28-11-24 Thursday

Temp -3°C to +5°C. Frosty start, bright day, with gentle easterly breeze.

Ring-necked Duck

Glossy Ibis

Firecrest

Redpoll

Corn Bunting

28-11-24 Great White Egret, CVL (Mike Trew)

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

12 Mute Swan, 35 Mallard, c100 Feral Pigeon, 10+ Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 29 Coot, 30 BH Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 10 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 50+ Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, c20 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, c20 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

plus 1 Swimming Grey Squirrel !

Ashton Marsh / Colliters Brook:

inc - 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Jay, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Crews Hole Woodland:
inc - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 21 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest

Hengrove:

1 Little Egret - on brook by airport road

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
c60 Canada Goose (roosted on the Tidal res.), 10 Bullfinch, 1 Redpoll (over)

Aust services / sewage works: 

16 Stock Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard,  3 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, c100 Redwing, 35 Fieldfare, 66 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 18 Greenfinch, 3 Redpoll, 1 Siskin

Severn Beach:

inc - 9 Shoveler, 25 Wigeon, 39 Oystercatcher, 16 Ringed Plover, 24 Curlew, 9 Redshank, 40 Turnstone, 3 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron

NORTH SOMERSET

Easton-in-Gordano garden:

1 Marsh Tit, 1 Blackcap (m)

Portbury Wharf:

inc - 11 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 9 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 5 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Clevedon garden:

3 Woodpigeon, 2 gull sp, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw

BELOW M4 & BANES

Rushmead Lane, Marshfield:
1 Red Kite, 1 Corn Bunting, 10+ Yellowhammer

Pucklechurch (ST 6977 AWBS+):

1 Stock Dove, 9 Woodpigeon, 2 BH Gull, 35 Common Gull, 105 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Rook, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Skylark, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren, 4 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 9 Blackbird, 13 Fieldfare, 9 Robin, 8 House Sparrow, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Linnet

Keynsham garden:

1 Coal Tit

28-11-24 Blackcap, Writhlington garden (Merv Carlyon)

Writhlington garden:

1 Blackcap (m)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
Mix of up to 30 Teal and Pochard sleeping in vegetation at Tank 2, 24 Tufted Duck, 18 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Coot, mix of 50ish Common, BH and Herring Gulls, 16 Cormorant

Blagdon Lake:
inc - 12 Gadwall, 26 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 70 Pochard, 2 drake Ring-necked Duck, 450 Tufted Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 8 Little Grebe, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, flock 30+ Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Siskin

28-11-24 Marsh Harrier + dead Coot, CVL (Bri Thompson)

Chew Valley Lake

Cycle path NE of lake:

2 Redpoll

Causeway by Salt & Malt:
1 Common Sandpiper

28-11-24 Glossy Ibis, Bittern Trail CVL (Lee Patch)

Bittern Trail:
1 Glossy Ibis

28-11-24 Cormorant, Heron & Snipe, Stratford CVL (Lucy Masters)

Stratford:

c50 Snipe, 15 Great White Egret (11 in dead tree opposite Stratford), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher

Reported by: Jon Angell, Paul Bowerman, Merv Carlyon, Judy Copeland, Mike Dilger, Duncan Evered, Marc Hunt, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Brian Mulgrew, Steve Newland, Lee Patch, Nigel Povey, Rich Scantlebury, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Mike Trew, Lee Wildwood, Karen Wilkinson:

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