24-01-22 Monday - Merlin

Temp 5 to 4°C. Calm but dull day

Scaup

Black-necked Grebe
Golden Plover, Purple Sandpiper

Merlin
Penduline Tit

Firecrest

Brambling

Brent Goose

BRISTOL

Bishopston - garden:

1 Jay, 2 Jackdaw (uncommon), 3 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 f/m Blackcap - 1st this winter, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock

Broomhill - Grow Wilder:

60+ Starling, 43 Redwing

Finzels Reach, 10.45:

1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 5 Goldfinch

Redland - garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker,  1 Jay, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2f + 1m Blackcap, 2 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch

Stoke Gifford, Patchway:

1 Lapwing on a roundabout again, 200+ Starling murmuration

Stoke Park:

1 Water Rail, 1 pr Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

24-1-22 Merlin, Littleton (Matt Plenty)

Littleton:

1 Merlin, 2 Chiffchaff at Aust SWT

Northwick Warth / Pilning Wetlands / Chessel Pill:

3 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 40+ Wigeon, 60+ Mallard, 50+ Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 12 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 50+ Oystercatcher, 400+ Lapwing (including one with completely pale beige and white plumage), 4 Golden Plover, 35 Curlew, 450+ Black-tailed Godwit, 80+ Turnstone, 2000+ Dunlin, 200+ Redshank, 30+ BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 17 Greenfinch

New Pill / The Pipes:

7 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 24 Wigeon, 7 Mallard, 44 Teal, 43 Curlew, 3 Turnstone, 100+ Dunlin, 26 BH Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull

Frampton Cotterell, Tubbs Bottom:

Masses of Chaffinch, 20 Brambling, 100's of Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead, Battery Point:

2 Purple Sandpiper, Rock Pipit

24-1-22 Firecrest, Portishead (Howard Taffs)

Portishead:

1 Firecrest

Clevedon - Yeo:

1 Brent Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 10 Shelduck, 40 Wigeon, Teal, 10 Coot, 600 Lapwing, 10 Grey Plover, 60 Curlew, 25 Turnstone, 1000 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 80 Redshank, 3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk,
1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch

24-1-22 Penduline Tit, Weston airfield (Mike Moxon)

Weston Airfield:
4 m Shoveler, 1 Water Rail seen, 2 f/m Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Penduline Tit, 30,000+ spectacular Starling murmuration for 50 minutes

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Down Road:
Huge numbers of Finches (mostly Linnet recently), several Brambling

Willsbridge Mill:

2 Dipper

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:

1 drake Scaup, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 20 Siskin

Chew Valley Lake

Herriotts:
30 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 1m Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine

Out Of Avon

Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-Sea

Ring Ouzel at Brean Down

Reports: Andy Davis, Geoff Dring, Heather England, Ollie Fournier, Paul Francis, Nick Hawkridge, David Howes, Rob Laughton, Ian Loats, Nigel Milbourne, Mike Moxon, Linda Moysey, Matt Plenty, Phil Quinn, Aravind Ramesh, Trevor Riddle, Steve Sanins, Tony Scott, Cliff Smith, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG