THE BIRDS OF SOUTH
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
ON THIS DAY - OCTOBER
For full details go to the Systematic List
1st:
Hawfinch; Leach's Petrel; Mediterranean Gull; Red-breasted Merganser; Scaup; Short-eared Owl;
2nd:
Jack Snipe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Scaup; Turtle Dove;
3rd:
Lapland Bunting; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Yellow-legged Gull;
4th:
Little Auk; Long-tailed Skua; Mediterranean Gull; Red-breasted Merganser; Scaup; Snow Bunting; Twite;
5th:
DARTFORD WARBLER at Northwick Warth was the first for S. Gloss; Jack Snipe; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Shag; Short-eared Owl;
6th:
Dartford Warbler; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Scandinavian Rock Pipit; Scaup; Short-eared Owl on the salt marsh below Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Snow Bunting;
7th:
Arctic Skua; Dartford Warbler; Greenland Wheatear; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Snow Bunting;
8th:
Arctic Skua; Dartford Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Red-breasted Merganser; RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Roseate Tern; Snow Bunting; Yellow-legged Gull;
9th:
Dartford Warbler; Jack Snipe; Iceland Gull; Leach's Petrel; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Sabine's Gull; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Yellow-legged Gull;
10th:
Cetti's Warbler; Dartford Warbler; Harrier Spp; Jack Snipe; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Ring-necked Parakeet; Sabine's Gull; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Tree Sparrow;
11th:
Dartford Warbler; Goosander; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Snow Bunting;
12th:
Dartford Warbler; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Snow Bunting; YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at Old Passage was the first for S. Gloss;
13th:
Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Dartford Warbler; Long-eared Owl; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Snow Bunting; Yellow-legged Gull;
14th:
Avocet; Cetti's Warbler; Goosander; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Short-eared Owl;
15th:
Arctic Skua; Cetti's Warbler; Corncrake; Jack Snipe; Long-eared Owl; Mediterranean Gull; Short-eared Owl; Woodlark;
16th:
Arctic Skua; Avocet; Cetti's Warbler; Firecrest; Lapland Bunting; Leach's Petrel; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Aust was the first for S. Gloss; Long-eared Owl; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Montagu's Harrier; Osprey; Pomarine Skua; Shag; Short-eared Owl; Storm Petrel;
17th:
Avocet; Cetti's Warbler; Goosander; Grey Phalarope; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Storm Petrel;
18th:
Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Firecrest; Grey Phalarope; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Storm Petrel; Yellow-legged Gull;
19th:
Arctic Skua; Barnacle Goose; Black Redstart; Goosander; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Storm Petrel;
20th:
Black Redstart; Hen Harrier; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Red-breasted Merganser; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Water Pipit;
21st:
Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Hooded Crow; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Long-eared Owl; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Tree Sparrow;
22nd:
Black Redstart; Garganey; Grey Phalarope; Hen Harrier; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Little Auk; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Red-breasted Merganser; Richard's Pipit; Scaup; Short-eared Owl;
23rd:
Black Redstart; Common Crossbill; Garganey; Grey Phalarope; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Purple Sandpiper; Ring Ouzel; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Willow Tit;
24th:
BLACK-NECKED GREBE off New Passage was the first for S. Gloss; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Tree Sparrow;
25th:
Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Grey Phalarope; Jack Snipe; Little Auk; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Sabine's Gull; Scaup; Tree Sparrow;
26th:
Black Redstart; Grey Phalarope; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Short-eared Owl;
27th:
BLACK GUILLEMOT off Severn Beach was the first for S. Gloss; Black Redstart; Cetti's Warbler; Firecrest; Grey Phalarope; Lapland Bunting; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Purple Sandpiper; Scaup; Shag; Short-eared Owl; Storm Petrel; Twite;
28th:
Black Redstart; Goosander; Grey Phalarope; Leach's Petrel; Little Auk; Little Tern; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Ruddy Duck; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Twite;
29th:
Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Jack Snipe; Leach's Petrel; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Scaup; Shag; Short-eared Owl; Skua Spp; Storm Petrel; Whooper Swan; Woodlark;
30th:
Arctic Skua; Black Redstart; Common Crossbill; Corncrake; Diver Spp; Long-tailed Duck; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Scaup; Short-eared Owl; Skua Spp; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow; Twite; Whooper Swan;
31st:
Black Redstart; Dartford Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Long-tailed Duck; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red-breasted Merganser; Scaup; Storm Petrel;
Also seen in October but undated were;
Black Redstart; Common Crossbill; Hawfinch; Jack Snipe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Auk; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; PUFFIN at Filton was the first for S. Gloss; Purple Sandpiper; Ring-necked Parakeet; Short-eared Owl; Snow Bunting; Spotted Crake; Tree Sparrow; Twite; Willow Tit; Yellow-legged Gull;