13-02-26 Friday

Temp 0°C to 09°C - overcast in the morning, but with a rare short spell of sunshine, then rain, sometimes quite heavy, came in from 11:30. The light air from the east lasted until rain came, carried on a moderate breeze from the north  with gusting to 33mph

BRISTOL

Bishopston:

1 Coal Tit - singing

Redland - garden:

1 Blackcap (f), 2 Chaffinch (f&m) - eating crab apples

13-02-26 Jay Redland G Park (Mike Owen)

Redland Green Park:

1 Jay

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
33 Wigeon, 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat

Pilning Wetlands:
9 Bean Goose - over, 280 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Meadow Pipit

Severn Beach:
35 Shelduck, 12 Wigeon, 2 Curlew, 9 Dunlin

NORTH SOMERSET

Wraxall, Watercress Farm:

1 Red Kite, 1 Jay, c10 Skylark, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Greenfinch

13-02-26 Avocet Clevedon (Simon Williams)

Clevedon - Ladye Bay - Kingston Pill:
10 Goosander, 13 Avocet, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Goldcrest

BELOW M4 & BANES

Bitton - Holm Mead
6 White Fronted Goose, 600 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Redwing, 2 Redpoll

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Nunnery:
3 Goosander (m)

13-02-26 Med Gull CVL (Chris Teague)

Herons Green:
1 Ring-necked Duck (m), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great White Egret, 

13-02-26 Song Thrush CVL (Chris Teague)

Stratford:
2 Goldeneye (f), 7 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush

Herriotts inc Pool:
80 Cattle Egret - roosting, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 500 Starling, 1 Grey Wagtail

Reported by: Paul Bowerman, Paul Chapman, Andy Davis, Rob Laughton, Andy Middleton, Mike Owen, Tony Scott, Martyn Smith, Chris Teague, Simon Williams

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