Wednesday, 31 December 2025

31-12-25 Wednesday

Temp -3.5°C to 04°C -  The sun broke through the freezing fog late morning making for a fine but cold afternoon with light winds from the west.

Red-breasted Meganser
Penduline Tit
Brambling
53 Avocet inside Bristol city limits...


BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Little  Egret , 8 Redwing.  1 Grey Wagtail

Avocet, Lamplighters Marsh (David Minshall)

Lamplighters Marsh:
53 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Redshank, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Song Thrush, 10+ Redwing, 1 Stonechat, c10 Linnet

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
3 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Snipe, 12 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Yacht Club, fields and foreshore:
c100 Lapwing, c80 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, c30 Redshank, 1 Little Egret

Aust Warth & cliffs:
5 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting

Penduline Tit, Aust (Lee Gardiner)

Aust Wetlands:
3 Penduline Tit

New Passage/Northwick:
8 White-fronted Goose

Wickwar:
c150 Lapwing, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (flying N. towards Tortworth)

Chipping Sodbury Common:
2 Stock Dove, 1 Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 3 Red Kite, 1 Raven, 60+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 5 Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting

NORTH SOMERSET

Redwing / Blackbird, Portbury (Daz B)

Portbury Wharf:
2 Redwing, Blackbird (several)

Purple Sandpiper, Portishead (Daz B)

Portishead:
5+ Purple Sandpiper

Weston-Super-Mare (airfield):
1 Marsh Harrier (Fem/imm), 13 Cetti's Warbler, 34 Reed Bunting


Red-breasted Merganser, Uphill (Matt Hull)

Uphill:
1 Red-breasted Merganser (m), 1 Little Grebe, 15 Sanderling, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Harrier (S. of STW)

BELOW M4 & BANES

Oldland:
7 Red Kite

Keynsham (Broadmead Lane):
2 Egyptian Goose

Bath (garden in Weston):
20 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling


Cattle Egret, Stanton Drew (Raoul Chandrasakera)

Stanton Drew:

18 Cattle Egret (flying SW. over Sandy Lane)

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Bittern Trail:
2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin

Tufted Duck (fem), BK Hide (George Stacey)

Bernard King Hide:

2 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander (m)

Villice:
Teal, 1 Goldeneye, Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing

Wren, Nunnery (Keith Williams)

Nunnery:

1 Ring-necked Duck (also reported at Herons Green), + Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Wren

Goldeneye, Herons Green (George Stacey)

Herons Green:

2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Goldeneye, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard

Moreton:
6 Cattle Egret (field behind)

Teal, Stratford (Keith Williams)

Stratford:

Teal, Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye (2m+1f), 5 Snipe, 1 Cattle Egret

Mandarin, Herriotts (Karen Wilkinson)

Herriotts inc Pool:

1 Mandarin (m), 3 Shoveller, 40+ Teal, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Marsh Harrier

Reported by: Derek John Angell, Jonathan Angell, Daz  B, Diana Bunnis, Raoul Chandrasakera, Mark Coller, Chris Craig, Lee Gardiner, Matt Hull, Nigel Jones, David Minshall, Mike Moxon, Ross Nairn, Nick Page, Paul Sadley, George Stacey, Larry Sweetland, Ben Sykes, Karen Wilkinson, Keith Williams

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