30-01-25 Thursday

Temp 02°C to 07°C - Very sunny with a gentle breeze from the West.

Glossy Ibis
Bearded Tit
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

5 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, c30 Mallard, 100+ Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Wood Pigeon, 7 Moorhen, c30 Coot, 40+ Black-headed Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Cormorant,  2 Grey Heron,  1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, c20 Magpie, 20+ Jackdaw, 30 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, c10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest, c7 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 10+ Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 11+ Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

Peregrine, High Kingsdown (Keith Williams)

High Kingsdown:

1 Peregrine

Top: Redshank & Common Sandpiper
Middle: Redshank & Oystercatcher
Bottom: Curlew & Oystercatcher
Lamplighter's Marsh (David Minshall)

Lamplighters Marsh:

2 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 2 Stonechat

Seamills (Green Space):

1 Buzzard, 1 Song Thrush,  5 Redwing , 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Black Redstart (jetty)

Thornbury:

1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Blackcap (m)

Ingst (ST5787 Winter Bird Survey):
4 Mallard, 1 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 115 Jackdaw, 12 Rook, 2 Song Thrush, 60 Redwing, 6 House Sparrow

Severn Beach:
1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

Black Redstart, Clevedon (Howard Taffs)

Clevedon - Yeo:
Pier: 1 Black Redstart

Sea wall: 15 Lapwing

Mudflats: + Oystercatcher, 11+ Ringed Plover, + Curlew, + Redshank, 1 Little Egret

Golf course: 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat (m+f)

Garden: 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 6 Robin

Weston-Super-Mare (garden):
2 Buzzrd (over), 2 Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Tog Hill (carpark):
2 Stock Dove, + Woodpigeon, + Herring Gull, 1 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard (interacting), + Rook, + Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, + Wren, 1 Fieldfare, + Robin, + House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail (Yarellii)

Keynsham (Broadmead Lane):
50 Canada Goose (1 with white head), 2 Egyptian Goose, 50 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Greenfinch

Siberian Chiffchaff , Compton Dando (Barry Dursley)

Compton Dando (STW):
2 Red Kite, 1+ Raven, ++ Long-tailed Tit, 6 Chiffchaff (1 form Tristis), 6+ Goldcrest

Marksbury:
16+ Golden Plover

Glossy Ibis, Denny Lane (David Hughes)

Chew Magna:
2 Glossy Ibis (Denny Lane), 2 Red Kite (over B3130)

Radstock - Writhlington:

2 Buzzard (soaring together), 1 Raven, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 1 Blackcap, 8 Goldcrest, 2 Siskin

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Red-breasted Merganser, Dam (Ian Stapp)

Goosander m+f in foreground with RB Merganser behind,
Dam (Ian Stapp)

Dam:
6 Goldeneye, 8+ Goosander, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 40+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 23 Cormorant, 3 Great White Egret, 7 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Woodford & Walley Bank Path:
6 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 2 Robin

Herons Green:
40+ Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 32 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Pied/White Wagtail

Moreton:
100+ Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 7+ Goldeneye, 42 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 2 Raven, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 10+ Long-tailed Tit

Stratford:
2 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Treecreeper

Great White Egret, Herriott's (Keith Williams)

Herriotts inc Pool:
13 Shelduck, 20+ Teal, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 46 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 27 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret (1 - ring number "6"), 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 8 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Pied/White Wagtail

Reported by: Dru Brooke-Taylor, Diana Bunnis, Louise Bailey, Andy Davis, David Hughes, David Minshall, Nick Page, Nigel Povey, Dean Reeves, Rich Scantlebury, Mark Smith, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Howard Taffs, Gwen Thomas, Brian Thompson, Keith Williams
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