16-12-18 Sunday - Mandarin

Temp 4 to 9℃. Reasonable day but turning to heavy rain in the afternoon - 1/2 inch rain yesterday

Mandarin
Black-necked Grebe
Bittern, Cattle Egret
Merlin
Jack Snipe
Chiffchaff
Black Redstart
Corn Bunting

16-12-18 Jack Snipe at Stratford (David Hughes)

BRISTOL

Clifton:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit

t'other week  Goosander s at Eastville Park (Lee Gardiner)

Eastville Park:
Mallards, Goosander, Kingfisher, Black-headed Gulls

16-12-18 Robin in St Andrews Park (Jon Mortin)

St. Andrews Park:
1 Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, Robin

Stoke Bishop:
4 Blackcap back (2m, 2f), 5 Greenfinch

 Greville Smyth Park, Ashton:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redwing, c.20 Chaffinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Water Rail, 6 Grey Plover, 1500-2000 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 27 Redshank, 1 Merlin practising on the Dunlins, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting (OPS tick for AM & MP), 6 Yellowhammer, 25 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick Warth:
70 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 9 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 250 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 15 Moorhen, 35 Coot, 120 Lapwing, 3 Curlew, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 LT Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 11 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 12 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea, Backwell Lake:
3 Canada Geese, 20 Mute Swan, 1 Muscovy Duck, 8 Shoveller, 12 Gadwall, 45 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 115 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Raven,
Nearby Field: 3 Roe Deer
Flax Bourton: 5 Buzzard (in a field), 1 Kestrel, 8 Lapwing, 12 Fieldfare

16-12-18 Grey Plover by Channel View Farm (Brian Thompson)

Clevedon, Poets Walk:
20 Shoveler, 40 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 1 Pochard, 1 m Pheasant, 19 Lapwing, Grey Plover (CVF), 20 Rook, Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Black Redstart (Pier), 1 Dunnock, 10 Linnet, 5 Roe Deer

16-12-18 Black Redstart on Clevedon Pier (Brian Thompson)

BELOW M4 & BANES

16-12-18 Mandarin in Keynsham Park (Teresa Chard)

Keynsham:
1 Mandarin Duck, 5 Moorhen, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush

Bath garden:

2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 20+ Tits inc Coal and LT, 2 Blackcap, 6 Blackbird and 2 Redwing showing winter is here

16-12-18 Robin at Newton St Loe (NSL-birding)

Newton St Loe:
19 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet

16-12-18 Long-tailed Tit (Bob Brewer)

Bishop Sutton:
Long-tailed Tits - large parties gone and now mostly in pairs

Paulton:
1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Blackbird, 30 Redwing, 2 Meadow Pipit
STW: 1 Grey Wagtail, 80 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 15th:
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 m Pintail, 1 redhead Goosander, 1 Great White, 1 Little Egret, just 2 Lapwings

16-12-18 Cattle Egret up Stratford Lane (David Hughes)

Chew Valley Lake:
4 Bewick's Swan, 5 Goosander (1m,4f), 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Bittern (Herons Green), 2 Cattle Egret (top of the lane at 08-45), 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Water Pipit

16-12-18 Buzzard at CVL (Bob Brewer)

A fast car spooked this Buzzard and it flew towards the car and was struck a glancing blow. Left it somewhat dazed in the middle of the road. How do you move a large bird of prey wearing only thin cycling gloves? Carefully. Got it off the road to the verge where it perked up nicely before flying up into a nearby tree

Reports: Bob Brewer, Teresa Chard, David Esam, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, David Hughes, Simon Isgar, Hayden James, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Jon Mortin, F Neate, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Howard Taffs, Brian Thompson, Martin Tayler, Wayne Tucker, Bob Webber. Roger White