TBOSG     First Records

 

 

The first reports of species and forms in S. Gloucestershire in chronological order - This is a work in progress, if you can fill in any of the gaps please get in touch!

         
Year Species/Form Date Location Finder(s)
         
2010 White-spotted Bluethroat June 19th Adult male at Shrubbery Court, Staple Hill, Bristol Janet Farley
         
2009 Black Kite May 26th An adult in St. Catherine's Valley near Marshfield J Mackenzie-Grieve
  Black-headed Bunting June 7th A summer male near Kingsgate Park, Yate M Coller
  Grey-headed Wagtail September 26th An adult on Northwick Warth B Lancastle, J Martin
  Glossy Ibis October 14th A juvenile between Severn Beach to Aust Warth P Buckle, P Baber
  Fregetta Storm Petrel November 25th An adult off Severn Beach J Martin, A Gaunt, A Dickie, R&R Greer
  Pacific Diver November 27th An adult off Severn Beach in 'Burger Bar Bay' M Hayes, R Reader, D Angell, A Crutchley, A Pitt
         
2008 Nordic Jackdaw January 25th A winter adult George Lane at Marshfield R Laughton
         
2007 European Bee-eater May 13th A presumed adult at Severn Beach P Bowerman
         
2005 Siberian Chiffchaff January 1st An over wintering bird at Emerson's Green A Jordan
  Dartford Warbler October 5th A male and female/ 1st winter on Northwick Warth M Woodman-Smith
         
2004 Mealy Redpoll February 10th One on Thornbury Golf Course M Plenty
  Subalpine Warbler May 2nd A female one kilometre south of Severn Beach J Martin
         
2002 Egyptian Goose February 12th A winter adult at Oldbury Power Station P Hazelwood
  Caspian Gull November 16th An adult at Harnhill Land Fill near Elberton J Martin
         
2001 Green-winged Teal January 4th A male in winter plumage at Oldbury Power Station M Warren
  Continental Cormorant January 15th One at Oldbury Power Station  
  Red-necked Phalarope October 8th A juvenile/ 1st winter off Severn Beach P Bowerman, R Reader
  Yellow-browed Warbler  October 12th A juvenile/ 1st winter at Old Passage R Reader
         
2000 Common Crane January 3rd Two over Severn Beach B Lancastle
  Cory's Shearwater November 26th One off Severn Beach B Lancastle, P Bowerman, R Reader
  Rose-coloured Starling December 8th An adult male on Launceston Avenue in Hanham R Laughton
         
1999 Stone Curlew July 27th One at New Passage P Bowerman
         
1998 Bean Goose March 1st One flew south-west at Oldbury Power Station DH Payne, L Payne
  Spoonbill April 18th Two 1st summer's at Severn Beach R Miles
  Red-spotted Bluethroat May 14th An adult male near Marshfield PJ Chadwick
  Black Guillemot October 27th An adult off Severn Beach B Lancastle
         
1996 Kumlien's Gull June 30th A 1st winter/ to 2nd summer at Oldbury Power Station J Martin, DH Payne, K Vinicombe
  Ring-necked Parakeet September 28th A female at Fishpool Hill, Brentry  
  Black-necked Grebe October 24th One off New Passage heading towards Aust Warth P Bowerman, R Reader
         
1995 Pale-bellied Brent Goose February 12th An adult in winter plumage on Northwick Warth  
  Scandinavian Chiffchaff September 9th An individual at Severn Beach  
         
1994 Cetti's Warbler April 24th A male at Littleton Brick Pits AJ Musgrove
         
1993 Alpine Swift April 11th One over Aust Cliffs at Aust S Hale
  Cattle Egret April 24th A summer adult near Littleton-on-Severn Brick Pits TW Williamson
  Little Egret May 24th One on Northwick Warth P Bowerman
  Richard's Pipit November 27th A winter adult at Aust Warth B Lancastle
  Eastern Yellow Wagtail December 16th A winter adult at Aust Sewage Treatment Works P Bowerman
         
1992 Icterine Warbler May 15th A summer male at Fishpool Hill in Brentry M Dadds
         
1991 Black-throated Diver May 6th Two adults in breeding plumage off New Passage B Lancastle
         
1990 Roseate Tern May 1st A summer adult off New Passage P Bowerman
  White-winged Black Tern May 3rd An adult off Aust Warth PJ Chadwick
  Semipalmated Sandpiper August 12th An adult at Oldbury Power Station KVinicombe, PFraser, AHitchcock, MPonsford, CStone
         
1989 Slavonian Grebe April 27th A winter adult off New Passage P Bowerman, S Hale
  Goshawk June 25th A female heading west to south-east near Thornbury  
  Woodchat Shrike July 23rd A female on Rushmead Lane, Marshfield P Cleave, M Hayes, M Morse, T Worsfold
  Pectoral Sandpiper September 17th A juvenile/ 1st winter at Oldbury Power Station K Vinicombe
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper September 30th One at New Passage P Bowerman
  Yellow-legged Gull November An adult at New Passage  
  Barnacle Goose December 19th One at Severn Beach  
         
1988 Ring-necked Duck April 2nd Two, both males at New Passage S Hale, B Lancastle
  Balearic Shearwater September 12th One off New Passage A Merritt
         
1987 Ring-billed Gull February 28th A 1st winter at New Passage B Lancastle
         
1986 Terek Sandpiper September 20th An adult at Severn Beach B Lancastle, N Lacy
  Mandarin November 16th Four on Tortworth Lake  
         
1985 White-rumped Sandpiper September 12th A juvenile/ 1st winter at Severn Beach P Bowerman, B Lancastle
         
1984 Temminck's Stint April 29th A summer adult at Oldbury Power Station LA Tucker, K Vinicombe
  Franklin's Gull May 19th One at Severn Beach was a 2nd summer/adult B Lancastle, P Bowerman
         
1983 Marsh Harrier May 1st A female at Oldbury Power Station  
  Broad-billed Sandpiper August 20th An adult at Oldbury Power Station K Vinicombe
  Whooper Swan October 29th One at Oldbury Power Station TG Evans
  Great Northern Diver December 14th One off Aust Warth  
         
1982 Garganey April 13th A pair off Severn Beach  
  Red-breasted Merganser December 3rd Two 'redheads' off Severn Beach  
         
1981 Bearded Tit April 5th One trapped, ringed & released at Littleton 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 G Youdale
         
1980 Firecrest January 5th A winter adult at Hanham  
  Sabine's Gull September 13th A juvenile off New Passage B Lancastle, N Lacy, RG Thomas
  Hen Harrier November 2nd A female/ immature at Northwick Warth B Lancastle
         
1979 Ruddy Duck January 6th Two off Aust Warth  
  Mediterranean Gull March 18th An adult at Stoke Gifford PJ Chadwick
         
1978 Twite January 6th Forty birds on Severnside  
  Baltic Gull March 31st Five at Littleton-on-Severn JDR Vernon
         
1977 Red-rumped Swallow September 16th One near Severn Beach possibly New Passage P Evans, G Young
  Long-billed Dowitcher October 16th One at Aust Warth PJ Chadwick, B Lancastle, N Lacy
         
1976 Aquatic Warbler August 14th One trapped, ringed & released at Littleton MP Rossiter
  Long-tailed Duck October 31st An immature male off New Passage N Lacy
         
1974 Sooty Shearwater September 7th One at Aust and New Passage RG Thomas
  Dotterel September 14th Winter adult at Severn Beach RG Thomas
  Red-footed Falcon September 16th An adult male near Severn House Farm  
         
1971 Red-crested Pochard April 4th A female at Littleton Brick Pits JDR Vernon
  White Stork May 23rd An adult from Hallen/ Compton Greenfield  
  Night Heron November 19th An Immature at ICI Chemical Works on Severnside LP Alder, PL Garvey, EE Jackson
         
1960 Red-throated Diver January 6th One on the Severn Estuary near Shepperdine  
  Shorelark January 31st A male at Severn Beach  
  Water Pipit April 1st One in summer plumage at New Passage  
  Collared Dove

 

Noted in the Chipping Sodbury area  
         
1959 Greenland Wheatear March Several Severn Beach/New Passage/Northwick Warth  
         
1958 Montagu's Harrier May 25th A ringtail near Marshfield  
         
1957 Red Kite March 3rd One near Tockington flying 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 Possibly two at Stoke Gifford  
         
1948 Snow Bunting January 2nd One between Aust and Littleton-on-Severn  
         
1947 Waxwing February 23rd One at Filton  
  Kentish Plover May 4th A male at Severn Beach  
         
1946 Little Stint

 

Noted at Severn Beach  
         
1945 Little Tern May 9th Two at Severn Beach  
         
1944 Wood Warbler May 7th Two heard at Petty France near Badminton  
  Nightjar May 21st One 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 One at Little Stoke  
  Ruddy Shelduck April 18th A male off Aust Warth from Aust Ferry Pier  
  Quail June 14th Two between Patchway Common and Savage's Wood  
  Short-eared Owl October 6th One on the salt marsh below Severn Beach  
         
1941 Hawfinch May 18th One in the grounds at Tortworth Court  
  Arctic Skua June 1st One at Littleton-on-Severn  
  Woodlark September 9th Six at Severn Beach  
  Tree Sparrow November Twenty to thirty at Dyrham  
         
1940 Pink-footed Goose February 1st Six at Severn Beach  
  Iceland Gull February 23rd An immature at Stoke Gifford  
  Red-backed Shrike Spring A pair on waste ground adjoining Yate Station  
  Willow Tit September 24th An adult along a water course at Stoke Gifford  
         
1938 Scaup April 25th One at Severn Beach  
  Leach's Petrel October 7th One off Aust Warth Pier  
  Corncrake October 30th One on Patchway Common  
         
1937 Black Redstart March 28th One on 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 A pair at Over near Almondsbury  
  Puffin October One at Filton Airfield  
         
1920 Hooded Crow

 

One near Stoke Gifford  
         
1913 Northern Willow Warbler May One 'obtained' near Thornbury  
         
1909 Marsh Warbler June Two at Patchway  
  Red-breasted Goose November 18th An adult ‘obtained’ at Oldbury-on-Severn  
         
1900 Avocet

 

One 'obtained' near Thornbury  
         
1897 Long-eared Owl

 

Two at Frampton Cotterell  
         
1892 Bittern January A winter adult ‘obtained’ near Hambrook  
  Velvet Scoter March 5th An adult male 'obtained' off New Passage  
         
1891 Great Grey Shrike January One at Dyrham Park  
  Goosander January One ‘obtained’ at Bitton  
  Spotted Crake September One 'obtained' at Stoke Bridge in Stoke Gifford  
         
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  
  Pomarine Skua November One 'obtained' at New Passage  
         
1878 Hoopoe

 

One near Charfield  
         
1871 White-tailed Eagle December Immature male ‘obtained’ at Dodington Park  
         
1870 Scandinavian Rock Pipit March Two ‘obtained’ at New Passage  
         
1860 Osprey

 

One killed at Tortworth Court Lake  
         
1855 Smew February 12th A male ‘obtained' at Dyrham Park  
         
1848 Black-winged Stilt

 

One ‘obtained’ near Thornbury  
         
1845 Cirl Bunting

 

Noted as a resident at Alveston  
         
1841 Little Auk October Several on Severnside  
         
1840 Glaucous Gull

 

A winter adult 'obtained' on the Severn Estuary  
         
1829 Wryneck

 

Annual in the Alveston area  
  Common Crossbill

 

Recorded in the Alveston area  
         
1824 Storm Petrel October 31st One near Alveston  

 

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