Thursday, 2 January 2025

02-01-2025 - Brent Goose

Temp -01°C to +04°C. Beautiful clear day but cold in light northerly wind.

Brent Goose
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Glossy Ibis
Short-eared Owl
Siberian Chiffchaff
Bearded Tit
Hawfinch
02-01-2025 Bearded Tit, CVL (Lauren Tucker)
BRISTOL
02-01-2025 Little Egret & Curlew, Lamplighters Marsh NR (David Minshall)
Lamplighters Marsh NR:
3 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat

St Andrews garden:
2 Blackcap (1m, 1f)

Redland garden:
2 Blackcap (1m, 1f)
02-01-2025 Kingfisher, EP (Caron Thornton-Trippit)
Eastville Park:
3+ Cormorants, 2 Kingfisher, Goldcrests

Ashton Marsh:
inc - 1 Mallard, 2 Teal, 5 Water Rail, 13 Snipe, 16 BH Gull, 24 Herring Gull, 1 Kestrel, 8 Magpie, 125 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff,  1 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 16 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Greylag with 91 Canada Goose, pair Gadwall, 8 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat 

New Passage:
56 Greylag Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, Canada Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 100 Redshank, 800 Dunlin, 3 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat, 9 Meadow Pipit, 8 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Ridge Woods:
inc - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, Blackbird, 1 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead Marina:
1 Common Sandpiper

Gordano Valley:
5 Gadwall, 15 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 6 Coot, 2 Little Grebe

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
6 Goosander, 1 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail

Clevedon - Highdale Rd:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 gull sp, 2 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 1 Robin
02-01-2025 Barn Owl, Yatton (Howard Taffs)
Strawberry Line at Yatton:
2 Barn Owl

Sand Point/Bay:
Seawatch: 2 Brent Goose, 4 Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher, 19 Curlew, 90 BH Gull, 15 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull
Present: 2 Peregrine, 1 Cetti's warbler, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Broadmead, Keynsham:
8 Snipe

Keynsham garden:
2 Blackcap (1m, 1f), 4 Greenfinch, 8+ Goldfinch

Holm Mead, Bitton:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Kestrel, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 14 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 27 Goldfinch, 1 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting 
02-01-2025 Siberian Chiffchaff, Compton Dando STW (Pete Coslett)
Compton Giving STW:
inc - Buzzard, Raven, 12 Long Tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail 

Marksbury:
1 Red Kite

Newton Park Lake:
1 Wigeon, 1 Tufted Duck (f), 5 Teal, 4 Stock Dove,  5 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 5 Hawfinch, 6 Greenfinch

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS
02-01-2025 Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Lauren Tucker) 
Barrow Tanks:
25 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Buzzard, 4 Common Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Raven 

Blagdon Lake:
Gadwall, Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted Duck, 1 Ring-necked Duck (ad m), 1 Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup (ad f) - possibly, 3 Goldeneye, 2 drake Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, Common Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 15 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chaffinch
02-01-2025 Goldeneye and Great Crested Grebe, Moreton CVL (Ian Stapp)
Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail 
02-01-2025 Stonechat, Picnic site 1-2 CVL (George Stacey)
Wally Bank:
10 Goosander, 20 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret

Picnic site 1-2: 
2 Stonechat
02-01-2025 Scaup, Nunnery CVL (Keith Williams)
Nunnery:
1 Scaup

Herons Green:
34 Canada Goose, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Little Grebe, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Snipe, 1 Cetti's Warbler
02-01-2025 Black-necked Grebe and Wigeon, Moreton CVL (Ian Stapp)
Moreton:
2 Gadwall, 26 Wigeon, 8 Goldeneye, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 1 (ringed) Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit1 Treecreeper, Starling, 1 Siskin

Across road from Moreton gate200+ flock of Fieldfare, Redwing, Starling, Song Thrush and Blackbird

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 1 Slavonian Grebe1 Snipe, 8 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit (2m, 1f), 1 Treecreeper

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Egyptian Goose, 14 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 80+ Teal, 12 Pochard, 3 Pintail, 1 Goosander (m), 36 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 2 Glossy Ibis, 20+ Cattle Egret, 30 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Jay, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Jay, 1 Cetti's Warbler

From the bridge  - 180 Cormorant in trees around lake, 47 Great White & Little Egret along waters edge around lake

Out of Area

Kilmersdon:
1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Fieldfare, 4 Hawfinch, 3 Greenfinch 

Steart Marshes (QV hide) 
Least Sandpiper

Reported by: Pete Allen, Jon Angell, Paul Chapman, Pete Cheetham, Pete Coslett, Chris Craig, Anne Crowe, Alan Daniells, Andy Davis, Andy Gibb, Matt Hall, Rob Hargreaves, Matt Hull, Marc Hunt, Rob Laughton, Frankie Macrow, David Minshall, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Harvey Rose, John Rossetti, Mark Savage, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Caron Thornton-Trippit, Mike Trew, Lauren Tucker, Wayne Tucker, Chris Vines, Keith Williams.