08-12-23 Friday - Black-necked Grebe

Temp 7°C to 10°C  Generally cloudy with the occasional shower. An 11mph WSW wind. 

Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Black-necked Grebe

Jack Snipe

Great Northern Diver

08-12-23 Long-tailed Duck, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

BRISTOL

Knowle:

1 Cormorant - in flight towards docks.

Clifton Down:

1 Jay, 30+ Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:

240 Canada Goose, 53 Greylag Goose, 9 Shelduck, 200 Wigeon, 45 Curlew, 20 Dunlin, 60 Redshank, 1 Peregrine.

Pilning Wetland:

2 Canada Goose, 50 Gryelag Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck, 50 Shoveler, 35 Gadwall, 40 Wigeon, 270 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 280 Lapwing, 48 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 70 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 20 Redshank.

Severn Beach:

20 Shelduck, 50 Wigeon, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Rock Pipit.

Frampton Cotterell:

7 Little Egret

Yate:

1 Red Kite, 1 Greenfinch.

08-12-2023 Red Kite, Yate (Chris Teague)

Wick:

2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel.

Dryham Park:

2 Red Kite - over A46.

NORTH SOMERSET

08-12-2023 Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Wharf NR (Howard Taffs)

Portbury Wharf:
15 Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe

08-12-2023 Black-necked Grebe, Portbury Wharf NR (Tim Mason)

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
2 Goosander, 20 Moorhen, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher.

Nailsea - East End:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest.

Kenn Moor:
1 Jack Snipe, 60 Snipe.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Newton St Loe:
1 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Siskin, 6 Yellowhammer

08-12-2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Newton St. Loe (Wayne Tucker)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Great Northern Diver.

Blagdon Lake:
1 m Pochard x Ferruginous Duck, 1 m Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great White Egret, 30+ Siskin.

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Bittern Trail:
12 Goosander

Sutton Wick:
1 Lesser Scaup, 1 f Marsh Harrier.

08-12-2023 Lesser Scaup, Sutton Wick (Robert Hargreaves)

Walley Bank Path:
3 Goldeneye, 22 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 14 Little Egret

08-12-2023 Goosanders, Walley Bank (George Stacey)

Moreton:
2 f Scaup

Reported by: David Allward, Paul Bowerman, Mark Coller, Jane Cumming, Robert Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Simon Isgar, Nigel Jones, Rob Laughton, Tim Mason, Nigel Milbourne, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Mike Thomas, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker. 

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