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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire On This Day... MAY
Twelve firsts for S. Glos have been reported in May: 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.
1st
Arctic Skua, Blue-headed Wagtail, Diver Spp, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Harrier Spp, Mandarin, Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, Little Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Osprey, Pomarine Skua, Red Kite, Ring-necked Duck, ROSEATE TERN at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Scaup, Short-eared Owl, Wood Warbler.
2nd
Arctic Skua, Avocet, Black Redstart, Dotterel, 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.
3rd
Arctic Skua, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Hoopoe, 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.
4th
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, Greenland Wheatear, 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, Hoopoe, Honey Buzzard, 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, Greenland Wheatear, Long-tailed Duck, Pomarine Skua, Quail, 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, Red Kite, 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, Nightingale, 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, Little Tern, Pomarine Skua, Purple Sandpiper, Quail, Red-rumped Swallow, Ring-necked Parakeet, Shag, Storm Petrel, 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, Red Kite, 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.
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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