12th Dec '17 Tuesday - Merlin

Pleasantly bright, but cold, early on, a bit damper late afternoon

Merlin
Hawfinch
Bearded Tit


BRISTOL

Finzells Reach
1 Peregrine

Brandon Hill:
2 Nuthatch, GS Woodpecker (f), Coal Tit, Jay, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush

Bradley Stoke:
25 Redwing (Pursey Drive)


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Sheppardine:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 11 Teal, c30 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron (roosting in oak trees just inland), 1 Buzzard, c. 25 Curlew (feeding inland), 27 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c80 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, c60 Redwing, 4 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, c25 Chaffinch, 9 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Ring-necked Parakeet (Lido end Lake Road),
In Garden: 2 Brambling, c 30 Greenfinch, c20 Chaffinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap (f)

Backwell Lake:

1 Goosander (male), 5 Gadwall, 20+ Shoveler, 1 Pochard,  10 Tufted Duck, plenty Mallard

1 Muscovy Duck, 6 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, Coot (a few but not counted), 6 Moorhen
Water Rail (seen + calling from rushes), c100 Black-headed Gull (including one with prominent yellow rings on right leg), 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

12/12/17 Pochard and Goosander (Robin Martin)

Weston-Super-Mare:
Hawfinch (heard, Grove Road), Blackcap (first of Winter in garden)

Uphill:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher

Bleadon:
15 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 7 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Buzzard, 1 partial leucistic Blackbird, 1 Sparrowhawk
  Yatton:
Merlin (hunting Meadow Pipits)


BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Hawfinch (Cloud Wood)

5+ Brambling, 4 Reed Bunting (amongst a large flock of finches and Buntings feeding off sunflowers north of Cloud wood, south of Churches Aggregates east of the village).

At Garston farm nearby a flock of 65 Meadow Pipits.

Keynsham:
6 Herring Gull, 4 Feral Pigeons, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit
10 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Midford - Hinton Charterhouse - Twinhoe - Midford

 33 species (all 5 thrushes/all 6 crows)

Wellow Brook  

Little Egret, Hare.

Newton St Loe:
35 Meadow Pipit, 40 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Goosander, 19 Teal
20 Linnet, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Bullfinch, Grey Heron (garden tick)


RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

Dam
1 Long-tailed Duck (way out again), 1 L Egret, 2 Raven, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 L Grebe
8 Goosander, 6 Goldeneye, 15+ Redwing, 1 Lesser Blacked-backed Gull (with a ring)

12/12/17 Goldeneye (Bob Brewer)

Bittern Trail

2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Bewick Swan lots of Meadow Pipits

12/12/17 Meadow Pipit (George Stacey)

Back of Denny South end
5 Bewick's Swan

Woodford
68 Canada Goose, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch, 12+ L TT, 8 Goldfinch, 3 Song Thrush, 40+ Redwing & Fieldfare (orchard), 2 Buzzard (orchard), 9 Blackbird
2 G-W Egret, (Villice bay), 2 L Egret, 5 Goosander, 7 Goldeneye

Villice

Black-tailed Godwit

12/12/17 Black-tailed Godwit (Bob Brewer)

Heron's Green
3 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Stint, 2 Goosander, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 

3 Goldeneye

12/12/17 Common Sandpiper (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Moreton
4 Goosander, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Goldcrest, 20+ L TT, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's, 15+ Meadow Pipit
1 Water Pipit, 2 Bearded Tit (M/F), 3 Raven, 2 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 3 Jay, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush
20+ Fieldfare 40+ Redwing

12/12/17 Goldcrest (Ian Stapp)

Stratford
Bearded Tit (calling)

Herriotts
1 Water Rail, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 G-W Egret (pond), 15 Pintail (8 pond 7 lake), 5 Goldeneye (lake) 5 L Grebe (3 Pond 2 lake), 1 Goosander (channel), 10 Shelduck (6 pond 4 lake)


Other
Marksbury Maize field
250+ Wood Pigeon



Reports: David Gibbs, Vic Savery, southglosbirds, John Martin, Dave Howes, John Barnett, Robin Martin, Ian Stapp, Roger Joliffe, Lois Price, Shane Pannell, talkingtobears, Raoul Chandrasakera, William Hewitt, Andy Davis, George Stacey, Bob Brewer, Alastair Fraser, Simon Harris blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG