27-12-18 Thursday - White-fronted Goose

Temp 5 to 9℃. Valleys full of cloud in morning, pretty cold feel about as cloudy day went on

White-fronted Goose
Black-necked Grebe
Jack Snipe, Spotted Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull
Short-eared Owl
Black Redstart

27-12-18 Goosander, Eastville Park(Lee Gardiner)

BRISTOL

Amazing what you can see in a City centre off the beaten track a little. This Grey Wagtail stopped in front of me to say hello. A Peregrine Falcon sitting on a Crane Gantry overhead and then a Black Redstart pops up on top of a nearby building

27-12-18 GreyWagtail near City Centre, Bristol (Lee Gardiner)

Pair Goosander upriver from Colston Weir
Blackcap in Kingswood
12 Redwing in Warmley

27-12-18 Redwing in Warmley (Peter Coslett)

Eastville Park:
2 Mute Swan, 20 Mallard, 4 (2m) Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 50 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Great-Spotted and 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Grey and 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch

27-12-18 Kingfisher, Eastville Park (Rich Scantlebury)

High Kingsdown:

3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 m Blackcap, 6 Redwing, 3 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 12 (at a time) Goldfinch

Stoke Park:
1 flyby Mute Swan, 7 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 5 Moorhen, 3 BH Gull, pair Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch

Henleaze:
Through the garden today - 1 Blackcap (f), 3 Redwing and 2 Grey Wagtail.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Short-eared Owl, 3 imm Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail

Oldbury Power Station, 26th, 1400-1645:
120 Jackdaw, 1000 Starling, 110 Pied Wagtail

Lower Woods:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, c15 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, scores of Redwing, 2 singing Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch
Plus 2 Buzzard at Hawkesbury Common

NORTH SOMERSET

Worle garden:

1 f Tawny Owl (calling overnight), 1 f Peregrine, 4 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 13 House Sparrow, 8 Chaffinch 

27-12-18 White-fronted Geese at Dowlais, Clevedon (Jason Williams)

Clevedon-Yeo:
30 Canada Geese, 5 White-fronted Goose (Dowlais Farm), 8 Mute Swan, 300 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 4 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 9 Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (Blind Yeo-Strode Road). 2 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 16 Oystercatcher, 50 Lapwing, 3 Golden Plover, 28 Grey Plover, 9 Ringed Plover, 75 Curlew, 18 Turnstone, 400 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 80 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 300 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 40 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit, 6 Rock Pipit, 6 Greenfinch, 19 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

27-12-18 Peregrine up St John's Church, Bath (BUPP)
Tiercel AA conducting his first scrape in the new gravel

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley Forest Park:
1 Buzzard, 3 Jay, 9 Magpie, 20+ Jackdaw, 2 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 10 Blackbird, 40+ Redwing, 6 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch

Marshfield:

6 Red-legged Partridge, 17 Pheasant, 5 Buzzard, c.35 Common Gull, 1 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, c.60 Starling, mixed flocks c.50 Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 26th:

2 Great White Egret, 1 Chiffchaff

27.12.18 Black-headed Gulls by Chew Valley Lake (TtB)

Chew Valley Lake:

Villice Bay:
1 Buzzard

Herons Green: 

1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 3 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing

Stratford Hide: 
5 Black-necked Grebe, 23 Snipe, Long-tailed Tits, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit

Herriott's Bridge: 
1 Pintail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff


Out of Avon
Woodcock on Black Down on the Mendips
Great Northern Diver on Cheddar Reservoir

Reports: Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Peter Coslett, Stephen Curtis, Geoff Daniels, Rob Emery, Lee Gardiner, Mark Hynam, Mike Jackson, Andrew Middleton, Nigel Milbourne, Chris Perry, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Dean Reeves, Harvey Rose, Carol Rushton, Rich Scantlebury, TalkingtoBears, Dan White, Jason Williams, Keith Williams, Paul Williams, BUPP