Much milder but overcast and often drizzly. Mod. SW wind. Temperature 12°C.
Long-tailed Duck
Black-necked Grebe
Purple Sandpipers
Merlin
Penduline Tit, Bearded TitRed Kite
Fishponds - garden:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Merlin (chasing small Dunlin flocks over the estuary), 32 Long-tailed Tit (flock of 11 plus mega-flock of 21 !), 1 Mistle Thrush, 15 Bullfinch.
Blagdon Lake:
230 Teal, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1 Great White Egret.
Chew Valley Lake
any news? We've heard none.
BRISTOL
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| 23-12-21 Blackcap Fishponds (Allan Chard) |
1 Blackcap (m)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
Merlin (chasing small Dunlin flocks over the estuary), 32 Long-tailed Tit (flock of 11 plus mega-flock of 21 !), 1 Mistle Thrush, 15 Bullfinch.
Chipping Sodbury - Ridge Wood:
Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, 7 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 35 Redwing (in paddock), Blackbird, Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch
Yate - shopping ctr, R Frome
Yate - shopping ctr, R Frome
1 Little Egret - twixt Tesco and Next
Wickwar:
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| 23-12-21 Great Spotted Woodpecker Wickwar (Paul Sadley) |
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 9 Mute Swan (7 ad., 2 imm.), 106 Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (3 m., 4 f.), 7 Moorhen, 3 Purple Sandpiper, 30 BH Gull, 23 H Gull, 1 Cormorant, Carrion Crows. Flock of 80 Woodpigeon heading NE.
Weston-Super-Mare - Airfield:
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead:
56 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 9 Mute Swan (7 ad., 2 imm.), 106 Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (3 m., 4 f.), 7 Moorhen, 3 Purple Sandpiper, 30 BH Gull, 23 H Gull, 1 Cormorant, Carrion Crows. Flock of 80 Woodpigeon heading NE.
Weston-Super-Mare - Airfield:
1 Penduline Tit, 2 Bearded Tit, lots of Cetti's Warbler.
BELOW M4 & BANES
Oldland Common - garden:
BELOW M4 & BANES
Oldland Common - garden:
1 Blackcap (m) - 1st this winter
Bath - Twerton garden:
Bath - Twerton garden:
6 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 1 Magpie, 20+ Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 7 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 12 Chaffinch, 30+ Goldfinch
Saltford - Corston Lane:
Saltford - Corston Lane:
1 Barn Owl - over the A4 at 5:05pm
Wellow/Stoney Littleton:
Wellow/Stoney Littleton:
2 Red Kite
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 drake Long-tailed Duck (tank nr 3)
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 drake Long-tailed Duck (tank nr 3)
Blagdon Lake:
230 Teal, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 30 Lapwing, 1 Great White Egret.
Chew Valley Lake
any news? We've heard none.
Reports: Allan Chard, Dave Child, Jane Cumming, Alan Daniells, Rob Emery, Heather England, Tim Ford, Andy George, Paul Gregory, David Howes, Paul Sadley, Jean Tye, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding
