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:
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: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

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