Wednesday, 5 November 2025

05-11-25 Wednesday

Temp 15°C to 16°C - Overnight light rain clearing for most of the day with cloud returning at the end of the day. SE wind between 5 and 13mph gusting to 22mph

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Lesser Scaup
Brambling
Redpoll

BRISTOL

Oldbury Court Estate:
2 Kingfisher

Frenchay Common:
1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Siskin

Clifton Wood:
2 Peregrine, 1 Grey Wagtail
Sparrowhawk, Coombe Dingle (Pete Bunniss)
Coombe Dingle:
1 Sparrowhawk

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Stonechat

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Aust Warth:
34 Mallard, 80 Teal, 27 Rock Pigeon, 2 Stock Dove, 6 Common Wood-Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 5 Snipe, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 23 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 14 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 6 Stonechat (3 pairs), 3 Dunnock, 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting 6 Stonechat 
Whinchat, Northwick (Brian Lancastle)
New Passage/Northwick:
1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat (f,m)
Black Redstart, Severn Beach (Les Williams)
Severn Beach:
2 Curlew, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 7 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Skylark, 28 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 2 Black Redstart, 1 Common Redstart, 5 Stonechat (3 x 1cy, 1f, 1m), 2 House Sparrow, 7 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Greenfinch

Easter Compton - Bristol Zoo Wild Place:
2 Fieldfare

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon - Wains Hill:
360 Starling, 8 Redwing, 920 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 15 Siskin

Long Ashton - Yanley Patch:
6 Woodpigeon, 3 BH Gull,  2 Herring Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 8 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 15 Goldfinch

Sand Point/Bay:
3 Shelduck, 12 Oystercatcher, 1 Golden Plover, 38 Curlew, 4 BH Gull, 1 Herring Gull,  1 GBB Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest, 5 Goldcrest, 1894 Starling, 12 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1552 Chaffinch, 12 Brambling, 3 Greenfinch, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 11 Goldfinch, 28 Siskin
Stonechat and Black Redstart, Uphill Marina (Alex Venner)
Uphill Marina:
1 Black Redstart (f), 1 Stonechat (f)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Woodcock

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
9 Egyptian Goose

Chew Valley Lake
Lesser Scaup, Wick Green Point (George Stacey)
Wick Green Point:
1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Great White Egret

Herons Green:
7 Whooper Swan

Moreton:
5 Whooper Swan (just before dark)

Reported by: Jon Angell, Dru Brooke-Taylor, Pete Bunniss, Alastair Fraser, Andrew Harrison, Matt Hull, Brian Lancastle, Stephen Le Flohic, John Lewis, Mike Moxon, Matt Plenty, Lois Pryce, George Stacey, Howard Taffs, Rod Taylor,  Les Williams, Alex Venner

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