Short-eared Owl
Hawfinch
Lesser Scaup
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| 26/1/18 Teal in the sunshine at Chew Valley Lake (Ian Stapp) |
Redland garden:
Male Blackcap
Lockleaze:
(Concorde Way cycle track, Lockleaze. ST6077)
3 Black Headed Gull, 5 Woodpigeon, 1m 1f Peregrine Falcon, 2 Collard Dove, 8 Magpie,
2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 50+ Starling, 1 Blackcap, 1m 1f Blackbird, 4 Robin,
23 House Sparrow, Dunnock and 3 Goldfinch.
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| 26/1/18 Peregrine in Lockleaze (Patrick Hardyman Richards) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
New Passage:
2 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe,
New Passage:
2 Mute Swan, 100 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe,
16 Lapwing, 200-300 Dunlin, 40 Redshank
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| 26/1/18 Little Grebe at New Passage (Vera Carpenter) |
Aust Warth:
4 Short-eared Owl, 1 Stonechat
NORTH SOMERSET
Portbury Wharf:
Partial albino Coot (could this be the Chew bird?)
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| 26/1/18 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Lisa Presland) |
Portbury Wharf:
Partial albino Coot (could this be the Chew bird?)
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| 26/1/18 Leucistic Coot at Portbury Warf (Chris Stone) |
Clevedon:
3 Goosander off Wains Hill
BELOW M4 & BANES
Marshfield:
(Shire Valley)
1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 250+ Golden Plover, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Marshfield:
(Shire Valley)
1 Grey Heron, 4 Buzzard, 250+ Golden Plover, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 60+ Fieldfare, 15 Redwing
Oldland St Anne's Church:
8 Hawfinch
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| 26/1/18 Hawfinch at St Anne's Church Oldland (Richard Bedwell) |
Keynsham:
Keynsham Garden in ST6567:
2 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Starling,
2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
Long-tailed Duck
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| 26/1/18 Long-tailed Duck at Barrow Tanks (Wildwood Photos) |
Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper
Picnic Site No.2:
2 Goldeneye, Little Grebe
Hollow Brook:
2 Fieldfare
Woodford:
7 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 4 Scaup (F in Villice bay), 12+ L TT, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest,
1 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch,
Heron's Green:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's (calling)
Moreton:
Lesser Scaup was still viewable in the middle of the lake from Moreton this morning.
7 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 4 Scaup (F in Villice bay), 12+ L TT, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest,
1 Dunnock, 2 Bullfinch,
Heron's Green:
5 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's (calling)
Moreton:
Lesser Scaup was still viewable in the middle of the lake from Moreton this morning.
12 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 2 G BB Gull, 1 G S Wood, 4 Ravens (lots of calling & chasing around), 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's, 1 Chiffchaff, 20+ Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 10+ L TT, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch
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| 26/1/18 Goldeneye displaying at Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
Herriotts:
8 Shelduck, 2 adult Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti's (calling)
Reports: Tony Adscott, Richard Bedwell, Vera Carpenter, Simon Harris, Roger Hawley, Jon Mortin, Lisa Presland, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone Talkingtobears, Wildwoodphotos blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
2017 Avon Bird Report
Reports: Tony Adscott, Richard Bedwell, Vera Carpenter, Simon Harris, Roger Hawley, Jon Mortin, Lisa Presland, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone Talkingtobears, Wildwoodphotos blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
2017 Avon Bird Report
We are still missing descriptive notes or photographs for quite a few of the local rarities seen last year. In order to make the 2017 report as complete as possible, if you saw any of the birds on the list below can you please let us have some confirmatory notes as soon as possible.
Thanks
Rich Mielcarek
Thanks
Rich Mielcarek
| Species | Count | Date | Site |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 26/10/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Clevedon Pill |
| Whooper Swan | 1 | 05/12/2017 | Blagdon Lake (BL) |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 | 12/11/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Present | 05/01/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Great Northern Diver | 1 | 11/11/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Balearic Shearwater | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Leach's Petrel | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Leach's Petrel | 4 | 13/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Cattle Egret | 2 | 11/02/2017 | Winterbourne, Moorend, R Frome |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 17/02/2017 | Congresbury |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 25/03/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 17/02/2017 | Kenn Moor, Claverham Drove |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 26/02/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Great White Egret | 1 | 21/04/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth, PW |
| Goshawk | 1 | 08/07/2017 | Wickwar, Lower Woods |
| Crane | 2 | 25/03/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth |
| Grey Phalarope | 1 | 11/09/2017 | Weston-super-Mare, Anchor Head |
| Ring-billed Gull | Present | 08/01/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL) |
| Caspian Gull | Present | 02/03/2017 | Chew Valley Lake (CVL), Villice |
| Turtle Dove | 1 | 25/04/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) |
| Turtle Dove | 2 | 01/06/2017 | Bristol, Sea Mills, Sylvan Way |
| Nightjar | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Avonmouth, Trading Estate, Severn Rd to Hallen |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 03/04/2017 | Tortworth, Michael Wood, Little River Avon |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 3 | 13/04/2017 | R. Chew N of Compton Dando |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 08/05/2017 | Wickwar, Lower Woods |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 5 | 25/06/2017 | R. Chew N of Compton Dando |
| Willow Tit | 1 | 21/12/2017 | Radstock, Cycle Track |
| Woodlark | 1 | 29/10/2017 | New Passage / Northwick Warth |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Winterbourne |
| Waxwing | 1 | 14/01/2017 | Yate |
| Waxwing | 20 | 14/01/2017 | Bristol, Fishponds, Staple Hill, CO-OP |
| Waxwing | 1 | 17/01/2017 | Aust |
| Waxwing | 6 | 04/02/2017 | Bristol, Staple Hill, Signal Rd |
| Waxwing | 4 | 01/03/2017 | Thornbury |
| Tree Sparrow | 1 | 31/10/2017 | Dundry, Garden |
| Richard's Pipit | 1 | 24/09/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y), Channel View farm sea wall |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Aust Cliff |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 18/10/2017 | Aust Cliff |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 31/10/2017 | Dundry, Garden |
| Hawfinch | 2 | 02/11/2017 | Cribbs Causeway |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 10/11/2017 | Dundry |
| Hawfinch | 1 | 30/11/2017 | Tortworth, Court |
| Lapland Bunting | 1 | 15/10/2017 | Clevedon-Yeo (Cl-Y) Wain's Hill |
