23-12-24 Monday - Siberian Chiffchaff

Temp 6°C to 8°C - Some sun and a bit more light, though largely overcast with some light showers. A moderate NW/SW wind, gusts to 20mph.

Slightly early, but Happy Christmas/festive period to all our readers and contributors. Thank you for reading the blog and/or sending your records in, however you do it. Hopefully some of the current birds stick around into 2025 to start the year off well. Thanks also to each of the small blog team who give their time to collate the sightings. Finally a big thanks to R, who after many years of looking after the blog has stepped down, without him, we almost certainly wouldn't be reading this blog.

Lesser Scaup, Scaup

Ring-necked Duck
Hawfinch
Siberian Chiffchaff

Short-eared Owl

Redpoll, Firecrests

Black-necked Grebe

Slavonian Grebe

23-12-24 Firecrests, Crew's Hole (Duncan Evered) 

BRISTOL
Bishop Road to Horfield Common:
27 Feral Pigeon, 15 Woodpigeon. 3 Collared Dove, 1 Black-headed Gull. 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Tawny Owl (calling last night), 16 Magpie, 3 Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 36 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 1 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush (first for 4 years), 9 Robin, 18 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 26 Goldfinch

Blaise:

4 Firecrest, 1 Siskin

Crew's Hole Woodland:

2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest

Stoke Bishop:

Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven (over), 2 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 5 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin- first for 2 years

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
43 Teal, 20 Wigeon, 45 Curlew, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 5 Greenfinch, 10 Chaffinch, 4 Bullfinch

Aust Warth:
1 Short-eared Owl

Dodington:
2 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 20 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redpoll

Clevedon:

Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

23-12-24 Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando (Rob Laughton)

Compton Dando STW:
3 Chiffhchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Bath Spa Uni- Newton:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 singing Redwing, 2+ Hawfinch

23-12-24 Sparrowhawk, Radstock (Merv Carlyon)

Radstock:

Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk

RESERVOIRS

23-12-24 Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon (Lee Gardiner)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Scaup, 1 Common Sandpiper

Chew Valley Lake

23-12-24 Goosander, Goldeneye, CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
2 Goldeneye. 5 Goosander

Woodford:

1 Firecrest

Herons Green:
1 Goldeneye

Moreton:

1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Peregrine

Stratford:

10 Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Bearded Tit

Herriotts inc. Pool:

6 Shelduck, 100 Teal, 3 Pintail, 33 Lapwing

Out of area:

6 Hawfinch still Kilmersdon churchyard

1 Kentish Plover still Burnham

Reported by: Tony Bridges, John Budd, Merv Carlyon, Duncan Evered, Lee Gardiner, Markas Gilmartin, Matt Hobbs, Marc Hunt, Rob Laughton, Andrew Middleton, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, Nick Page, Russell Pearce, Nigel Povey, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Roger White, Gordon Youdale

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