06-01-22 Thursday - Shag

Cold and cloudy start with rain coming in later. A fresh breeze and temperature 4 - 7°C

Grey Plover

Black-necked Grebe 

Shag

Penduline Tit

Brambling

Bullfinch

Redpoll

Siskin

Yellowhammer

Avocet

6-1-22 Shag, Shepperdine, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

BRISTOL

Eastville garden bird table:

Very busy for 2 hours including:

1 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ( m/f), 1 Jackdaw, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren,  1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock,

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
16 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 3 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 5 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow

06-01-22 Kingfisher R Frome (Allan Chard)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

53 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 15 Shelduck, 253 Lapwing, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, c100 Curlew, 1 Long-tailed Tit , 1Treecreeper, 8 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting 

6-1-22 Yellowhammer, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Shepperdine

1 (1W) Shag

Wickwar, West End garden:

2 Bullfinch (m/f)

6-1-22 Bullfinch, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Yate
- Ridge Woods:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch , 2 Treecreeper, 2/3 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 8 Siskin

- Kingsgate Park:

11 Canada Geese, 13 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe

- Brimsham Park:

2 Brambling, 2 Redpoll

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Redpoll

Coalpit Heath, Broad Lane:

27 Lapwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
1 Jack Snipe, 20 Snipe (South Pools hide)

Portishead

- Battery Point:
5 Purple Sandpiper (1 flew in from the east) 

- Lakegrounds/seafront:

70 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 14 Mute Swan, 58 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck , 2 Woodpigeon, 7 Moorhen, 40 BH Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren, Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail

- Black Rock Quarry:

30 Raven - "Excellent acrobatics with plenty of upside down rolls & synchronised displays"

Clevedon - Yeo:

65 Canada Geese, Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 130 Wigeon, 30 Mallard, 100 Teal, 2 Goosander (m/f), 10 Coot, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 170 Curlew, 9 Turnstone, 60 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, 210 Redshank, 250 BH Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Rock Pipit 

Blind Yeo:

18 Goosander (10m/8f)

06-01-22 Avocet SP (Paul Bowyer)

Sand Point:

17 Avocet - Woodspring Bay, 13 Grey Plover - down channel, 1500 Dunlin - flying up and down mid channel, 

Weston-Super-Mare airfield (disused):
3 Water Rail, 6 Little Egret, 3 Penduline Tit, 1 Bearded Tit (calling) 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Corston/Saltford - Ashton Hill:
150 Golden Plover (disturbed by a Red Kite)

5-1-22 (photo taken yesterday reported today) Golden Plover, Saltford (Andrew Harrison)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (tank #2)

Blagdon Lake:

Black-necked Grebe (Home Bay), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail (both from the dam) 

Chew Valley Lake

East Shore:

1 Great White Egret

Nunnery:
1 Little Egret

Heron's Green:
1 Great White Egret

Stratford:
1 Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Skylark 

Herriott's inc Pool:

1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier (m/juv active mid morning before the rain)

Reports: Paul Bowyer, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Paul Collier,  Jane Cumming, Andy Davis, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Rupert Higgins, David Howes, John Lewis, Jean Oliver, Justin Quinell, Harvey Rose, Nigel Sluman, Chris Vines, Martin Wightman, Paul Williams

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