27-12-24 Friday

Temp 05°C to 07°C - Misty all day again. Light airs from various northern points of the compass. (Saved me the effort of deleting yesterdays weather description.)

Glossy Ibis

Woodcock

Firecrest

BRISTOL

Hallen Marsh:

inc - 1 Gadwall, 9 Mallard, 13 Teal, 44 Stock Dove, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch. 1 Reed Bunting

Hotwells/Cumberland Basin:

1 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 1 Rock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Moorhen, c48 Herring Gull, 1 Peregrine, 12 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 House Sparrow

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
1 Woodcock, 2 Stonechat

NORTH SOMERSET

Firecrest, Portishead (Tim Mason)

Portishead (Eastwood LNR):
3 Firecrest

Clevedon - Yeo (Dowlais):
2 Shoveler, 6 Mallard, 30 Teal, 2 Stonechat

Banwell (garden):
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando (Tim Salkeld)

Compton Dando (STW):

+ Chiffchaff (1 form Tristis, "+ some normal"), c50 Redwing, +Fieldfare

Blackcap (Radstock) (Merv Carlyon)

Radstock - Writhlington (garden):

1 Blackcap

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Kingfisher/Treecreeper, Picnic area 2 (Enid Wilkinson)

Woodford to Bittern Trail:
1 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Treecreeper, + Reed Bunting

Nunnery:
1 Scaup (f), 5 Goosander

Moreton:
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Snipe, 37 Cattle Egret (over the road from the gate to Moreton), 1 Marsh Harrier

Slavonian Grebe, Stratford (Lee Gardiner)

Stratford:
2 Black-necked Grebe (distant)

Glossy Ibis, Herriotts (Bri Thompson)

Herriotts inc Pool:
8 Canada Goose, 2 Water Rail, 1 Woodcock, 3 Snipe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 3 Glossy Ibis, 52 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 41 Great White Egret, 45 Little Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 11,100 Starling

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Duncan Evered, Lee Gardiner, Nick Hawkridge. Tim Mason, Andy Mears, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Gary Thorburn, John Thorogood, Enid & Karen Wilkinson

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