09-01-20 Thursday - Lesser Redpoll

Temp dropped from 13 to 8°C. Pleasant morning, some sun, but day ended with over 11mm of rain

Long-tailed Duck
Black-throated and Great Northern Diver
Mediterranean Gull
Barn Owl
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bearded Tit
Firecrest
Black Redstart
Lesser Redpoll

9-1-20 Great Northern Diver - new bird ? No line showing!!  Barrow Tanks (Alex Carlisle)

BRISTOL

Harbourside:
17 Magpie in a tree

High Kingsdown (and Portishead), 8th:
Bats seen flying about early evening

Bishopston:
1 Blackcap (f) - fending off all-comers.

09-01-2020 Long-tailed Tit St George (Lee Gardiner)

St George:
11 Magpie, Long-tailed Tit now frequent visitor to the feeders (tweet said feeder cleaning on the to-do list (ed)), 1 Blackcap (f) - fleeting visit.

Bedminster - 'The Malago'
1 Kingfisher - using this rubbish strewn watercourse - one of those make your day encounters

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Gadwall, 40 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 7 Moorhen, 18 Lapwing, 15 Curlew, 1 Kestrel, flock 30 Starling, 20 mixed Fieldfare & Redwing, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch

Yate, Coopers Lane:
2 m Goosander (2nd record here)

Filton:
18 Magpie in trees

09-01-2020 Blackcap Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

Severn Beach:
1 Blackcap (f) - taken over the garden!!

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
2 f Goldeneye, 50 Snipe inc 1 melanistic, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 Barn Owl

Portishead:
Garden - the regular visitors including f. Blackcap, m. Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch.

Clevedon pier:
1 f. Black Redstart (showing well on rocks, late morning), 1 Rock Pipit.

Congressbury:
2 Little Egret

Worle garden:
1 Firecrest

Radstock - Haydon:
250+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bath, Twerton:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush singing

Newton St Loe:
1 Whooper Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 12 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Common Gull, 1 Stonechat

RESERVOIRS

9-1-20 Long-tailed Duck. Barrow Tanks (Rob Hargreaves)

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 m Goldeneye, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Cormorant in spring plumage, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Raven, 7 Meadow Pipit

9-1-20 Black-throated and Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Rob Hargreaves)

Blagdon Lake:
6 Lesser Redpoll

9-1-20 Egyptian Goose, Dam (Mike Trew)

Chew Valley Lake:
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff

09-1-20 Bearded Tit, Stratford (Martin East)

Reports: Phil Barlow, Alex Carlisle, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Martin East, Lee Gardiner, John Hansford, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hawkridge, Rod Holbrook, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Lois Pryce, Adam Rawson, Dean Reeves, Nigel Sluman, Chris Stone, Brian Turner, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, nsl-birding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds

8-1-20 Siberian Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)