Wednesday, 22 January 2025

22-01-25 Wednesday - Lesser Redpoll

Temp -01°C to 05°C - Cold and misty for most of the day.  Brightened up mid afternoon.  Slight WNW breeze.

Red-breasted Merganser
Lesser Redpoll

BRISTOL

Ashton Court - Durnford Quarry area:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Jay, 1+ Marsh Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Firecrest, 2+ Nuthatch. Also present were 
Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin

Avon Gorge:
1 Jay

Avonmouth St Andrew's Church:
8 Greenfinch

Grow Wilder - Begbrook:
2 Bullfinch

Sea Mills:
2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stonechat (m)

Sims Hill:
3 Mistle Thrush, 50 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 5 Bullfinch

UWE Stoke Lane entrance:
1 Water Rail, 1 Mistle Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Golden Plover, 20 Snipe, 1 Treecreeper 

Aust Warth:
Marsh Harrier (2CY m)

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead -Battery Point:
2 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 8 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 House Sparrow

Clevedon - Highdale Rd Garden:
2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 2 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Robin

Worle:
1 Blackcap (f), 1 Goldcrest, 6 Greenfinch

Weston Beach - Uphill end:
17 Oystercatcher, 5 Sanderling, 1 Common Gull

Bristol Airport:
40 Golden Plover

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham Garden
1 Blackcap (f), 2 Goldfinch

Burnett
1 Kestrel
Lesser Redpoll, Paulton (Patrick Hancock)
Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon, 41 Mallard, 100 Woodpigeon, 8 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 30 Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 8 Blackbird, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Goldfinch

Wellow:
7 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Golden Plover

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander (3f 3m) , 33 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Cormorant, 4 Pied Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Goosander (George Stacey)
Bernard King Hide:
1 Goosander (m)

From path between Picnic site 1 to 2
6 Goosander (1m), 1 Stonechat

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, (3f,4m) 1 Red-breasted Merganser (m), 17 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 12+Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch
Wigeon, Herons Green Bay (Ian Stapp)
Herons Green:
100+ Canada Goose, 1 Wigeon (m, on lakeside wall), 6 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe (Pool),11 Great crested Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:,
80+ Canada Goose (field opposite hide), 2 Egyptian Goose, 4+ Goldeneye, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Great-crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
12 Shelduck (pool), 80+ Teal (pool),3 Goldeneye (lake) 108 Lapwing (pool), 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron , 22 Great White Egret (17 pool), 5 Little Egret, 34 Cormorant (in the trees from Herriott's Bridge),1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied Wagtail

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Allan Chard, Adrian Dutt, Ken Hall, Patrick Hancock, Adrian Hockey, Brian Lancastle, John Lewis, Mike Owen, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Ian Stapp, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland
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