Fine early, cloudier after noon. Chilly all day but little wind.
Black-necked Grebes at Blagdon.
Bewick's Swans, Great White Egrets, Long-tailed Duck, Little Stint all still at Chew.
Hawfinch at Oldland.
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| Lapwings at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
Blaise Woods:
1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail.
St Anne’s Church, Oldland:
Hawfinch.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
20 Canada Goose, 1 (1st-w) Black Redstart.
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| Redpoll in the hand at Littleton Brick Pits (Thomas Weston) |
6 Shoveler, 8 Moorhen, 16 Curlew, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Meadow Pipit, 12 Redwing, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 200+ Starling, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 m. Reed Bunting.
New Passage/Northwick:
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| Water Rail at Northwick ('Lisegirl') |
Egyptian Goose with Canada Geese, Water Rail.
Pilning Wetlands
1 Merlin
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| Merlin 16th Dec 2017 Pilning Wetlands (Iain Dykes) |
NORTH SOMERSET
Clevedon-Yeo:
(Wains Hill) 4 Goosander, Treecreeper.
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| Lovely male Sparrowhawk at Bleadon (William Hewitt) |
2 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, mixed flock of 40 Fieldfare/Redwing, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Reed Bunting.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
2 Dipper.
Keynsham (a garden - photos by 'ttb'):
2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.
Keynsham Memorial Park:
Doing well for exotics - 1 Mandarin, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet.
Bath - Lansdown:
(stubble field opposite the racecourse) 18 Golden Plover, 30+ Fieldfare and Redwing.
Marksbury:
(maize field) 200+ Woodpigeon, 150+ corvid - Crow and Jackdaw.
RESERVOIRS:
Barrow Tanks: (WeBS)
4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 34 Teal, 8 Mallard, 5 Shoveler, 16 Pochard, 72 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 33 Coot, 21 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 15 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Barn Owl, Redwings.
Chew Valley Lake
Woodford:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Meadow Pipit, 40+ Redwing, 2 Jay, 6 Bullfinch.
Villice (photos by Bob Brewer):
8+ Black-tailed Godwit.
Heron's Green: combined report
6 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Stint, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Moreton:
2 Bewick's Swan, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Blackbird, 1 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 2 Jay, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's Bridge: combined report
6 Shelduck, 7 Pintail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting.
Reports: Bob Brewer, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Iain Dykes, Alastair Fraser, William Hewitt, Nigel Kempson, Mike Moxon, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, 'talkingtobears', Thomas Weston, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
Bath - Lansdown:
(stubble field opposite the racecourse) 18 Golden Plover, 30+ Fieldfare and Redwing.
Marksbury:
(maize field) 200+ Woodpigeon, 150+ corvid - Crow and Jackdaw.
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| Fight! Fight! (Bob Brewer) |
Barrow Tanks: (WeBS)
4 Mute Swan, 1 Greylag Goose, 34 Teal, 8 Mallard, 5 Shoveler, 16 Pochard, 72 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 33 Coot, 21 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 15 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher.
Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Barn Owl, Redwings.
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| Little Grebe at Chew (Bob Brewer) |
Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Jay. |
| Song Thrush enjoying the berries at Woodford (Ian Stapp) |
4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Meadow Pipit, 40+ Redwing, 2 Jay, 6 Bullfinch.
Villice (photos by Bob Brewer):
8+ Black-tailed Godwit.
Heron's Green: combined report
6 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Stint, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 G BB Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail.
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| Bewick's Swans at Chew (Ian Stapp) |
Moreton:
2 Bewick's Swan, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 1 Grey Wagtail, 7 Blackbird, 1 Cetti's Warbler (calling), 2 Jay, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
Herriott's Bridge: combined report
6 Shelduck, 7 Pintail, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting.
Reports: Bob Brewer, Jane Cumming, Sean Davies, Iain Dykes, Alastair Fraser, William Hewitt, Nigel Kempson, Mike Moxon, Aravind Ramesh, Gill Sapsed, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, 'talkingtobears', Thomas Weston, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG
