12-02-25 Wednesday - Brambling

Temp 03°C to 05°C - Although it felt a lot colder than that in the NNE breeze.  Misty start to the day staying overcast.

Ring-necked Duck

Scaup

Slavonian Grebe

Purple Sandpiper

Jack Snipe

Merlin

Bearded Tit

Brambling

Redpoll

BRISTOL

Arnos Vale Cemetery:

3 Stock Dove, 2 Firecrest, 1 Song Thrush, 20 Redwing, 1 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch (m)

Bishops Knoll and Old Sneed Park LNR:

33 Mallard,16 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen, 11 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest, 3 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch

Cumberland Basin:

2 Mallard, 16 Feral Pigeon, 4 Woodpigeon, 19 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Magpie
26+ Jackdaw, 10 Carrion Crow, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Blackbird (also present Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Robin, House Sparrow)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:

1 Water Rail

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:

1 Jack Snipe, 8 Snipe, 1 Kestrel, 18+ Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 7 Rock Pipit, 

Pilning Wetland/New Passage:

1 Water Rail, 1 Merlin (f)

Severn Beach:

1 Red Kite, 3 Redpoll, 3 Siskins (in the Orchard Pools area)

Old Sodbury Cross Hands AWBS:
c25 Black-headed Gull, 135 Herring Gull, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 32 Jackdaw, 79 Rook, 24 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark - singing, 2 Song Thrush - singing, 4 Redwing, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch.

Tormarton - Sheepcot Barn, AWBS:

3 Collared Dove, 2 Skylark - singing, 6 Chaffinch, 18 Linnet

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point:
4 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Purple Sandpiper

Gordano:
1 Red Kite

Clevedon - Highdale Rd Garden:
1 Woodpigeon, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 3 Robin

BELOW M4 & BANES

Dipper, Willsbridge (Peter Coslett)

Willsbridge:
2 Dipper

Corston Fields:
c150 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, c80 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Scaup (Aythya hybrid), 9 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake

Walley Bank Path:
3 Goosander (1f,2m) 1 Common Sandpiper

Villice:
2 Goosander (f,m) 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bullfinch (f,m)

Herons Green:
2 Scaup (f,m), 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (m)

Stratford:
1 Water Rail, 1 Bearded Tit (f)

Reported by: Jon Angell, Peter Coslett, John Lewis, Nick Hawkridge, Blake Norton, Steve Richardson, Martyn Smith, Howard Taffs, Nigel Tovey,
blagdonlakebirds, CVRS, nslbirding, opsbirding, severnsidebirds