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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire On This Day... DECEMBER
Three firsts for S. Glos have been reported in December: Rose-coloured Starling, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and White-tailed Eagle.
1st
Black Redstart, Black-throated Diver, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Duck, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Yellow-legged Gull.
2nd
Avocet, Black Redstart, Goosander, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Duck, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Spoonbill.
3rd
Black Redstart, Common Crossbill, Hawfinch, Jack Snipe, Lapland Bunting, 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, Long-eared Owl, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Slavonian Grebe, Whooper Swan, Yellow-legged Gull.
5th
Black Redstart, Jack Snipe, Leach's Petrel, Mandarin, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Waxwing, Yellow-legged Gull.
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
Barnacle Goose, 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, Waxwing, Yellow-legged Gull.
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, Hen Harrier, 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, Waxwing, 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, Waxwing, 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, Hen Harrier, 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, Waxwing, 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, Waxwing.
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, Waxwing.
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, Short-eared Owl, Twite, Water Pipit, Waxwing, 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, Yellow-legged Gull.
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, Waxwing, Yellow-legged Gull.
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, Water Pipit, Waxwing, Whooper Swan.
24th
Barnacle Goose, Black Redstart, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Firecrest, Goosander, Hen Harrier, Jack Snipe, Leach's Petrel, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Pomarine Skua, Purple Sandpiper, Rose-coloured Starling, Ruddy Shelduck, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Waxwing, 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, Red Kite, Rose-coloured Starling, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl, Waxwing, Yellow-legged Gull.
26th
Barnacle Goose, Black Redstart, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Goosander, Hen Harrier, Iceland Gull, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Long-eared Owl, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Rose-coloured Starling, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl, Tree Sparrow, Water Pipit, Waxwing.
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, Waxwing, 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, Waxwing, Willow Tit.
30th
Barnacle Goose, Black Redstart, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Glaucous Gull, Goosander, Goshawk, Long-tailed Duck, Mandarin, 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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