10th Dec '17 Sunday - Snowy Gardens

Temp -1 to 1˚C. Wind max 15 mph on coast, but 6 max most places. Dark and snowy most of the day

Great White Egret
Golden Plover
Green Sandpiper
Lesser Redpoll

10-12-17 Marshfield (Peter Coslett)

BRISTOL

Barn Wood: 1 Wren

Duchess Lake and surrounds:

23m + 12 f Mallard, 2 (m f) Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 7 Moorhen, 3 Goldfinch, pair Stonechat, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit

Hermitage Wood:

3 (1f) Blackbird, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 2 Magpie, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Robin

Purdown:
1 BH Gull, 15 Crow, 10 Magpie, 2 m 1 f Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush

Stockwood Open Space:

4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 12 Blackbird, 1 f Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Kington, nr Thornbury, 9th:

1 Green Sandpiper

Almondsbury:
1 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Long-tailed Tits, 4 Blackbirds, 2 Coal Tits, Blue and Great tits, Dunnocks, Robin, as well as 2 Mistle Thrushes in the mistletoe on our lime tree

Severn Beach, Shaft Beach, high tide.
105 Dunlin, 5 Turnstone

Warmley garden:
7 Wood Pigeons, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpies, 4 Jackdaws, 5 Blue Tits, 4 Great Tits, 2 Coal Tits, 8 Blackbirds, 2 Robins, 12 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portsihead. garden:

1 Woodpigeon, 1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit,
4 (1 m) Blackcap, 2 Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 1 f Chaffinch, 9 Greenfinches

Backwell Lake:
3 Gadwall, 27 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 22 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher

BELOW M4 and BANES

10-12-17 Goldfinch in Keynsham (TtB) 

Keynsham garden:

2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 0 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 0 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 4 Chaffinch, 22 Goldfinch

Marshfield pm:
25 Pheasant, 2 Buzzard, 1 Golden Plover calling, 40 Woodpigeon, 1 Song Thrush , 2 Bullfinch

10-12-17 Lapwing on Down Road (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield, Down Road, one field:
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 85 Golden Plover, 60 Lapwing, 40 Skylark, 200 Starling

Bath, Oldfield Park:
1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Blackbird, 15 Redwing, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 House Sparrow, 10 Goldfinch

10-12-17 Blackcap in Twerton (Rob Hargreaves)

Bath, Twerton:
2 Magpie, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 1 m, 1 f Blackcap, 5 Blackbird, 30 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch

10-12-17 Robin in Bishop Sutton garden (Bob Brewer)

Paulton:
1 Woodpigeon, 8 Blackbird, 20 Fieldfare, 6 Song Thrush, 50 Redwing,  Meadow Pipit, 6 Chaffinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

155 Canada Geese at Holt Farm, 5 Goldeneye (3 f  2 m) at the Dam

10-12-17 Great White Egret in Blizzard at CVL (Lisegirl)

Chew Valley Lake:
Goldeneye, m and f Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, Great White Egret, Goldcrests, 12 Robin, Bullfinch

10-12-17 Bullfinch at CVL (Wildwood)

Herons Green:
12 Black-tailed Godwit

10-12-17 Herring Gull at CVL (CVRS)

CVRS:
1 juv Herring Gull and 2 Lesser Redpoll (yesterday) ringed

10-12-17 Goldeneye at CVL (Wildwood)
How the day had started

Reports: Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Teresa Chard, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Jane Cumming, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Robert Hargreaves, Lisegirl, Chris Perry, Matt Plenty, Patrick Richards, Jean Tye, Timothy Warren, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds