TBOSG     On This Day In... December

 
 

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There have been three firsts for S. Glos throughout December, in date order; Rose-coloured Starling, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and White-tailed Eagle.
   
1st:

Black Redstart; Black-throated Diver; Hawfinch; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

2nd:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Hawfinch; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting.
   

3rd:

Black Redstart; Common Crossbill; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Ruddy Duck; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl.
   

4th:

Black Redstart; Hawfinch; Leach's Petrel; Mandarin;  Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Slavonian Grebe; Whooper Swan.
   

5th:

Black Redstart; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Mandarin;  Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Water Pipit; Waxwing.
   

6th:

Black Redstart; Caspian Gull; Great Northern Diver; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Auk; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier: Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl: Snow Bunting; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

7th:

Black Redstart; Cirl Bunting; Goshawk; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Long-eared Owl; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Storm Petrel; Water Pipit.
   

8th:

Black Redstart; Hawfinch; Leach's Petrel; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; ROSE-COLOURED STARLING at Hanham was the first for S. Glos; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

9th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Diver Spp; Jack Snipe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Waxwing.
   

10th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting.
   

11th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Hawfinch; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Twite; Willow Tit; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

12th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Hawfinch; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Twite; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

13th:

Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Firecrest; Goosander; Great Northern Diver; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Long-eared Owl; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Twite.
   

14th:

Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Caspian Gull; Cetti's Warbler; Great Northern Diver; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Long-eared Owl; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red-throated Diver; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Twite; Water Pipit; Yellow-browed Warbler; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

15th:

Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Hen Harrier; Jack Snipe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Twite.
   

16th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL at Aust SW was the first for S. Glos; Hen Harrier; Jack Snipe; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Twite.
   

17th:

Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Great Northern Diver; Leach's Petrel; Little Auk; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Storm Petrel; Twite.
   

18th:

Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Firecrest; Goosander; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Lapland Bunting; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Twite; Water Pipit.
   

19th:

Barnacle Goose: Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Cirl Bunting; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Long-eared Owl; Purple Sandpiper; Mediterranean Gull; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Shag; Twite; Water Pipit; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

20th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Firecrest; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Twite; Water Pipit.
   

21st:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Twite.
   

22nd:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Cirl Bunting; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Leach's Petrel; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting.
   

23rd:

Avocet; Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Whooper Swan.
   

24th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Firecrest; Goosander; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Willow Tit.
   

25th:

Arctic Skua; Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Cirl Bunting; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Great Northern Diver; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

26th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Goosander; Iceland Gull; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow; Water Pipit.
   

27th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Glaucous Gull; Goosander; Jack Snipe; Little Auk; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Ring-billed Gull; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow; Willow Tit; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

28th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Goosander; Jack Snipe; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow.
   

29th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Leach's Petrel; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow; Twite; Willow Tit.
   

30th:

Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Glaucous Gull; Goosander; Goshawk, Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Shelduck; Scandinavian Rock Pipit; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow; Waxwing.
   

31st:

Avocet; Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Eastern Yellow Wagtail; Firecrest; Glaucous Gull; Goosander; Grey Phalarope; Long-eared Owl; Long-tailed Duck; Purple Sandpiper; Rose-coloured Starling; Ruddy Duck; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow; Twite; Waxwing.
   

Also seen in December but undated were;

 

Bittern; Black Redstart; Glaucous Gull; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Tree Sparrow; Water Pipit; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE at Dodington Park was the first for S. Glos; Yellow-legged Gull.

 

 

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