Tuesday, 2 December 2025

02-12-25 Tuesday

 Temp 02°C to 09°C - Fine in the morning. Light rain in the afternoon with light winds from the south.

Green-winged Teal

BRISTOL

Eastville Park:
1 Kingfisher (lake)

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit

Sparrowhawk, Whitchurch (~Denise)

Whitchurch (garden):
1 Sparrowhawk

New Cut and Cumberland Basin:
1 Mute Swan, 3 Black-headed Gull, 8 Herring Gull, 4 Cormorant, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 9 Starling, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied/White Wagtail, 2 Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Water Rail (heard- lag 2), 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 20+ Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

No Reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland Common:
3 Red Kite (2 displaying)

Grey Wagtail, Keynsham Lock (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham (lock):
2 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2+ Kingfisher, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail

Stanton Drew (Sandy Lane):
2 Collared Dove, 10 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 5 Coal Tit, 20 Blue Tit, 25 Long-tailed Tit, 110 Fieldfare, 5 Meadow Pipit, 30 Goldfinch

Hunstrete:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, 12+ Goldfinch

Chelwood to Stanton Wick:
2 Red Kite (over road)


RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
2 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Little Grebe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Pied/White Wagtail

Chiffchaff, Bittern Trail (George Stacey)

Bittern Trail:

1 Chiffchaff

Goosander, BK Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:

1 Green-winged Teal, 2 Goosander (m+f), 1 Meadow Pipit, Linnet (++)

Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose (with a Canada Goose and 4 Hybrid Goslings), 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cattle Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard (1 very white), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 20+ Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied/White Wagtail, 20+ Linnet


Avocet, Stratford (Ian Stapp)

Kingfisher (with Dragonfly nymph), Stratford (Raoul Chandrasekera))

Marsh Harrier mobbed by crows, Stratford (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stratford:

5 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Pheasant (f), 1 Avocet, 5 Lapwing, 5 Grey Heron, 11 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 30+ Starling, 5 Pied/White Wagtail, 20+ Linnet

Kingfisher, Herriotts (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts inc Pool:

5 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 8 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Pied/White Wagtail


OUT OF AREA
Steart (BOC walk):
12 Canada Goose, 8 Mute Swan, 13 Shelduck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, 1 Pheasant, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Oystercatcher, 50 Avocet, Lapwing, Golden Plover, 7 Curlew, 30Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 5 Redshank, Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, Wren, Starling, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 3 Stonechat, 1 Dunnock, 3 Pied/White Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell, Raoul Chandrasakera, Paul Francis, Rich Keel, Elaine Lambert, John Lewis, Richard Meilcarek,  Mike Prior, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Larry Sweetland, Paul Tompkins

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