08-01-26 Thursday

Temp 05°C to 06°C. Milder but cloudy, with intermittent rain from late morning. A gentle breeze from the south west in early morning, swinging to a southerly at midday and easterly by late afternoon. 

White-fronted Goose

Whooper Swan
Ring-necked Duck

Firecrest

Black Redstart

Purple Sandpiper

Water Pipit

Redpoll

BRISTOL

Badock's Wood LNR & Henleaze Lake:

70 BH Gull (over), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Redwing

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:

19 Feral Pigeon, 17 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 6 BH Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Jay, 13 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 32 Crow (1 flock of 21 flying over the common), 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 4 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 14 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 4 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:

1 Firecrest in roving tit flock

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
2 Great Crested Grebe - drifted upriver on tide, 7 Golden Plover + c300 Lapwing + c800 Dunlin in fields behind Pillhead Gout, f-type Black Redstart at waterworks, flock of 45 Skylark last field before the yacht club

Aust Warth:
1 Barn Owl, 2 Water Pipit, 1 Redpoll

Pilning Wetland:

65 Greylag Goose, 16 White-fronted Goose, 7 Canada Goose, 22 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 13 Gadwall, 140 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 300 Lapwing, 100 Curlew, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 120 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff

New Passage:

Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, White-fronted Goose, 20 Shelduck, 240 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 130 Oystercatcher, 70 Curlew, 40 Redshank, Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel

Severn Beach:

40 Wigeon, 6 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 6 Oystercatcher, 29 Curlew, 12 Cetti's Warbler, 100 Redwing, 2 Stonechat

Chittening Warth:

18 Shelduck, Wigeon, 15 Curlew

Old Sodbury - Cross Hands area:

140 Lapwing, 180 Common Gull, 2 Red Kite - calling, 90 Rook, 1 Skylark

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:

10 Lapwing, 2 Bullfinch (m&f)

08-01-26 Black Redstart, Portishead Marina (Tim Mason)

Portishead Marina:
1 Black Redstart

Portishead - Battery Point:
4 Purple Sandpiper

Clevedon - inc Wains Hill, Ladye Bay, Blind Yeo:

20 Shelduck, 12 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 2 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey heron, 20 Greenfinch

Clevedon - seafront marine lake to bandstand:

10 Ringed Plover, 5 Turnstone

BELOW M4 & BANES

Chew Stoke:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

Burnett:
1 Red Kite

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper at the dam, 3 Chiffchaff, pair Stonechat

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
1 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander (4m, 1f), 2 GBB Gull, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Pied Wagtail,
6 Chaffinch

Walley Bank Path:
5 Redwing 

Woodford:
1 Goosander (m), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Jay, 2 Raven calling, 1 Cetti's Warbler,
10+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 10+ Redwing & Fieldfare (in orchard drive in), 2 Dunnock, 3+ Bullfinch calling, 3 Siskin

08-01-26 Tufted Duck & Ring-necked Duck, Nunnery (Ian Stapp)

Nunnery:
14 Canada Goose, 2 Whooper Swan (fly past from Herons Green to Villice Bay), 200+ Teal, 1 drake Ring-necked Duck (with 8 Tufted Duck), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven calling

08-01-26 Whooper Swans, Herons Green Bay (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
2 Whooper Swan, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, 3 Pied Wagtail

08-01-26 Chiffchaff, Herriotts (Lee Patch)

Herriotts inc Pool:
1 Chiffchaff, 25 Siskin

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, John Budd, Paul Chapman, Chris Craig, Julian Eastoe, Nick Hawkridge, Matt Hobbs, Tim Mason, Frankie Macrow, Lucy Masters, Mike Moxon, Lee Patch, Nigel Sluman, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen  

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