01-02-23 Wednesday - Crossbill

 Temp 10° to 7° C - Sunny to start but cloudy later, felt cold in the moderate, gusty westerly wind.

Crossbill
Bewick’s Swan

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

01-02-23 Sparrowhawk Filton (Liza White)

Filton Park - garden:

1 Sparrowhawk

Redland Green:
2 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock. 1 Greenfinch - song flight

01-02-23 Great Spotted Woodpecker Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard, 19 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail -heard, 10 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 19 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 45+ Starling, 4 Blackbird, 3 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush - full song, 4 Robin, 33 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 5 Meadow Pipit,1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch (f/m), 45 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Pilning Wetlands & New Passage

78 Canada Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, 25 Greylag Geese, 1 Bewick’s Swan - 1st wint, 19 Shelduck, 36 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 190 Wigeon, 140 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 70 Oystercatchers 550 Lapwings, 60 Curlew, 330 Black-tailed Godwits, 90 Turnstones, 730 Dunlin, 90 Redshank

01-02-23 Black-headed Gull Yate (Mark Coller)

Yate:

- Kingsgate Park: - Black-headed Gull - inc one ringed from Norway

- garden: - 1 Sparrowhawk, 10 Redwing

01-02-23 Yellowhammer CSC (Mark Coller)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
1 Red Kite - distant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Peregrine, 3 Raven, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

01-02-23 Sparrowhawk Clevedon (Kevin Duell)

Gordano Valley, Walton Common:

1 Nuthatch, some Bullfinch, 1 Crossbill - over 

Clevedon - Blind Yeo and Wain's Hill
2 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven

BELOW M4 & BANES

01-02-23 Blackcap Warmly (Peter Coslett)

Warmly:

 - Forest Park: - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet

 - garden: - Blackcap

Oldland Common - garden:

2 Raven

Newton-St-Loe:

2 Mute Swan, 30 Mallard, 14 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck (f), 3 Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 5 BH Gull, 6 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, 150+ Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, LT Tit, Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, Robin, Goldfinch

Bath:
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Stanton Wick:
2 Buzzard

Burnett:

1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 3 Siskin

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
50+ Canada Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail

Heron's Green:
2 Goldeneye, 4+ Wigeon, 8 Lapwing - over, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 1 G-W Egret & 1 Little Egret both in pool, 1 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 2 Pied Wagtail, 39 Chaffinch

01-02-23 mixed ducks CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
150+ Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 80+ Teal, 30+ Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 38 Lapwing - over, 1 Grey Heron, 1 G-W Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f)  1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl - calling, 2 G-S Woodpecker, 2 Jay 3 Magpie, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 7 L-t Tit, 40+ Starling, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 9 Meadow Pipit, 12+ Chaffinch

Herriott's inc Pool:

11 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 1 Water Rail - calling, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull - 1st wint  & 1 adult, part sum plum, 1 Grey Heron, 1 G-W Egret, 6 Jackdaw,  2 Cetti's Warbler - calling, 1 Chiffchaff - calling, 2 Pied Wagtail,

Reported by:  BUPP, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Tony Cook, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Kevin Duell, Paul Francis, Nick Hudson, John Lewis, Patrick Richards, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs, Liza White
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