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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire          The First Documented Reference

2011

Pied Wheatear: 25th - 28th October - A 1st winter female at Thornbury Yacht Club, Oldbury-on-Severn. Darryl Spittle

2010

White-spotted Bluethroat: June 19th - An adult male at Shrubbery Court, Staple Hill, Bristol. Janet Farley

Greenland White-fronted Goose: October 17th - Two adults at Littleton-on-Severn. Matt Plenty

2009 

Black Kite: May 26th - An adult in St. Catherine's Valley near Marshfield. John Mackenzie-Grieve

Black-headed Bunting: June 7th - A summer male in gardens near Kingsgate Park, Yate. Ros & Mark Coller

Grey-headed Wagtail: September 26th - An adult probably female on Northwick Warth. Brian Lancastle, John Martin

Glossy Ibis: October 14th - A juvenile between Severn Beach and Aust Warth. Pam Buckle, Phil Baber

Fregetta Storm Petrel: November 25th - An adult off Severn Beach. John Martin, A Gaunt, A Dickie, R&R Greer

Pacific Diver: November 27th - An adult off Severn Beach. Martyn Hayes, Dick Reader, Derek Angell, Drew Crutchley, A Pitt

2008

Nordic Jackdaw: January 25th until March 1st - A winter adult initially from George Lane at Marshfield. Rob Laughton

2007

European Bee-eater: May 13th - An adult at Severn Beach. Paul Bowerman

2005

Siberian Chiffchaff: January 1st until March 28th - An over wintering bird at Emerson's Green. Andy Jordan

Dartford Warbler: 5th - 12th October  - A male & female/ 1st winter on Northwick Warth. Michael Woodman-Smith

2004

Mealy Redpoll: February 10th - One at Thornbury Golf Course. Matt Plenty

Subalpine Warbler: May 2nd - An adult female south of Severn Beach. John Martin

2002

American Golden Plover: January 1st - A fly-over, calling at New Passage. Brian Lancastle, Paul Bowerman

Egyptian Goose: February 12th - A winter adult at Oldbury Power Station. Pete Hazelwood

Caspian Gull: November 16th - An adult at Harnhill Land Fill, Elberton. John Martin

2001

Green-winged Teal: 4th - 22nd January - A winter male at Oldbury Power Station. M Warren

Continental Cormorant: 15th - 28th January - Oldbury Power Station.

Red-necked Phalarope: October 8th - A juvenile/ 1st winter off Severn Beach. Paul Bowerman, Dick Reader

Yellow-browed Warbler: October 12th - A juvenile/ 1st winter at Old Passage. Dick Reader

2000

Common Crane: January 3rd - Two in flight over Severn Beach. Brian Lancastle

Cory's Shearwater: November 26th - Past Severn Beach. Brian Lancastle, Paul Bowerman, Dick Reader

Rose-coloured Starling: December 8th 2000 until January 26th 2001 - An adult male in the Launceston Avenue area Hanham. Rob Laughton

1999

Stone Curlew: July 27th - In flight past New Passage. Paul Bowerman

1998

Bean Goose (Taiga): March 1st - In flight past Oldbury Power Station. DH Payne, L Payne

Spoonbill: April 18th - Two 1st summer birds at Severn Beach. R Miles

Red-spotted Bluethroat: May 14th - An adult male probably Rushmead Lane at Marshfield. Paul J Chadwick

Black Guillemot: October 27th - An adult off Severn Beach. Brian Lancastle

1996

Kumlien's Gull: June 30th until July 17th - A 1st winter/ 2nd summer at Oldbury Power Station. John Martin, DH Payne, Keith Vinicombe

Ring-necked Parakeet: 28th - 30th September - A female at Fishpool Hill, Brentry.

Black-necked Grebe: October 24th - Off New Passage towards Aust Warth. Paul Bowerman, Dick Reader

1995

Pale-bellied Brent Goose: February 12th - A winter adult on Northwick Warth.

Scandinavian Chiffchaff: September 9th - A probable 1st winter at Severn Beach.

 1994

Cetti's Warbler: April 24th - A male trapped at Littleton Brick Pits. AJ Musgrove

1993

Alpine Swift: April 11th - A probable adult over Aust Cliffs at Aust. Steve Hale

Cattle Egret: 24th - 27th April - A summer adult near Littleton-on-Severn Brick Pits. TW Williamson

Little Egret: May 24th - A probable adult on Northwick Warth. Paul Bowerman

Richard's Pipit: 27th - 30th November - A winter adult at Aust Warth. Brian Lancastle

Eastern Yellow Wagtail: December 16th 1993 until January 19th 1994 - A winter adult at Aust Sewage Treatment Works. Paul Bowerman

1992

Icterine Warbler: May 15th - A summer male at Fishpool Hill in Brentry. Mark Dadds

1991

Black-throated Diver: May 6th - Two adults off New Passage. Brian Lancastle

1990

Roseate Tern: May 1st - A summer adult off New Passage. Paul Bowerman

White-winged Black Tern: May 3rd - An adult off Aust Warth. Paul J Chadwick

Semipalmated Sandpiper: 12th - 14th August - An adult, Oldbury Power Station. Keith Vinicombe, Pete Fraser, A Hitchcock, Mark Ponsford, Chris Stone

1989

Slavonian Grebe: April 27th - A winter adult off New Passage. Paul Bowerman, Steve Hale

Goshawk: June 25th - A female heading west to south-east near Thornbury. DH Payne, L Payne

Woodchat Shrike: July 23rd - A worn adult female on Rushmead Lane, Marshfield. Pete Cleave, Martyn Hayes, Mike Morse, Tim Worsfold

Pectoral Sandpiper: September 17th - A juvenile/ 1st winter at Oldbury Power Station. Keith Vinicombe

Buff-breasted Sandpiper: September 30th - New Passage. Paul Bowerman

Yellow-legged Gull: Sometime in November - An adult at New Passage.

Barnacle Goose: December 19th - Severn Beach.

1988

Ring-necked Duck: April 2nd - Two adult males at New Passage. Steve Hale, Brian Lancastle

Balearic Shearwater: September 12th - Off New Passage. A Merritt

1987

Ring-billed Gull: February 28th - A 1st winter at New Passage. Brian Lancastle

1986

Terek Sandpiper: September 20th - An adult at Severn Beach. Brian Lancastle, Norman Lacy

Mandarin: November 16th - Four on Tortworth Lake.

1985

White-rumped Sandpiper: 12th - 13th September - A juvenile/ 1st winter at Severn Beach. Paul Bowerman, Brian Lancastle

1984

Temminck's Stint: April 29th - A summer adult at Oldbury Power Station. Laurel Tucker, Keith Vinicombe

Franklin's Gull: May 19th - A 2nd summer at Severn Beach. Brian Lancastle, Paul Bowerman

1983

Marsh Harrier: May 1st - A female at Oldbury Power Station.

Broad-billed Sandpiper: 20th - 22nd August - An adult at Oldbury Power Station. Keith Vinicombe

Whooper Swan: October 29th - Oldbury Power Station. TG Evans

Great Northern Diver: December 14th - Aust Warth.

1982

Garganey: April 13th - Two, a presumed male and female, off Severn Beach.

Red-breasted Merganser: December 3rd - Two 'redheads' off Severn Beach.

1981

Bearded Tit: April 5th - One was trapped, ringed & released at Littleton-on-Severn. J Humphris, J Ryman

Long-tailed Skua: October 31st - An immature male off New Passage.

Lapland Bunting: December 18th - A 1st winter at Severn Beach. Gordon Youdale

1980

Firecrest: Between January 5th and April 7th - A winter adult at Hanham. Nigel Warren

Sabine's Gull: September 13th - A juvenile off New Passage. Brian Lancastle, Norman Lacy, RG Thomas

Hen Harrier: November 2nd - A female/ immature at Northwick Warth. Brian Lancastle

1979

Ruddy Duck: January 6th - Two off Aust Warth.

Mediterranean Gull: March 18th - An adult at Stoke Gifford. Paul J Chadwick

1978

Twite: January 6th - Forty on Severnside.

Baltic Gull: March 31st - Five at Littleton-on-Severn. JDR Vernon

1977

Red-rumped Swallow: September 16th - Severn Beach and possibly New Passage. P Evans, G Young

Long-billed Dowitcher: October 16th - Aust Warth. Paul J Chadwick, Brian Lancastle, Norman Lacy

1976

Aquatic Warbler: August 14th - One was trapped, ringed & released at Littleton-on-Severn. MP Rossiter

Long-tailed Duck: October 31st - An immature male off New Passage. Norman Lacy

1974

Sooty Shearwater: September 7th - Off Aust and New Passage. RG Thomas

Dotterel: September 14th - A winter adult at Severn Beach. RG Thomas

Red-footed Falcon: September 16th - An adult male near Severn House Farm drifting into S.Glos.

1971

Red-crested Pochard: April 4th - A female at Littleton Brick Pits. JDR Vernon

White Stork: May 23rd - An adult in the Hallen/ Compton Greenfield area.

Night Heron: November 19th - An immature at ICI Chemical Works on Severnside. LP Alder, PL Garvey, EE Jackson

1960

Red-throated Diver: January 6th - On the Severn Estuary near Shepperdine.

Shorelark: January 31st - A male at Severn Beach.

Water Pipit: April 1st - A summer plumage adult at New Passage.

Collared Dove: In the Chipping Sodbury area sometime this year.

1959

Greenland Wheatear: March - Severn Beach/ New Passage/ Northwick Warth.

1958

Montagu's Harrier: May 25th - Ringtail near Marshfield.

1957

Red Kite: March 3rd - At Tockington in flight south-west

1954

Blue-headed Wagtail: April 23rd - Four at Severn Beach.

Golden Oriole: June - Two 1st summer males at Littleton Brickworks.

Spotted Redshank: November 17th - Two at Shepperdine. Reverend GWH Moule

1951

Shag: August - An immature near Cromhall.

1949

Grey Phalarope: October 21st - Stoke Gifford.

1948

Snow Bunting: January 2nd - Between Aust and Littleton-on-Severn.

1947

Waxwing: February 23rd - at Filton.

Kentish Plover: May 4th - A male at Severn Beach.

1946

Little Stint: One noted at Severn Beach sometime this year.

1945

Little Tern: May 9th - Two at Severn Beach.

1944

Wood Warbler: May 7th - Two heard at Petty France near Badminton.

Nightjar: May 21st - On the outskirts of High Wood, Filton.

1943

Wood Sandpiper: August 13th - An adult at Oakford Reservoir near St. Catherine.

1942

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker: February 1st - Little Stoke.

Ruddy Shelduck: April 18th - A male off Aust Warth from Aust Ferry Pier.

Quail: June 14th - Between Patchway Common and Savage's Wood.

Short-eared Owl: October 6th - On the salt marsh below Severn Beach.

1941

Hawfinch: May 18th - In the grounds at Tortworth Court.

Arctic Skua: June 1st - Littleton-on-Severn.

Woodlark: September 9th - Six at Severn Beach.

Tree Sparrow: November - c.30 noted at Dyrham sometime this month.

1940

Pink-footed Goose: February 1st - Six at Severn Beach.

Iceland Gull: February 23rd - An immature at Stoke Gifford.

Red-backed Shrike: Spring - Two on ground adjoining Yate Station.

Willow Tit: September 24th - An adult along a the water course at Stoke Gifford.

1938

Scaup: April 25th - Off Severn Beach.

Leach's Petrel: October 7th - Off Aust Warth Pier.

Corncrake: October 30th - Patchway Common.

1937

Black Redstart: March 28th - Severn Beach Railway Embankment.

Ring Ouzel: November 5th - An adult male near Stoke Gifford.

1936

Purple Sandpiper: March 29th - Twelve at Severn Beach.

1935

Grasshopper Warbler: May - Two at Over near Almondsbury sometime this month.

Puffin: October - On a roof at Filton Airfield sometime this month.

1920

Hooded Crow: Noted at Stoke Gifford sometime this year.

1913

Northern Willow Warbler: May - One obtained near Thornbury sometime this month.

1909

Marsh Warbler: June - Two at Patchway sometime this month.

Red-breasted Goose: November 18th - An adult obtained at Oldbury-on-Severn.

1900

Avocet: One obtained near Thornbury sometime this year.

1897

Long-eared Owl: Two at Frampton Cotterell sometime this year.

1892

Bittern: January - A winter adult obtained near Hambrook sometime this month.

Velvet Scoter: March 5th - An adult male obtained off New Passage.

1891

Great Grey Shrike: January - Dyrham Park sometime this month.

Goosander: January - One obtained at Bitton sometime this month.

Spotted Crake: September - Obtained at Stoke Bridge in Stoke Gifford sometime this month.

1888

Pallas's Sandgrouse: June 3rd - Up to ten at Hambrook.

1881

Merlin - Noted in the Chipping Sodbury area.

1879

Honey Buzzard: Two obtained near Tortworth sometime this year.

Pomarine Skua: November - One obtained at New Passage sometime this month.

1878

Hoopoe: One was noted near Charfield sometime this year.

1871

White-tailed Eagle: December - An immature male was obtained at Dodington Park sometime this month.

1870

Scandinavian Rock Pipit: March - Two were obtained at New Passage sometime this month.

1860

Osprey: One was obtained at Tortworth Court Lake sometime this year.

1855

Smew: February 12th - A male was obtained at Dyrham Park sometime this year.

1848

Black-winged Stilt: One was obtained near Thornbury sometime this year.

1845

Cirl Bunting: Noted as resident at Alveston.

1841

Little Auk: October - Several were present on Severnside sometime this month.

1840  

Glaucous Gull: A winter adult obtained on the Severn Estuary sometime this year.

1829

Wryneck: Reported as annual in the Alveston area.

Common Crossbill: Recorded in the Alveston area.

1824

Storm Petrel: October 31st - Near Alveston.

 

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