Saturday, 10 January 2026

10-01-26 Saturday - Bearded Tit

Temp 01°C to 05°C -  a ground frost gave way to sunshine. A still morning with what movement the air  could muster coming from north, vearing to west, to south south east and settling on south east into the evening 

Black Redstart
Ring-necked Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Penduline Tit
Purple Sandpiper
White-fronted Goose
Bearded Tit
Avocet

BRISTOL

Sea Mills:
1 Water Rail, 1 Meadow Pipit
10-01-26 Avocet Shirehampton - R Avon (David Minshall)
Shirehampton - Lamplighter March and R Avon:
1 Shelduck, 4 Teal, 22 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Redshank, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 4 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 1 Stonechat

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Cetti's Warbler

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
10-01-26 Curlew OPS (Craig Lewis)
Oldbury Power Station:
10 White-fronted Goose - low, downriver, Wigeon, 12 Teal, 8 Curlew, 1 Nuthatch, Redwing, 1 Black Redstart

Aust Wetlands:
2 Penduline Tit, 4 Stonechat. 2 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick/Pilning Wetlands:
Canada Goose, Greylag and White-fronted Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon (loads), Teal, Little Grebe, Lapwing (loads), Curlew, Redshank, BH Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 3 LT Tit, 35 Starling, 9 Meadow Pipit, 6 Goldfinch.

NORTH SOMERSET
10-01-26 Black Redstart Portishead (Bri Thompson)
Portishead - marina mouth, 'Full Fathom Five' :
1 Black Redstart
10-01-26 Purple Sandpiper Battery Point (Bri Thompson)
Battery Point:
Wigeon, Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander (m) - down river, 5 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, Magpie

Clevedon Moor:
5 Canada Goose, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Collard Dove, 80 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Song Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, 1 Stonechat
10-01-26 Egyptian Goose Cl-Y (Howerd Taffs)
Clevedon - Yeo:
80 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 8 Shovelar, 10 Wigeon, 1 Pintail (m), 20 Curlew, 7000 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 12 Little Egret, 500 Black-headed Gull

Yatton - Wemberham Lane:
27 Mute Swan, 1 Cormorant, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1 Blackcap, 1 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting

Sand Point/Bay:
150+ Shelduck, 27 Oystercatcher, 60+ Curlew, Redwing
10-01-2026 Red-breasted Merganser Uphill (Mark Savage)
Uphill - inc lake:
8 Teal, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Avocet, 32 Ringed Plover, 25 Curlew, 60 Sanderling, Dunlin, 1 Common Gull, 2 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 8 Reed Bunting

Rickford - garden:
1 Goldcrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
20 Red-legged Partridge, 500 Lapwing - over, high up, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 50 Redwing, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat (f&m),1 Chaffinch, 12 Corn Bunting, 3 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer (f), 

Willsbridge - garden:
1 Greenfinch

Bitton - Holm Mead:
1 Greylag Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 1 Stonechat (m)

Bath - shopping precinct:
many Pied Wagtail coming in to roost

Newton St Loe:
3 Mute Swan, 26 Mallard, 3 Collared Dove, 8 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret flyover, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Wren, 2 Redwing, 2 Dunnock - singing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Greenfinch, 12 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin

Chew Magna - Res:
1 Great White Egret

Stowey, Folly Farm:
1 Buzzard, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit,
1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 6 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Siskin

Nempnett Thrubwell and Regil:
c400 Lapwing - an in flight flock

Chelwood:
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard
10-01-26 Little Grebe Paulton (Patrick Hancock)
Paulton:
2 Mute Swan, 26 Mallard, 6 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 30 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 40 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 28 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
3 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander (1f&4m), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 G BB Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 1 G W Egret, 1 Little Egret, 5 Magpie, 5 Pied Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch

Woodford:
1 G S Woodpecker - drumming, 2 Jay, 2 Raven - calling, 10+ L TT, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare,  5+ Bullfinch - calling

Nunnery:
34 Canada Goose, 4 Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 5 Goldeneye, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven - calling, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Stonechat (f) 
10-01-26 Cormorant CVL (Tim Snowdon)
Herons Green:
4 Wigeon, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Goldeneye, 13 Goosander, 6 Snipe, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 2 Buzzard - inc white bird, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G W Egret, 2 Raven, 6 House Sparrow, 3 Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
134 Canada Goose, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (F), 4 Stock Dove, 30+Wood Pigeon, 3 G BB Gull, 2 G W Egret, 2 Raven, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 30+ Mixed flock Tits, L TT, 2 Chiffchaff. 2 Reed Bunting
10-01-26 Siskin CVL (Ian Stapp)
Stratford:
2 Little Grebe, 3 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 2 G W Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 G S Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler. 6+ L TT, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 6+ Siskin

Herriotts inc Pool:
9 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 120+ Teal, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Water Rail - calling, 2 G W Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Linnet, 3 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting

Reported by: George Ashwell, Paul Barham, Pete Brain, Karle Burford, Ben Crabb, Anne Crowe, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Chris Hall, Patrick Hancock, Robert Hargreaves, Dave Hughes, Karen Jayne, Craig Lewis, David Minshall, Nick Page, Chris Patch, Lois Pryce, Dean Reeves, Trevor Riddle, Carol Rushton, Mark Savage, Julie Smallbone, Tim Snowdon. Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Clare Tate, Chris Teague, Howard Taffs, Bri Thompson, Tony Watt
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