Temp 7° to 10° C Sunny at first, rain in the afternoon on a light West wind.
Smew
Ring-necked Duck
Purple Sandpiper
Dartford Warbler
1 Peregrine (on prey received from partner)
Eastville Park:
3 Kingfisher
Dartford Warbler, Troopers Hill (Paul Sawyer) |
1 Dartford Warbler
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 2 Bullfinch (m+f)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station:
6 Shelduck, c40 Wigeon, 1 Pheasant, 4 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, c70 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrush, 6 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch
Oldbury (near village):
c400 Starling, c200 Fieldfare
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead (Boating Lake & Battery Point (Survey ST4677):
25 Canada Goose, 20 Mute Swan, 111 Mallard, 11 Tufted Duck, 19 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 77 Black-headed Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, 52 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 4 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 2 Greenfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Willsbridge:
1 Dipper (singing early evening)
North Common:
1 Little Egret
Wick:
1 Buzzard
RESERVOIRS
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (Long Bay)
Chew Valley Lake
Greenfinch, CVRS (Chris Craig) |
1 Greenfinch (unusual here)
Heron's Green:
1 Smew
Out of Area - Slimbridge:
White-rumped Sandpiper, Slimbridge WWT (Jonathan Bull) |
Reported by: Jane Cummings, Paul Francis, Nigel Jones, Andrew Mears, Nigel Milbourne, Lois Pryce, Sue Samuel, Richard Scantlebury, Larry Sweetland, Peter Walton