4th December '17 Monday - Bewick's

Temp 5 to 11˚C. Wind max 6 mph. Dull most of the time today, with just a smidgen of Sun

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Bearded Tit
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Coombe Dingle:
Large mixed flock:- Mostly Starling with 6+ Redwing

4-12-17 Kingfisher posing in Eastville (Rich Scantlebury)

Eastville Park:
2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 aspiring Peregrine, 12 Moorhen, 100 BH Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tailed Tit,  Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

Park Street:
2 Peregrine flying round unnoticed under the floodlights

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

4-12-17 Short-eared Owl at Aust (Adam Rawson)

Aust:
1 Short-eared Owl

Severn Beach:
Nothing yet

NORTH SOMERSET

Kenn, Duck Lane garden:

Morning: Grey Wagtail (regular) with Pied Wagtail (also regular)
Afternoon: Mistle Thrush (very irregular!)! Feeding on Pyracantha

4-12-17 Fieldfare in Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
3 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Redshank, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 1 partial leucistic Blackbird 20 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 f Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, 200 Golden Plover, 200 Gulls, 300 Corvid, 200+ Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, 15 Yellowhammer

Keynsham gardens:

5 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 1 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 0 Coal Tit, 12 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Litton Res saftie:
2 Gadwall (unusual here), 48 Mallard, 13 Tufted Duck, 11 Cormorant, 14 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam:
3  (1 juv) Bewick's Swan, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Blackcap

4-12-17 Goldcrest in Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
1 Long-tailed Duck ((in front sailing club boat slipway), 4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 3 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Raven, 6 Meadow Pipit  

Car Park:
1 Tawny Owl calling, 3 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 11 Blackbird, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 30 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
11 Goosander, 3 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 54 Lapwing, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Stonechat, 7 House Sparrow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 30 Linnet

Moreton:
4 Goldeneye, 1 Buzzard, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch

Stratford:
2 (pair) Bearded Tit

Herriotts:
6 Shelduck, 20 Pintail, 2 Goosander, 3 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 3 GBB Gull, 2 Reed Bunting

4-12-17 Pintail on Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Reports: John Croxton, Dominic Godfrey, William Hewitt, John Martin, Adam Rawson, Rich Scantlebury, Ian Stapp, Mrs Trellis, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds