1st December '17, Friday - Woodcock

Very cold and sunny (some say great for watching birds through the window)

Woodcock
Bewick's Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Great White Egret
Brambling

1/12/17 Sparrowhawk at Severn Beach (Rod Holbrook)

BRISTOL

Bishopston:
(Garden) 2 Redwing

Montpelier:
Montpelier Station: 10+  House Sparrows 

Eastville Park:

1 Treecreeper, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1Dipper, about 120 BH Gull, 4 Moorhen, 3 LB Gull, about 50 Starling

1/12/17 Dipper in Eastville Park (Allan Chard)

Stoke Park Estate:

2 Stonechat, 6 Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron

Stockwood Open Spaces:

1 Jay, 2 m Blackcap, 20+ Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 5 Bullfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 18 Blackbird, 1 Buzzard.

A few Robin, Great and Blue Tit.

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury:
11 Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 35 Dunlin, 42 Lapwing, 45 Curlew, 1Water Rail, 1 Peregrine, 30 Fieldfare, 24 Song Thrush, 48 Blackbird, 10 Redwing

Lower Woods:

2 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Redwing, 45 Fieldfare, 7 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 3 Jay, 1 Starling, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch.

Olveston:
(Garden) 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap

1/12/17 Redwing in garden in Olveston (Alan Gilbert)

Severn Beach:

(Garden) 1 Sparrowhawk

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead:
Cold weather bringing birds in to this Portishead garden: 4-5 Blackbirds, 3 Blackcaps and at least 6 Greenfinches, as well as two Dunnocks, Robin and a good selection of tit species. Great Spotted Woodpecker yesterday.

Redcliff Bay:
Brambling back into a cliff edge garden again - with a few Chaffinch.

Kenn, Near Clevedon:
1 Raven, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 1 female Bullfinch

Yatton (Wemberham):
4 Teal, 7 Heron, 2 Lt Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper and 1 Kingfisher.

Uphill:
Sparrowhawk and Kingfisher

Bleadon:
4 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 20+ Redwing, 1 Buzzard, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Greenfinch

BELOW M4 & BANES

Keynsham ST6567:
1 Herring Gull, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Collard Dove, 4 Magpie, 17 Jackdaw (appeared to be eating rock salt of the road), 22 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Robin

Newton Park:
4 Mute Swan, 13 Teal, 35 Mallard, 3 Grey Heron, 7 Moorhen, 1 Woodcock (first record here),

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 2 Jay, 200 Jackdaw, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Coal Tit, 

20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 18 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, 14 House Sparrow, 

1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 16 Goldfinch

1/12/17 Treecreeper at Newton Parl (Robert Hargreaves)

Marksbury:
2000 Wood Pigeon, 200+ Crows & Jackdaw, 2 Buzzard, Maize field

Chelwood:
Ploughed field 9 Buzzard, 100+B-H Gull & Crows

RESERVOIRS:

Chew Valley Lake

Around the lake:
Totals: 33+ Goosander, 9 Song Thrush, 20+ Blackbird, 19 B-T Godwit, 7 G-W Egret

Dam:
1 Long-tailed Duck (way out again diving), 2 L Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 5 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap (woodland car park)

1/12/17 Blackcap in Dam car park (Ian Stapp)

Denny Island:
2 Egyptian Geese,1 Peregrine

East Shore (Bittern Trail):
5 Bewick's Swan, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Goosander (4 Channel 3 Pond), 6+ Bullfinch, 1 Treecreeper, 5 Song Thrush

Woodford:
2 Bullfinch, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Redwing, 8 Blackbird, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 3 G-W Egret (Villice), 1 Raven

Heron's Green:
9 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Goosander, 8 Lapwing, 2 L Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 2 G BB Gull, 2 G-W Egret, 2 L Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier

1/12/17 Goosanders at Heron's Green (Martin Tayler)

Moreton:
1 G-S Wood, 10 Goldfinch, 12+ L TT, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Jay, 30 Redwing & FF, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbird

1/12/17 Song Thrush at Moreton (Ian Stapp)

Herriotts:
2 G BB Gull, 7 Goosander (3 Pond 4 Channel), 3 G-W Egret, 9 Lapwing (lake side), 6 Dunlin (lake side), 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Shelduck (7 pond 1 Lake side), 8 Pintail (pond), 2 L Egret

1/12/17 Great White Egret at Herriotts (Lee Gardiner)

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