18-12-19 Wednesday - Jack Snipe

Temp 3 to 13°C. Big increase in temperature today, but it brought the rain in again

Long-tailed Duck
Golden and Grey Plover, Jack Snipe
Siberian Chiffchaff
Redwing

17-12-19 Pochard at the Dam (Peter Heather)
Does anyone know the lettering on the other side of this saddle?

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, c.40 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Cormorant, 11 Moorhen, c.50 BH Gull, 1 f  Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine carrying prey, c.30 Starling, 1 Redwing, 1 Dipper, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch

Stoke Bishop garden:
A female sparrowhawk made a failed attack on a Woodpigeon. Also a Greenfinch in a small flock of Goldfinch, possibly the first Greenfinch in our garden for at least three years


SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

16-12-19 Chiffchaff ? at Pilning (Peter Heather)

Pilning Wetland, Monday:
1 Chiffchaff

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead Lake Grounds, WeBS:
73 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 95 Mallard, 19 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 1 Turnstone, 105 BH Gull, 3 Jay, 12 Jackdaw (good count for this patch), 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, flock 21 Goldfinch

Portishead garden:
2 Blackcaps (m & f), 2 Dunnocks, 4+ Greenfinch, 1 beautiful m. Bullfinch eating sunflower hearts

Clevedon-Yeo, WeBS:
55 Canada Geese, 1 Mute Swan, Shelduck, 110 Wigeon, 70 Mallard, 80 Teal, 3 Goosander (Blind-Yeo), 2 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 1! Cormorant, 105 Lapwing, 33 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 140 Curlew, 16 Turnstone, 200 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe (poss 2), 7 Snipe, 280 Redshank, 450 BH Gull, 2 Raven

Bristol Int airport:
90 Golden Plover in the long stay car park

BELOW M4 & BANES

18-12-19 Redwing, Oldfield Park garden (Tony Cook) 

Bath, Oldfield Park:
3 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 f  Blackcap, 5 Blackbird, c.20 Redwing, 1 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Bath, Bear Flat:
1 m Blackcap first of the winter

Bath, Churchill Bridge:
1 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

17-12-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Peter Heather)

Barrow Tanks, 17th:
1 Long-tailed Duck on 2

18-12-19 Goldeneye at CVL (George Stacey)

Chew Valley Lake:

2 Egyptian Geese (Herriott's), 1 saddled Pochard, 6 f Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret at Moreton, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest on Bittern Trail, 2 Fieldfare with 100 Starling at Woodford

18-12-19 Fieldfare at Woodford (George Stacey)

Reports: Dave Child, Tony Cook, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Andy David, Simon Harris, Peter Heather, Adrian Hockey, Phil Quinn, Patrick Richards, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson: blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds