Purple Sandpipers
Long-tailed Duck and Great White Egrets hanging on at Chew
Hawfinches
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| Pheasant at Chew - so gorgeous he gets the top spot (Bob Brewer) |
Stoke Park:
1 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 17 Woodpigeon, pair Stonechat, 13 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Goldcrest, 8 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Raven,
St Anne’s Church, Oldland:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Robin, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Jay, 20 + Greenfinch,15+ Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch.
St Anne’s Church, Oldland:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Robin, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Jay, 20 + Greenfinch,15+ Chaffinch, Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch.
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| Song Thrushes are coming into gardens in this cold weather (Patrick Hardyman Richards) |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
c.20 Skylark, Redwing, Fieldfare.
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
4 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point at high tide).
3 Blackcap (Redcliff Bay garden).
Wraxall (near Nailsea):
Red Kite (10.45 a.m.).
Yatton:
Peregrine (hunting from pylons).
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
6 Wren, 6 Robin, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Jay.
Winterbourne:
Little Owl.
Keynsham (ST6567) (photos from the garden, 'talkingtobears'):
4 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.
Bath:
c. 30 Long-tailed Tit in Queen Square.
Marksbury:
1 Kestrel, 200+ Crows and Jackdaws.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks:
40+ Teal, 14 Pochard, pair Goldeneye, 2 Common Sandpiper.
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| A lovely portrait of a Black-tailed Godwit at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
The lake is filling up quite fast now, there is a lot less mud around the margins for waders.
Total counts: 5 Bewick's Swan, 3 Great White Egret, 17 Goosander.
Dam:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Woodford:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Goosander, 50+ Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Bullfinch.
Villice:
3 Great White Egret, c. 16 Black-tailed Godwit, c. 30 Redwing.
Heron's Green:
6 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 85 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 G BB Gull.
Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 25+ Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Herriotts Bridge:
3 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 2 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 60+ Starling, 1 Reed Bunting.
Reports: Philip Appleton, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Steve Curtis, Mark Fenton, Mike Jackson, Bob Laughton, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, 'talkingtobears', blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
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| A hungry Bullfinch at Woodford car park (Ian Stapp) |
1 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Goosander, 50+ Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 10+ Long-tailed Tit, 4 Greenfinch, 7 Bullfinch.
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| Flight shot showing the white wing bars on this Black-tailed Godwit (Bob Brewer) |
3 Great White Egret, c. 16 Black-tailed Godwit, c. 30 Redwing.
Heron's Green:
6 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret, 85 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 G BB Gull.
Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 25+ Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 15+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Herriotts Bridge:
3 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 2 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 60+ Starling, 1 Reed Bunting.
Reports: Philip Appleton, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Steve Curtis, Mark Fenton, Mike Jackson, Bob Laughton, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Chris Stone, 'talkingtobears', blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
