09-01-22 Sunday - Merlin

Wall to wall sunshine !!  Temperature 7 to 8°C - cold wind

Merlin

Purple Sandpiper

Long-tailed Duck
Firecrest

Black Redstart

Brambling

Little Owl

Barn Owl

Penduline Tit 

Bearded Tit

09-01-2022 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Simon Carder)

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Crow, 4 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit,, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 5 Goldfinch

Canford cemetery:
28 Magpie - one chattering flock, 25 Redwing - out of roost first thing 

Cumberland Basin:

1 Redshank, 45 Black-headed Gull, 1 Buzzard - 28 Jackdaw in hot pursuit

09-01-22 Teal  Lawrence Weston (Steve George)

Lawrence Weston community farm:
16 Teal - on the rhine behind the farm

Redland - garden:

5 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tits, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap (f&m), 7 Blackbird, 2 Starling, 1 Robin, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

R Avon - Paint Works 

2 Chiffchaff

St Andrews - garden:

10 Feral Pigeon, 2 Common Woodpigeon, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant - over and a 1st, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 15 Starling - flock, 1 Blackbird

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Firecrest

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

09-01-22 Yellowhammer OPS (Craig Lewis)

Oldbury Power Station:
286 Lapwing, c100 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 2 Stonechat,  5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Brambling - calling, 6 Yellowhammer

Aust Warth:

8 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, c.40 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, c.30 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 50 Curlew, c.20 Black-tailed Godwit, 250+ Dunlin

Horton:

1 Little Owl

Coalpit Heath

1 Little Owl

Mayhill

1 Little Owl

Westerleigh:

7 Stock Dove, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Buzzard, Raven, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, 

Charfield:

40 Lapwing

Yate - garden:
5 Blackcap (2f&3m)

Wickwar - Lower Woods

1 Marsh Tit, Mistle Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

09-01-22 Tufted Duck Portishead Boating Lake (Simon Carder)

Portishead - Battery Point:
1 Greylag Goose, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard, - - boating lake, 8 Purple Sandpiper, Rock Pipit

Backwell Lake:
6 Cormorant, 40 Little Egret - into roost between 16:09 & 16:40, 75 Jackdaw - into roost, c40 Starling - just passing through

Kenn Pier:
1 Kingfisher

09-01-22 Black Redstart Clevedon (Mike Moxon)

Clevedon - Pier:
1 Black Redstart

Channel View Farm:

4 Little Egret

Weston Super Mare - disused airfield:

1 Sparrowhawk (f)1 Barn Owl, 1 Merlin (m), 3 Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, Starling - big roost, 2 Stonechat (m), 2 Reed Bunting (f&m)

Sand Point/Bay/Middle Hope:
6 Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 100+ Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 12 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

09-01-22 Fieldfare MF (Dave Hughes)

Marshfield:
6 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Buzzard, 5 Skylark, c100 Fieldfare, Redwing, 6+ Brambling (4f& 2m),  Linnet, 50 Corn Bunting, 50 Yellowhammer, 

Wick - weir:

1 Kingfisher

Marksbury:
2 Red Kite

Paulton:
8 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 20 Jackdaw, 25 Carrion Crow, 100 Starling, 80 Fieldfare

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake

09-01-22 Kingfisher CVL (Dave Hughes)

Stratford:
35 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier (f&m), 1 Kingfisher

Out of Area

Westhay Moor - BOC walk:

40 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 30 Mute Swan, 100 Shoveler, 50 Gadwall, 800 Wigeon, 20 Mallard, 20 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Goosander, 2 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 34 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 6 Water Rail, 8 Moorhen, 25 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 500 Lapwing, 50 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe, 40 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 30 Cormorant, 51 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 3 Jay, 1 Magpie, 30 Jackdaw, 14 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 25 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 8 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Redpoll, 1 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin

Reports: Adrian Adams, Derek Angell, Di Bunniss, Karle Burford, Simon Carder, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, John Croxton, Ian Dickie, Barry Dursley, James Fiddock, Ollie Fournier, Lee Gardiner, Steve George, Patrick Hancock, Pete Harrison, Dave Hughes, Helen & Mike Jackson, Nigel Jones, Sue and Nigel Kempson, Craig Lewis, John & Gill Lewis, Simon Moxon, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Tony Scott, Larry Sweetland, Ben Sykes, Chris Teague, Mike Thomas, Jason Williams

 opsbirding

08-01-22 Saturday

Temperature 3-8°C, Heavy rain all morning giving way to showers and a fresh breeze.

Brambling

08-01-22 Cattle Egret, Stratford Lane CVL
(@Wildwood_Photos)

BRISTOL

No Reports


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No Reports



NORTH SOMERSET

Kingston Seymour:
1 Cattle Egret, 11 Little Egret

Sand Point/Bay:
38 Teal, 4 Oystercatcher, 23 Avocet, 12 Grey Plover, 65 Curlew, 150 Dunlin, 120 Redshank, 1 Cormorant, 4 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 12 Rock Pipit

Abbots Pool LNR:
8 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield (Down Road):
3 Brambling, 400+ Linnet

08-01-22 Pheasant, Bridgeyate (Jenny)

Bridgeyate:
1 Pheasant (Leucistic or bred that way?)

Marksbury (plain):
1 Mallard, 3 Pheasant, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 60 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:
3 Scaup, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher



Out Of area - Baikal Teal at Greylake.

08-01-22 Baikal Teal, Greylake (Matt Doyle)

Reports: Pete C, Paul Chapman, Patrick Hancock, Matt Hull, Jenny, @Wildwood_photos

  blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

07-01-22 Friday- Cattle Egret

Light cloud in the morning, rain and sleet in the afternoon. Light to moderate Westerlies. Bitterly cold: temperature 1-5°C

Common Scoter, Long-tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Purple Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Woodcock

Shag

Cattle Egret, Great White Egret

Marsh Harrier

Penduline Tit

Marsh Tit

Black Redstart

07-01-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Rob Hargreaves)

BRISTOL

Bishopston garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

2 Black Redstart-m,f- by the jetty

Aust Services:

14 Mallard, 2 Curlew, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Blackbird, 11 Robin ( inc. 3 feeding together), 1 Pied Wagtail.

07-01-22 Redshank, New Passage ( Lisa Presland)

New Passage:

1 Redshank

Bradley Stoke - Three Brooks LNR:

27 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 55 Moorhen, 28 Black-headed Gull

NORTH SOMERSET

07-01-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point ( Jason Williams)

Portishead- Battery point:
1 Pochard, 5 Purple Sandpiper , 2 Rock Pipit

Portishead Lake:

3 Pochard-m, 13 Tufted Duck

Gordano- Weston Moor:

2 Woodcock-at dusk

Clevedon seafront:

1 Rock Pipit

Clevedon Court Wood:

1 Marsh Tit

Clevedon - Yeo:

07-01-22 Cattle Egret, Kingston Seymour ( Paul Chapman)

Kingston Seymour and Blakes Pools:

9 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 30 Turnstone, 1 Cattle Egret -patch first, 1 Marsh Harrier-f/imm, 1 Raven, 5 Stonechat

Blind Yeo:

7 Goosander-4m

Sand Point/Bay:

1 Common Scoter-f, 10 Grey Plover, 1 Shag

Weston-Super-Mare- disused  Airfield:

1 Penduline Tit

Congresbury- River Yeo:

1 Little Egret 
Banwell- garden watch:
20 species, inc. 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker-2m,1f, 1 Marsh Tit,  8 Blue Tit, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 8 Goldfinch, 13 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch -m

BELOW M4 & BANES

Paulton:

4 Woodpigeon, 3 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 14 Carrion Crow, 8 Skylark, 150 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 55 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 16 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks-T2:
15 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 8 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch  

Blagdon Lake:
4 Gadwall, 130 Wigeon, 75 Mallard, 55 Teal, 38 Pochard, 370 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 15 Goosander-9m,6f, 7 Little Grebe, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 520 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 170 Black-headed Gull, 80 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 50 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare 

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

2 Goosander

Heron's Green:

1 Greylag Goose, 1 Goldeneye, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great White Egret

Moreton:

4 Scaup-2m, 1 Marsh Harrier-2cy 

Stratford:

1 Jack Snipe, 17 Common Snipe, 1 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Chapman, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Peter Hazelwood, David Howes, David Jackson, John Lewis, Lisa Presland, Lois Pryce, Carol Rushton, Vic Savery, Howard Taffs,  John Thorogood, Jason Williams   blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

06-01-22 Thursday - Shag

Cold and cloudy start with rain coming in later. A fresh breeze and temperature 4 - 7°C

Grey Plover

Black-necked Grebe 

Shag

Penduline Tit

Brambling

Bullfinch

Redpoll

Siskin

Yellowhammer

Avocet

6-1-22 Shag, Shepperdine, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

BRISTOL

Eastville garden bird table:

Very busy for 2 hours including:

1 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ( m/f), 1 Jackdaw, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren,  1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock,

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
16 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 3 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow

06-01-22 Kingfisher R Frome (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

53 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 15 Shelduck, 253 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, c100 Curlew, 1 Long-tailed Tit , 1Treecreeper, 8 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting 

6-1-22 Yellowhammer, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Shepperdine

1 (1W) Shag

Wickwar, West End garden:

2 Bullfinch (m/f)

6-1-22 Bullfinch, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Yate
- Ridge Woods:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch , 2 Treecreeper, 2/3 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 8 Siskin

- Kingsgate Park:

11 Canada Geese, 13 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe

- Brimsham Park:

2 Brambling, 2 Redpoll

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Redpoll

Coalpit Heath, Broad Lane:

27 Lapwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Jack Snipe, 20 Snipe (South Pools hide)

Portishead

- Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper (1 flew in from the east) 

- Lakegrounds/seafront:

70 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 58 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck , 2 Woodpigeon, 7 Moorhen, 40 BH Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail

- Black Rock Quarry:

30 Raven - "Excellent acrobatics with plenty of upside down rolls & synchronised displays"

Clevedon - Yeo:

65 Canada Geese, Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 130 Wigeon, 30 Mallard, 100 Teal, 2 Goosander (m/f), 10 Coot, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 170 Curlew, 9 Turnstone, 60 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, 210 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Rock Pipit 

Blind Yeo:

18 Goosander (10m/8f)

06-01-22 Avocet SP (Paul Bowyer)

Sand Point:

17 Avocet - Woodspring Bay, 13 Grey Plover - down channel, 1500 Dunlin - flying up and down mid channel, 

Weston-Super-Mare airfield (disused):
3 Water Rail, 6 Little Egret, 3 Penduline Tit, 1 Bearded Tit (calling) 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Corston/Saltford - Ashton Hill:
150 Golden Plover (disturbed by a Red Kite)

5-1-22 (photo taken yesterday reported today) Golden Plover, Saltford (Andrew Harrison)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (tank #2)

Blagdon Lake:

Black-necked Grebe (Home Bay), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail (both from the dam) 

Chew Valley Lake

East Shore:

1 Great White Egret

Nunnery:
1 Little Egret

Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret

Stratford:
1 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Skylark 

Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier (m/juv active mid morning before the rain)

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Paul Collier,  Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, David Howes, John Lewis, Jean Oliver, Justin Quinell, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, Chris Vines, Martin Wightman, Paul Williams

blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

05-01-22 Wednesday - First Big Morning Frost

5-1-22 Penduline Tit, Weston Airfield (M Carylon)

Temp 2 to 7°C. Lot of frost early with clear blue skies, little more cloud later. Winds light

Brent Goose

Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Penduline Tit

Firecrest

Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Bradley Stoke garden:
3 1m 2f Blackcap, 4 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch

Redland garden:

2 Herring Gull, 2 Wood Pigeon, 4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 3 Blackbird(m), 2 Robin, 8+ House Sparrow 

5-1-22 Starling, Duchess Pond (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park:
15 Mallard, 21 Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 13 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 8 Black-headedGull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker,10 Magpie, 11 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Firecrest (pale plantation), 2 Goldcrest 1 Wren, 43 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch , 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Sea Mills:

10 Lapwing, 4 Common Sandpiper, x.100 Redshank, 100 BH Gull (harbour)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

c 4000 Starling - murmuration 4 to 4:30 pm

Northwick Warth:
1 dark-bellied Brent Goose

Holes Mouth:

c.1000 Dunlin; Mitchells Pill: 54 Teal

Easter Compton:

c.80 Lapwing flying south, 1 Kestrel, c.60 Jackdaw, c.70 Rook with c.30 Gull (mostly Herring, some Common), 30 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

Yate garden:

2f+1m Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods:
3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 24 Redwing, 8 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2f+1m Chaffinch, 1m Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:
7 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit 

5-1-22 Ringed Plover & Turnstone, Clevedon Bandstand (David Hughes)

5-1-22 Black Redstart, Clevedon Pier Point (David Hughes)

Clevedon Bandstand:

1 Ringed Plover,  20 Turnstone, 1 f Black Redstart

5-1-22 Scandinavian Herring Gull (argentatus), Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
3 Shoveler, pr Gadwall, pr Pochard, 16 Goosander (Blind Yeo), 1 Water Rail,  5 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Scandinavian Herring Gull (argentatus), 1 m Peregrine, 1 Raven, 4 Stonechat, pr Bullfinch

Nailsea Moor:

12 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common  Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 10 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 11 Magpie, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 1 Wren, c. 90 Starling, 11 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Kenn, Duck Lane:

30 Redwing, 1 m Black Redstart, 1 Grey Wagtail

Worlebury:

1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper

5-1-22 Penduline Tit (Diana Bunniss) and Stonechat, Weston Airfield (Pete Bunniss) copy

Weston Airfield:

2 Snipe flushed by 1 f Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 3 Penduline Tit, 2 Stonechat

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
c.80 Linnet, 20 Corn Bunting some in song, 1 Yellowhammer

Marksbury to Corston:

150+ Golden Plover (Ashton Hill), 1 Red Kite

Bath Race Course:

c.20 Golden Plover

Wilts, Kingsdown:

6 Red-legged Partridge, Stock Doves,  Kestrel, 2 Marsh Tit. 6 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, loads of Fieldfare and Redwings, 4 Brambling & 4 Bullfinch in with Chaffinch flock, 3 SiskinYellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 2:

1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:

1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

5-1-22 Common Sandpiper, CVL (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Shelduck, 5 f Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper

5-1-22 Chiffchaff, CVL (George Stacey).JPG

Bittern Trail:

4 Chiffchaff

5-1-22 Little Grebe, CVL (George Stacey).JPG

Villice:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Goldcrest

Nunnery:

6 Scaup

Herons Green:
1 m Goldeneye, c.15 Cattle Egret (09.30), 1 Great White Egret, 1 m Marsh Harrier

Moreton:
2 m + j Marsh Harrier, 

Stratford Lane:
1 Cattle Egret (damaged right wing), 3 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine overhead, c.30 Redwing

Herriotts:
1 Egyptian Goose, Shelducks, 1 Great White Egret

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Diana Bunniss, Pete Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Paul Chapman, Derek Clarke, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Geoff Dring, Sophie Harris, Rupert Higgins, David Hughes, Matt Hull, Michael Moxon, Dave Nevitt, NSL Birding, Jean Oliver, Pagan Birder, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Patrick Richards, Mark Savage, Trevor Riddle & Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Vines

 blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

4-1-22 Tuesday - Brent Goose

Murky start but clear nicely with fine blue skies - wind like cold steel, max temp 5°C

Long-tailed Duck
Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit
Black-necked Grebe
Cattle Egret

Brent Goose

Woodcock

Purple Sandpiper

04-01-2022 Penduline Tit WSM (Allan Chard)

BRISTOL

Hengrove Mounds - pt 1 of BOC walk:

39 Common Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush - subsong from the scrub, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 9 Goldfinch

Manor Woods - pt 2 of BOC walk:

2 Teal (f&m), Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 8 Robin, 4+ House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 18 Shelduck, 1 Grey Plover, 213 Curlew, c900 Black-headed Gull, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush

New Passage/Northwick - Pilning Wetlands:

1 Brent Goose, c50 Canada Goose, 3+ Greylag Goose, 12 Shelduck, c10 Shoveler, c10 Gadwall, low 100's Wigeon - estuary, c35 Mallard, c 10 Teal, c4 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2+ Oystercatcher, 100+ Lapwing - lots of movement, 50+ Curlew, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 400+ Dunlin, 30+ Redshank, gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, c25 Jackdaw, c40 Starling, 2 Song Thrush, c5 Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Goldfinch

Avening Green:
1 Woodcock

Coalpit Heath:

32 Lapwing, 9 Little Egret - flying off to roost, 1 Little Owl, 

NORTH SOMERSET

Ashton Wetlands - Ashton Brook:

2 Sparrowhawk (m) - circling & calling around Eucalyptus tree

04-01-2022 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Howard Taffs)

Portishead - Battery Point:
6 Purple Sandpiper

Weston-Super-Mare - airfield (disused):
c100 Canada Goose, 1 Shoveler, c40 Wigeon, 40+ Teal, 1 Stock Dove, 3 or 4 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Penduline Tit, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c5 Redwing, c20 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat (f), 2 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting,

BELOW M4 & BANES

04-10-22 Kingfisher Willsbridge (Donna Harvey)

Willsbridge:
1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail,

Hanham - garden:

1 Blackcap

Oldland Common:

1 Pergrine - over

Bath - Walcot Gate, garden:
1 Water Rail - under the feeders

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (m), 1 Kestrel

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1 Bullfinch, 6 Siskin

Chew Valley Lake

04-01-22 Common Sandpiper CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander (2m), 1 Common Sandpiper

Hollowbrook:
30 Teal, Pied Wagtail

Nunnery:
2 Scaup

Heron's Green:
7 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Barn Owl - hunting, back or the pool

Stratford:
2 Jack Snipe, 19 Snipe, 4 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (f&m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush2 Bullfinch

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Great White Egret, 

04-01-22 Teal CVL (George Stacey)

Reports: Graham Blacker, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Tim Ford, David Hanks, Donna Harvey, Nick Hawkridge, Glen Maddison, Fen Marshall, Dominic Mitchell, Brian Mulgrew, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Keith Williams,

  blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding,

03-01-22 Monday (New Year Bank Holiday) - Leach's Petrel

Overcast and mild. Water levels generally high. Bristol temperatures 9 - 11°C

Brent Goose, Scaup. Long-tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe 

Avocet, Jack Snipe

Great Northern Diver

Leach's Petrel

Mediterranean Gull

Great White Egret, Cattle Egret

Marsh Harrier, Red Kite

Short-eared Owl

Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, Marsh Tit

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Water Pipit
Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer

03-01-22 Leach's Petrel, Severn Beach (Matt Hull)

03-01-22 male Marsh Harrier, Moreton (Tony Bridges)

BRISTOL
Bishopston:

Bishop Road to Horfield Common - 29 Feral Pigeon, 28 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant (flying east), 2 Jay, 12 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 44 Starling, 8 Blackbird, 13 Fieldfare, 28 Redwing, 13 Robin, 22 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

Broadmead:

1 pair Peregrine, calling

Redland:

Garden - 2 m Blackcap

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

34 Mallard,1 Teal (f), 22 Feral Pigeon, 6 Woodpigeon, 16 Moorhen,11 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 54 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 14 Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 16 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 12 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 7 Robin, 2 Stonechat, (1f), (1m), 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, (f), 1 Bullfinch (f),7 Goldfinch

03-01-22  Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stoke Park, Bristol (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE-

Oldbury Power Station:
7 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Chiffchaff, 2,000 Starling (leaving roost at dawn), 2 (m +f) Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat

Aust Warth:

1 Short-eared Owl

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Pochard (unusual here)

Severn Beach:
1 Brent Goose, 2 Great Northern Diver ( in flight over Shaft Rocks at 11.30), 1 Leach's Petrel

Hole's Mouth:

10 Shelduck, 9 Teal, 30 Mallard, 21 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet, 9 Curlew, 200+ Dunlin,  9 Redshank,  6 Herring Gull, 63 Black-headed Gull

Avonmouth Docks:

15 Redshank,1 Jack Snipe, 1 pr Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit

03-01-22 Yellowhammer, Black Rocks, Yate (Frampton Cotterell Nature)

Yate:
Cog Mill - 6 Little Egret

Black Rocks - minimum 23 Yellowhammer

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
Shore - 35 Canada Goose, 30 Shelduck, 96 Wigeon, 268 Teal, 208 Oystercatcher, 14 Curlew, 550+ Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 60 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant

Failand:

Sandy Lane and Tanpit Woods - 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull,1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1Wren, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 12 Siskin

Weston Moor:

1 Chiffchaff, flock of c 100 Goldfinch and Siskin.  

Fowlers Pool- 8 Mallard, 20 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe 

Portishead:
Boating Lake - 1 Greylag Goose, 10 + Tufted Duck, 2 m Pochard, 2 (?sinensis)Cormorant, probable Chiffchaff, single note call heard just as it flew out to the island. 

No Purple Sandpipers seen at Battery Point

Clevedon - Yeo:
Wain's Hill  2w Mediterranean Gull 

Clevedon Pill - Shelduck, Mallard, 8 Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, few Oystercatcher, few Curlew, 10 Dunlin, 85 Redshank, lots Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, 1Stonechat, 2Rock Pipit 

Blind Yeo at Kenn Road - 4 Mallard , 3 (2 m. 1 f.) Goosander,  Woodpigeon, 12 Moorhen , 1Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, Starling

Kenn:
YACWAG Reserve - Organised* count. 49 Snipe,  2 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat

*  six of us walk slowly across the wet rushy field - it is just one four acre field. We always count late afternoon as the Snipe will be waking up to feed at dusk.

03--01-22 Grey Wagtail, The Dam, Blagdon Lake (George Stacey)

Weston-Super-Mare:
Weston Airfield -many Wigeon+ Teal, 2 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 8 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Penduline Tit, 1 pair Bearded Tit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit, 10 Reed Bunting 

Worlebury:

Garden - 2 (m + f ) Blackcap. The male's been a daily occurrence for several weeks but this is the first female that I've seen.
Worlebury Woods - Tawny Owl calls most evenings and sometimes pre-dawn

St George's, W-s-M:

Field west of the M5- flock of 200+ Lapwing in flight

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
Shire Valley - Mallard, 20 Stock Dove, Moorhen, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Raven, Goldcrest, 100 Starling, Song Thrush,300-400 mixed Redwing/Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 25 Siskin

Burnett:

1 Red Kite at 11.00 am

Compton Mendip:

Garden feeders- 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Lesser Redpoll 

RESERVOIRS

03-01-22 Long-tailed Duck Barrow Tanks (Lee Gardiner)

Barrow Tanks:
2 Mute Swan, 21 Mallard, 4 Teal, 16 Tufted Duck,1 Long-tailed Duck (male on tank 2 in company of Tufted Duck), 24 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 246 Black-headed Gull, 10 Common Gull, 58 Herring Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Magpie, 1 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 3 Pied Wagtail

03--01-22 Black-necked Grebe, Blagdon Lake (George Stacey)

Blagdon Lake:

3 m Goosander, 1 Stock Dove,  1 Black-necked Grebe (off  The Lodge), 75 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper (Dam), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 40 Siskin 

Chew Valley Lake
several Canada Goose, Mute Swan, 7 Shelduck, 4+ Gadwall, Mallard, 6+ Pintail, 2 + Pochard , Tufted Duck, 2 Pheasant, Woodpigeon,  Moorhen, Coot (large numbers including a raft of several hundred, very close together and moving around the central of the Lake with a few Tufted Duck), 1 Great Crested Grebe, many Black-headed Gull, a few Common Gull , 2 + Great Black-backed Gull, many Herring Gull, fewer Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 6+ Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 10 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, Robin, 1 Dunnock, c10 Pied Wagtail 

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 20 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare

Nunnery:
3 f-type Scaup. Green Woodpecker, 10 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing.

Heron's Green:
1 m Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret,  1 Red Kite 
Bickfield Lane - 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 37 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret 

Moreton:
180 Lapwing, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 1  Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiff-chaff , 1 Reed Bunting 

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 2Water Rail, 80 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 8 + Jack Snipe (inc a group of 6 together in evening using thermal imaging), 4 Great White Egret, 1 m Marsh Harrier (presumed same as at Moreton above), 1 Kingfisher,  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Raven, Coal Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1  Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Snipe, 2 Great White Egret

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Tony Bridges, Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Paul Chaman, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming,  Stephen Curtis and Carol Rushton, Andy Davis, Farmpton Cotterell Nature, Geoff Hardman, Pete Hazelwood, Matt Hall, Matt Hull, John Lewis,  Ian Loats, Richard Mielcarek, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Trevor Riddle, Toby, Vic Savery, Tony Scott, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding

02-01-22 - Black-necked Grebe

Temp 12 to 10°C. Getting colder through the day, some sun late morning followed fair amount of rain

Long-tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Avocet, Purple Sandpiper, Jack Snipe
Ring-necked Parakeet
Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit

2-1-22 Goosander, Blind Yeo (Paul Chapman)

BRISTOL

Duchess Park: 

2 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Hermitage Woods), 3 Meadow Pipit

Filton Park garden:
1 f Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station: 

1 Green Sandpiper

New Passage: 

360 Wigeon, 20 Shoveler & Teal, 1 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 60 Curlew, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Knot, 759 Dunlin, 12 Snipe, Redshank, 1 f Marsh Harrier but only thing I saw it chase was a female Peregrine

Chipping Sodbury, Ridge Woods: 

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch exploring hole

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:
7 Purple Sandpiper, 28 Raven above the quarry

Clevedon-Yeo:
5 2d Goosander, 2 Otter

2-1-22 Stonechat, Weston Airfield (Pagan Birder)

Weston Airfield:
175 Canada Geese, 6 Shoveler, 100+ Wigeon, 90+ Teal, 3 Lapwing + 150 over, 1 Sparrowhawk, Snipe, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Penduline Tit, 4 Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff,  Fieldfares, Stonechats

2-1-22 Canada Goose, Weston Airfield (Mike Moxon)

BELOW M4 & BANES

2-1-22 Stonechat, Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Drifton Hill:
85 Common Gull, Sky Lark, 60 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, a few Corn Bunting

Keynsham, Broadmead Lane:
1 Woodpigeon, 150 BH Gull, 150 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 19 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 30 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 15 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 9 Robin, 12 Dunnock, 5 Grey Wagtail, 32 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

2-1-22 Goosander, Blagdon Lake (Mark Savage)

Blagdon Lake:
7 Goosander, 1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
1 Barn Owl, 2 Treecreeper

2-1-22 Jack Snipe, Stratford CVL (Mark Savage)

Stratford: 

4 Goldeneye, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 m Marsh Harrier, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Great White Egret, small flock Siskin

Herriotts:
1 Egyptian Goose, 7 Pintail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Peregrine

Reports: Liz Barker, Pagan Birder, Alex Carlisle, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Ian Dickie, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, Adrian Hockey, Simon Isgar, Susan Kempson, Michael Moxon, Mark Savage, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

01-01-22 New Year's Day - Little Gull

Plea for pictures for the 2021 ABR - see below

Misty morning but turned better later - always warm but the wind was keen. Temp 13°

Little Gull
Red Kite

Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Red-breasted Merganser

Cattle Egret

BRISTOL

01-01-22 Dipper EP (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:
2 Dipper

High Kingsdown:

1 Blackcap (m), 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Sea Mills:

30 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 16 Lapwing, 18 Redshank, c. 200 Black-headed Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit. 8 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin.

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
1 Pheasant, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Bullfinch (m) 

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

01-01-22 Black Redstart OPS (Peter Coslett)

Oldbury Power Station:
35 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck,  1 Collared Dove, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 20 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk (f), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven,1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Black Redstart (1m), 4 Stonechat (2pr), 1 Grey Wagtail

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier

Severn Beach:
28 Greylag Goose - over the house

Yate:

2 Goosander (Coopers Pool), 2 Song Thrush - singing

Bridgeyate:
1 pure white Peasant - with red wattle, whizzed across the road in front of the bike.

Nibley:

2 Snipe - dog flushed them

01-01-2022 Penduline Tit WSM (Mark Savage)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Marsh Harrier

Portishead - Battery Point:
Purple Sandpiper - dusk

Gordano:
1 Marsh Tit. 

Clevedon - Yeo:
2 Egyptian Goose, 25 Wigeon, 8 Goosander (5m), 1 Red-breasted Merganser - probable,  2 Little Grebe, 5 Curlew, 100 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 200 Redshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull - ad, 1 Grey Heron - garden, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Black Redstart - pier, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch - garden, 1 Bullfinch

Weston-Super-Mare - disused airfield:
1 Pintail, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 Little Gull - 1st wint, 3 Penduline Tit, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Pipit, 

Banwell:
10 Rook - in pairs on TV aerials with more in trees beyond

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
15 Mute Swan, 21 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron , 1 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush (one singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood - garden:

1 Blackcap (m)

01-01-22 Winter Thrush NSL (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
highlights of a 52 species walk. - - 3 Red-Legged Partridge, 1 Mute Swan, 15 Teal, 15 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 30 Skylark, 3 Nuthatch, 250+ Fieldfare, 70+ Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

01-01-2022 Long-tailed Duck Barrow Gurney (Mark Savage)

Barrow Tanks:
many Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Shelduck, 8 Goosander (4m), 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 

Chew Valley Lake

Villice:
5 Scaup

Heron's Green:

2 Green Sandpiper (dropped in, flew off again within minutes)

Bickford Lane:
35 Cattle Egret, 8 Little Egret

Moreton:
2 Scaup (f & 1st wint m)

Stratford:
Goldeneye, Water Rail heard, Cetti's Warbler heard, 1 Jack Snipe, 8+ Common Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, LT Tits.

Herriott's inc Pool:
1 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Shelduck, 8 Pintail, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Reports: Zoe Ashdown, Paul Bowerman, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Stephen Curtis, Barry Dursley, Heather England, Anthony Goodwin, Paul Gregory, Geoff Hardman, Martyn Hayes, Peter Hazelwood, Paul Marshall, Andy Mears, Nige Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Jean Oliver, Tim Osborne, Jim Payne, Darren Pearce, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Mark Savage, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, Jenny Vickers, Jason Williams, Keith Williams, Gordon Youdale

blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, opsbirding

Avon Bird Report for 2021 -- Photographs

We are beginning work on the next Avon Bird Report and one item is the photographs.  So we would welcome any bird photos taken within the Avon boundary in 2021. Most photos are published in 'landscape' format but not all, in particular the cover photo needs to be in 'portrait' format and here we need a 'stunning' shot possibly of a fairly common bird (or birds) in situ -- we had a rare species last year.  Please send files to Harvey Rose using ABR mail address: blacktgodwit@gmail.com

          This is not critical but in the first instance lowish resolution versions are preferred. We do need basic details about where and when the photos were taken.  We usually publish about 30 shots, some other Reports publish many more, but we could only increase our total if enough photos of publishable quality are received.