Wednesday, 4 December 2024

04-12-24 Wednesday

Temp 05°C to 10°C - Overcast in the morning with sunny intervals in the afternoon. Light easterly wind in the morning followed by moderate breeze in the afternoon from the south, gusting up to 20mph. 

Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Slavonian Grebe
Purple Sandpiper
Bearded Tit
Firecrest

BRISTOL

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Jack Snipe
Firecrest, Troopers Hill/Crews Hole (Duncan Evered)
Troopers Hill/Crews Hole (woodlands survey inc. mist netting)
1 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest (juv f), 4 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch (calling), 2 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
Marsh Harrier (2nd yr m), 3 Peregrine (ad + 2 juv) 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Black Redstart (f)

Aust Warth:
4 Stock Dove, 15 Curlew, c300 Dunlin, 22 Redshank, 86 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 30+ Skylark, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 3 Bullfinch, 25 Linnet

Pilning Wetlands:
1 Barnacle Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 54 Lapwing, 9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Turnstone, c500 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (2nd yr m), 1 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 3 Raven, 6 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
2 Purple Sandpiper (Battery Point), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird

Clevedon (garden):
3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Robin

Bleadon (STW)
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Bearded Tit (m)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham (garden)
2 Blackcap (m & f), 4 Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch
Water Rail/Kingfisher, Keynsham Memorial Park (Paul Thompkins)
Keynsham, Memorial Park
2 Mallard, 20 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Water Rail, 7 Black-headed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 1 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 55 Mallard, 5 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 10 Woodpigeon, 6 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 5 Little Grebe, 20 Black-headed Gull, 60 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 24 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 8 Carrion Crow, 8 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Redwing, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Hawfinch, 15+ Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Shelduck, 1 Ring-Necked Duck, 1 Otter

Herons Green:
6 Goldeneye, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cetti's Warbler
Slavonian Grebe/Cormorant, Moreton, CVL (Bri Thompson)
Moreton:
1 Shelduck, 2 Scaup (juv m and adult m), 9 Goldeneye, 5 Water Rail (incl. 1 calling), 14 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jay, 2 Raven, 5+ Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff (calling), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 12+ Redwing

Stratford:
2 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe (same bird from Moreton), 6+ Snipe, 4 Grey Heron, 26 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, c40 Redwing (seen between Moreton and Stratford)

Herriotts inc Pool:
10 Shelduck, 1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 80+ Teal, 38 Pochard, 1 Lesser Scaup (f), 2 Water Rail, 14 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 31 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Jackdaw, 2+ Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Chris Craig, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Nigel Milbourne, Dan Nicholas, Mark Ponsford, Nigel Povey, Carol Rushton, Ian Stapp, Andrew Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Paul Thompkins, Bri Thompson, Mike Tranter, Wayne Tucker
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