14-12-24 Saturday

Temp 07°C to 08°C - A shower at dawn and then lovely sunshine until 2:30. Dusk was overcast and the wind stayed at a gentle breeze from the west.

Firecrest

Bearded Tit

Yellowhammer

Green Sandpiper

Goosander

Short-eared Owl

BRISTOL

Arno's Vale Cemetery: 

1 Coal Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 5 Redwing

Ashton Court - part of:

4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jackdaw, 18 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Bedminster - Berry Maze:

1 Mistle Thrush

14-12-24 Kingfisher EP (Allan Chard)

Eastville Park:

4 Canada Goose, 14 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, c100 Feral Pigeon, c20 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, c30 Coot, c30 Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 14 Magpie, 10+ Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 10+ Starling, 7 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Henleaze:

1 Tawny Owl - in flight at dusk

Lamplighter Marsh:

2 Curlew, 5 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Stonechat, Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick:
1 Short-eared Owl

Yate - Kingsgate Park
4 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Redpoll, 3 Siskin

NORTH SOMERSET

Abbotts Leigh:

1 Firecrest

Wraxhall - Watercress Farm:

5 Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker - paired, 1 Jay, 21 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 4 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 13 Robin, 5 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 19 Goldfinch, 10 Siskin, 3 Yellowhammer

Weston in Gordano:
1 Red Kite

14-12-24 Redwing Dowlais (Pete Skett)

Clevedon - Dowlais Farm:
some Starling, 6 to 8 Redwing

Clevedon - Highdale garden:
I Woodpigeon, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Robin

14-12-24 Goosander Cl-Y (Rowan Peters)

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:

10 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard,  8 Goosander, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 BH Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch

Backwell Lake- pm count:
31 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Goose, 7 Shoveler. 9 Gadwall, 20 Moorhen. 4 Little Grebe, 2 Water Rail, 36 Little Egret, 10 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 60+ Jackdaw

Yatton:
2 Moorhen, 200 BH Gull, 1 Heron, 7 Lttttle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Stonechat and 1 Grey Wagtail

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Broadmead:
60 Canada Goose - including 2 with mostly white heads, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Meadow Pipit, 6 Greenfinch

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Water Rail - showing well

Midsomer Norton - Welton:

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 50 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 60 mixed finch flock (Chaffinch / Goldfinch / Linnet / Greenfinch - roughly in that order of abundance)

Stanton Drew:

1 Tawny Owl, 15 Long Tailed Tit, 10 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 20 linnet

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
20 Shoveler, 20 Pochard, 5 Goldeneye, 4 Water Rail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti’s Warbler

Walley Bank Path:
8 Goosander, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest,

14-12-24 Redpoll CVL (Derek Miller)

Moreton:
1 Scaup (m), 1 Sparrowhawk (f)1 Marsh Harrier (m) - with drooping leg, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting

plus - Buzzard, Peregrine, Goldcrest, Redwing

14-12-24 Bearded Tit, CVL (Derek Miller)

Stratford:
4 Goldeneye (3f), 1 Common Gull. 1 Grey Heron, 14 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Bearded Tit (f&m), 6 Redpoll

Herriotts inc Pool:
9 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 25 Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull; To roost - c45 Cattle Egret, 40 Great White Egret, c30 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Bearded Tit, c15,000 Starling

Reported by: Pete Allen, Richard Belson, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Andrew Harrison, Rich Keel, John Lewis, Derek Miller, David Minshall, Blake Norton, Nick Page, Rowan Peters, Bob Proctor, Phil Quinn, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Vic Savery, Rich Scantlebury, Peter Skett, Howard Taffs, Chris Teague, Chris Vines, 

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