17-12-22 Saturday - Woodcock

Temp -5° to 3°C     Overcast with a weak sun showing at times, gusty wind.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Barn Owl
Red Kite

Cattle Egret

Woodcock

Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

BRISTOL

Fishponds - main rd:

5 Lapwing - over north

Frenchay - M32 fields:
17 Lapwing - landed briefly 

17-12-22 Little Grebe Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Mute Swan, 8 Mallard, 80+ Feral Pigeon, 11 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 12 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 18 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jays, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 20 Magpie, 17 Jackdaw, 13 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 26 Starling, 5 Blackbird, 5 Redwing,1 Song Thrush, 4 Robin, 22 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch (2f 1m), 40+ Goldfinch in 2 flocks

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - BOC walk:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Pintail, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 100 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Dunlin, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Peregrine, 3 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 17 Yellowhammer
3 Dolphin - off the tidal reservoir,

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Cattle Egret - landed briefly, flew off north. 

17-12-22 Stonechat Severn Beach (Rosemary Setter)

Severn Beach:
1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat

Horton Bushes:

2 Woodcock, 2 Marsh Tit

Tortworth:

1 Red Kite - south

17-12-22 Blackcap Yate (Chris Teague)

Yate - garden:
1 Blackcap (m), some Redwing - return

Coalpit Heath:

1 Lapwing - over, 1 Snipe - over, 1 Buzzard, 1 Whinchat

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
65 Canada Goose, 48 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 45 Wigeon, 9 Mallard, 77 Teal, 4 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Lapwing - over the village, 1 Curlew, 1 Raven, 3 Long-tail Tit, 1 Goldfinch

17-12-22 Little Egret Kingston Seymour (Paul Chapman)

Kingston Seymour - lanes:

10 Lapwing, 10 Common Gull, 10 Grey Heron, 20 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 60 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting 

Clevedon - Yeo:
20 Wigeon, 16 Goosander, 

Bristol Airport:

29 Lapwing, 39 Golden Plover, 2 Woodcock

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:

1 Red Kite - mobbed so headed off east. 

Somerdale - R Avon:

5 Teal - all the pools must be frozen!

Keynsham - Hicks Gate Roundabout:

1 Barn Owl - 04:45am

Keynsham, Broadmead Lane - STW:

5 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Cormorant - flyover, tight formation line astern, 1 Buzzard, 7 Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 50+ Carrion Crow, 1 Skylark, 6 Chiffchaff - as a group, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 40+ Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Goldfinch

Keynsham, Manor Road - garden:
40+ Starling, 12+ Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 1 Robing

Bath - garden:
2 Blackcap (f&m) - on the feeders

Burnett:
1 Red Kite

Tunley:

4 Lapwing, 2 Skylark, 18 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 120 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 12 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit, 60 Chaffinch, 70 Linnet

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 6 Snipe

Blagdon Lake:
1 Scaup (m), 15 Goosander, 1 Woodcock

17-12-22 CVL frozen dawn (Jonathan Margetts)

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
6 Goosander, 47 BH Gull, 9 Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail

Woodford:
12 Goldeneye, 20+ Goosander, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 10+ LT Tit, 5 Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Robin, 7 Goldfinch

Heron's Green:
3 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Robin, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 4 Pied Wagtail, 12 Chaffinch

17-12-22 Jack Snipe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 25 Lapwing, 1 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - feeder, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting

Herriott's inc Pool:
20 Mute Swan, 8 Shelduck, 20+ Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 200 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 4 GBB Gull, 8 Common Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Alan Daniells, Richard Giles, Patrick Hancock, Geoff Hardman, Mike Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Peter Hazelwood, Adrian Hockey, Simon Isgar, Nigel Jones, Robert Kelsh, Nigel Kempson, Jonathan Margetts, Andy Mears, Nige Milbourne, Fiona Neate, Patrick Richards, Paul Sadley, Andy Scrase, Rosemary Setter, 1an Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson
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