Tuesday, 24 December 2019

24-12-19 Tuesday - Festive greetings and heartfelt thanks for sharing; sightings, pics, insights and anecdotes

Showers with nice spells of sunshine, a fairly brisk breeze.

Whooper Swan

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
3 Ring-necked Parakeet

Stockwood - Garden:
Goldfinch flock - increased in size recently - harbingers of 'bad' weather?

Redland Garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap(m), 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow, 1 Chaffinch (f)

Snuff Mills - BOC walk:
14 Mallard, 1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 9 Magpie, 48 Jackdaw - territorial disagreements all over, 21 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 8 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 5 Nuthatch - 2 chasing, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Blackbird, 7 Redwing, 7 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch.

Knowle:
Magpie in my garden – but to my surprise it has white patches behind each of its eyes.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No reports

NORTH SOMERSET

24-12-2019 Sparrowhawk v Starling Yatton (Mark Savage)
Yatton - garden:
1 Sparrowhawk and one x Starling!

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingswood - garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch,

Bath - Walcot Gate:
1 Blackcap (m) - defending HIS feeder from all comers

Bath - City farm - garden:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet - on the feeder

Newton St Loe - patch walk highlights:
1 Whooper Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 19 Stock Dove, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 350+ Starlings

RESERVOIRS

No Reports

Reports: Nancy Barrett, Rob Bright, Nick Hawkridge, Jo McKenna, Glen Maddison, Mark Savage, Rich Scantlebury, Bri Thompson, Mark Williams, Len Wyatt, 
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