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  1. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Blimey, Where have I been. No updates since September. 152 Ruff 153 Lesser Redpoll 154 Lapland Bunting 155 Water Pipit 156 Ring Necked Duck 157 Bewick's Swan 158 Whooper Swan Avon birds missed or potential claw backs Slavonian Grebe,Waxwing,Woodlark,Firecrest,Goshawk,Green Winged Teal,Lesser...
  2. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Things have picked up of late, as you would expect with it being Autumn. I have seen some good Avon birds but as always I've missed a couple of goodies A week or so back at long last I saw a Kingfisher. My first this year anywhere in the country let alone Avon. I have been close before on a...
  3. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    The slog continues. Over the last week or so I have managed to miss out on all of the decent Avon waders. However Curlew Sandpiper added today 145 Curlew Sandpiper Avon birds missed or potential claw backs Slavonian Grebe,Waxwing,Woodlark,Bewick's Swan,Firecrest,Goshawk,Green Winged...
  4. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Slow progress over the last few weeks. Moving house and few other things have taken priority. However I was able to manage one tick at the weekend. I popped over to Marshfield the local Quail hotspot. I stopped off at Down Road and as soon as I got out of the car I heard the "wet my lips" call...
  5. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    It has been dire, with the summer doldrums setting in early in Avon this year. However I was able to pick up a couple of ticks today from the Marshfield area. Spotted Flycatchers have been reported in the area and today was the first opportunity I had to go and see them. Luckily I had good...
  6. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Talk about the summer doldrums, it has been more like mid June than mid May. I've even thought about putting on the butterfly hat. However today a surprise came along. I was out in the back garden and happened to look up. I saw a possible Raven circling high up. I went indoors for my binoculars...
  7. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    I have spent the last week or so mopping up on our more commoner migrants Locally I got 136 Common Swift 137 Whinchat On Saturday I went for a wander round the Burrington area which lies very close to the border with Somerset. As soon as I got out of the car I could hear a Cuckoo calling...
  8. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    A great few days picking up some more migrants and a real Avon rarity. A couple of common migrants secured locally 129 Lesser Whitethroat 130 Sedge Warbler Yesterday after watching City's last game after home we rushed over to Barrow Gurney Resevoirs as a Shorelark had been discovered there...
  9. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    A few more over the last week or so with migration now in full flow. On my local patch I had 3 Redstarts over 2 days and a quick after work trip to Chew Valley Lake got me a Common Sandpiper 123 Redstart 124 Common Sandpiper I went to Severn Beach on Saturday morning with common migrants...
  10. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    A few Avon ticks over the past week. A couple of easy ones in mid week with 117 Willow Warbler 118 Blackcap I had a couple of spare hours on Saturday morning and whizzed up to Marshfield to try and find a flock of Golden Plovers that had been about for a few days. They were easily found in a...
  11. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    After the weather forecast predicted a wash out the day turned out bright and fine. After waiting for the kids to get over their lost hours sleep we headed down to New Passage down by Severn Beach for a quick stop off before Chew Valley Lake. My target was Wheatear which was quickly sorted with...
  12. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    A lovely spring day and a chance to get out a see some early migrants. After reading on Twitter of a Ring Ouzel at Portbury Warth this was my first destination. I got there at around 8.30am and had a quick look about, I'm not too familiar with the area so I did not know exactly where to start...
  13. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Bring on the migrants, this is hard work. Avon has been devoid of good birds for the last two weeks. Only one year tick 108 Stock Dove To ease the boredom I took a trip to Dorset for the Bufflehead, which will be a lifer if accepted. We had a good day out, quickly locating the bird and getting...
  14. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    I went on a goose hunt on Saturday. The first stop of the morning was to Northwick Warth near Severn Beach where I quickly found the seven Greylag Geese grazing in the distance. I scanned the shore for waders.The tide was a little further in than I expected so most of the waders had been pushed...
  15. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    All quiet this week on the Avon front and only one new tick, a flyover Siskin on the local patch in midweek 104 Siskin As it was so quiet we took the opportunity to head over to Mid Wales for the Black Kite at Gigrin Farm, which if accepted is a British tick for me. We got there at around 1.15...
  16. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Finally crash through the 100. Not easy this week though. I tried a couple more times without success for the Short Eared Owls at Aust Warth. On Saturday I had a flying visit to Chew Valley Lake on the way to the footie. I was hoping for the Ferruginous Duck that had been floating about in...
  17. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    The week started well with a Jack Snipe on my local patch. There is a small reedy pond there and Jack Snipe are annual. 95 Jack Snipe The week took a turn for the worse on Thurday when I decided to go for the Green Winged Teal at Oldbury Power Station reported late on Wednesday evening. I took...
  18. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Back to Blagdon on Saturday morning to try and see the Scaup that has been around. It was there before the big freeze but of course vanished whilst the lakes were frozen. It is there with a supposed hybrid. I quickly located both birds and I'll be honest I couldn't actually see anything wrong...
  19. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    It seems like I am constantly at Chew Valley Lake at the moment, but the good birds just keep coming. A report of a redhead Smew had me heading there again on Saturday. I arrived at Herriot's Bridge and set my scope up and after a little anxious scanning I found it. After a while I moved onto...
  20. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    We took a trip along the coast today, well not really the coast but the banks of the Severn taking in Severn Beach,Avonmouth and Portishead. We had a quick look for waders at Severn Beach but the biting wind forced a hasty retreat back to the car 71 Dunlin 72 Curlew 73 Oystercatcher 74...
  21. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    Plenty of good Avon birds reported throughout the week. Back to Chew Valley Lake again today. Unfortunately when I got there it was completely frozen over, so that was Scaup ruled out. We went around to the Moreton hide as there was a Firecrest repoted yesterday. After getting stuck in the snow...
  22. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2010 Avon Year List

    A change of idea this year. I thought that I would have a go at an Avon year list. Although Avon is no longer a county it is still a bird recording area made up from Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and the City of Bristol. I know that I won't get to see...
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