23rd Dec '17 Saturday - Cattle Egret

Temp 9 to 10˚C. Wind max 13 mph. Dull today, misty rain, not cold just dull

Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Woodcock
Short-eared Owl
Water Pipit
Brambling

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:

1 Jay, 4 (1m/3f) Blackcap

Cribbs Causeway, 22nd:

3 Moorhen grazing on verges by Audi centre

St Andrews Park:

2 m/f Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Roundabout under M48 at Aust, 15.15:

1 Woodcock

Aust Warth, 16.30 on:
2 Short-eared Owl

23-12-17 Pied Wagtail, New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

350 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 390 Lapwing, 68 Curlew, 3 Snipe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Rook, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff (Hoar Gout), 25 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 18 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 45 Pied Wagtail

23-12-17 Fieldfare, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:
Garden: 1 Jay, 1 Mistle Thrush
Orchard and adjoining fields: 1 Fieldfare, 150-200 Redwing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch

Easter Compton:
a ‘murmuration’ of about 300 Jackdaw

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead garden:
5 (1m/4f) Blackcap

BELOW M4 and BANES

23-12-17 Collarded Dove, Keynsham (Tt B)

Keynsham garden:

2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 5 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
2 Black-necked Grebe, 10 Common Snipe, 1 m Stonechat, Brambling visiting local gardens today

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck,

Villice:
1 Great White Egret, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Woodpecker (track to)

Herons Green, fields south of:
1 Cattle Egret with Little Egrets

Moreton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Water Pipit

Stratford Hide:
3 Water Pipit

Herriotts:
Bristol Water has removed most of the willows from the west side of the reed-bed at Herriotts End so it is easier to view the main lake from there - thanks to Chris and Mike at CVRS for organising

Out of Avon, but close:
Penduline Tit at Plock Court, nr Gloucester
8 Crossbill, 10 Hawfinch at Stock Hill, Mendips
Great Grey Shrike, Hawfinch in Forest of Dean

23-12-17 Common Pheasant in Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer)
White Christmas coming?

Reports: Rich Andrews, Bob Brewer, Vera Carpenter, Jane Cumming, David Hughes, Lisegirl, John Martin, Lois Pryce, Andy Slade, Julian Thomas, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds