31-12-24 Tuesday

Temp 10°C to 11°C - Light cloud and a fresh breeze from the Southwest

Lesser Scaup

Black-necked Grebe

Great Northern Diver

BRISTOL

Easter Compton:

70 Jackdaw, 20 Rook

Curlew, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)

Stoke Bishop (garden):

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail

Lamplighters Marsh NR:

2 Curlew, 4 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, Long-tailed Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oystercatcher (darkest birds)/Curlew, New Passage (Vera Carpenter)

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
200 Canada Goose, 100+ Greylag Goose, 40 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 30 Gadwall, 300 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 200 Oystercatcher, 100-200 Lapwing, 300 Curlew, 8 Turnstone, 5 Dunlin, 150 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 30 Starling, 2 Pied/White Wagtail, 8 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Tickenham Moor:
1 Great White Egret

Clevedon - Wains Hill LNR:
7 Woodpigeon, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 18 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 6 Magpie, 7 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Linnet

Clevedon (garden):
1 Jackdaw

Yatton (Wemberham and the Little River) :

4 Moorhen, 2 Cormorant ,3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit.

BELOW M4 & BANES

Kingfisher, Dyrham (Caron Thornton-Trippit)

Dyrham (BOC walk):
6 Mallard, 4 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, c85 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 1 Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, c60 Redwing, Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Willsbridge Mill:
1 Dipper

Bullfinch, Bath (Glen Maddison)

Bath (garden):

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Blackcap, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 12 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Lee Gardiner)

Barrow Tanks:
21 Little Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven

Lesser Scaup, Blagdon (Lee Gardiner)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Lesser Scaup

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Goosander (m), 1 Great White Egret

Glossy Ibis, nr Moreton (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Field opposite Moreton entrance:
3 Glossy Ibis

Moreton:
1 Goldeneye (m), 1 Black-necked Grebe

Stratford:
++ Pochard, 3 Goldeneye (all m)

Herriotts inc Pool:
3 Glossy Ibis, 62 Cattle Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 36 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret

Reported by: Vera Carpenter, Raoul Chandrasakera, Chris Craig, Alan Daniells, Lee Gardiner, ~Jack, John Lewis, Glen Maddison, Nigel Povey, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Joe Sargent, Gwen Thomas, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Roger White

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