1-1-18 New Year's Day - Med Gull

Temp 5 to 8℃. Cold wind, rain, sun and cloudy, very mixed

Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Black-necked Grebe
Merlin
Jack Snipe
Mediterranean Gull
Short-eared Owl
Firecrest
Hawfinch

BRISTOL

1-1-18 Hawfinch, St Anne's (Lee Gardiner)

Oldland, St Annes Churchyard:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch, 6 Hawfinch

Stockwood Open Space:
1 Buzzard, 7 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, lots Blue & Great Tits, 20 Blackbird, 16 Fieldfare, 6 Robin, 2 Bullfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Severnside:
8 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Merlin, 3 Grey Plover, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 2 GBB Gull, 45 Stock Dove, 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 15 Skylark, 120 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 f Stonechat, 1 Rock Pipit, 7 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Felton Common:

1 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush

Weston-super-Mare, Balmoral Way:
1 Firecrest, 1 Blackcap

1-1-18 Blackcap, Bleadon (Bill Hewitt)

Bleadon:
3 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Redshank, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 and BANES

1-1-18 Bullfinch, Marshfield Primary (Peter Coslett)

Marshfield:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 40 Wood Pigeon, 100 + Corvids, 7 Raven, 30 Sky Lark, 600 Starling, 5 Blackbird,

1-1-18 Fieldfare, Marshfield (Chris Teague)

12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 5 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail, 30 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 60 Linnet, 7 Bullfinch, 10 Yellowhammer, 20 Corn Bunting

1-1-18 Starling, Keynsham (TtB)

Keynsham, garden:
1 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch

Bath, Weston gardem:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 f Blackcap, 2 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 16 Chaffinch, 2 m/f Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

Newton St Loe:
26 Teal, 39 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Greenfinch, 1 f Bullfinch, 3 Hawfinch

1-1-18 Cattle Egret, Bickfield Lane (Brian Thompson)

Compton Martin, field at Bickfield Lane, opposite Moat Farm;
6 Shelduck, 1 Cattle Egret, 16 Little Egret

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank, No1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

1-1-18 Bullfinch, Woodford (George Stacey)

Woodford:
3 Bullfinch

1-1-18 Gadwall courting, Villice Bay (Brian Thompson)

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Cattle Egret, 15 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Song Thrush

1-1-18 Pintail, Moreton (George Stacey)

Moreton:
2 Pintail, 1 m Lesser Scaup, 1 Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch

Out of Avon:
Great Northern Diver at Sharpness
31 Cattle Egret at Sharpham Lane, Somerset Levels
Penduline Tit at Plock Court

Reports: Rich Andrews, Emily Burford, Karle Burford, David Campbell, Teresa Chard, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Philip Crouter, Lee Gardiner, Paul Gregory, Brian Lancastle, John Martin, David Poulton, George Stacey, Chris Teague, Brian Thompson, Sean Whyte, Blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, NSL-Birding, Opsbirding, Severnsidebirds, TalkingtoBears, TBOSG