Mandarin Duck
Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Red Kite
Avocet, Golden Plover
Barn Owl
Hawfinch
Brambling
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28-12-17 Avocet in Bristol (Erin Blessitt) |
Arnos Vale:
1 Red Kite NE with 2 crow escort, 11:30
Netham Park, Barton Hill:
1 Avocet
Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:
2 m/f Blackcap, 2 or 3 Hawfinch
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Aust:
1 Shelduck, 1 Grey Heron, 50 Lapwing, 35 Redshank, 1 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit.
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28-12-17 Bullfinch, New Passage (Lisegirl) |
130 Teal, 8 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 Skylark, 1 Grey Wagtail, 57 Pied Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet, 5 (2f) Bullfinch
Coalpit Heath east ST6880:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 23 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer
NORTH SOMERSET
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28-12-17 Firecrest, Portishead (David Howes) |
1 Firecrest - probably male and 1st winter, 2 1st winter Blackcaps - 1m, 1f - all caught and ringed in my garden this afternoon
Bristol Airport:
39 Golden Plover
Backwell Lake:
8 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 1 m Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 2 Pochard m&f, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Muscovy Duck, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 70 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Pied Wagtail
Nalisea, Youngwood Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch
Kenn:
50 Canada Geese over at 10.15, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail
Bleadon:
1 Buzzard, 1Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting
39 Golden Plover
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28-12-17 f Pochard, Backwell Lake (Robert Martin) |
8 Mute Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 1 m Gadwall, 10 Shoveler, 2 Pochard m&f, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Muscovy Duck, 6 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Water Rail, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 70 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Pied Wagtail
Nalisea, Youngwood Lane:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch
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28-12-17 Starling at Yatton (Paul Milo) |
50 Canada Geese over at 10.15, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail
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28-12-17 Blackcap, Bleadon (William Hewitt) |
1 Buzzard, 1Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Reed Bunting
BELOW M4 and BANES
Stockwood Open Space:
5 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Magpie, 1 Jay, 1 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 20 Blackbird, 15 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 6 Robin, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch
Keynsham, garden:
1 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 8 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock
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28-12-17 Mandarin Duck, Newton Lakes (NSL Birding) |
1 Mandarin Duck, 22 Teal, 4 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 20 Skylark, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 150 Linnet, 4 Hawfinch, 15 Yellowhammer
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28-12-17 Nuthatch & Mistle Thrush, Bishop Sutton (Bob Brewer) |
Blagdon Lake:
2 Pintail, 1 Hybrid - adult ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 1 m Stonechat
Chew Valley Lake
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28-12-17 Redwing, Picnic One (Lee Gardiner) |
1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, Redwings
Hollowbrook:
1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat
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28-12-17 Brambling, Woodford (Lee Gardiner) |
5 Goldeneye, 8 Goosander, 1 Little Egret, 1 Jay, 2 Raven, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 1 f Brambling, 7 Bullfinch
2 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 BH Gull ring 21S3, 2 GBB Gull, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat
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28-12-17 Siskin, Moreton (Ian Stapp) |
4 (1f) Pintail, 2 m Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Starling, 7 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting
Stratford:
1 f Scaup, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Mistle Thrush
Herriotts:
12 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting
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28-12-17 Great Crested Grebe, CVL (TtB) |
Great Northern Diver at Sharpness
Penduline Tit at Plock Court
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