14-12-18 Friday - Grey Partridge, Avocet

Temp -1 to 4℃. Very cold today, but dry and bright. Colder when the wind got up lunchtime

Lesser Scaup
Grey Partridge
Bittern
Hen Harrier
Avocet
Ring-necked Parakeet
Chiffchaff
Siskin
Lapland Bunting

14-12-18 Kingfisher at Eastville Park (Paul Cousins)
struggling with a large fish

BRISTOL

Clifton:
1 Marsh Tit

14-12-18 Jay at Eastville park (Paul Cousins)

Eastville Park:
2 Goosander, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Kingfisher, 6 Long-tailed Tit

14-12-18 Redwing in Bristol (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
1 Brent Goose, 1 Hen Harrier

14-12-18 Dunlin, Severn Beach (Paul Cousins)

Severn Beach:
14 Turnstone, 14 Dunlin

Easter Compton:
13 Lapwing, 23 Herring Gull, 70 Jackdaw, 50 Rook, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch

14-12-18 Golden Plover, Tormarton (Ian Loats)
Buzzard closely watching them

Tormarton:
1 Buzzard, handful Lapwing, 100+ Golden Plover

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 Avocet, 1 Knot, 1600 Dunlin, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 50+ Reed Bunting, 1 possible Lapland Bunting (Chapel Pill)

Portishead, Kilkenny Place:
1 m Blackcap

Backwell garden:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 5 Tits - Coal, Marsh, Blue, Great, Long-tailed, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Pied Wagtail

Yatton, Wemberham, Phipps Bridge:
23 Mute Swan, 8 Teal, 6 Little Egret, 65 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 1 Mistle Thrush

14-12-18  Grey Partridge, Yeo (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo, Channel View Farm to the Yeo:
1 dark-bellied Brent Goose, 16 Grey Partridge (Channel View Farm), 32 Grey Plover, 6 Meadow Pipit, 8 Rock Pipit

Worle garden:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 (1m) Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 5 Blackbird, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Dunnock, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

14-12-18 Blackcap in Bath (NSL-birding)

Bath garden, near Bath Mill:

20+ BH Gull, 50+ LBB Gull, 1 Feral Pigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Long-Tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 7 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

14-12-18 Bittern at Herons Green taking the sun (Rob Hargreaves)

Chew Valley Lake:

46 Canada Geese, 6 Bewick's Swan (Moreton & Stratford)), 3 Shelduck, 9 Pintail (Herriotts), 1 ad m Lesser Scaup, 3 f Scaup, 16 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Bittern (Herons Green)

14-12-18 Cattle Egret, Stratford Lane (Bob Brewer)

10 Cattle Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail, 1 white Coot, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (S), 1 Curlew

14-12-18 Jack Snipe with Snipe, Stratford (George Stacey)

1 Jack Snipe (S), 19 Snipe (S), 1 Common (Dam), and 3 Green Sandpiper (HG & M), 8 GBB Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (M), 1 Peregrine, 3 Jay, 3 Raven (M), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 40 Starling, 10 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush (Woodford & S), 1 Mistle Thrush (M), 1 Stonechat, 9 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail (HG & S), 6 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2/3 Water Pipit (M & S)

14-12-18 Bullfinch, Woodford (Ian Stapp)

6 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 6 Siskin (M), 4 Reed Bunting

14-12-18 Little Grebe, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Reports: Paul Bowerman, Bob Brewer, Allan Chard, Paul Cousins, Andy Davis, David Esam, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Robin Lambert, Ian Loats, Nigel Milbourne, Dee Pope, Lois Pryce, P Quinn, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Lyndon Roberts, Howard Taffs, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Wayne Tucker, Dan White,