01-12-22 Thursday - Dartford Warbler

FOG!  All day.  Temp 4°C max, chilly and uninviting, no wind.

Black-necked Grebe

Dartford Warbler

Black Redstart
Water Pipit

More Blackcaps have been seeking sanctuary in local gardens this week

Black-necked Grebe at Chew (Stephen Jones)

BRISTOL

Montpelier:

1 Red-legged Partridge (still managing to dodge all those urban foxes)

Oldland Common:

17 Redwing in a garden

Purdown:

(AWBS walk, ST 6176)  2 Mute Swan, 11 Mallard, 160+ Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 1 Water Rail, 16 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 5 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 14 Magpie, 54 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 30 House Sparrow, 3 f. Bullfinch,, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch.

Black Redstart at Severn Beach (Kim Carey)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 Water Pipit

Severn Beach:
1 f./juv. Black Redstart

Yate Rocks:
A garden Nuthatch.

Herring Gulls in the fog (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-super-Mare:
(Disused airfield at Locking)  Dartford Warbler

Cormorant (Patrick Hardyman Richards)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham Memorial Park:
66 Mallard, 15 Feral Pigeons, 4 Moorhen, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Bath:
(garden) 2 Woodpigeon, 6 LT Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 2 m. Blackcap (new in), 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Magpie, 5 House Sparrow, 15 Goldfinch. 

Common Sandpiper at the dam, Chew (Andrew Harrison)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper

Reported by:  Chris Craig, Steve Evans, Paul Francis, Richard Giles, Andrew Harrison, Pete Harrison, Stephen Jones, Jonathan Margetts, Fiona Neate, Patrick Richards, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG