Monday, 19 January 2026

19-01-26 Monday

Temp 06°C to 10°C -  murky with rain from lunchtime. A light breeze all day being mostly from the south south east.

Red-crested Pochard
Woodcock
Ring-necked Duck
Crossbill
Firecrest
Avocet
Siberian Chiffchaff

BRISTOL

Bishop Rd to Horfield Common:
3 Feral Pigeon, 22 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 14 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull - rare here, 6 Herring Gull, 7 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw, 7 Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 11 Starling, 8 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 13 House Sparrow, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch

Eastville Park:
1 Canada Goose, 1 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck

Henbury - garden:
1 Woodcock - over calling, 2 Tawny Owl

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
2 Stonechat, 19 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station - WeBS:
2 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 143 Wigeon, 105 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 75 Lapwing, 2 Grey Plover, 3 Curlew, 40 Turnstone, 300 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 36 Snipe, 16 Redshank, 9 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Stonechat, 2 Siskin
19-01-26 Meadow Pipit Aust (Caron Thornton)
Aust Warth:
6 Canada Goose, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 16 Redwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting

New Passage/Northwick:
2 Shoveler, 220 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 1 Pochard, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Avocet, 40 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Plover, 2 Lapwing, 25 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 85 Dunlin, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel

Chipping Sodbury Common:
6 Snipe, 1 Red Kite, 16 Skylark, 17 Redpoll

Almondsbury:
3 Redwing

NORTH SOMERSET

Portbury Wharf:
6 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 17 Teal, 1 Pochard (m), 12 Tufted Duck, 19 Lapwing, 210 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Crossbill, 1 Reed Bunting

Backwell Lake:
6 Canada Geese, 7 Mute Swan, 20 Shoveller, 12 Gadwall, 2 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck (2f, 3m), 18 Feral Pigeon, 13 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 3 Little Grebe, 90 Black-Headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Mistle Thrush

Uphill:
5 Avocet, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Peregrine

Banwell - Winthill:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, plenty of mixed corvid, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Firecrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

Downend - Lincombe Barn
1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 1 Coal Tit, mixed flock of Blue Tit, Great Tit & Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Dipper, 30 to 40 Siskin - feeding on alder cones
19-01-26 Red-crested Pochard Lord Wood Pensford (Dave Hughes)
Pensford - Lords Wood:

1 Red-crested Pochard (f)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
fog stopped play (WeBS)

Chew Valley Lake

Bernard King Hide:
3 Goosander, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff

Herons Green:
Pochard, 1 Ring-necked Duck, Tufted Duck, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Barn Owl = 

Stratford:
1 Greylag Goose, 8 Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye - mating, 3 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier (f&m)

Reported by: John Budd, Mark Coller, Stephen Curtis, Andy Davis, Julie Evans, Richard Giles, Daphne Havercroft, Dave Hughes, Andy Middleton, Ross Nairn, Fiona Neate, Lee Patch, Aravin Ramesh, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Howard Taffs, Caron Thornton-Trippit, John Thorogood