18-12-21 Saturday - Long-tailed Duck

Temp 10 to 6°C. Quiet and dull morning, pretty much the same in the afternoon but cooler

Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Goosander

Cattle Egret

Jackdaw
Marsh Tit

BRISTOL

Avonmouth Sewage Works:
3 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 70 BH Gull, 550 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 860 Jackdaw, 24 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Bishopston garden:

1 m Blackcap, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 m Chaffinch, 17 Goldfinch

Clifton garden:

1 Marsh Tit on the feeders at 1.30 p.m, plus male Blackcap

Montpelier garden, 09.30:

1 Sparrowhawk

St George garden:

2 m/f Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch

Westbury Park:

1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 f Blackcap, 1 Wren, 6 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar, Lower Woods ABWS

3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Coal Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 93 Fieldfare, 133 Redwing

18-12-21 Stonechat, Oldbury Power Station(Peter Coslett)

Oldbury Power Station:

5 Oystercatcher, 40 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, Dunlin, 20 Common Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, Goldcrest, 3 Stonechat, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 2+ Bullfinch

Aust:

Services area: group 12 male Blackbird, 5 Pied Wagtail; Wharf: 4 Curlew, 1 Kestrel

Tesco Pools, Western Distribution:

5 Shoveler, 44 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Nailsea:

Nailsea Park: 5 Little Egret, No Where Wood: 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, Trendlewood: 3 Mistle Thrush, West End: 7 Little Egret

Backwell Lake
20 Mute Swan, 1 Muscovy Duck, 28 Shoveler, 19 Gadwall, 27 Mallard, 1 f Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 9 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 120 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 2 Robin

Yatton, Wemberham Lane:

2 Peregrine on pylon

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna garden:

1 Tawny Owl calling early, 40 Greenfinch in afternoon pre-roost

18-12-21 Goosander, River Avon (Donna Harvey)

River Avon twixt Willsbridge and Hanham:

1 m Goosander

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 3:

1 Long-tailed Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

1 Egyptian Goose, 1 f Goldeneye

Hollowbrook:

2 Goosander

Woodford:

3 f Goldeneye

Moreton:

6 Scaup

Herriotts:
2 f Goldeneye, 3 Cattle Egret 1 m Kingfisher

Reports: Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, David Esam, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles and Fiona Neate, Pete Harrison, Donna Harvey, Mike Jackson, Robin Lambert, John Lewis, Andy Mears, Mike Meechem, Mike Moxon, Nailsea Nature, Mike Owen, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Vic Savery, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG