29th Dec '17 Friday - Garden birds

Downpour and hail early morning. Coldish and a bit windy at times with sunny spells late morning onwards.

Not many birders out today, quite a few garden reports though!


BRISTOL

Lockleaze:
Grey Wagtail, a first for this garden.

Grey Wagtail 29th Dec 2017 Lockleaze (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Almondsbury:
Mistle Thrush (in garden)

29/11/17 Garden Mistle Thrush (Vera Carpenter)

NORTH SOMERSET

Bleadon:
12 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Stonechat, 1 Jay, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 (partial leucistic) Blackbird, 1 Goosander

29/12/17 Male Stonechat (William Hewitt)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham Garden ST6567:
1 Herring Gull, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow,
2 Blue Tit, 7 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

29/12/17 Garden Magpie (talkingtobears)

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 25 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Moorhen, 5 BH Gull,
1 LBB Gull, 1 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chaffinch

29/12/17 Couple of photos from NSL (Robert Hargreaves)

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
Long-tailed Duck (off Walley Bank)

29/12/17 Long-tailed Duck (Bri Thompson)

Woodford:
4 Goosander (flyover)

Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Cattle Egret, 17 Little Egret, Teal

29/12/17 Teal flypast (Bob Brewer)

Bishop Sutton:
Long-tailed Tit

29/12/17 Couple of nice Long-tailed Tit shots (Bob Brewer)

Reports: Bob Brewer, Rich Andrews, Bri Thomson, Vera Carpenter, talkingtobears, Robert Hargreaves, William Hewitt, Patrick Hardyman Richards blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG