12-12-19 Thursday - Brent Goose, Tufted Duck, Long-tailed Duck

Temp 4 to 12°C. Freezing overnight but warmed up by the fairly constant rain, lucky to see the sun at all

Brent Goose
Whooper Swan
Tufted Duck, Long-tailed Duck x 2
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Little Egret

12-12-19 Tufted Duck, NSL (NSL-birding)

BRISTOL

Redland Garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap(f), 1 Nuthatch, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 12+ House Sparrow, 1 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
2 m/f Goosander, 1 ad Common Gull

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No reports

NORTH SOMERSET

Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 31 Mute Swan, 3 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, 45+ Little Egret for evening roost (maybe an underestimate), 6 Cormorant, 2 Coot, 100+ Jackdaw in evening roost on island, 2 Long-tail Tit

BELOW M4 & BANES

12-12-19 Whooper Swan on day 80, Newton St Loe (birding)

6 Mute Swan, 1 Whooper Swan (80th day), 13 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck(f), 13 Red Legged Partridge, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 70+ BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull (feeding top fields), 20 LBB Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Skylark, 22 Long Tailed tits ( 3 groups), 15+ Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

12-12-19 Buzzard, NSL (NSL-birding)

Bath, Hensley Road:
pair Blackcap

RESERVOIRS

12-12-19 Brent Goose, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Brent Goose on a short visit to 2, 1 m Goldeneye (2), 1 Long-tailed Duck on 2, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Kingfisher

Chew Valley Lake:
1 juv Long-tailed Duck at Moreton

12-12-19 Great Crested Grebes in the rain, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Allan Chard, Andy Davis, Jonathan Margetts, Robin Martin, Rich Mielcarek, Bri Thompson, Larry Sweetland, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds