18-1-18 Thursday - Mediterranean Gull

Temp 3 to 8 ℃. West wind to 18 mph. Cool out, but warm in sun out of wind. Odd showers around

Bird order is IOC, BOU and Birdtrack, using 2018 BOU names. Copies of Avon list in Information Sites

Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck.
Black-necked Grebe
Grey Plover, Purple Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull
Black Redstart
Hawfinch, Lesser Redpoll

18-1-18 Stonechat, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)

BRISTOL

Hanham, Woodland by Chequers:
1 Buzzard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Robin

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
Hawfinch?

Redland garden:
1 m Blackcap

Stoke Park:
2 Moorhen, 4 Black Headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 7 Woodpigeon, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 11 Magpie, 27 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 12 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 19 Starling, 2m Blackbird, 3 Robin, 15 House Sparrow and 1m Bullfinch.

Juv Black-headed Gull in Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

NORTH SOMERSET

18-1-18 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Karle Burford)

Portishead, Battery Point:
1 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon Pier:
1 f/imm Black Redstart on rocks below the pier at 1130

Clevedon-Yeo:
2 Brent Geese, 20 Canada Geese, 4 Shoveler, 220 Wigeon, 75 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 5 Cormorant, 38 Oystercatcher, 160 Lapwing, 6 Grey Plover, 230 Curlew, 14 Turnstone, 100 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 320 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 12 Skylark, 1 Rock Pipit

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

Bleadon:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 1 (partial leucistic) Blackbird, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

Bleadon Levels:

12 Shelduck, 9 Teal, 1 Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 20 Redshank, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Meadow Pipit

18-1-18 Dunnock, Langford (David Goodliffe)

BELOW M4 and BANES

Marshfield, garden:
1 Hawfinch

Wick, Greenway Farm:
2 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird, 30 Redwing, 1 Robin, 20 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldfinch

18-1-18 Linnet, Seven Acre Wood ( NSL Birding)
A row of trees were full like this

Newton St Loe:
32 Teal, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 4 Skylark, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 10 Chaffinch, 3 Hawfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 100 Linnet, 40 Yellowhammer

Chew Magna:
3 Lesser Redpoll

RESERVOIRS

18-1-18 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tank 1 (Melvin Hedges)

Barrow Tank No.1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
2 ♂ Scaup, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 ad Mediterranean Gull

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander

18-1-18 Treecreeper, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
6 (1m) Scaup, 9 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
3 Goldeneye, 13 Lapwing, 1 GBB Gull, 25 Pied Wagtail

18-1-18 Goldeneye, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
7 Wigeon, 1 Lesser Scaup, 8 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Bullfinch

Herriotts:
8 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 1 Peregrine

Good to see in Newton St Loe but not a wild bird, a Harris Hawk

Out of Avon:
Frampton, Sharpness Canal:
7 Mute Swan, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Northern Diver, 150 Coot, 30 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 120 Rook, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch

Avon Ornithological Group

We will shortly start planning for the 2017 AVON BIRD REPORT. If you have any local 2017 bird records you have not yet submitted can you let the BOC team have them by the end of the month please. Similarly if you have notes on any local rarities you have not yet submitted

Thanks

Rich Mielcarek

Chairman

Reports: Karle Burford, Teresa Chard, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Melvin Hedges, Bill Hewitt, Rod Holbrook, Jon Mortin, Lois Pryce, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, Matt Scott, Tony Scott, Ian Stapp, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG