21st Dec '17 Thursday - Lesser Scaup

Temp 9 rising to 10˚C. Wind max 12 mph. Dull today, mild but dull, not cold just dull.

Bewick's Swan
Scaup & Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Woodcock
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

21-12-17 Grey Swan/Heron, Eastville, (Martin Tayler)

Eastville Park:
(dawn raid) 3 Mute Swan, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Treecreeper 21st Dec 2017 Eastville Park (Partick Hardyman Richards)

(pm count) 3 Mute Swans, Muscovy Duck, 24m, 12f Mallard Duck, Great Heron, 4 Moorhen, 100+ Black Headed Gulls, 8 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, Jackdaw, 24 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 20+ Long Tailed Tit, a Tree Creeper and 4 Robin.

Finzel's Reach:
1 Peregrine

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Stonechat

21-12-17 Blackcap, Thornbury (Matt Plenty)

Thornbury garden:
1 m Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead garden:
2 m/f Blackcap

20-12-17 Black Redstart still in Weston yesterday (Paul Gregory)

Weston-super-Mare, Balmoral Way, 20th:
1 Black Redstart

Congresbury Moor, YACWAG Reserve:
1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 24  Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 80 Redwing

BELOW M4 and BANES

Stockwood garden:

1 possible Woodcock over

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 18 Blackbird, 15 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, 8 Robin, 2 m Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch

Warmley:
1 m Blackcap

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe

Chew Valley Lake:
Total of 29 Goosander and 4 Great White Egret

21-12-17 Goosander at Dam (Rob Hargreaves)
f/juv changing into young male

Dam:
5 Bewick's Swan (back Denny), 4 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

21-12-17 Long-tailed Duck, Woodford (Rob Hargreaves)

Woodford:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 25 Goosander, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Dunnock, 5 Bullfinch

21-12-17 Teal, Villice (Bob Brewer)

Villice:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

21-12 17 Great White Egret, Herons Green (TtB)

Herons Green:
4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 87 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper

21-12-17 Lesser Scaup, Moreton (Chris Craig)

Moreton:
2 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 GS Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

21-12-17 Pintail, Herriotts (Bob Brewer)

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 14 Pintail, 1 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret

21-12-17 Stonechat, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Paul Gregory, Partick Hardyman Richards, Robert Hargreaves, Nigel Milbourne, Matt Plenty, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Brian Thompson, Martin Tayler, Jason Williams, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds