29-12-24 Sunday - Hawfinches

Temp 06°C to 10°C - Weather still rather uninspiring but at least the mist has lifted somewhat.. Not bad for birding at all really! A force 2 WNW wind.

Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe

Great Northern Divers

Glossy Ibis

Siberian Chiffchaff

Hawfinch

29-12-24 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tank no. 2 (Dave Hughes)

BRISTOL

Shirehampton - Lamplighter's Marsh NR:

1 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5+ Redshank

29-12-24 Redshank, Lamplighter's Marsh NR, Shirehampton (David Minshall)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Northwick Warth:
13 Greylag Geese - over, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Buzzard, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 30 Starling, 3 Stonechat

Pilning Wetlands:
18 Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Geese, 13 Greylag Geese, 7 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, c.40 Lapwing, 14 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 3 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 8 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Chiffchaff, 50 Starling, 5 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 8 Rock Pipit, 14 Goldfinch 

Yate - Kingsgate Park:
Present:

6 Goosander, 2 Raven

Over: 
5 (2m/3f) Goosander, 9 Tufted Duck

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
North and South Pools:

75 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 17 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 10 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck (2m,1f), 7 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 10 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Cormorant - over, 2 Magpie, 1 f Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch

Feeding Station area:
6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock

Portishead Ecology Park:
2 Mute Swan + 4 juv., 3 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 5 Magpie, 1 f Stonechat 

Clevedon - Highdale Road:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw

Kenn - YACWAG:
1 Jack Snipe, 30 Snipe

Yatton - Strawberry Line:
1 Barn Owl - hunting

BELOW M4 & BANES

29-12-24 Water Rail, Keynsham Park (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham Park:

1 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail

Keynsham - Holm Mead:
2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit

Bath - Lansdown Hill:
1 Barn Owl - hunting at dawn

Newton Park Lake (Bath Spa University Campus):
3 Mute Swan, 1 Gadwall - male patch tick (!), 1 Wigeon, 20 Mallard, 8 Teal, 1 f Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Hawfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch

29-12-24 Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando (Lee Gardiner)

Compton Dando STW:
1 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
6 Little Grebe, 200 Common Gull, 1 Great Northern Diver

29-12-24 Ferruginous x Pochard hybird - Blagdon Lake (Rob Morris)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ferruginous Duck x Pochard hybrid, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 f Scaup, 1 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake

2 Scaup

29-12-24 Slavonian Grebe, Moreton - CVL (Phil Delve)

Bittern Trail:
16 (8m/8f) Goosander

Nunnery:
1 f Scaup, 3 (1m/2f) Goosander

Moreton:
1 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 2 (m/f) Bearded Tit

Stratford:
1 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye - displaying, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Glossy Ibis - roosting with the gulls, 53 Cattle Egret, 57 Great White Egret, 30 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 3 Bearded Tit (heard only), 30,000 Starling - across to east

29-12-24 Glossy Ibis, Herriott's Pool - CVL (Lee Gardiner)

Out of area:

2+ Hawfinch still at Kilmersdon, near Radstock

Reported by: Pete Cheetham, Mark Coller, Anne Crowe, Phil Delve, Duncan Evered, Lee Gardiner, Richard Giles, Robert Hargreaves, Nick Hudson, Dave Hughes, Marc Hunt, Rob Laughton, Rich Mielcarek, Nigel Milbourne, David Minshall, Rob Morris, Fiona Neate, Rowan Peters, Nigel Povey, Trevor Riddle, Howard Taffs, Gary Thoburn, Paul Tompkins, Wayne Tucker, Chris Vines.

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