Sunday, 12 January 2025

12-01-25 Sunday - Lapwing, Scoter

Temp 4°C to 10°C - Wind Force 1

Common Scoter
Slavonian and Black-necked Grebe
Lapwing
Glossy Ibis
Black Redstart

BRISTOL

Saint Andrews Park:
2 Feral Pigeon, 7 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal tit, 8+ Blue Tit, 15 Starling, 17+ Redwing, 5 Blackbird, 6+ Robin, 1 Dunnock (singing), 1 Chaffinch, umpteen Goldfinch

St Werburghs, Boiling Wells Lane:
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff including 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stoke Park:
1 Snipe

UWE Stoke Lane entrance:
2 Redpoll, 9 Siskin

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

12-1-25 Common Scoter, OPS (Peter Hazelwood)
Oldbury Power Station:
Common Scoter

Northwick Warth/Pilning Wetland:
350 Lapwing

Easter Compton:
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, flock 45 Jackdaw, flock 30 Rook, 1 Stonechat, 4 Chaffinch, flock 10 Goldfinch

Old Sodbury:
2 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Purple Sandpiper

Gordano Valley:
15 Cattle Egret

Clevedon, Highdale Rd:
3 Pigeon, 2 Seagull, 4 Magpie, 8 Crow, 

12-1-25 Black Redstart, Clevedon (Karen Jayne)
Clevedon:
Pier: 1 f Black Redstart
Harbour: 7 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 5 Turnstone, 20 Redshank & a Bull Grey Seal

Clevedon, Blind Yeo:
29 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 4 Mallard, 7 Goosander, 3 Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Broadmead:
1 m Shoveler, 1 m Teal, 1 m Goosander, Snipe, 105 Lapwing

Charlton Fields:
50 Lapwing

Marksbury:
90 + 14 +12  Lapwing

12-1-25 Red Kite, Newton St Loe (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:

3 Mute Swan, 67 Mallard, 6 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 5 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 28 Golden Plover, 70 Lapwing, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 15 Redwing, 1 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 30 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
39 Mallard, 35 Teal, 33 Pochard, 62 Tufted Duck, 22 Coot, 25 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver, 40 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 5 Heron, 260 Lapwing

12-1-25 Goldeneye, Blagdon Lake (Paul Tompkins)
Blagdon Lake:

Ring-necked Duck, 1 2cly m Scaup, 1 Goldeneye, 3 m Goosander

Chew Valley Lake
1 Goosander, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 920 Lapwing

Denny Lane:
100 Lapwing, 10 Golden Plover, 2 Glossy Ibis

Dam:
1 Common Sandpiper

Herons Green:
2 Scaup, 1 Glossy Ibis

Moreton:
1 f Scaup

Reports: Derek Angell, Simon Bowles, Paul Bowrman, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Karl Burford, Paul Chapman, Mark Coller, Stephen Jane Cumming, Curtis, Sean Davies, Rupert Higgins, Dave Hughes, Andy Meras, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Lois Price, Dean Reeves, Carol Rushton, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, blagdonlakebirds, eBird, opsbirding, severnsidebirds, TBOSG