Tuesday, 21 January 2025

21-01-25 Tuesday - Brent Goose

Temp 04°C to 07°C - Early sun until lunch time then overcast. Light breeze from the south east but swinging southerly with the loss of the sun and easterly from tea time. Gusts to 14mph.

Brent Goose
Purple Sandpiper
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Northern Diver
Firecrest
Glossy Ibis
Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Bishopston - Horfield Common:
16 Feral Pigeon, 19 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1  Sparrowhawk, 13 Magpie, 5 Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 4 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 5 Redwing, 9 Robin, 6 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose

Dunnock, Arno's Vale (Keith Williams)

Arno's Vale Cemetery:
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 2 Firecrest, 1 Song Thrush, Dunnock, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch

Lamplighters Marsh:
1 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No Reports

NORTH SOMERSET


Oystercatcher, Battery Point (Mike Owen)

Portishead:
Oystercatcher, Purple Sandpiper (2+ on buoy)

Clevedon - Yeo:
1 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), Shelduck, 1 Ringed Plover, 5+ Turnstones, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 2 Stonechat

Clevedon (garden):
2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 11 Carrion Crow, 1 Robin

Clevedon (Cannonsgate garden):
1 Grey wagtail

Kenn:
2 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat

Nailsea Moor:
1 Great White Egret, 1 Barn Owl

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham (garden):
2 Blackcap (m+f), 11 Goldfinch

Corston (fields):
c50 Chaffinch, c350 Linnet

Burnett:
1 Buzzard (Very white bird sat in tree, road side), 2 Kestrel, 30+ Crow

Marksbury:
150+ Starling

Chelwood:
2 Red Kite

Chew Magna (Denny Lane):
2 Glossy Ibis

Bullfinch (m/f), Chew Stoke (Lucy Masters)

Chew Stoke (garden):

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Starling, 3 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 House Sparrow, 3 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Great Northern Diver, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:

1 Great Northern Diver

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
5 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander(3m+3f), 84 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
6 Shoveler, 126 Great Crested Grebe

Red-breasted Merganser, Bernard King Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:

1 Red-breasted Merganser (also scoped from Woodford)

Hollowbrook:
16 Little Egret

Woodford & path:
4 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander (2m+3f), 15 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, c40 Long-tailed Tit (2 flocks 20+ each), 3 Chiffchaff, 3+ Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 2 Bullfinch

Herons Green:
100+ Canada Goose, 2 Scaup, 10 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 4 Chaffinch

Bearded Tit, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Black-necked Grebe, Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Moreton:

100+ Canada Goose (field behind), 2 Egyptian Goose, 10+ Goldeneye, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 20+ mixed flock Blue Great &Long-tailed Tit, 4+ Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Robin

Herriotts inc Pool:
12 Shelduck, 80+ Teal, 5 Goldeneye, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 80+ Lapwing, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 68 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 36 Great White Egret, 40+ Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied/White Wagtail


Out of Area

Brean Down (BOC walk):
2 Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, Woodpigeon, c250 Sanderling, c100 Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Skylark, 1 Wren, 25 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Stonechat, House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 5 Meadow Pipit

Reported by: John Budd, Ben Crabb, Stephen Curtiss,  Andy Davis, Julie Evans, Alistair Fraser, ken Hall, Lucy Masters, David Minshall, Nick Page, Stewart Poiner, Nigel Povey, Simon Reece, Carol Rushton, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Keith Williams
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