ON THIS DAY - MAY

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Arctic Skua; Blue-headed Wagtail; Diver Spp; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Harrier Spp; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Pomarine Skua; Red Kite; Ring-necked Duck; ROSEATE TERN at New Passage was the first for S. Gloss; Scaup; Wood Warbler;

2nd:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hooded Crow; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Night Heron; Pomarine Skua; Ring-necked Duck; Short-eared Owl; Spoonbill; SUBALPINE WARBLER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Wood Warbler;

3rd:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Night Heron; Pomarine Skua; Ring-necked Duck; Short-eared Owl;  WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN at Aust Warth was the first for S. Gloss; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler; Yellow-legged Gull;

4th:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Common Crane; Diver Spp; Grasshopper Warbler; KENTISH PLOVER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Night Heron; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Red Kite; Ring-necked Duck; Ruddy Duck; Sabine's Gull; Short-eared Owl; Wood Warbler;

5th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Kentish Plover; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Long-tailed Skua; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Night Heron; Short-eared Owl; Wood Sandpiper; Wood Warbler;

6th:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Barnacle Goose; BLACK-THROATED DIVER at New Passage was the first for S. Gloss; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Red Kite; Red-throated Diver; Ring Ouzel; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

7th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hen Harrier; Marsh Harrier; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Pomarine Skua; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

8th:

Arctic Skua; Dotterel; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Great Northern Diver; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Red-breasted Merganser; Red-throated Diver; Short-eared Owl; Skua Spp; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler; Yellow-legged Gull;

9th:

Arctic Skua; Dotterel; Garganey; Goosander; Grasshopper Warbler; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier; Purple Sandpiper; Short-eared Owl; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

10th:

Arctic Skua; Barnacle Goose; Dotterel; Kentish Plover; Little Tern; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Red Kite; Red-breasted Merganser; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

11th:

Arctic Skua; Diver Spp; Dotterel; Garganey; Greenland Wheatear; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Pomarine Skua; Purple Sandpiper; Short-eared Owl; Wood Warbler;

12th:

Arctic Skua; Kentish Plover; Little Tern; Montagu's Harrier; Purple Sandpiper; Water Pipit; Wood Warbler;

13th:

Arctic Skua; EUROPEAN BEE-EATER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Garganey; Iceland Gull; Little Tern; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Skua Spp; Temminck's Stint; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

14th:

Arctic Skua; Cetti's Warbler; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Long-tailed Duck; Red Kite; RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT at Marshfield was the first for S. Gloss; Skua Spp; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

15th:

Arctic Skua; ICTERINE WARBLER at Brentry was the first for S. Gloss; Grasshopper Warbler; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Short-eared Owl; Wood Sandpiper; Wood Warbler;

16th:

Arctic Skua; Broad-billed Sandpiper; Dotterel; Garganey; Little Tern; Nightjar; Red Kite; Shag; Short-eared Owl; Wood Warbler;

17th:

Arctic Skua; Black-winged Stilt; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Little Tern; Ruddy Shelduck; Short-eared Owl; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

18th:

Arctic Skua; Diver Spp; Hawfinch; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Wood Warbler;

19th:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; FRANKLIN'S GULL at Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Little Tern; Pomarine Skua; Quail; Storm Petrel; Wood Warbler;

20th:

Arctic Skua; Firecrest; Hoopoe; Quail; Red Kite; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow; Wood Warbler;

21st:

Arctic Skua; Greenland Wheatear; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Marsh Harrier; Nightjar; Pomarine Skua; Red Kite; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

22nd:

Arctic Skua; Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Common Crossbill; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Red-rumped Swallow; Shag; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

23rd:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Nightjar; Quail; Turtle Dove; WHITE STORK at Hallen was the first for S. Gloss; Wood Sandpiper; Wood Warbler;

24th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Honey Buzzard; Mandarin; Quail; Storm Petrel; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

25th:

Arctic Skua; Montagu's Harrier; Pomarine Skua; Quail; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

26th:

Honey Buzzard; Little Tern; Mandarin; Pomarine Skua; Storm Petrel; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

27th:

Pomarine Skua; Quail; Turtle Dove; Willow Tit; Wood Warbler;

28th:

Arctic Skua; Little Tern; Wood Warbler;

29th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Storm Petrel; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

30th:

Arctic Skua; Grasshopper Warbler; Quail; Sabine's Gull; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

31st:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Golden Oriole; Grasshopper Warbler; Marsh Harrier; Quail; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler;

Also seen in May but undated were;

Grasshopper Warbler; Hawfinch; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Long-eared Owl; Mandarin; NORTHERN WILLOW WARBLER near Thornbury was the first for S. Gloss; Purple Sandpiper; Quail; Red-backed Shrike; Red Kite; Ring-necked Parakeet; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow; Yellow-legged Gull;