15-12-22 Thursday

 Temp -7° to 1°C    Sunny with a gentle breeze.

Marsh Tit

Whooper Swan

Brambling

BRISTOL

Withywood (lower slopes of Dundry):
7 Lapwing

Redland (garden):
5 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Jay, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blackbird, 3+ Redwing, 1 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

15-12-22 Whooper Swan, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Whooper Swan (flyover to NE)

Tockington:
2 Blackcap (m), 3 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush

Frampton Cotterell (Tubbs Bottom):
1400+ Linnet

15-12-22 Stonechat SB (Matty England)

Severn Beach:

2 Stonechat

Yate (gardens/other):
4 Lapwing (flyover), 31 Redwing

Yate (Coopers/Stanshaw Lake)):

6 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, 30+ Herring Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (3rd cy), 10+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Blackcap (m)

Yate (Kingsgate Park):
64 Black-headed Gull (including the Norwegian ringed bird "J6LE" for its' third winter), 9 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Wickwar (Hall End):
1 Barn Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

15-12-22 Redshank/Chiffchaff, Congresbury (Mark Savage)

Strawberry Line/ Congresbury Yeo:
2 Pheasant, 13 Mute Swan,  3 Shoveler (on the Yeo),  18 Mallard, 1 Water Rail (on frozen rhyne), 2 Lapwing, 1 Redshank (Yeo), 5 Cormorant (flyover),  4 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret,1 Sparrowhawk,  1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Chiffchaff, 20 Starling, 20 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 7 Reed Bunting

Clevedon (Dowlais):
5 Oystercatcher, 11 Lapwing, 4 Grey Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, ++ Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, ++ Turnstone, ++ Dunlin, ++ Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 1 Rock Pipit

Clevedon (Kenn Rd, to Pier - inc river):

2 Little Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 8 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher

Churchill (garden):
2 Brambling

Tyntesfield:
1 Buzzard,  2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
2 Pheasant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Rook, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Bullfinch (all female)

15-12-22 Redwing, Keynsham (Andrew Harrison)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
41 Mallard, 1 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 8 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin

Keynsham, Manor Road Community Woodlands:
2 Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie, 24 Rook, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Redwing, 10 Blackbird, 8+ House Sparrow

Saltford:
14 Pheasant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Magpie, ++ Jackdaw, ++ Rook, 50+ Starling, 8 Blackbird, 9 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 20+ House Sparrow

Burnett:
50+ Woodpigeon, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel

Bath (Charmy Down AWBS ST7669):
60 Woodpigeon, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Raven, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 5 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 25 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

Marksbury:
20+ Lapwing, 200+ Starling

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 4 Long-tail Tit

15-12-22 Goosander, Wally Bank Path (George Stacey)

Wally Bank Path:
14 Goosander (6m/8f)

Woodford:
2 Goldeneye (m), 1 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

Nunnery:

1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Linnet

15-12-22 Stonechat (fem), Herons Green (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Heron's Green:
4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
250+ Canada Goose (field), 2 Wigeon, 10+ Teal, 3 Goldeneye (f), 1 Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl (calling), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 50+ Starling, 9 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 2 Dunnock

15-12-22 Water Rail, Stratford CVL (Lucy Masters)

15-12-22 Common Snipe, Stratford CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
2 Bewick's Swan, 1 Water Rail, 6 Lapwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Blackbird (lane), 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Herriott's inc Pool:
20 Mute Swan, 10 Shelduck, 26 Shoveler, 5 Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 5 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail


Reported by:  Nancy Barrett, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Neil Delaney, Barry Dursley, Matty England, Andy Gibb, David Hanks, Robert Hargreaves, Peter Hazelwood, Iris & Andrew Langson, Lucy Masters, Michael Moxon, Jean Oliver, Lois Pryce, Paul Sadley, Matthew Scott, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Gordon Youdale
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