01-01-24 Monday - New Years Day

A Happy New Year to all our readers

Temp 6°C to 11°C - Dull and cloudy, wet in the afternoon, Chilly Wind, force 3 

Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Crane

Black-necked Grebe

Jack Snipe, Purple Sandpiper

Great Northern Diver
Gannet

Barn Owl
Lesser Whitethroat
Firecrest
Waxwing                                            111 Species on the blog today

1-1-24 Gannet of Battery Point (Mark Savage)

BRISTOL

Bishopston, Morley Square:

Group Waxwing

Fishponds garden:

1 m Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch

Redland:

1 Lesser Whitethroat

Southville garden, Lime Road:

1 Waxwing

1-1-24 Song Thrush, Stoke Park (Patrick Richards)

Stoke Park:
1 Mute Swan. 18 Mallard, 25  Feral Pigeon, 12 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 9 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 6 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 25 Magpie, 26 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 28 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 10 Redwing, 6 Song Thrush (all in full song), 4 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 3 Meadow Pipit, 7 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Turnstone, 1 Coot, singing Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
52 Greylag Goose, 4 Pintail, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Jack Snipe, 4 Linnet

1-1-24 Little Owl, Wickwar (Paul Sadley)

Wickwar:

Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, Stonechat

1-1-24 Blackcap, Almondsbury (Vera Carpenter)

Almondsbury garden:

2 m/f Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 m Blackcap

Awkley (between Almondsbury & Tockington): 

2 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Chaffinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbots Leigh:

1 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Firecrest (in Alder Bed Wood again), 4 Goldcrest,  2 Song Thrush singing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Bullfinch

Portbury Wharf:

1 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, Wigeon, Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 8 Avocet, 7 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven, 1 Blackcap, 12 Redwing

1-1-24 Purple Sandpiper, Battery Point (Mark Savage)

Portishead, Battery Point:

1 Gannet, 8 Avocet, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Rock Pipit

Clevedon Marine Lake:
1 Shelduck, 9 BH Gull, 2 Common Gull,  1 LBB Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Rock Pipit

Clevedon-Yeo:

2 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 6 3m/3f Goosander, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 30 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, House Sparrow

Watercress Farm, Belmont Estate:

2 Bizzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 f Stonechat, c.20 Siskin

Kenn Moor, YACWAG reserve:

1 Jack Snipe, 31 Snipe

Yatton, Wemberham:

2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Cormorant, 4 Skylark

1-1-24 Redwing Wsm (Adrian Dutt)

Weston-super-Mare, Fox Island:

5 Redwing

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield, Tanners Lane to Rushmead Lane:

Pheasant, 2 Collared Dove, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 5 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 15 Crow, 1 Raven, 1 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 40+ Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 25 Meadow Pipit, 30+ Chaffinch

Siston:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted and 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Bullfinch

Chew Stoke, Stoke Hill:

1 Waxwing

1-1-24 Greenfinch, Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke garden:
5 Magpie, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldfinch, 2 m/f Greenfinch

1-1-24 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham, Somerdale Railpath:

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing

Compton Dando:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 singing Skylark, 2 Goldcrest, 50 Starling, 15 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 2 singing Song Thrush, 3 singing Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10 Chaffinch, 10 Linnet, 2 Siskin, 21 Yellowhammer.

1-1-24 Crane, Bath (James Lees)

Bath:

2 Common Crane

Newton St Loe:

3 Mute Swan, 72 Mallard, 14 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 20 Pheasant, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 7 Little Grebe, 8 Feral Pigeon, 6 Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 9 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 4 BH Gull, 55 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 LBB Gull, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 15 Magpie, 15 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 10 Crow, 1 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 4 Skylark, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 8 Starling, 5 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 11 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 9 Goldfinch

1-1-24 Dipper and Grey Wagtail, Midsomer Norton (Tony Bridges)

Midsomer Norton:

1 Dipper, 1 Grey Wagtail

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tank 1:
1 Long-tailed Duck

1-1-24 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (Mark Coller)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Stonechat, flock Lesser Redpoll

1-1-24 Firecrest, Woodford (Amy Collyer)

Chew Valley Lake
1 Gadwall, 1 Kingfisher

Dam:

c50 Cattle Egret over going South

1-1-24 Waxwing, Woodford (Amy Collyer)

Woodford & path to Dam: 

4 Goosander, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 Waxwing, 10+ Long-tailed + Blue & Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler,  2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

 
Parkland, early: 

1000 Corvid flyover 

Herons Green:
1 Egyptian Goose (morning), 2 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat

1-1-24, Scaup, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Morton:
6+ Shoveler, 10+ Wigeon, 5+ Pochard, lots Tufted Duck, 2 m/f Scaup, 8+ Goldeneye, 2 Pheasant,  1 Water Rail,  2 GBB Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Stratford:

1 Great Northern Diver

1-1-24 Lesser Scaup, Wick Point (Mark Coller)

Wick Point:

1 Gadwall, 1 Lesser Scaup

Herriott's:
1 Egyptian Goose (afternoon), 13 Shelduck, 30+ Teal, 2 GBB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

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