Temp 5° to 14° C A prolonged wet start with a moderate breeze from the Southeast. The day brightened as the wind lessened and veered anti-clockwise through Easterly, then Northwesterly bringing the rain back.
Yellow Wagtail
Little Gull
Long-Tail Duck
Pink-footed Goose
Sedge Warbler
Whitethroat
Swift
BRISTOL
Ashton (garden):
1 Chiffchaff (on herb pots)
Redland:
2 Jay, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, 1 Song Thrush, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Stonechat (f), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station (Yacht Club Saltmarsh):
13 Wheatear
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 29 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail
Severn Beach:
60+ Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail
Yate (Rocks):
1 Sparrowhawk (m)
Chipping Sodbury:
1 Common Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead (boating lake):
1 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Willow Warbler (singing)
Yatton (garden):
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Common Redstart
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
10 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 51 Meadow Pipit, 3 Tree Pipit, 12 Linnet, c10 Goldfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Kingswood (Cock Road):
1 Great White Egret (flyover)
Bradley Stoke (West Country Waterpark):
I Great Crested Grebe
Hanham Hills:
3 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Redstart
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (No.1 Tank ex-RBA)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (Flower Corner), 1 Little Gull (1st Winter - Fishing Lodge)
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
1 Tern (Commic sp.)
Heron's Green:
1 Sedge Warbler
Stratford:
1 Little Gull (1st winter - Blagdon bird?)
BRISTOL
Ashton (garden):
1 Chiffchaff (on herb pots)
Redland:
2 Jay, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, 1 Song Thrush, Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Stoke Park, Duchess Pond:
2 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Stonechat (f), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Oldbury Power Station (Yacht Club Saltmarsh):
13 Wheatear
New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 29 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail
Swallow/Yellow Wagtail, Severnside (Paul Bowerman) |
Severn Beach:
60+ Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail
Yate (Rocks):
1 Sparrowhawk (m)
Chipping Sodbury:
1 Common Swift
NORTH SOMERSET
Portishead (boating lake):
1 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, Willow Warbler (singing)
Redstart, Yatton (Mark Savage) |
Yatton (garden):
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Common Redstart
Sand Point/Middle Hope:
10 Swallow, 5 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 3 Redstart, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 51 Meadow Pipit, 3 Tree Pipit, 12 Linnet, c10 Goldfinch
BELOW M4 & BANES
Kingswood (Cock Road):
1 Great White Egret (flyover)
Bradley Stoke (West Country Waterpark):
I Great Crested Grebe
Hanham Hills:
3 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Redstart
RESERVOIRS
Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck (No.1 Tank ex-RBA)
Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck (Flower Corner), 1 Little Gull (1st Winter - Fishing Lodge)
Chew Valley Lake
Dam:
1 Tern (Commic sp.)
Heron's Green:
1 Sedge Warbler
Stratford:
1 Little Gull (1st winter - Blagdon bird?)
Reported by: PeterB, Paul Bowerman, Chris Craig, Richard Harding, Matt Hall, Katie Horrocks, Matt Hull. Mike Jackson, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Paul Marshall, Nigel Milbourne, Linda Moysey, Joe Sargent, Mark Savage, Larry Sweeting, Bri Thompson, Robert Webber