08-02-26 Sunday

Temp 07°C to 09°C - overcast with light rain most of the day. A light S/SE wind.

Ring-necked Duck

Siberian Chiffchaff

Scaup

Bearded Tit

Purple Sandpiper

Avocet

BRISTOL

Avonmouth - R Avon

98 Redshank - flock

08-02-26 Pink-footed Goose, Eastville Park (Craig Lewis)

Eastville Park:
1 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, singing Blackcap

Downend:

Garden: 1 Blackcap (f)

Oldbury Court:

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Coal Tit

Stoke Park inc Duchess Pond:
1 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Wickwar West End:

1 Little Egret, 1 Raven, 6 Skylark, 4 Yellowhammer

Northwick Warth / Pilning Wetlands:
34 Greylag Goose, 55 Oystercatcher, 450 Lapwing, 125 Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 28 Snipe, 78 Turnstone, 3 Knot, 120 Dunlin

Severnside:

64 Gadwall, 27 Knot, 6000+ Dunlin

Easter Compton:
2 Mallard, c.50 Lapwing, 1 Kestrel, 35 Rook, 1 Raven, flock 40 Starling, 2 Song Thrush

NORTH SOMERSET

Pill:
12+ Skylark, 2+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 8+ Reed Bunting, 3+ Yellowhammer

Portbury Wharf:
2 Water Rail, 32 Avocet, 164 Black-tailed Godwit, 229 Dunlin, plus lots more murmurating off shore

Portishead - Battery Point:

3 Purple Sandpiper

Backwell - garden:

Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), Blackbird, 2 Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch,  2 Greenfinch 

BELOW M4 & BANES

Staple Hill, Acacia Rd - Cycle Path
1 Bullfinch (m)

Oldland Common - garden:

2 Collared Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue, Great, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap (m), Wren, Robin, 8 Starling, 4 Blackbird (2f&2m), House Sparrow (f&m), 2 Pied Wagtail (f&m)

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
6 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Song Thrush (singing), 5 Chaffinch

Woodford:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Redwing

08-02-26 Ring-necked Duck, CVL (Sam Caswell)

Herons Green:
1 Greylag Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Snipe, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite

08-02-26 Cormorant, CVL (Ian Stapp)

Stratford:
12 Pochard, 12 Goldeneye, 1 Scaup (f), 2 Gadwall, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit (heard), 6+ Siskin

Herriotts inc. Pool:
2 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Grebe, 2 GBB Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Reed Bunting

Reported by: Beth & Darren Burton, Sam Caswell, Oscar Dewhurst, Paul Francis, Anuska Gwilliam, Gary Hughes, Robin Lambert, Craig Lewis, Andy Mears, Nick Long, Nigel Milbourne, Nick Page, Lois Pryce, Phil Quinn, Paul Sadley, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen, Larry Sweetland, Bri Thompson

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