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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire          On This Day... SEPTEMBER

Fourteen firsts for S. Glos have been reported in September: Sooty Shearwater, Scandinavian Chiffchaff, Woodlark, Balearic Shearwater, White-rumped Sandpiper, Sabine's Gull, Dotterel, Red-footed Falcon, Red-rumped Swallow, Pectoral Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Willow Tit, Grey-headed Wagtail and Buff-breasted Sandpiper.   1st Arctic Skua, Corncrake, Leach's Petrel, Mediterranean Gull, Pale-bellied Brent Goose; Ring Ouzel; Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck.   2nd Arctic Skua, Garganey, Grasshopper Warbler, Honey Buzzard, Lapland Bunting, Leach's Petrel, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Rose-coloured Starling, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck.   3rd Arctic Skua, Leach's Petrel, Little Tern, Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine's Gull, Shag, Storm Petrel, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, Willow Tit, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck, Yellow-legged Gull.   4th Arctic Skua, Leach's Petrel, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Osprey, Sabine's Gull, Storm Petrel, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck, Yellow-legged Gull.   5th Arctic Skua, Grasshopper Warbler, Little Tern, Leach's Petrel, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine's Gull, Spotted Redshank, Storm Petrel, Wryneck.   6th Arctic Skua, Hoopoe, Little Tern, Long-tailed Skua, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Osprey, Pomarine Skua, Sabine's Gull, Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck.   7th Firecrest, Hoopoe, Mediterranean Gull, Osprey, Red Kite, Scaup, SOOTY SHEARWATER at Aust was the first for S. Glos, Spoonbill, Wryneck.   8th Arctic Skua, Hoopoe, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Nightjar, Quail, Shag, Storm Petrel, Wryneck.   9th Arctic Skua, Hoopoe, Mediterranean Gull, Nightjar, SCANDINAVIAN CHIFFCHAFF at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Storm Petrel, WOODLARK at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Wryneck, Yellow-legged Gull.   10th Arctic Skua, Garganey, Hoopoe, Leach's Petrel, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Red-crested Pochard, Red Kite, Storm Petrel, Tree Sparrow, Wryneck, Yellow-legged Gull.   11th Arctic Skua, Corncrake, Grey Phalarope, Hoopoe, Little Tern, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Wryneck.   12th Arctic Skua, BALEARIC SHEARWATER at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Hoopoe, Leach's Petrel, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Osprey, Sabine's Gull, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, White Stork, Wood Sandpiper.   13th Arctic Skua, Avocet, Grey Phalarope, Hoopoe, Leach's Petrel, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, SABINE'S GULL at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Shag, Short-eared Owl, Storm Petrel, Tree Sparrow, White-rumped Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper.   14th Arctic Skua, Cirl Bunting, Corncrake, DOTTEREL at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Goshawk, Grey Phalarope, Hen Harrier, Hoopoe, Leach's Petrel, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Spoonbill, Storm Petrel, Turtle Dove.   15th Arctic Skua, Dotterel, Grey Phalarope, Grasshopper Warbler, Hoopoe, Leach's Petrel, Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull.   16th Arctic Skua, Dotterel, Grey Phalarope, Hoopoe, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mediterranean Gull, RED-FOOTED FALCON at Severn House Farm was the first for S. Glos, RED-RUMPED SWALLOW at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl, Skua Spp, Storm Petrel, Turtle Dove, Wryneck, Yellow-legged Gull.   17th Cetti's Warbler, Dotterel, Grey Phalarope, Mediterranean Gull, PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Oldbury Power Station was the first for S. Glos, Shag, Turtle Dove, Yellow-legged Gull.   18th Garganey, Grey Phalarope, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Shag, Turtle Dove, Yellow-legged Gull.   19th Garganey, Hen Harrier, Leach's Petrel, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl.   20th Garganey, Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua, Ruddy Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, TEREK SANDPIPER at Severn Beach was the first for S. Glos, Tree Sparrow, Wryneck.   21st Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red Kite, Ring-necked Parakeet, Ruddy Shelduck, Wryneck.   22nd Kentish Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ring Ouzel, Ruddy Shelduck.   23rd Common Crossbill, Harrier Spp, Leach's Petrel, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Sabine's Gull, Scaup, Willow Tit.   24th Arctic Skua, Honey Buzzard, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Shag, Storm Petrel, Turtle Dove, WILLOW TIT at Stoke Gifford was the first for S. Glos.   25th Arctic Skua, Grasshopper Warbler, Hen Harrier, Jack Snipe, Mediterranean Gull, Nightjar, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Willow Tit, Yellow-legged Gull.   26th GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL at Northwick Warth was the first for S. Glos, Hen Harrier, Jack Snipe, Little Tern, Long-tailed Skua, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-eared Owl, Yellow-legged Gull.   27th Arctic Skua, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope, Hen Harrier, Leach's Petrel, Little Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Short-eared Owl.   28th Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Leach's Petrel, Mediterranean Gull, Pomarine Skua, Sabine's Gull, Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Yellow-legged Gull.   29th Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Garganey, Jack Snipe, Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Turtle Dove.   30th BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at New Passage was the first for S. Glos, Little Tern, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Richard's Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Storm Petrel, Yellow-legged Gull.   Also seen in September but undated were; Black Redstart, Corncrake, Garganey, Harrier Spp, Hawfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mandarin, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Ring-necked Parakeet, Snow Bunting, Spotted Crake, Tree Sparrow, Turtle Dove, Willow Tit and Yellow-legged Gull.

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