20-12-19 Friday - Barn Owl

Temp 9 to 8°C. A dull day with some misty rain. Some sun in the West brought the birds out to sing

Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated and Great Northern Diver
Barn Owl
Bearded Tit

20-12-19 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Jonathan Bull)

BRISTOL

Clifton garden:
daily Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 MarshTit

Eastville Park:
6 Mute Swan, c.70 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 15 Cormorant, 1 Coot, c.120 BH Gull, 1 f Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Dipper, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch

Hotwells. Plimsoll Bridge, 16.45:
1 Barn Owl

Redland garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap(m), 1 Nuthatch, 1 Robin with 7 more singing on Redland Hill, 12+ House Sparrows, 1 Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Coalpit Heath garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, c20 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch plus 2 uninvited Grey Squirrels.

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon-Wain's Hill:
13 Goosander

Clevedon-Dowlais:
13 Curlew, 80 Redshank, 150 BH Gull, 88 Crows

Weston-super-Mare, Moor Lane:
2 Chiffchaff

Banwell, Winthill and garden:
1 m Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, pair Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush in song, 10 House Sparrow, 2 f Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 1 Red Fox

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Twerton:
2 Coal Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren

RESERVOIRS

20-12-19 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Jonathan Bull)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck on 2, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, Little Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake:
2 Bearded Tit, 1 Otter

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Jonathan Bull, David Esam, Martin Hayes, Adrian Hockey, Mike Jackson, Harvey Rose, Rich Scantlebury, Howard Taffs, John Thorogood, Nigel Warren, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds