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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire          On This Day... AUGUST

Four firsts for S. Glos have been reported in August: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Aquatic Warbler and Broad-billed Sandpiper.   1st Alpine Swift; Corncrake, Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Woodchat Shrike, Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.   2nd Arctic Skua; Avocet; Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Turtle Dove; Woodchat Shrike, Wood Warbler.   3rd Arctic Skua; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Montagu's Harrier; Pectoral Sandpiper; Quail; Short-eared Owl, Storm Petrel; Willow Tit; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   4th Arctic Skua; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; White-rumped Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike.   5th Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   6th Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Tree Sparrow; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   7th Avocet; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Woodchat Shrike, Wood Sandpiper.   8th Avocet; Black Redstart; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull, Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   9th Avocet; Garganey; Harrier Spp; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Quail; Red Kite, Woodchat Shrike.   10th Avocet; Garganey; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Slavonian Grebe; Storm Petrel, Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   11th Avocet; Garganey; Hen Harrier; Honey Buzzard; Hoopoe; Kentish Plover; Mediterranean Gull; Turtle Dove; Willow Tit; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   12th Avocet; Black Redstart; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Sabine's Gull; SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at Oldbury Power Station was the first for S. Glos; Skua Spp; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow,  Woodchat Shrike.   13th Avocet; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Storm Petrel; WOOD SANDPIPER at Oakford Reservoir was the first for S. Glos;  Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   14th AQUATIC WARBLER at Littleton-on-Severn was the first for S. Glos; Avocet; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Scaup; Semipalmated Sandpiper,  Woodchat Shrike.   15th Arctic Skua; Avocet; Garganey; Goshawk; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Quail, Scaup; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   16th Barnacle Goose, Corncrake, Kentish Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Nightjar, Quail, Scaup, Spotted Redshank, Storm Petrel, Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   17th Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Turtle Dove; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   18th Arctic Skua: Corncrake; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Scaup; Wood Sandpiper; Woodchat Shrike, Yellow-legged Gull.   19th Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hoopoe; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Shag; Storm Petrel; Turtle Dove; Wood Sandpiper: Yellow-legged Gull.   20th BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER at Oldbury Power Station was the first for S. Glos; Hoopoe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Quail; Shag; Strom Petrel; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   21st Arctic Skua; Broad-billed Sandpiper; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   22nd Broad-billed Sandpiper; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Marsh Warbler; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Shag; Tree Sparrow; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   23rd Avocet; Garganey; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Turtle Dove; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   24th Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; Tree Sparrow; White-rumped Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   25th Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hoopoe; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Storm Petrel; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.   26th Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hen Harrier; Hoopoe; Jack Snipe; Mediterranean Gull; Storm Petrel; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull.   27th Arctic Skua; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull.   28th Arctic Skua; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red Kite; Scaup; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.   29th Corncrake; Grasshopper Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Ruddy Duck; Sabine's Gull; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.   30th Arctic Skua; Grasshopper Warbler; Jack Snipe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Red-backed Shrike; Red-crested Pochard; Short-eared Owl; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.   31st Arctic Skua; Black-necked Grebe; Corncrake; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Red-backed Shrike; Wood Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.   Also seen in August but undated were; Black Redstart; Garganey; Hawfinch; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Ring-necked Parakeet; Shag; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.

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