26-11-24 Tuesday - Hooded Crow

Temp 5°C to 11°C - A nice, sunny day with a light wind from the SW. Yesterday's Leach's Petrel was at least the 220 species seen in Avon in 2024, see list here, how many more in the next 5 weeks?

Hooded Crow
Jack Snipe

Ring-necked Duck

Bearded Tit

Ring-necked Parakeet

Purple Sandpiper

26-11-24 Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Vic Savery)

BRISTOL

St Andrews Park:

5 Redwing

St George Park:

4 Mute Swan, 3 Muscovy Duck, 15 Mallard, 5 Feral Pigeon, 16 Woodpigeon, 4 Coot, 50 BH Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 10 Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird (m), 1 Robin

Snuff Mills - BOC Walk - 30th Anniversary of Tuesday Walks:
29 species including: 9 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Jay, Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Grey Wagtail

Southmead
Greystoke Av- 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Curlew, 1 Hooded Crow (1st site record- pics here), 1 Brambling

26-11-24 Short-eared Owl, Severnside (Mike Owen)

Aust/Pilning:

10+ Gadwall, 1 Short-eared Owl

Falfield:

1 Red Kite

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
8 Goosander

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

1 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper

Tyntesfield:

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 7 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch

Clevedon:
Blind Yeo- 3/4 Goosander, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret
Garden: 3 Feral Pigeon, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Crow, 1 Robin

Axe Estuary/Uphill:
100+ Oystercatcher, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling, 300+ Dunlin, 200+ Redshank, 1 Common Gull

BELOW M4 & BANES

Stockwood:
Garden: 3 Greenfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Goosander (f), 1 Common Sandpiper

Herons Green:
1 Marsh Harrier

26-11-24 Ring-necked Duck, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:
8 Pochard, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Scaup (m), 5 Goldeneye, 1 Kingfisher, 1+ Bearded Tit, 3+ Fieldfare

26-11-24 Marsh Harrier, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Stratford:
1 Scaup (m), 1 Water Rail, 1 Jack Snipe, 63 Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 1 Grey Wagtail

26-11-24 Jack Snipe, Snipe, CVL (Merv Carlyon)

Herriotts inc. Pool:
5 Shelduck, 5 Lapwing, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2+ Bearded Tit, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Simon Bowles, Merv Carlyon, David Chalkley, Pete Cheetham, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Jane Cumming, Alastair Fraser, John Lewis, Ross Nairn, Mike Owen, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey, Vic Savery, Ian Stapp, Martin Seagrave, Martyn Smith, Bri Thompson, Mike Tranter, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding, severnsidebirds