03-01-25 Friday - Purple Sandpiper

Temp 0°C to 05°C - Frosty start then sunshine all day again. Light breeze from the west south west and some gusts to 15 mph early on.

Sunday 09 February – BOC coach trip to Exe Estuary:
The trip is £25 - Meet at the Water Tower on Bristol Downs BS9 1FG (near top of Whiteladies Road) – coach leaves at 08:00.
We usually walk (floods permitting) beside the canal and river from Exminster to Powderham, then eat lunch in the coach and travel to Dawlish Warren for the rest of the day. Returning to Bristol by 6pm ish.
To book your place, please email us on the above address for the attention of Judy Copeland.

Purple Sandpiper

Glossy Ibis

Ring-necked Duck

Great Northern Diver

Siberian Chiffchaff

Ring-necked Parakeet

Woodcock

BRISTOL

Bishop Road to Horfield Common:

12 Feral Pigeon, 17 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 13 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 9 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Starling,4 Blackbird, 12 Robin, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch

Clifton - Zoo Bank:

2 Firecrest, 1 Bullfinch (m)

Clifton Down:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 1 Coal Tit - singing, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Greenfinch

Downend - garden:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Hotwells - patch walk:

90 Feral Pigeon, 15+ Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 2 Black-headed Gull, 26+ Herring Gull, 2+ Cormorant, 3 Magpie, c160 Jackdaw - some drifted south to roost, 9 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail

Redland - garden, seen stocking up 10 mins before sunset:

2 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Redwing, 2 Blackbird (f&m), 1 Robin, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

4 Redpoll    

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

Stock Dove, Woodcock, Cormorant, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Linnet 

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:
1 Brent Goose, 22 Canada Goose, 2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 300+ Wigeon, 40 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 18 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Turnstone, 1 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 45 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 25 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch

Yate:
4 Goosander (m) - over, presumably from Brinsham Lake, 61 Woodpigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 3 Black-Headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:

1 Song Thrush - singing

Portishead - Battery Point:
3 Purple Sandpiper

Kenn Moor:
1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare

Kingston Seymour / Wick St Lawrence:

8 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 20 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

Burnett to Hunstrete - around the lanes:
2 Mallard (m), 2 Pheasant - albino, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 30+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 12+ Fieldfare, 3 Robin, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch, 20 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer

03-01-2025 Siberian Chiffchaff Compton Dando (Ian Stapp)

Compton Dando - orchard and STW:

6 Woodpigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Dunnock, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 9 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer

Norton Hawkfield:

60 Skylark in stubble field

Norton Malreward:

9 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing

03-01-2025 Common Gull, Paulton (Patrich Hackcock)

Paulton:
7 Pheasant, 3 Black-headed Gull, 70 Common Gull, 20 Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 11 Blackbird

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Northern Diver

03-01-2025 Ring-necked Duck BL (Chris Teague)

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Woodford:
7 Goosander

Moreton:
8 Wigeon, 20 Goldeneye, 11 Goosenader, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 15 Great White Egret

03-01-25 Great White Egret CVL (Chris Teague)

Stratford:
2 Black-necked Grebe, Cormorant, Great White Egret, 4 Bearded Tit

Between Stratford and Herriotts:

1 Woodcock - flushed

Herriotts inc Pool:
2 Black-necked Grebe - way out on the lake, 2 Glossy Ibis, 1 Marsh Harrier, 25,000 Starling

Out of Area

Steart - Otterhampton Marsh
1 Least Sandpiper

Kilmersdon:

3 Hawfinches

Reported by: Pete Allen, John Barnett, Nancy Barrett, Peter Brain, Peter Bryant, John Budd, Chris Craig, Mark Dadds, Andy Davis, Barry Dursley, Ollie Fournier, Patrick Hancock, Matt Hobbs, David Howes, Olwen Jones, Lois Pryce, James Richard, Joe Sargent, Trudy Sheen, Ian Stapp, Chris Teague, Chris Vines

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