Sunday, 15 December 2019

15-12-19 Sunday - Bearded Tit

Some showers, some sun, a bit less windy than the last couple of days. Bristol temperatures 5 - 9°C

Scaup
Great White Egret
Bearded Tit 
Siskin

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
Garden - 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Starling, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Blackbird

Redland: 
Garden - 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Feral Pigeon, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blackcap (1m, 1f), 1 Nuthatch, 5 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 14+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Sea Mills:
WeBS count - 36 Mallard, 4 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 210 Black-headed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail .

15-12-19 urban Sparrowhawk, south Bristol (Jenny Jones)
Eastville Park:
2 Goosander, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage:
Garden - 6 LTT on feeders plus Coal Tit, 8 Great and Blue Tit, 2 Wren, Song Thrush, 2 Robin, House Sparrow, Goldfinch

Yate:
Colour ringed Black Headed Gull. White ring 9NA apparently from Denmark. Also 1 m 2 f Blackcap

NORTH SOMERSET

No reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath:
Garden - 1 Water Rail

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 m Pintail, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper

Litton Reservoir:
33 Mallard, 14 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 10 Little Grebe, 13 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 2 LTTit,  5 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:Picnic Area 2:
2 Buzzard

Bittern Trail:
bottom of lane - 2 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch, 2 (poss 3) Siskin (1m 1f) in Goldfinch flock

Woodford:
20 Fieldfare

Heron's Green:
1 m Goosander, 302 Lapwing

Moreton:
5 Scaup, 1 Kingfisher

Stratford:
Bearded Tit (just behind hide)

Herriott's - inc Pool:
Teal displaying, 8 Goldeneye ( main lake)

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett,  Derek Clarke, Mark Coller, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate,Nick Hudson, Jenny Jones, Lisegirl, Glen Maddison, Jean Oliver, Tony Scott,  blagdonlakebirds