19-12-25 Friday - Siberian Chiffchaff

Temp 05°C to 10°C - Slight overcast but plenty of sun, with a light breeze from the south west, dying away come nightfall and veering one point to SSW. Gusts reaching 24mph.

Siberian Chiffchaff

Whinchat

BRISTOL

Arno's Vale cemetery:

3 Woodpigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Magpie, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Robin, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:

9 Mute Swan, 30+ Mallard, 200+ Feral Pigeon, 3 Stock Dove, 30+ Woodpigeon, 3 Moorhen, c30 Coot, c60 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 17 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay, 20+ Magpie, 30+ Jackdaw, 60+ Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 20+ Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 20+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 10+ Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Blackbird, 10+ Robin, 2 House Sparrow, 6 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

Northern Slopes LNR and Malago Greenway:

1 Mallard, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Magpie, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 

1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 6 House Sparrow

Sea Mills:

3 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 20 Redshank, 500+ Black-headed Gull

Snuff Mills:

1 Mute Swan, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Mute Swan, 15 Wigeon, 6 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Curlew, 30 BH Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, 5 Chaffinch, 8 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch

New Passage/Northwick:
70 Curlew, 1 Curlew, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Kestrel, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 10+ Skylark, 1 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Old Sodbury AWBS:

6 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 57 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Bullfinch

NORTH SOMERSET

Clevedon 

- Wain's Hill: 14 Goosander

- Dowlais: 1500 to 2000 Dunlin, c30 Redshanks, 20 Skylark, 1 Linnet

Yatton - Wemberham:
24 Mute Swan, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Song Thrush,1 Stonechat,

10 Linnet

BELOW M4 & BANES

Goose Green:

1 Kestrel

Warmley Forrest Park:

4 Redwing. 2 Bullfinch

Saltford:
17 Mallard, 2 Teal, 1 Kestrel, 2 Mistle Thrush. 3 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin

Bath:

1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel

Hunstrete - AWBS:
10 Pheasant, 8 Woodpigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Wren, 8 Blackbird, 7 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 46 Linnet - inc flock of c40, 1 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great White Egret

Chew Valley Lake

19-12-25 Goosander CVL (George Stacey)

Dam:
4 Goosander (2f&2m), 1 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G W Egret, 1 Little Egret, 3 Pied Wagtail

Bittern Trail:
3 Chiffchaff,

North Shore:

2 Stonechat (f&m)

Bernard King Hide:
1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
1 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 3 G W Egret, 2 Stonechat, 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
3 G W Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 G S Woodpecker, 12+ Redwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit

19-12-25 Snipe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail - calling, 1 Lapwing,  7 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 3 G W Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (f&m), 2 Pied Wagtail, 30+ Linnet, 

19-12-25 Reed Bunting CVL (Lee Patch)

Herriotts inc Pool:
7 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 2 G BB Gull, 4 Grey Heron, 7 G W Egret, 1 Little Egret, 

1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Jon Angell, Pete Bryant, Paul Chapman, Derek Clarke,  Julie Evans, Robert Hargreaves, Annie & Nick Hawkridge, Nigel Jones, Nigel Kempson, John Lewis, Rich Mielcarek, Lee Patch, Lois Pryce, Richard Scantlebury, John Skinner, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Howard Taffs,

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