16-12-22 Friday - Bearded Tit

After a clear and freezing night, ice and a heavy hoar frost that persisted all day.  Temp -7° to 1°C.  Dry, still, no wind.     ***** Please put out fresh water for your garden birds - and break the ice regularly!

Jack Snipe

Merlin

Bearded Tit

Black Redstart

Marsh Harrier at Chew (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Bedminster Down:

1 Mute Swan (flyover north), 8 Woodpigeon, 2 Snipe (flyover, calling), 12 BH Gull, 29 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 f. Kestrel, 1 Jay, 10 Magpie, 346 Jackdaw (roost), 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 10 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 3 Dunnock, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch.

Horfield Common:

14 Feral Pigeon, 19 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 BH Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 18 Magpie, 8 Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 f. Blackcap, 1 Wren, 31 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 7 Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch.

Hotwells & Cumberland Basin:

(WBS)  1 Mute Swan, 11 Mallard, 6 Domestic Mallard, 55+ Feral Pigeon, 9 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen (on ice), 1 Snipe (only 2nd sighting here for the regular observer), 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank,  9 BH Gull, c.45 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 5 Magpie, 10+ Jackdaw (+ c.40 in Ashton Court), 3 Carrion Crow, 2+ Blue Tit, c,30 Redwing, 5 Blackbird (one with a deformed beak), 1 Robin, 

5+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch.

Little Grebe (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Redland:

2 Herring Gull, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Feral Pigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 6+ Redwing *, 8+ House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock.

Royal Fort Gardens:

Sparrowhawk, Magpie, Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 3 Blackcap (1 m., 2 f.), Blackbird, 10 Redwing, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch.

Stoke Bishop:

7 Blackcaps in one garden.

A Robin ice-skating at Stoke Park (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:

2 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 48 Feral Pigeon, 23 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 16 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 14 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 4 Jay, 14 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Wren 20 Starling, 9 Redwing, 9 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 f. Bullfinch, 2 f. Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch.

Blackcap in Yate (Christopher Teague)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Water Rail (walking on frozen lake), 1 imm. m. Marsh Harrier.

Yate:

3 Lapwing (over), Chiffchaff

New Passage/Northwick:

300+ Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Peregrine.

Severn Beach:
1 Black Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbot's Leigh:

Moorhen, dozens of Fieldfare and Redwing,

Failand:

3 Stonechat, mixed flock of Chaffinch, Linnet & Goldfinch.

Pill:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Common Sandpiper, few Redshank.

Great White Egret at Backwell Lake (Robin Martin)

Backwell Lake:
2 Canada Goose, 22 Mute Swan, 10 Shoveler, 8 Mallard, 2 Teal, 10 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 7 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 13 Snipe, c.100 BH Gull, 3 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 m. Blackcap, Wren, 4 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch.

Merlin on Congresbury Moor (Mark Savage)

Strawberry Line and Congresbury Moor:

3 Pheasant, 9 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler (on the Yeo), 14 Mallard, 1 Water Rail (walking on the iced-up rhyne), 8 Lapwing, 6 Snipe, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Stonechat, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet.

Weston-super-Mare:

20 Sanderling.

Snipe at Backwell Lake (Robin Martin)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Red Kite, Stonechats

Keynsham:

(Garden)  4 Woodpigeon, 150+ Feral Pigeon, 3 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 10+ LT Tit. 2 Blackcap (m. and f.), 12 Starling, 3 Fieldfare, 16 Redwing, 7 House Sparrow, 4 Wren, 26 Goldfinch.

  

Bath:
Garden in Oldfield Park:   2 Woodpigeon, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blackcap (m. and f.), 1 Wren, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Robin, 15 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock. 

Twerton To Weston Park:  3 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 3 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 1 Raven, 12 Coal Tit, 23 Blue Tit, 14 Great Tit, 32 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (1m, 2 f.), 1 Nuthatch, 5 Starling, 31 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, 25 Fieldfare, 60 Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 21 Goldfinch.

Marksbury:
40+ Lapwing, 100+ Starling.

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

Shelduck on a frozen Herriotts pool (Ian Stapp)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Gurney tanks:

1 Long-tailed Duck (on tank 1).

Chew Valley Lake

29 Goldeneye, 2 Scaup.

Dam:
20+ BH Gull, 12+ Common Gull,  1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail.

Woodford:
2 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 16+ Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White  Egret, 2 Raven, 8+ LT Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 12+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 10+ Goldfinch.

Great White Egret over Herons Green CVL(Andrew Harrison)

Heron's Green:

(pool and bay iced over)   2 GBB Gull, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard,  1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail.

Moreton:

2 Wigeon, 20+ Teal, 1 Water Rail, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White  Egret, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Goldcrest, 20+ LT Tit, 50+ Starling.

Stratford:

3 Pheasant, 1 Water Rail, 70 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 m. Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 13 Blackbird (in lane to hide), 2 Pied Wagtail.

Mute Swan on Herriots Pool, CVL (Andrew Harrison)

Herriott's inc Pool:

18 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 20+ Shoveler, 3 Pintail, 3 Water Rail, 1 GBB Gull, 9 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier (m. and juv.), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Jackdaw, 1 m. Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 7 Reed Bunting.

A pair of Shoveler at Herriotts Bridge (Ian Stapp)

OUT  OF  AREA

Burnham-on-Sea:  Kentish Plover

Bradford-on-Avon:  Dusky Warbler

Reported by:  Nancy Barrett, Dru Brooke-Taylor, John Budd, Tony Cook, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb. Robert Hargreaves, John Lewis, Brian Martin, Robin Martin, Lucy Masters, Patrick Hardyman Richards, Mark Savage,  Ian Stapp, Roger White, Keith Williams,  blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, TBOSG, eBird, Avon Bird News Group