12-12-24 Thursday - Slavonian Grebe

Temp 05°C to 07°C. Another cold grey day with light north-easterly breeze. 

Ring-necked Duck

Slavonian Grebe

Bearded Tit

Redpoll

12-12-24 Slavonian Grebe, Moreton CVL (Ian Stapp)

BRISTOL

Fishponds garden:

6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (f)

Eastville Park:

4 Canada Goose, 12 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, 100+ Feral Pigeon, 10+Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, c30 Coot, c30 Black-headed Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 9 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 16 Magpie, 20+ Jackdaw, 10+ Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 5 Great tit, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 5 Wren, 20+ Starling, 5 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Goldfinch

Arnos Vale:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
4 Pintail (3m, 1f), 1Merlin

Grovesend, nr Thornbury:
1 Woodcock (flew over the A38)

Ingst:
2 Mallard, 59 Herring Gull, 6 BH Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Rook, 8 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon garden:

3 Woodpigeon, 1 gull sp, 5 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 10 Crow, 1 Robin

Kenn Moor:
2 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Goldfinch. 1 Siskin

Weston-Super-Mare:
1 Barn Owl (hunting at M5 J21)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham garden:
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (1m, 1f), 10+ Goldfinch 

12-12-24 Redpoll, Twerton (Lauren Tucker)

Twerton garden:
inc 3 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Redpoll in alders, 8 Goldfinch

Burnett:
1 Kestrel, 100+ Jackdaw 

Greyfield Woods, High Littleton:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

Radstock Sewage Works:

4 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrest, 22 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

12-12-24 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon Lake (Bri Thompson)

Blagdon Lake:
1 drake Ring-necked Duck (in Long Bay)

Chew Valley Lake:

Herons Green:
3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier

12-12-24 (very light) Marsh Harrier, Moreton CVL (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

3 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail , 1 Little Grebe,  1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 GBB Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Bearded Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler

Stratford:

inc - Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 12 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

12-12-24 Starlings, Herriotts CVL (Trudy Sheen)

Herriotts inc Pool:
12 Shelduck, Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 75+ Teal, Pochard, 1 drake Ring-necked Duck, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, 18 Lapwing, 2 GBB Gull, 34 Common Gull, 7 Great white Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 6 Jackdaw, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Jon Angell, Chris Craig, Pete Hazelwood, Steve Newland, Blake Norton, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Rich Scantlebury, Trudy Sheen, Ian Stapp,  Bri Thompson, Lauren Tucker

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