12-12-23 Tuesday

Temp 7°C to 10°C  A mild morning, pleasantly calm after lashing it down in the night. Light rain in the afternoon and a gentle breeze from the west.

Firecrest

Lesser Scaup

BRISTOL

Clifton Downs:

Zoo Bank: 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 20 Redwing

Peregrine Watchpoint: 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest

Bedminster (Victoria Park):

62 Common Gull

Ring-necked Parakeet, Stoke Park (Steve Richardson)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Little grebe, c40 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Stockwood:
1 Barn Owl (at 0745hrs, also seen on previous days)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Redwing (L) & Fieldfare, Almonsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury (Orchard & Village):
1 Collared Dove, 3 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 30 Jackdaw,   500+ Redwing & Fieldfare, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Weston-Super-Mare (Ashcombe Park):

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, + Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, + Goldcrest, + Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Saltford - BOC Christmas lunch walk:

1 Mute Swan, 3 Mallard, 4 Stock Dove, 17 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen, 18 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 14 Magpie, 60 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 12 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 4 Blackcap (f&m), 10 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, 38 Redwing, 13 Blackbird, 45 Fieldfare, 8 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 5 Dunnock, 41 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 14 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch

Barrs Court:
1 Blackcap (fem)

Keynsham (Broadmead Lane):
250 Black-headed Gull, 15 Common Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Redwing, 10 Fieldfare, + Meadow Pipit, + Linnet, + Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Great Northern Diver

Chew Valley Lake

Lesser scaup, Sutton Wick (Robin Martin)

Sutton Wick:
1 Lesser Scaup

Stratford:

1 Common Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier (fem)

Reported by: Roger Bingham, Graham Blacker, Vera Carpenter, Derek Clarke, Peter Coslett, Alan Dear, Robert Hargreaves, John Lewis, Robin Martin, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Steve Richardson, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson

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