28-12-22 Wednesday - Brent Goose

Temp 10 to 13°C. Rainy morning, showers in the afternoon, windy, a glimpse of the sun

Brent Goose
Shoveler
Purple Sandpiper
Water Pipit

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

1 Little Grebe

Stoke Park:
1 Little Grebe, 1 m Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 pale-bellied Brent Goose, 37 Canada Geese, 40 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron

Wickwar and Hall End:

2 Mute Swan in flooded field, 1 f Sparrowhawk, 1 m Kestrel

Kendleshire Golf Course:

13 Shoveler!

NORTH SOMERSET

28-12-22 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Steve Swinney)

Portishead, Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpiper

Worle garden, Weston-super-Mare:

1 f Blackcap, 11 House Sparrow

Weston Harbour:

3 Peregine

BELOW M4 & BANES

Hanham garden:

1 Blackcap

Newton St Loe:
18 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Heron, 16 Fieldfare

Bath - Lower Lansdown, garden:

5 Feral Pigeon, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk (m), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (m) - on fat balls, 1 Jay, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw - over, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap (2f,2m - v territorial), 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird (f,m), 2 Robin - territorial, 2 Dunnock, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Stratford:

6 Lapwing, 27 Snipe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Pipit

Reports: Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Malcolm Gibbs, Rob Hargreaves, Mike Jackson, Paul Moon, Paul Sadley, Larry Sweetland, Steve Swinney, blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG