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TBOSG On This Day In... May
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A total of twelve firsts for S. Glos have been recorded in May, in date order: Roseate Tern, Subalpine Warbler, White-winged Black Tern, Kentish Plover, Black-throated Diver, European Bee-eater, Bluethroat, Icterine Warbler, Franklin's Gull, White Stork, Black Kite and Northern Willow Warbler. |
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| 1st: | Arctic Skua, Blue-headed Wagtail, Diver Spp, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Harrier Spp, Mandarin, Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, Little Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Ring-necked Duck, ROSEATE TERN at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Scaup, Wood Warbler. |
| 2nd: | Arctic Skua, Avocet, Black Redstart, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Hooded Crow, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Little Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Night Heron, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Ring-necked Duck, Short-eared Owl, Spoonbill, SUBALPINE WARBLER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Wood Warbler. |
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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. Glos, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler; Yellow-legged Gull. |
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Arctic Skua, Avocet, Common Crane, Diver Spp, Grasshopper Warbler, KENTISH PLOVER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Little Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Mandarin, Marsh Harrier, 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, Greenland Wheatear, Kentish Plover, Little Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Long-tailed Skua, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Night Heron, Red Kite, Short-eared Owl, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Warbler. |
| 6th: | Arctic Skua, Avocet, Barnacle Goose, BLACK-THROATED DIVER at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Long-tailed Duck, Mediterranean Gull, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Red-throated Diver, Ring Ouzel, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
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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, Nightingale, 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, Skua Spp, 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, Red Kite, Water Pipit, Wood Warbler. |
| 13th: | Arctic Skua, EUROPEAN BEE-EATER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Garganey, Iceland Gull, Little Tern, Mandarin, Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Red Kite, Skua Spp, Temminck's Stint, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, Wood Sandpiper; Wood Warbler. |
| 14th: | Arctic Skua, RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT at Marshfield was the first for S. Glos, Cetti's Warbler, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Long-tailed Duck, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Skua Spp, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 15th: | Arctic Skua, Grasshopper Warbler, Greenland Wheatear, ICTERINE WARBLER at Brentry was the first for S. Glos, Mandarin, Pomarine Skua, 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, Mandarin, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl, Storm Petrel, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 18th: | Arctic Skua, Blue-headed Wagtail, Diver Spp, Hawfinch, Purple Sandpiper, Quail, Wood Warbler. |
| 19th: | Arctic Skua, Avocet, FRANKLIN'S GULL at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, 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, Cetti's Warbler, 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, Ring-necked Parakeet, Shag, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 23rd: | Arctic Skua, Avocet, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Nightjar, Quail, Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, Turtle Dove, WHITE STORK at Hallen was the first for S. Glos, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Warbler. |
| 24th: | Arctic Skua, Garganey, Honey Buzzard, Mandarin, Quail, Storm Petrel, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 25th: | Arctic Skua, Cetti's Warbler, Montagu's Harrier, Pomarine Skua, Quail, Red Kite, Storm Petrel, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 26th: | Arctic Skua, BLACK KITE near Marshfield was the first for S. Glos, Honey Buzzard, Little Tern, Mandarin, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Storm Petrel, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
| 27th: | Pomarine Skua, Quail, Turtle Dove, Willow Tit, Wood Warbler. |
| 28th: | Arctic Skua, Goshawk, 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, Osprey, Quail, Turtle Dove, Wood Warbler. |
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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. Glos, Purple Sandpiper, Quail, Red-backed Shrike, Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, Short-eared Owl, Tree Sparrow and Yellow-legged Gull. |
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