31/01/2025 Friday - Jack Snipe

Temp 05°C to 10°C - heavy overnight rain cleared by morning.  Some cloud with sunny spells.  Gentle NNW breeze

Black-necked Grebe

Slavonian Grebe

Purple Sandpiper

Jack Snipe

Glossy Ibis

Bearded Tit

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:

4 Canada Goose, 15 Mute Swan, 20+ Mallard, c100 Feral Pigeon, 1 Stock Dove, 20+ Wood Pigeon, 4 Moorhen, c30 Coot, 20+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 10+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 20+ Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 13+ Blue Tit, c12+ Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldcrest, 10+ Starling, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbird, 5 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock

Snuff Mills and Vassals Park:

5 Mallard, 21 Woodpigeon, 10 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 15 Carrion Crow, 10 Blue Tit, 11 Great Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 5 Dunnock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Yate: - Kingsgate Park

12 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander

Jack Snipe, Chipping Sodbury Common (Mark Collier)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Jack Snipe

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:

2 Shelduck, 19 Wigeon, 3 Woodpigeon, 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 14 Turnstone (counted on the buoy with Purple Sandpipers. 11 flew off west down river at 12 noon), 7 Purple Sandpiper (4 counted with the scope on the red buoy offshore, with 14 Turnstones, at 10.45. After most of the Turnstones flew off, 3 more birds came out from under the grill. All stayed until 12.40 when flew off north), 1 Common Sandpiper, 34 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1Buzzard, 1Peregrine, 33 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 House Sparrow, 2 White Wagtail, 1 Linnet

Clevedon - Highdale Garden

5 Woodpigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 4 Robin

Clevedon - Yeo

55 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, 15 Mallard, 35 Teal, 20 Curlew, 1000 Dunlin, 200 Redshank, 100 Black-headed Gull, 50 Herring Gull, 10 Skylark, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 20 Greenfinch

Dowlais

25 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 75 Wigeon, 10 Mallard, 30 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Avocet, 30 Lapwing, 15 Curlew, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 25 Meadow Pipit

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham - Holm Mead

2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, 5 Wigeon(4m)

Keynsham - Garden:

2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Blackcap (1f,1m), 8 Goldfinch

Stanton Wick:
3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard

Compton Dando - Sewage Treatment Works

1 Siberian Chiffchaff

RESERVOIRS

Diamond Dove, Barrow Tanks (Bri Thompson)

Barrow Tanks:
Tank 2

6 Little Grebe,1 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Black-headed Gull, 50 Common gull, 1 Great Northern Diver

Tank 3 

2 Canada Goose, 14 Teal, 8 Pochard, 6 Little Grebe, 13 Cormorant, 3 Pied Wagtail

Escapee

Diamond Dove

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:

4 Goldeneye, 8+ Goosander, 32 Great Crested Grebe, 52 Cormorant, 3 Great White Egret, 13 Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Pied Wagtail, 10+ Chaffinch (car park), 7 Goldfinch (car park)

Denny Lane

2 Glossy Ibis

Between Picnic Site 1 and 2

1 Stonechat

Black-necked Grebe, Bernard King Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:
1 Black-necked Grebe

Woodford:
6 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 3 Blackbird, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling),1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit, 1 Firecrest (by the car park start of the path), 4+ Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 3+ Redwing, 4 Robin

Snipe, Herons Green (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
40+ Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose (on the wall), 6 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail (pool), 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe (pool), 2 Snipe (pool), 1 Common Sandpiper (wall), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
100+ Canada Goose (field back hide), 7+ Goldeneye, 22 Great crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe (both a very long way out on lake not together), 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Barn Owl, 2 Raven, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:
13 Shelduck, (pool), 11+ Teal, (pool), 6 Goldeneye (lake), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 56+ Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 22 Great White Egret (pool & lake), 5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Buzzard, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler

Reported by: Merv Carlyon, Pete Cheetham, Mark Collier, Andy Davis, Chris Holloway, David Howes, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Nigel Povey, Steve Sanins, Rich Scantlebury, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Karen Wilkinson
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