05-02-25 Wednesday

Temp 04°C to 09°C - Bright morning sunshine but becoming hazy and then cloudy this afternoon with the occasional shower.  Gentle W breeze.

Ring-necked Duck

Grey Partridge

Jack Snipe

Mediterranean Gull

Great Northern Diver

Glossy Ibis

Redpoll

Corn Bunting

Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

1 Stock Dove, 1 Firecrest, 20 Redwing, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch (f & m)

Blaise Castle Estate:

2 Mallard, 1 Stock Dove, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 1 Gray Wagtail

Chaffinch, Combe Dingle ( Pete Bunniss)

Coombe Dingle Garden:

Chaffinch (f) a rarity that's been present for 5 days

Coal Tit, High Kingsdown (Keith Williams)

High Kingsdown, Redland:

2 Coal Tit, Blackcap (f)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail,1 Little Grebe, 1 Woodcock, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

UWE Stoke Lane Entrance:

2 Redpoll

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
70 Canada Goose, 50 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 130 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 220 Lapwing, 70 Curlew, 45 Redshank, 130 BH Gull, 1 Little Egret, 25 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Goldfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point - - on the red Newcome buoy:

5 Turnstone, 4 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon:

Highdale Rd Garden:

2 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow

Littleharp Bay:

c10 Ringed Plover, c 8 Turnstone

Congresbury Moor:

4 Mute Swan, 2 Goosander, 1 Water Rail, 9 Moorhen, 60 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Sparrow Hawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 60 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.

Tickenham Moor

1 Great White Egret

Bristol Airport

c300 Pied Wagtail (pre roost gathering)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton - Holm Mead:

1 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe, 2 Reed Bunting

Keynsham - Broadmead:

c300 Pied Wagtails (evening roost)

Newton St Loe:

1 Barn Owl

05-02-25 Siberian Chiffchaff Compton Dando STW (Merv Carlyon)

Compton Dando:

1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Marshfield:

Down Lane:
c150 Lapwing, 1 Red Kite, 2 Kestrel (2f), 10 Fieldfare, 50 Chaffinch, 200 Corn Bunting, 20 Yellowhammer
Rushmead Lane:

2 Grey Partridge

Shire Valley:

2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven

West Littleton Rd:

2 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat(1f,1m)

Stantonbury Hill:

1 Barn Owl

Radstock - Writhlington:

1 Blackcap (m)

RESERVOIRS

Barrow Tanks:
1 Great Northern Diver

Ring-necked Duck, Blagdon Lake (Chris Teague)

Blagdon Lake:

1 Ring-necked Duck

Chew Valley Lake

Barn Owl, Herons Green (Chris Teague)

Herons Green

1 Barn Owl

Glossy Ibis, Herriots Pool (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

2 Wigeon, 25 Goldeneye, 1 Goosander (1m), 4 Mediterranean Gull (one adult showed a tiny black spot in the white primaries), 2 Glossy Ibis, 6 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier,  (1f,1m), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Jon Angell Pete Bunniss, Merv Carlyon, Andy Davis, Adrian Hockey, Rob Laughton, John Lewis, Blake Norton,  Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Steve Richardson, Steve Sanins, Ian Stapp, Simon Stuart, Larry Sweetland, Chris Teague, Bri Thompson, Chris Vines, Keith Williams

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