29-01-25 Wednesday - Firecrest

Temp 01°C to 06°C.  Overcast.  Ice on windscreens and slightly misty start clearing by mid morning. Very slight ENE breeze.

Glossy Ibises

Firecrest

Black Redstarts

Treecreeper at Stratford hide, Chew (Lucy Masters)

BRISTOL

Ashton Marsh:

5 Mallard, 1 Water Rail, 2 Moorhen, 2 Snipe, 190 Jackdaw, 5 Great Tit, singing Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 6 Robin, 14 Goldfinch.

Clifton Downs:

(Survey between Ladies Mile and Upper Belgrave Road)  3 Collared Dove, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush (singing), c.20 Redwing, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch.

High Kingsdown:

7 Long-tailed Tit

29-01-25 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Stockwood Open Space:

10 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 20 Goldfinch

Stoke Park:

3 Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting

Withywood:

A garden Blackcap, male.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

9 Shelduck, 46 Wigeon, 34 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing, 220 Dunlin, 2 ad. m. Black Redstart, 4 Stonechat, 1 Coal Tit.

Firecrest in a Nailsea garden (Timothy Warren)

Chipping Sodbury Common:

2 Jack Snipe, 5+ Snipe, 1 Little Owl

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon pier:

f. Black Redstart

Garden: 2 Feral Pigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 3 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 13 Crow, 1 Great Tit, 5 Robin

Nailsea:

A garden Firecrest

Worle:
Summer Lane ponds:  2 Goosander (very unusual at this location).

Bleadon:
Croquet Club: 2 Green Woodpecker

Glossy Ibis near Chew (George Stacey)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Magna (Denny Lane):

2 Glossy Ibis

female Goosander at Chew (George Stacey)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Kingfisher.

Bernard King Hide:

8 Goosander (2 drakes).

Herons Green:
3 Scaup, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe

GBB Gull killing a Great Crested Grebe

Stratford:

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 12 LT Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Out of Area

Kilmersdon churchyard:
2 Peregrine, 1 Hawfinch.

Stock Hill woods:
5 Crossbills

Reported by:  Ben Crabb, Mark Coller,  Andy Davis, Neil Delaney, Paul Francis, Alastair Fraser, John Lewis, Lucy Masters, Andy Middleton, Mike Owen, Nigel Povey, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, John Thorogood, Timothy Warren, Keith Williams, blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds