15th December '17 Friday - BN Grebe

Temp 4 to 6˚C. Wind max 12 mph. Bright but cold in the wind today, at least it stayed dry

Bewick's Swan
Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret 
Black-necked Grebe
Marsh Harrier
Golden Plover, Little Stint, Woodcock
Black Redstart
Water Pipit
Brambling, Redpoll, Hawfinch

BRISTOL

Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8JJ:
6 Redwing

Brandon Hill, AWT offices:
1 Firecrest

15-12-17 Hawfinch at Church (Chris Perry)

St Anne’s Church, Oldland:
2+ Hawfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldfield Power Station:
1 Chiffchaff, 1st-w Black Redstart by the jetty at dusk, 1 Redpoll

15-12-17 Water Pipit, Northwick Warth (Paul Bowerman)

Northwick Warth:
21 Shelduck, 135 Teal, 450 Lapwing, 400 Dunlin, 5 Stock Dove, 1 flyover Redpoll, 2 Water Pipit

Pilning, winter bird survey:
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Rook + Crow, 1 Magpie, 1 Blackcap (m), 2 Wren, 250 Starling. 386+ Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 5 Pied Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:
1 juv Ringed Plover,  3 Dunlin, 1 Parakeet around Battery Lane

15-12-17 Woodcock at Gordano (Shane Pannell)

Gordano Valley Ringing Station, overnight:
2 m/f Woodcock ringed

Backwell Lake, 12.00:
5 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 30 Mallard, 23 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 m/f Goosander, 1 Muscovy Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 50 BH Gull, 3 Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull

15-12-17 Goldfinch in Yatton (Higgy)prefer the wild plant seeds to bird seed 

Yatton, Stowey Rd:
Coal Tit, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting,
Wild plants, Teasle, Verbena bonariensis, Inula, Sunflower, Helenium

Golden Rod

15-12-17 Fieldfare, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird (bit leucistic), 35 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 and BANES

15-12-17 Golden Plover on Drifton Hill

Marshfield:
70 Red-legged Partridge, 50 Pheasant, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 2+ Kestrel, 300+ Golden Plover, 1 m Blackcap, 3000 Starling (top Middledown Rd), 20 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 f Stonechat (Down Rd), 30 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 30 Chaffinch, 10 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer, 8 Corn Bunting

Marshfield, wood below Star Farm:
1 Kestrel, 12 Stock Dove, GSW, 2 Skylark, 2 Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, many Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 20+ Chaffinch, at least 3 Brambling, 8 Linnet, 1 Hawfinch

15-12-17 Blue Tit, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham garden:

2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch

15-12-17 Jay in Bath (David Hughes)

Bath, Royal Victoria Park:

1 Jay, 1 Fieldfare, many Redwing

Marksbury, in Maize field:
500+ Woodpigeon,  200+ Crow, 50+ Jackdaw, 100+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

15-12-17 Bullfinch, Woodford (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
5 Bewick's Swan (back Denny/Bittern Trail), 2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

15-12-17 Long-tailed Duck at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 10 Goosander, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Redwing and 10+ Fieldfare in Orchard on Drive in, 2 Meadow Pipit 

Woodford, Car park:
2 Jay, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 7 (5f) Bullfinch

Villice Bay:
14 Black-tailed Godwit

Herons Green:
1 Scaup, 2 Goosander, 94 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 GBB Gull

15-12-17 Reed Bunting, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Marsh Harrier (1.25 pm), 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Herriotts pond:
8 Shelduck, 4 Pintail + 5 on lake, 1 Great White Egret

Avon Bird Report
These cold wet days are the time to read the Avon Bird Report

Available from
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Arncliffe
Coast Road
Walton Bay
Clevedon
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Reports: Paul Bowerman, Matt Collis, Alastair Fraser, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, William Hewitt, Higgy, David Howes, David Hughes, Mike Jackson, Robin Martin, Mike Meecham, Shane Pannell, Chris Perry, Carol Rushton, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Denise Whittle, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds