6th December '17 Wed'sday - Little Stint

Temp max 11˚C. Wind max 18 mph. Felt colder, very dull, the cold wind keeping small birds out of sight

Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Marsh Harrier
Little Stint, Jack Snipe
Ring-necked Parakeet
Firecrest
Bearded Tit
Water Pipit
Hawfinch

6-12-17 Buzzard at Chelwood (Raoul Chandrasakera)

BRISTOL

Castle Park, Finzel's Reach:
4 Mute Swan, 1 Peregrine, 1 Moorhen, 50 Feral Pigeon

Coombe Dingle:
2 male and 1 female Blackcap

Montpelier Station:
1 Blackcap, 10 Redwing over

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Good numbers Fieldfare & Redwing, Stonechat, 1 Hawfinch (same time as yesterday, 11.30)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
18 Shelduck, 1 Water Rail, 160 Oystercatcher, 6 Grey Plover, 220 Lapwing, 900+ Dunlin, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 62 Curlew, 60 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, 15 Pied Wagtail

5th:
1 m Merlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Knot, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull

Latteridge, Larks Lane:
Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 1 Brambling in with a flock of Chaffinch

NORTH SOMERSET

6-12-17 Ring-necked Parakeet in Redcliffe Bay (LJ Joliffe)

Portsihead. Redcliff Bay:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Clevedon-Yeo:
3 Mute Swan, 129 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 68 Oystercatcher, 32 Grey Plover, 190 Lapwing, 600 Dunlin, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 350 Redshank, 25 Turnstone, 2 Raven, 6 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 6 Rock Pipit, 2 Greenfinch

Firecrest in Nowhere Wood (Andrew Town)

Nailsea, Trendlewood Park, Nowhere Wood, 4th:

1 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest

Bleadon:
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Stonechat, 6 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham garden:

7 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 2 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 0 Blue Tit, 0 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Starling, 0 Blackbird, 0 Robin, 0 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

6-12-17 Peregrine in Bath (Peter Coslett)
Having a bad day hair

Bath, Newbridge:
1 Firecrest (seen twice recently), 1 m Blackcap, large flock Redwing stripping berries

Chelwood:
9 Buzzard

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 adult ♂ Scaup, 1 adult ♂ Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 1 adult ♂ Pochard x Tufted Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 15 Black-tailed Godwits

Chew Valley Lake:

Dam & back of Denny:
5 (1 juv) Bewick's Swan, 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, 1 Long-tailed Duck (hard to find in the waves), 8 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Grebe, 30 Fieldfare

6-12-17 Meadow Pipit at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
12 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 60 Lapwing, 1 Little Stint, 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper

Moreton:
5 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret, 40 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit

Stratford:
1 Marsh Harrier (12.30), 2 Snipe in flight, 1 Bearded Tit, 1+ Water Pipit

Herriotts:
4 Shelduck, 24 Pintail, 42 Shoveler, 2 Goosander, 3 Great White Egret

6-12-17 Goldfinch at Woodford (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Raoul Chandrasakera, William Hewitt, Roger Joliffe, John Mortin, Nigel Milbourne, David Poulton, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Harvey Rose, Ian Stapp, Andrew Town, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds