7-1-18 Sunday - Whooper Swan

Temp 0 to 5℃. NW wind up to 36 mph. Cold but bright Sunshine most of the time

White-fronted Geese, Brent Goose
Whooper Swan
Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Red Kite, Marsh Harrier 
Golden Plover, Purple Sandpiper, Jack Snipe
Marsh Tit
Water Pipit
Hawfinch, Brambling
Corn Bunting

7-1-17 Whooper Swan, Northwick Warth (Brian Lancastle)

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle garden:

1 Collared Dove, 2 Blue, 2 Great, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Green/12 Gold/4 Chaffinch, 1 m Bullfinch (harassed by m Blackcap + f), 

Netham Park:

1 f Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest, flock Long-tailed Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1? Hawfinch

7-1-17 Hawfinch at St Anne's (Charles Fayers)

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
1 Song Thrush, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Hawfinch

Redland Garden:
1 Coal Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 6 House Sparrows

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
17 Canada Goose, 400 Wigeon, 4 f Pintail, 1 Great crested Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1000 Dunlin, 120 Curlew, 31 Redshank, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

7-1-17 Whooper Swan, Northwick Warth (Mark Coller)

Severnside:
2 White-fronted Geese, 2 Whooper Swan, 30 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 50 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck, 12 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 5 Curlew, 1 Goldcrest, 11 Pied Wagtail

7-1-17 Mallard, New Passage (Vera Carpenter)

Severn Beach to Chittening Warth:
1 Water Rail, 14 Ringed Plover, 78 Dunlin, 4 Redshank, 100 Turnstone, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 1 Water Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Purple Sandpiper 7th Jan 2018 Battery Point (Paul Marshall)

Portishead, Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpiper

7-1-17 Grey Plover, Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo:
1 Brent Goose, 60 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 220 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 8 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 18 Oystercatcher, 12 Grey Plover, 60 Lapwing, 110 Curlew, 32 Turnstone, 1 Knot, 500 Dunlin, 300 Redshank, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 50 BH Gull, 2 Raven, 12 Skylark, 100 Fieldfare/Redwing, 1 m Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit

Weston-super-Mare, Worlebury:
35 Lapwing, 3 m Bullfinch

Kenn:
3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven

Yatton, Cadbury Hill:
1 Red Kite

7-1-17 Long-tailed Tit, Langford (David Goodliffe)

Langford:
10 Long-tailed Tit

1-7-17 Blackcap, Bleadon (William Hewitt)

Bleadon:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Blackcap

BELOW M4 and BANES

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 1 Wren, 15 Blackbird, 20 Fieldfare, 8 Robin, 1 F Stonechat, 1 Greenfinch

7-1-17 Golden Plover, Marshfield (Brian Thompson)

Marshfield:
25 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 200 Golden Plover, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Marsh Tit, Skylarks, 1 Stonechat, 150 Chaffinch, 2 Brambling, 1 Hawfinch, 4 Bullfinch, 20 Yellowhammer, 50 Corn Bunting

7-1-17 Hawfinch at Keynsham (Ian Stapp)

Keynsham Manor Road Woodland:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Treecreeper, 40+ Starling7 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 14 Redwing, 30 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Chaffinch, 3 Hawfinch, 40 Goldfinch, 11 Greenfinch, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

1-7-17 Song Thrush, Keynsham (TtB)

Saltford:
1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40 Redwing

7-1-17 Wren at Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Fieldfare, 3 Hawfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 35 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer 

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Tufted Duck, the Long-tailed Duck, a Little and Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull and Goldcrest.

Blagdon:
1 Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake

2 Marsh Harrier over Herriotts reed bed

7-1-17 Whooper Swan, Northwick Warth (Brian Thompson)
And off to Wales

Reports: Rich Andrews, Erin B, Paul Bowerman, Paul Brennan, Karle Burford, Vera Carpenter, Ken Carruthers, Teresa Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Steve Curtis, Rob Emery, Charles Fayers, Andrew Ford, Alastair Fraser, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, David Goodliffe, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Higgy, Brian Lancastle, Paul Marshall, John Martin, Andrew Middleton, Paul Milo, Jon Mortin, Darren Pearce, Chris Perry, George Rabin, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Carol Rushton, Gill Sapsed, Tony Scott, Roger Staples, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Richard Tompkins, Jason Williams, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

6-1-18 Saturday - Purple Sandpipers

Cold, overcast and hazy, dry.  Brighter in the afternoon with a chilly NE wind.  Several people stayed in the warmth photographing Blackcaps in their gardens (Sean Whyte and Peter Coslett).



Long-tailed Duck, Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpipers
Brent Goose, Jack Snipe
Merlin, Short-eared Owl
Firecrest 
Hawfinches at two sites
Little Owl

BRISTOL

Redwing in St Andrews Park (Jon Mortin)

St Andrews Park:
15 Redwing, 25 Starling.

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

6 Hawfinch.

Clifton, Percival Rd
Coal Tit, Blue and Great, and the returning Marsh Tit on the feeders this evening.
Nuthatch and Greenfinch also seen.


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Rock Pipit and 4 Stonechat between jetty and yacht club.

Aust Warth:
Short-eared Owl.

New Passage/Northwick: (combined report)
23 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Plover, 400+ Dunlin, 3 Snipe, Little Owl,  Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine,  singing Mistle Thrush, Redwing, 2 Raven, f. Bullfinch.

Chaffinch (Sean Whyte)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
(Lake Grounds and Battery Point - winter survey ST4677)
6 Mute Swans (pair with 4 imm,), 9 Canada Goose, 1 feral Greylag Goose, 80 Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (4 m.), 3 Moorhen, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 60 BH Gull, 10 H Gull, 22 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Starling, 45 Goldfinch (plus the usual garden/woodland species).

Clevedon-Yeo:

(Blind Yeo):
4 Goosander,  2 Peregrine.

Channel View to Blake's Pools:
1 Brent Goose, 50 Shelduck, 120 Wigeon, 90 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 110 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 20 Turnstone, 120 Curlew, 200 Redshank, 1,750 Dunlin, 18 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 12 Skylark, 2 Bullfinch,

Firecrest in a Weston garden (Paul Gregory)

Weston-super-Mare:

pair Blackcap and Firecrest in a garden.



Langford:
4 Blackcap, 6 Bullfinch. (David Goodliffe's photos).

Bleadon:
12 Teal, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpeckeer, 2 Blackcap, 1 part leucistic Blackbird (again), 15+ Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Songthrush, 2 Stonechat, 2 Greenfinch.

St Andrews Church, Chew Magna:
2+ Hawfinch.

Song Thrush (Sean Whyte)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
m. Goosander on R. Avon.   6 Lapwing on flooded fields.

Bath - Bear Flat:
10 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 m. Blackcap (all at the same time in a small back garden).

Bath - Weston:
Usual Tit flock, 3 Blackcap, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch.

Warmley:
2 Blackcap in the garden.

Midford:
yesterday 5.1.2018: Marsh Tit.

Paulton:
60 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff.

Sewage works:
3 Meadow Pipit, 45 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.


RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
adult male Long-tailed Duck (tank no. 1)

Smart male Brambling ringed at Chew today (CVRS)

Chew Valley Lake
CVRS: birds ringed this morning include Redwing, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting and this Brambling.

Moreton:
Lesser Scaup

Reports: ChrisPDuck, Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, David Goodliffe, Paul Gregory, Patrick Hancock, Simon Harris, Bill Hewitt, David Hill, Nigel Kempson, John Martin, Paul Milsom, Jon Mortin, Lisa Presland, Trevor Riddle, Howard Taffs, Sean Whyte, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

5-1-18 Friday - Firecrest

Wind's dropped! Cloud with long sunny spells. Getting colder.

Firecrest
Corn Bunting
Red Kite
Hawfinch
Long-tailed Duck
Lesser Scaup
Purple Sandpiper

BRISTOL

Castle Park:
Chiffchaff, Goldcrest (s), Peregrine +Grey Wagtail (Finzell's Reach)

Brandon Hill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Firecrest, 1 Jay, 22 Redwing

5/1/18 One of the Firecrests at Brandon Hill (Paul Milo)

Bishop Road to Horfield Common:
13 Magpie, 11 Wood Pigeon, 2 Cormorant, 37 Starling, 5 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Robin
2 Greenfinch , 4 Chaffinch, 11 Goldfinch, 3, Blackbird, 1 Sparrowhawk

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing (from grass edge of pill), c. 45 Curlew, 1 Dunlin (flushed from salt marsh), c.25 Redshank, 2 Skylark, 1 Bullfinch
Aust Services: 1 Song Thrush singing, c.80 Pied Wagtails (coming to roost in the 5 small trees each side of the Services’ entrance)

New Passage/Northwick:
-1 Snow Bunting (Brian Lancastle found the carcass.  It looked like a young bird taken by a falcon – probably a Merlin or Peregrine)

Winterbourne:
Bradley Brook LNR ST6381: 1 Buzzard, 6 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 2 Stock Dove,
1 Green & 1 GS Woodpecker, 70 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest

Hawkesbury:
2 Stonechat, c200 Fieldfare, Corn Bunting (heard)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

5 Mute Swan, 23 Canada Goose, 5 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 20 Teal, 16 Shoveler

3 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 20 Coot, 38 Lapwing, 3 Curlew

c30 Dunlin (in flight), 3 Snipe 

5/1/18 Some of the Teal at Portbury (Robin Martin)

Portishead:
11 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck (Boating Lake)
5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Rock Pipit (Saltmarsh)

Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpipers (10:15)

Uphill:
Uphill was really quiet, a few Teal and Redshank, heard a Curlew and found 1 male Bullfinch in the bushes. Still no sign of any Short-eared Owls (WH)

Bleadon:
10 Fieldfare, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Little Egret, 1 GW Egret, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk,
1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cormorant, 20 Teal, 1 Little Grebe

Churchill:
6 Bullfinch (4m 2f, close-up)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood:
Red Kite (roundabout on ring road)

Marshfield:
c400 Golden Plover, 120 Fieldfare, Stonechat, Kestrel, 100 Chaffinch, 2 Corn Bunting

Oldland:
Hawfinch (St Anne's Church)

5/1/18 Hawfinch at St Anne's Church (David Hughes)

Bath - Weston:
Blackcap (f on garden feeder)

5/1/18  Female Blackcap (Sean Whyte)
Two spend nearly all day, every day, in the garden, eating apple, sunflower hearts, and fat-balls

Willsbridge Mill:

1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, lots of Blue and Great Tit, 2 flocks of Long-tailed Tit,  2 Goldcrest,  2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, and 6 Goldfinch. Apologies for the late report

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck (No 1)

Chew Valley Lake:

Villice:
4 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 40 Redwing

Herons Green:
1 Kestrel, 41 Lapwing

Moreton:
1 Lesser Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Bullfinch

5/1/17 F and M Bullfinch (Robert Hargreaves)

 Herriotts:
10 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Reed Bunting

Compton Martin, Bickfield Lane:
2 Shelduck, 1 Cattle Egret, 9 Little Egret, 1 m Sparrowhawk, 8 Fieldfare, 7 Chaffinch

5/1/18 Cattle Egret (Robert Hargreaves)

Reports: John Budd, Alastair Fraser, David Hughes, George Rabin, Nigel Sluman, Niall Machin, John Martin, Dan White, Paul Milo, Sean Whyte, Mike Jackson, Lois Price, Robin Martin, Jon Mortin, Phil Baber, William Hewitt, David Howes, Teresa Chard, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

4-1-18 Thursday - Goosanders

Blustery, probably gale-force westerly winds for much of the day.  Very murky morning with spots of rain clearing to a fine, cold afternoon.  Exceptionally high tides.

Long-tailed Duck, Lesser Scaup
Black-necked Grebe
Jack Snipe, Short-eared Owls 
Hawfinch

Long-tailed Tit struggling in the wind at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

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*****   Message from the editor of the Avon Bird Report:

Dear Photographer

With the new year it is time to think about the best bird photographs of 2017 for possible inclusion in the next Avon Bird Report. We need photos taken in 2017 and in Avon, of both common and unusual species. Some species have had a good showing in the past while others have fared less

well, but photos of unusual behaviour of any species are also welcome. 

Would you like to contribute? I hope so - if so, could you e-mail me your best shots and we will consider them for inclusion. We usually get many more than we can publish, so if you have submitted photos in the past that have not been published I hope this will not discourage you from submitting what you have. If possible in the first instance it is best to send low resolution versions, and for those we use I can get back to you for top quality ones. We are looking for reasonable quality, but if the photo shows something unusual then the quality question does not arise. Also if you know of any photographers I have not contacted or who are new to the area, then could you please forward this request on to them. I am assuming that most photographers use digital methods now, but if you are still using the old silver technology, prints can be scanned into the system.

Happy New Year and regards,        Harvey Rose   (h.e.rose@bristol.ac.uk)

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BRISTOL

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

1 Hawfinch.

Lockleaze - Concorde Cycle path:
Hunting Sparrowhawk, 1 Woodpigeon, 3 Collard Dove, 4 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 40+ Starling, 1f, 2m Blackbird, 24 House Sparrow, 2m, 1f Bullfinch and 3 Goldfinche.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Shepperdine:
1 Short-eared Owl.

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Peregrine, 1 Treecreeper.

Aust Warth:
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Short-eared Owl.

New Passage/Northwick:
large flock of Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 1 Water Pipit.

Severn Beach:
flock of at least 40 Kittiwake by middle of bridge. G BB Gull.


NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon, Blind Yeo (Strode Road bridge):
9 Goosander (3 m., 6 f.).  (If  you visit these birds, please make it clear to any local fishermen that we really like to see them and would be most upset if they were culled!)


Clevedon-Yeo:
92 Canada Goose (on Dowlais Farm) with a Barnacle Goose of suspect origin.
27 Shelduck, 3+ Wigeon, 80 Teal, 3 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 35 Oystercatcher, 40 Lapwing, 30 Curlew, 40 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 8 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit.


Backwell Lake:
19 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, c.40 Mallard, 3 Pochard (2 m., 1 f.), 8 Tufted Duck (4 m.), 8 Cormorant, f. Sparrowhawk, c. 40 Black-headed Gull.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton/Willsbridge:
1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Dipper, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Jay, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch.

Blackbird in a Keynsham garden ('talkingtobears')

Keynsham: (garden in ST6567)
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.

Newton St Loe:
20 Teal, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Hawfinch, 35 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS:

Barrow Tanks:
1 m. Long-tailed Duck.

Blagdon Lake:
1 m. Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad winter Mediterranean Gull.

The Lesser Scaup is still at Chew, off Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Chew Valley Lake

Water level now very high leaving little feeding room for the dabbling ducks.

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe.

Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Jay, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Great Crested Grebe.

Lesser Scaup snoozing off Moreton (Chris Stone)

Moreton:
3 Goldeneye, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 f. Scaup, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine, 1 Green Woodpecker, 15 Redwing, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 9+ Bullfinch.

Villice:
21 Lapwing

Back of Denny:
5 Goosander, 5 Grey Heron, 4 Great Crested Grebe.

Moorhen 4th Jan 2018 CVL Robert Hargreaves.

Herons Green:
20 Shoveler, 10 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel

Herriotts Bridge:
1 G BB Gull, 3 Pied Wagtail.

Bickfield Lane:
16 Shelduck. 1 Little Egret, 6 Pied Wagtail

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Jane Cumming, Rob Emery, Alastair Fraser, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, Robin Martin, Aravind Ramesh,‏ Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, 'talkingtobears',    blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG

3-1-18 Wednesday - Storm Eleanor

Temp 8 to 9℃. West wind up to 30 mph, guts to 50 mph. Storm Eleanor passed North of Avon

Scaup
The only Egrets reported came from area where not seen before
Fulmar, Leach's Petrel
Black-necked Grebe
Merlin
Kittiwake, Mediterranean Gull, Glaucous Gull
Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit
Hawfinch, Brambling

BRISTOL

3-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's Church (Donna Harvey)

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

Hawfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Fulmar, 1 Merlin,

Severnside:
Canada Geese, 1 Leach's Petrel (PB), Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, Lapwing, Dunlin, Curlew, Redshank, Turnstone, 38 Kittiwake, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 1st w Glaucous Gull (PB),  2 Short-eared Owl, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 1? Snow Bunting

Patchway:
Raven in the afternoon

Winterbourne:
2 Little Owl at dusk.

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Hundred:
1 Barn Owl

Weston-super-Mare:
3 Kittiwake (Anchor Head), 1 Bearded Tit and 2 Cetti's Warbler (STW 2nd)

Puxton Park, A370 nr Hewish, 06:00:
1 Barn Owl

Bleadon:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 2 Song Thrush, 22 Redwing

BELOW M4 and BANES

Warmley Forest Park / Overscourt:
8 Mallard, 2 Little Egret (first seen here by CP), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 50 Starling, 150 Fieldfare and Redwing, 9 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 8 Bullfinch

Marshfield, Rushmead Lane:
50 Fieldfare, 30 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer

Bath, Twerton:
2 Coal Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 2 Chaffinch

3-1-18 Hawfinch, Newton Park (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe:
24 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush, 50 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Hawfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 ♂ Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Common Sandpiper

3-1-18 Lapwing, Villice (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake

Gadwall, Teal, Little Grebe, Buzzard, Lapwing, 1 Brambling (Woodford Lodge)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Anne Crowe, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Robert Hargreaves, Donna Harvey, Peter Hazelwood, Bill Hewitt, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Wilfred King, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Lois Pryce, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

2-1-18 Tuesday - Hawfinch

Temp 5 to 11℃. Wind to 20 mph, medium rain, not much sun

Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret not reported
Black-necked Grebe
Merlin
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Redpoll
Hawfinch - 17 + 6, 23 largest daily sighting in Avon this century

BRISTOL

2-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's Ch, Oldland (Lee Gardiner)

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

6 Hawfinch

Finzels Reach:
2 Peregrine

2-1-18 Grey Heron, Eastville (Oli Hambley)

Eastville Park/Stoke Park:
30 Mallard, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 50 BH Gull, 2 m Kingfisher, 3 Goldcrest, 23 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat, 20 House Sparrow, 35 Goldfinch

Totterdown and Ashton:
Canada Goose heard calling near New Cut Studios, 4 Raven over tobacco factory, North St

2-1-18 Blackcap, 1 of 2, Warmley (Peter Coslett)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 juv Mute Swan, 2 Pintail, 1 m Black Redstart

Severnside:
2 Merlin, 100 Lapwing, 150 Dunlin, 10 Curlew, 4 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Water Pipit, Rock Pipit

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf, North Pools:

66m 61f Wigeon, 4m 3f Gadwall, 4m 3f Teal, 10m 8f Mallard,  24m 23 f Shoveler, 4m 4f Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 3 Little Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 40 Coot, 40 Lapwing, 10 BH Gull, 1 Barn Owl on South Pool, 1 Magpie

2-1-18 Clevedon Pier (Karle Burford)
Black Redstart below Green sign

Clevedon Pier:
1 Black Redstart, 1 Rock Pipit

BELOW M4 and BANES

Emersons Green:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dunnock, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Redpoll

2-1-18 Collared Dove, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham, garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

Bath, City Centre:
Flock 100 Goldfinch

2-1-18 Record flock of Hawfinch, Newton Park (NSL Birding)

Newton St Loe, BOC Walk:
4 Mute Swan, 25 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Moorhen, 31 Common Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Starling, 5 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush, 60 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 30 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 17 Hawfinch, 15 Greenfinch, 20 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch
Also reported:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 26 Meadow Pipit, 21 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank, No1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 ♂ Scaup, 1 ad ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull

2-1-18 Common Sandpiper, Herriotts (Bob Brewer)

Chew Valley Lake

4 Scaup, 1 m Lesser Scaup, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, Bearded Tit

Out of Avon:
Most photographed Great Northern Diver still at Sharpness
Penduline Tit still at Plock Court

Reports: Bob Brewer, Karle Burford, Steve Emery, Tim Ford, Oli Hambley, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Gareth Jones, Glen Maddison, Nigel Milbourne, Bob Pepper, Patrick Richards, Nigel Sluman, Martin Tayler, Chris Teague, Robert Webber, Jason Williams, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG

1-1-18 New Year's Day - Med Gull

Temp 5 to 8℃. Cold wind, rain, sun and cloudy, very mixed

Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Merlin
Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Hawfinch

BRISTOL

1-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's (Lee Gardiner)

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 6 Hawfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 7 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, lots Blue & Great Tits, 20 Blackbird, 16 Fieldfare, 6 Robin, 2 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severnside:
8 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Merlin, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 45 Stock Dove, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 15 Skylark, 120 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 f Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Felton Common:

1 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush

Weston-super-Mare, Balmoral Way:
1 Firecrest, 1 Blackcap

1-1-18 Blackcap, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
3 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 and BANES

1-1-18 Bullfinch, Marshfield Primary (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 40 Wood Pigeon, 100 + Corvids, 7 Raven, 30 Sky Lark, 600 Starling, 5 Blackbird,

1-1-18 Fieldfare, Marshfield (Chris Teague)

12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 30 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 60 Linnet, 7 Bullfinch, 10 Yellowhammer, 20 Corn Bunting

1-1-18 Starling, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham, garden:
1 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Bath, Weston gardem:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 f Blackcap, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 16 Chaffinch, 2 m/f Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
26 Teal, 39 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 1 f Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch

1-1-18 Cattle Egret, Bickfield Lane (Brian Thompson)

Compton Martin, field at Bickfield Lane, opposite Moat Farm;
6 Shelduck, 1 Cattle Egret, 16 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank, No1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

1-1-18 Bullfinch, Woodford (George Stacey)

Woodford:
3 Bullfinch

1-1-18 Gadwall courting, Villice Bay (Brian Thompson)

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Cattle Egret, 15 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Song Thrush

1-1-18 Pintail, Moreton (George Stacey)

Moreton:
2 Pintail, 1 m Lesser Scaup, 1 Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch

Out of Avon:
Great Northern Diver at Sharpness
31 Cattle Egret at Sharpham Lane, Somerset Levels
Penduline Tit at Plock Court

Reports: Rich Andrews, Emily Burford, Karle Burford, David Campbell, Teresa Chard, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Philip Crouter, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, David Poulton, George Stacey, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, Sean Whyte, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG