Incredibly mild for the time of year at 14°C, but mainly wet and dismal with a fresh SW wind. Some dry spells in the afternoon.
Black-throated Diver
Black-necked Grebe
Jack Snipe
Purple Sandpipers
Penduline Tits
BRISTOL
1 m. Blackcap
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Wickwar area - Hall End:
Barn Owl
Frampton Cotterell:
Little Owl calling
Thornbury:
Chiffchaff singing
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead lake grounds:
Weston-super-Mare (Airfield):
2 Penduline Tit (wellies recommended)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hunstrete, Common Wood:
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead lake grounds:
8 Canada Goose, 16 Mute Swan (11 ad., 5 imm.), Mallard, 1 m. Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck (3 m., 5 f.),
Woodpigeon, 3 Purple Sandpiper, 10 Moorhen, 65 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gulls, 2 Cormorant (probably sinensis), 1 Grey Heron, Carrion Crows, 2 Pied Wagtail.
(No sign of George the Greylag)
2 Penduline Tit (wellies recommended)
BELOW M4 & BANES
Hunstrete, Common Wood:
(Winter bird survey) 4 Pheasant, 30 Woodpigeon, 9 Collared Dove, 1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 2 Magpie, 18 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 3 Great Tit, 5 Wren, 2 Mistle Thrush, 12 Blackbird, 125 Fieldfare, 5 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch.
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe (off the dam)
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Black-necked Grebe (off the dam)
Chew Valley Lake
Stratford:
Black-throated Diver (seen towards Moreton), 3 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe (and one, possibly two Otters).
Stratford:
Black-throated Diver (seen towards Moreton), 3 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe (and one, possibly two Otters).
Reports: Liza Barker, Paul Chapman, Jane Cumming, Nick Hawkridge, David Howes,Simon Isgar, Mike Jackson, Matt Scott, Gary Thoburn, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds
