12-12-25 Friday

Temp 05°C to 11°C - Rain early on, then broken cloud until full sun by midday.  The light breeze started west south west, veering south west in the sunshine and backing south south west later, Occasional gusts to 21 mph early in the day.

Whinchat

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

Elton Rd : 2 Jay - squawking    

Paulton Drive:7 Feral Pigeon, 2 Woodpigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker (m), 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch

12-12-25 Stonechat Shirehampton (David Minshall)

Shirehampton - Lamplighter Marsh:

1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, Stonechat, Linnet

St Andrews Park:

Herring Gull, 2 Jay, Blackcap, 2 Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Horton:

2 Little Owl - sunning

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Stonechat - Shepperdine

New Passage/Pilning Wetlands:

67 Canada Goose, 54 Greylag Goose, 7 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, c.240 Wigeon, 25 Teal, 5 Moorhen, 7 Coot, 4 Collared Dove, c 240 Lapwing, 120 Curlew, 30 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 120 Redshank, 2 Common Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Pied Wagtail, 15 Goldfinch

12-12-25 Whinchat NW (Derek Clarke)

Northwick Cake Pill:
50 Wigeon, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Skylark, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 20 Linnet

Severn Beach:
c23 Shelduck, 17 Wigeon, 7 Mallard, c70 Oystercatcher, 5 Ringed Plover, 6 Curlew, c20 Turnstone, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel (f), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 2 Greenfinch, c30 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

12-12-25 Turnstone Portishead (Emily Lomas)

Portishead - Redcliff Bay to Battery Point:

2 Mute Swan, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 15 Turnstone, 18 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 

3 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 10 Carrion Crow,  Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Wren, 4 Blackbird, 

4 Robin, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Greenfinch

Clevedon - Yeo:
3 Goosanders, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher

Wraxall - Watercress Farm - Route 4:

inc - 5 Mallard, 10 Woodpigeon, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 12 Rook, 1 Raver, 2 Wren, 2 Song Thrush, 12 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Goldfinch

Nailsea Moor:

inc - 2 Stock Dove, 2 Moorhen, 1 Common Gull, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, Redwing & Fieldfare, 12 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit, 15 Chaffinch, 4 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 1 Goldfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Warmley:

1 Red Kite - over

12-12-25 Water Rail Keynsham (Paul Tompkins)

Keynsham, Memorial Park:
1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher (m)

RESERVOIRS

12-12-25 Goldeneye CVL (Karen Wilkinson)

Herons Green:
2 Goldeneye, 55 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret

Stratford:
1 Shelduck, mix of Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier

Reported by: Jon Angell, Dru Brook-Taylor, Derek Clarke, Ben Crabb. Andy Davis, Chris Hall, Annie Hawkridge, Emily Lomas, Mike Meechem, David Minshall, Jon Mortin, Lois Pryce, Howard Taffs, Paul Tompkins, Martin Wightman, Karen Wilkinson

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