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Probable Firecrest at Eastville Park
The adult male Ring-necked Duck and adult Black-necked Grebe at Chew Valley Lake
Many locals off twitching a Cotswolds Blue Rock Thrush
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28-12-16 Blue Rock Thrush, Stow-on-the-Wold (Brian Thompson)
At least in terms of birding, 2016 has just kept on giving
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Coombe Dingle, Garden:
1 Blackcap
Eastville Park:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 20+ Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 200+ Humans!
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28-12-16 Long-tailed Tit (Allan Chard)
Eastville Park, Bristol
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1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 15 Blackbird, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 8 Robin, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
5 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 1 m Stonechat
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28-12-16 Kingfisher (Richard Scantlebury)
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond
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3 Wren
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28-12-16 4 Geese A Grazing (Dan White)
Pilning Wetland
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1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing
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28-12-16 Little Egret (Higgy)
Birding from the bedroom window
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1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 2 Blackcap, 2 Reed Bunting
Banwell, Winthill:
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 12 Redwing
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28-12-16 Golden Plover, Pennsylvania (Pete Coslett)
c.1000 strong flock today, a South Glos record count
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c.1000 Golden Plover (record South Glos count!)
Marshfield, Down Road:
60 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat
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28-12-16 Stonechat (Pete Coslett)
Down Rd area, Marshfield
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4 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 40 Common Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 35 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 25 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 8 Goldfinch
Newton St Loe:
26 Teal, 9 Goosander, 3 Buzzard, 1 Common Gull, 3 Kingfisher, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Meadow Pipit
Blagdon Lake:
3 Bewick's Swan, 5+ Great White Egret, 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Blyth's Pipit
Chew Valley Lake:
Woodford:
2 Stonechat
Heron's Green:
5 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 50+ Starling
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| 28-12-16 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker A Drumming (Ian Stapp) |
4 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 10+ Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 8+ Robin, 3 Stonechat, 10 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting
Herriotts End:
16 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 4 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 adult Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
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28-12-16 Black-headed Gull (Ian Stapp)
Yellow 2KTS, ringed by North Thames Gull Group (thanks BL Birds)
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1 Black-necked Grebe
Hollow Brook:
7 Snipe
Denny Island:
5 Bewick's Swan, 1 drake Ring-necked Duck
Reports: Allan Chard, Pete Coslett, Anne Crow, John Croxton, Michael Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Higgy, Nigel Milbourne, Vic Savery, Richard Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, John Thorogood, Keith Vinicombe, Dan White blagdonlakebirds, nslbirding, TBOSG
