Christmas Day '17 Monday - GWE

Temp 11 to 12˚C. SW Wind max 27 mph. Dull day, spitting rain at times, a moment of sun, few small birds

Great White Egret

Happy Christmas all

BRISTOL

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

25-12-17 Long-tailed Tit, New Passage (Lisegirl)

New Passage/Northwick Warth:

Few Shelduck, 100's of Wigeon, Lapwing, Dunlin, Redshank, 20 Curlew, 1 LBB Gull, 6 Long-tailed Tit

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea, Backwell Lake:

6 Mute Swan, 5 Canada Geese, 3 Gadwall, 25 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Muscovy Duck, 5 Cormorant, 2 Coot, 2 Moorhen, Blue Tit and Chaffinch in Nowhere Wood

BELOW M4 and BANES

25-12-17 Cormorant, NSL (Rob Hargreaves)

Newton St Loe:
21 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 18 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blackbird, 4 Goldfinch

Camerton:
12 Lapwing, very unusual here now

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake:

Herriotts:
1 Great White Egret,

Out of Avon, but close:
Great Northern Diver at Sara Pool, Gloucestershire
Great Grey Shrike at Forest of Dean

Reports: Simon Carder, Chris Craig, Richard Giles and F Neate, Robert Hargreaves, Lisegirl, talkingtobears, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds