yeo - 1 f Goosander, 1 Little Egret

02-01-19 roosting Little Egrets, Backwell Lake (Mike Thomas)

Backwell Lake:
7.30 - 8.35 a.m. - 7 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 25 Little Egret (all but one left the island roost by 08.16. Sunrise officially 08.16! Photo taken at 08.00),  2 Cormorant, 25+ Black-headed Gull (coming in from around 08.00am).

Wick St Lawrence STW
1 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, Cetti's Warbler

Sand Point/Bay:
2 Firecrest in the car park

Bleadon:
3 Little Egret + 1 also seen later at Uphill Marina,  1 Short-eared Owl, 1  Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
20 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 30+ Golden Plover,50+ Lapwing, 200 Common Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Barn Owl along Rushmead Lane (looked like it had caught a Mole),  1 Kestrel, 3 Raven, 150+ mixed Corvids, 7 Skylark, 50+ Starling, 250 Fieldfare plus  mixed flock 50+ Redwing/ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 35+ Meadow Pipit, 300+ Linnet, 150-200 Corn Bunting, 50 Yellowhammer

02- 01-19 Dipper, Willsbridge Mill (Brian Thompson)

Willsbridge:
Mill - 1 Dipper

02-01-19 Mandarin Duck, Keynsham (Brian Thompson)

Keynsham: 
1 Mandarin Duck
Garden- 2 Herring Gull, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

02-01-19 Blackbird,. Keynsham (TalkingtoBears)

Bath:
Bear Flat, garden - 1 Blackcap (first of winter at this site)

Midford:
01-01-19 1 Peregrine flying north

Midford to Tucking Mill and return: 33 species in total including - 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  1 Raven, 5 species of Tit including 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper.


Newton St Loe:
22 Teal, 46 Mallard, Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher,1 Kestrel, 3 Marsh Tit, 1Treecreeper, 53 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

02-01-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow No 1 Tank (Alex Carlisle)
(No apologies for including yet another photo of this splendid bird)

Barrow Tanks:
No 1 Tank - 1 ad m Long-tailed Duck still
No 3 Tank - 2 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
8 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

East Shore:
1 Great White Egret (viewed from Moreton)

Woodford:
4 Bullfinch at car park

Morton:
Peregrine - hunting in the fields behind

Nunnery:
Male 1st w Lesser Scaup + 4 fem Greater Scaup

Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 25 Snipe, 1 f Kingfisher, 1 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
9 Shelduck, 1 Barn Owl (16:30 - got so close to the cars!)

Out of Avon:

Cheddar Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 1st w. m  Scaup, 1 m Red-crested Pochard 

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Alex Carlisle, Allan Chard, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Paddy Doyle, William Earp, Ian Foster, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Mike Meecham, Jean Oliver, Chris Perry, Carol Rushton, Stuart Sammonds, Kevin Smith, Howard Taffs, TalkingtoBears, Brian Thompson, Dan White, Birdguides

01-01-19 Tuesday - Lots of good birds for New Year's Day

A HAPPY AND BIRD-FILLED NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS!

Sunnier but chillier than yesterday first thing ( down to 6.5 degrees) - then became overcast but milder for rest of day

White-fronted Goose 
Lesser Scaup, Scaup
Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe
Great White Egret, Cattle Egret
Mediterranean Gull
Black Redstart
Water Pipit, Richard's Pipit
Siskin
Corn Bunting

A classic winter image for the New Year
01-01-19 Redwing, Royal Victoria Park, Bath (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 45 Mallard, 1 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Cormorant, 1 Peregrine, 10 Moorhen, BH Gull (not counted), 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull,1 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
10 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 1 BH Gull, 2 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 10 Goldfinch

Stoke Bishop:
Garden: 5 Blackcap (3 ff) most days  on the feeders throughout December

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl (hunting the fallow field, 2 fields inland, between Lagoon 3 and Yacht Club), 1 Merlin, 1 ad male Black Redstart

01-01-19 Corn Bunting, Oldbury (Ben Ofield)

Oldbury Sailing Club: 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting, 10+ Yellowhammer

01-01-19 White-fronted Goose, Pilning Wetland (John Martin)

New Passage/Northwick:
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands combined reports: 40 Canada Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose (circled round the wetland and headed SW 0850 Cl-Y birds? - 4 ad type and 1 imm), 2 Mute Swan, 20 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 2 imm m Pintail,  c80 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, c20 Coot, 115 Oystercatcher,  c500 Lapwing,  Golden Plover, 97 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 f Merlin, 1 Raven, 12 LT Tit, 1 Song Thrush (singing), c30 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Bullfinch

Chittening:
1 Barn Owl (early a.m. flyover)

01-01-19 Goldcrest, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:

Garden - 1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Lake grounds and Battery Point -  7 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 19 Canada Goose, 132 Mallard, 2 domestic mallard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Moorhen, 2 Curlew, 6 Dunlin, 150 BH Gull, 23 Herring Gull, 2 feral Pigeon, 19 Wood Pigeon, 4 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 6 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Goldfinch

Marina - 1 Cormorant

Foreshore opposite steamer pier -  400+ Dunlin

01-01-19 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier (Paul Cousins)

Clevedon
Pier: 1 Black Redstart
Channel View Bay, Kingston Seymour - 1 flyover Richard's Pipit

Weston-Super-Mare:
Sea front - 1 ad Mediterranean Gull

Weston Airfield - 50 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler

Bleadon:

River Axe - 50 Canada Geese, 10 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 & BANES


Warmley Forest Park:
2 Moorhen,  2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10+ Magpie,  20+ Jackdaw, 2 Coal Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 10+ Great Tit, 7 LT Tit, 20+ Redwing, 4 Fieldfare,  1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 10+ Blackbird, 10+ House Sparrow, 15+ Goldfinch, 8 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch,  8 Siskin

Bath:
Royal Victoria Park - 1 Jay, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 20+ Redwing

RESERVOIRS

01-01-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank (Peter Heather)

Barrow No 1 Tank:
1 m Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake
Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Redwing
Nunnery: 
1 male Lesser Scaup, 4 f Scaup

01-01-189 Cattle Egret, Heron's Green Bay, CVL (George Stacey)

Heron's Green:
9 Cattle Egret

Moreton:
1 Great White Egret, 25+ Redwing

01-01-19 Water Pipit , Stratford, CVL  (Peter Heather)

Stratford:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Black-necked Grebe, 12+ Snipe, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

01-01-19 Wigeon and Pintail, on  BOC annual  New Year's day trip to Slimbridge (Mike Landen)

Looking ahead: the new breeding season is not far off...

01-01-19 Peregrine, St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Vera Carpenter,  John Clark, Chris Craig, Paul Cousins, Adam Cross,  Jane Cumming, Paul Gregory, Pete Hazelwood, Peter Heather,  David Hughes, Robert Kelsh, Mike Landen,  John Martin, Ben Ofield, Chris Perry,  Matt Plenty,  Lois Pryce, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Bob Webber,  Roger White, BUPP, opsbirding