01-02-21 Monday - Firecrest

Marginally warmer than yesterday (2 - 4 °C in Bristol). Largely overcast; nevertheless, a sense of the pace picking up at the start of a new month.

Barn Owl
Firecrest

BRISTOL

01--02-21 Grey Wagtail, St Werburghs, Bristol (Pete Harrison)

Bishopston:

Garden -  3 Feral Pigeon, 14 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, ! Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Wren, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 6 Goldfinch

Blaise Estate:

Below Cherry Orchards - 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 3 LT Tit, 1 Firecrest (same place as yesterday), 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Canford Cemetery:

2 Green Woodpecker, 35 Redwing

County Cricket Ground:
1 Raven on floodlights

Montpelier:
St Andrew's Road - 6 Redwing

St Andrew's Park:
25 Goldfinch

Stapleton:
Bell Hill - 1 Sparrowhawk flyover

St Werburgh's:
Mina Road Park - 1 Grey Wagtail

Eastville Park:
1 Raven flyover

01-02--21 Pied Wagtail, Eastville Park Lake, Bristol (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

01-02-21 Blackcap, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury:

Orchard - 1 Buzzard, 2 Collared Dove, 20 Fieldfare, 100+ Redwing, 6 Chaffinch

Garden - 1 Tawny Owl heard at night, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 13 Carrion Crow, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 11 Goldfinch

Frampton Cotterell to Iron Acton:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stock Dove, c.40 Rook, c.60 Carrion Crow, c.130 Redwing, 9 Meadow Pipit, 32 Chaffinch, at least 170 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

Filton:

Shield Retail Centre -  2 Raven in car park.

NORTH SOMERSET

Gordano:
Weston Moor -  5 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven

01-02-21 Peregrine with Redshank prey, Dowlais, Clevedon-Yeo (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon-Yeo:
Dowlais - 133 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Shoveler, 10 Oystercatcher, 50 Lapwing, 39 Curlew, 80 Redshank, 300 Dunlin,  1 Peregrine

Blind Yeo sluice - 11 Goosander (6m 5 redhead)

BELOW M4 & BANES

01--02-21 Barn Owl, Pensford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Pensford:

1 Barn Owl

Newton St Loe:
65 Mallard, 10 Teal, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 4 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle and 3 Song Thrush, 80 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 60 Meadow Pipit

Cameley:
1 wandering Canada Goose, 1 pr Tufted Duck, flock of 110 Starling feeding in pasture field, unusual around here, 22 Goldfinch going to roost in bamboo clump

Paulton:

2 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 11 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Meadow Pipit, 18 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

01-02-21 Coal Tit and Long-tailed Tit, Stratford feeders, CVL (Nigel Kendall)

Stratford feeders: 

Water Rail, Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch

Reports: John Budd, Vera Carpenter, Ken Carruthers, Raoul Chandrasakera, Alastair Fraser, Patrick Hancock, Rob Hargreaves, Mike Jackson, Nigel Kendall, Bob Medland,  Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Howard Taffs, Jason Williams