01-01-21 Friday - Woodcock

Temp -3 to 4°C. Just a dull cold New Year's Day, a bit damp, excellent for birding

Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Slavonian Grebe
Avocet, Golden Plover, Woodcock
Great Northern Diver
Cattle Egret
Red Kite, Merlin, Barn Owl
Bearded Tit
Siskin 

1-1-21 Slavonian Grebe, Stratford (Gary Thoburn)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher

Redland garden:

5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull,
1 m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Blackcap (2 m and 1 f), 1 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow

1-1-21 Blackcap, St Andrews (John Rossetti)

St Andrews garden:
Coal Tit, pair Blackcap, 1 Grey Wagtail

St Annes garden:

Woodpecker, Coal Blue & Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin

Troopers Hill:

1 Chiffchaff

Bishopston garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

1-1-21 Sparrowhawk, Bishopston (Jess Spaull)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

4 Shoveler, 1 m Stonechat

Littleton-on-Severn:

Shelduck, Wigeon, Mallard, Woodpigeon, BH Gull, LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 m Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Chaffinch

1-1-21 Pilning Wetland (Rosemary Setter)

Pilning Wetland:

2 Jack Snipe, Rock Pipit

1-1-21 Jack Snipe, Pilning Wetland (Aravind Ramesh)

Yate, Coopers Lake:
2m +3f Goosander

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

1 Greylag Goose

Clevedon, Blind Yeo/Kenn Road Bridge:

14 Goosander, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Jay

Clevedon, Yeo Seawall:
14 Avocet, 5 Golden Plover, 20 Grey Plover, 100 Curlew, 1 Turnstone, 30 Knot, 130 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 11 Common Gull, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Merlin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 3 Linnet

Banwell:

5m + 4f Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 5+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

1-1-20 Fieldfare, Marshfield (Chris Teague)

Marshfield:

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 9 Linnet, Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer

Marshfield, Down Road:
20 Common Gull, 20 Jackdaw, 40 Carrion Crow, 10 Starling, 2 Blackbird, Robin, 40 Linnet, 6 Corn Bunting

Compton Martin:

1 Kingfisher, Marsh Tit

Compton Dando:

1 Little Owl

Keynsham to Chewton Place:

Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Raven, Goldcrest, 1 m Blackcap in my garden, Treecreeper, 15+ Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 30+ Goldfinch

Marksbury:

70 Golden Plover

Bath, Prior Park:

1 Tawny Owl

Bath Twerton:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 21 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, 17 House Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch

1-1-21 Woodcock, Newton St Loe (Lauren Tucker)

Newton St Loe - record 57 species:

3 Mute Swan, 68 Mallard, 25 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 124 Lapwing, 29 Golden Plover, 1 Woodcock, 50 BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red Kite, 7 Buzzard

1-1-21 Barn Owl, Newton St Loe (Lauren Tucker)

1 Barn Owl, 5 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 15 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Starling, 35+ Fieldfare, 125+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 14 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:

12 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 47 Teal, 13 Pochard, 70 Tufted Duck, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 19 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 GBB Gull, 2 Little Egret, 87 Cormorant, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Kingfisher

Blagdon Lake:

1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker

Chew Valley Lake 

1-1-21 Snipe, Stratford (Simon Isgar)

Dam:

1 Egyptian Goose, 3 f Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1500 Jackdaw at roost

Nunnery:

2 Scaup, 7 3m/4f Goldeneye, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Raven

Herons Green:

1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Cattle Egret

Bickfield Lane:

13 Cattle Egret, 2 Mistle Thrush

Moreton:

1 f Scaup, 1 Snipe, Coal Tit,  2 Bearded Tit, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 2 Stonechat

1-1-21 Slavonian Grebe, Stratford (Simon Isgar)

Stratford:

2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 15 Redwing, 1 f Bullfinch, 2 or 3 Siskin

Herriotts: 

Water Rails, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler

Reports: Rich Andrews, Nancy Barrett, Karle Burford, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Sean Davies, Barry Dursley, Lee Gardiner, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Pete Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Simon Isgar, Glen Maddison, Paul Marshall, Michael Moxon, Nick Page, Aravind Ramesh, John Rosetti, Carole Rushton, Gill Sapsed, Rosemary Setter, Jess Spaull, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Gary Thoburn, Lauren Tucker, Gordon Youdale, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG