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The Birds Of South Gloucestershire Systematic List: 313 (285 species - 28 forms)
Species (Click on the bird name for full details)
Occurrences First Earliest Latest Highest Count
13 1960 December 14th 2007 Severn Beach May 8th 2000 Severn Beach 5 3 1991 December 1st 2000 Severn Beach May 6th 1991 New Passage 2 11 1983 November 4th 1989 Aust Warth May 8th 2000 Severn Beach 2 1 2009 November 27th 2009 Severn Beach 1
LITTLE GREBE
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
4 1989 August 10th 1996 New Passage December 4th 1998 Oldbury Power Station 1 3 1996 August 31st 1997 Oldbury Power Station April 4th 1999 Oldbury Power Station 1
FULMAR
2 2000 November 26th 2000 Severn Beach January 13th 2004 Severn Beach 1 1 1974 September 7th 1974 Aust 1 MANX SHEARWATER
1 1988 September 12th 1988 New Passage 1 c. 125 1824 January 28th 2002 Severn Beach December 29th 2007 Severn Beach 12 c. 460 1938 September 1st 1985 New Passage April 22nd 1999 Severn Beach c.250 1 2009 November 25th 2009 Severn Beach 1 GANNET
CORMORANT
c. 35 1951 5
4 1892 December 1931 near Hallen January 25th 2011 Orchard Pools 1 2 1971 May 2nd 1986 near Keynsham November 19th 1971 Severnside 1 1 1993 April 24th 1993 Littleton-on-Severn April 27th 1993 Littleton-on-Severn 1 8 GREY HERON
4 1971 May 23rd 1971 Hallen November 4th 2007 Pucklechurch 2 1 2009 October 14th 2009 Severn Beach 1 c. 16 1998 February 15th 2004 Northwick Warth December 2nd 2010 Thornbury Yacht Club 5
MUTE SWAN
BEWICK'S SWAN
17 1983 October 16th 2010 Oldbury Power Station March 29th 2008 Severn Beach 5
1 1998 March 1st 1998 Oldbury Power Station 1 9 1940 November 29th 1988 Littleton Warth February 26th 1996 Aust/ Northwick 7 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
GREYLAG GOOSE
CANADA GOOSE
c.230 1989 August 16th 2009 Heneage Court Pools June 9th 2006 Severn Beach 80 DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE
1 1909 November 18th 1909 Oldbury-on-Severn 1 3 2002 February 12th 2002 Oldbury Power Station April 23rd 2006 Heneage Court Pools 1 c. 15 1942 January 8th 2010 Oldbury Power Station December 10th 2003 Severn Beach 2 SHELDUCK
c. 275 1986 All months 24 WIGEON
> 7000 GADWALL
COMMON TEAL
2 2001 January 4th 2001 Oldbury Power Station January 27th 2001 Oldbury Power Station 1 MALLARD
PINTAIL
c. 75 1982 March 14th 1993 Northwick Warth October 26th 2011 Oldbury Power Station 4 SHOVELER
5 1971 February 20th 2008 Oldbury Power Station September 10th 1996 Severn Beach 2 POCHARD
4 1988 April 2nd 1988 New Passage November 2nd 2000 Orchard Pools 2 TUFTED DUCK
c. 40 1938 All months except June 6 COMMON EIDER
20 1976 October 11th 1998 Northwick Warth May 14th 1998 Oldbury Power Station 4 COMMON SCOTER
6 1892 November 7th 1983 Severn Beach April 26th 1984 New Passage 2 GOLDENEYE
11 1855 November 28th 2010 New Passage February 14th 1991 New Passage 5 c. 60 1982 October 1st 2004 New Passage May 10th 2006 Severn Beach 9 c. 160 1891 October 11th 1991 Severn Beach May 9th 1981 New Passage 19 c. 35 1979 September 24th 1988 Aust Warth June 4th 2002 Severn Beach 7
8 1879 May 7th 2011 Northwick Warth September 24th 2008 Frenchay 2 c. 85 1957 All months 4 2 2009 March 18th 2010 Severn Beach May 26th 2009 near Marshfield 1 1 1871 December 1871 Dodington Park 1 29 1983 January 30th 2011 Littleton-upon-Severn December 6th 2008 Oldbury Power Station 1 c. 35 1980 All months except June & July 2 7 1958 May 12th 2008 near Tormarton October 16th 1991 Aust Warth 1 c.25 1989 All months except November 5 SPARROWHAWK
COMMON BUZZARD
24 1860 March 27th 2005 Severn Beach October 27th 1979 New Passage 1 KESTREL
1 1974 September 16th 1974 Shepperdine 1 MERLIN
August 5th 2006 New Passage HOBBY
April 22nd 2006 Oldbury Power Station October 21st 2011 Spaniorum Hill, E. Compton PEREGRINE
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
GREY PARTRIDGE
1942 May 8th 1996 West Littleton Down December 28th 1942 Elberton c. 30 COMMON PHEASANT
WATER RAIL
2 1891 October 1891 Patchway 1 16 1938 April 11th 1955 Patchway October 30th 1938 Patchway 1 MOORHEN
COOT
9 2000 January 3rd 2000 Severn Beach May 4th 2008 Oldbury Power Station 5
OYSTERCATCHER
2 1848 May 17th 1997 Oldbury Power Station 1 c. 80 1900 August 2nd 2009 New Passage May 23rd 1982 Aust Warth 8 2 1999 April 20th 2006 Northwick Warth July 27th 1999 New Passage 1 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
March 14th 2009 Oldbury Power Station RINGED PLOVER
5 1947 May 4th 1947 Severn Beach September 22nd 2006 Severn Beach 1 c. 30 1974 May 2nd 2011 New Passage September 17th 1974 Severn Beach 14 GOLDEN PLOVER
c. 600 1 2002 January 1st 2002 New Passage 1 GREY PLOVER
LAPWING
KNOT
SANDERLING
2 1990 August 12th 1990 Oldbury Power Station September 26th 2009 New Passage 1 LITTLE STINT
1 1984 April 29th 1984 Oldbury Power Station May 13th 2004 Severn Beach 1 4 1985 August 4th 2001 Severn Beach November 26th 1998 Aust Warth 1 6 1989 August 3rd 2005 Oldbury Power Station September 26th 2006 Northwick Warth 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER
c. 250 1936 August 28th 1991 Severn Beach May 22nd 1976 Severn Beach 12 DUNLIN
2 1983 May 16th 1988 Severn Beach August 20th 1983 Oldbury Power Station 1 3 1989 May 23rd 1990 Severn Beach September 27th 2003 Northwick Warth 1 RUFF
c. 250 1940 August 26th 2005 Severn Beach April 14th 2007 Northwick Warth 12 COMMON SNIPE
1 1977 October 16th 1977 Aust Warth 1 WOODCOCK
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
BAR-TAILED GODWIT
WHIMBREL
CURLEW
c. 80 1954 February 27th 2010 Sheppardine December 30th 1983 Oldbury Power Station 5 COMMON REDSHANK
GREENSHANK
GREEN SANDPIPER
21 1943 May 5th 1996 Oldbury Power Station September 13th 1984 Northwick Warth 2 1 1986 September 20th 1986 Severn Beach 1 COMMON SANDPIPER
TURNSTONE
1 2001 October 8th 2001 Severn Beach 1 22 1949 August 29th 1997 Severn Beach January 4th 1988 New Passage 3
146 1879 January 4th 1998 Severn Beach December 24th 1989 Aust Warth 36 c. 650 1941 March 14th 2004 Severn Beach December 25th 1997 Severn Beach c. 120 7 1981 September 3rd 1983 New Passage May 5th 1991 New Passage 1 GREAT SKUA
c.350 1979 All months 4 3 1984 April 10th 2000 Willsbridge June 12th 1988 New Pill, Severn Beach 1 LITTLE GULL
20 1980 April 29th 1992 New Passage November 4th 1996 Oldbury Power Station 6 BLACK-HEADED GULL
5 1987 October 2nd 1994 Oldbury Power Station February 28th 2008 Shortwood Landfill 1 COMMON GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
HERRING GULL
6 2002 November 16th 2002 Harnhill Land Fill February 4th 2008 Shortwood Land Fill 2 c. 220 1989 All months 6 15 1940 October 9th 1999 Oldbury Power Station May 13th 1989 New Passage 2 8 1840 December 27th 1938 Severn Beach March 21st 1991 Aust Warth 1 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
KITTIWAKE
SANDWICH TERN
2 1990 May 1st 1990 New Passage October 8th 1997 Severn Beach 1 COMMON TERN
ARCTIC TERN
April 9th 2011 Oldbury Power Station September 19th 2003 Oldbury Power Station c. 220 1945 April 20th 1991 New Passage October 28th 1998 Severn Beach 34 BLACK TERN
1 1990 May 3rd 1990 Aust Warth 1
GUILLEMOT
RAZORBILL
1 1998 October 27th 1998 Severn Beach 1 c. 30 1841 October 4th 1953 Aust Cliffs February 10th 1988 New Passage 5 1935 October 1935 Filton February 26th 1997 Severn Beach 1
10 1888 June 3rd 1888 Hambrook July 1888 Hambrook 8 ROCK DOVE
STOCK DOVE
WOODPIGEON
COLLARED DOVE
1962 April 10th 1988 Severn Beach October 2nd 1983 Chipping Sodbury Common 12 1996 February 2005 Longwell Green November 24th 2010 Thornbury 1 COMMON CUCKOO
BARN OWL
LITTLE OWL
TAWNY OWL
42 1897 October 12th 1994 Oldbury Power Station May 1976 Filton 7 1942 August 3rd 2011 Aust Warth June 14th 2008 Aust Warth 7 12 1944 May 16th 1962 Filton September 25th 1947 West Littleton 3
COMMON SWIFT
3 1993 April 11th 1993 Aust August 1st 2006 Mangotsfield 1 KINGFISHER
1 2007 May 13th 2007 Severn Beach 1 22 1878 March 28th 2010 near Thornbury August 29th 1959 Winterbourne 2
17 1829 April 23rd 2006 Warmley September 20th 2001 Tytherington 1 GREEN WOODPECKER
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
1942 All months c. 4
13 1941 September 9th 1941 Severn Beach April 3rd 1976 Severn Beach 6 SKYLARK
> 2000 8 1960 2 8 1993 September 30th 2010 Thornbury Yacht Club March 9th 2007 Northwick Warth 1 TREE PIPIT
MEADOW PIPIT
ROCK PIPIT
c. 75 1960 October 1st 2011 Littleton-on-Severn May 12th 1996 Oldbury Power Station 5 YELLOW WAGTAIL
December 1st 2011 Oldbury Power Station GREY WAGTAIL
PIED WAGTAIL
SAND MARTIN
HOUSE MARTIN
BARN SWALLOW
November 12th 2011 Oldbury Power Station 3 1977 April 22nd 1988 New Passage September 16th 1977 Severn Beach 1
c. 1500 1947 November 20th 2005 Severn Beach April 14th 2005 Longwell Green c. 250 DIPPER
WREN
DUNNOCK
ROBIN
April 8th 2002 at Aust Warth September 4th 1999 at Severn Beach c. 25 1 1998 May 14th 1998 Marshfield 1 c. 90 1937 All months except September 2 COMMON REDSTART
WHINCHAT
COMMON STONECHAT
NORTHERN WHEATEAR
1 2011 October 25th 2011 Oldbury-on-Severn October 28th 2011 Oldbury-on-Severn 1 c. 55 1899 February 10th 2011 Rangeworthy November 9th 1937 Stock Gifford 3 BLACKBIRD
FIELDFARE
SONG THRUSH
REDWING
MISTLE THRUSH
24 1994 September 12th 2010 New Passage June 25th 2006 Severn Beach 2 1935 April 2nd 2010 Severn Beach September 25th 2011 Aust Warth 11 SEDGE WARBLER
April 9th 2001 Oldbury Power Station 1 1976 August 14th 1976 Littleton-on-Severn 1 4 1909 June 1909 Patchway August 22nd 2009 Northwick Warth 2 REED WARBLER
April 9th 2011 Oldbury Power Station October 17th 2010 Kingsgate Park, Yate 1 1992 May 15th 1992 Brentry 1 5 2005 April 1st 2006 Severn Beach November 12th 2008 Marshfield 2 1 2004 May 2nd 2004 Severn Beach 1 LESSER WHITETHROAT
April 10th 2009 Oldbury Power Station COMMON WHITETHROAT
April 4th 2002 Oldbury Power Station GARDEN WARBLER
BLACKCAP
4 2001 October 12th 2001 Old Passage February 27th 2008 Filton 1 c. 40 1944 April 14th 2009 New Passage August 2nd 1997 Oldbury Power Station 2 COMMON CHIFFCHAFF
WILLOW WARBLER
GOLDCREST
31 1980 September 7th 2008 Oldbury Power Station May 20th 2001 New Passage 3
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
PIED FLYCATCHER
c. 3 1981 April 5th 1981 Littleton Brick Pits November 12th 2011 Oldbury Power Station 1 LONG-TAILED TIT
MARSH TIT
c.45 1940 All months 3 COAL TIT
BLUE TIT
GREAT TIT
NUTHATCH
TREECREEPER
6 1954 April 26th 2007 Kingswood July 2nd 1954 Littleton-on-Severn 2 c. 12 1940 Spring 1944 Patchway August 30th 2003 Severn Beach 4 4 1891 November 23rd 2009 Lower Woods April 6th 1983 Filton 1 3 1989 April 22nd 1994 Thornbury August 21st 2011 Chipping Sodbury Common 1
JAY
MAGPIE
JACKDAW
ROOK
CARRION CROW
6 1920 April 7th 1963 Hallen November 11th 1952 Hambrook 1 RAVEN
c. 50
COMMON STARLING
2 2000 September 2nd 2004 New Passage January 26th 2001 Hanham 1 HOUSE SPARROW
All months c. 300 CHAFFINCH
BRAMBLING
GREENFINCH
GOLDFINCH
SISKIN
LINNET
c. 180 1978 October 4th 1978 Severn Beach April 8th 1979 Severn Beach c. 40 LESSER REDPOLL
8 2004 February 10th 2004 Thornbury April 24th 2004 Severn Beach 4 c. 120 1829 All months except May, June & August 16 BULLFINCH
c. 70 1941 All months except August & September 12 19 1981 September 2nd 1989 Aust Warth March 27th 2008 Marshfield 4 c. 80 1948 September 28th 1981 Severn Beach March 24th 1982 Severn Beach 9 YELLOWHAMMER
1845 February 25th 1943 Severn Beach December 25th 1941 Severn Beach 5 REED BUNTING
1 2009 June 7th 2009 Yate 1 CORN BUNTING
Forms (Click on the bird name for full details)
Occurrences First Earliest Latest Highest Count Diver Spp (Not counted)
1 2001 January 15th 2001 Oldbury Power Station January 18th 2001 Oldbury Power Station 1 2 2010 October 17th 2010 Littleton-on-Severn 2 22 1995 September 1st 2009 New Passage April 25th 2009 Severn Beach 18 Harrier Spp (Not counted)
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Bustard (Re-introduction, not counted)
1 2008 January 10th 2008 near Keynsham January 26th 2008 Oldbury Power Station 1 Tundra Ringed Plover
Northern Dunlin
c. 12 2008 May 15th 2011 Severn Beach 4 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit
Icelandic Redshank
Skua Spp (Not counted)
9 1978 March 10th 1979 Rangeworthy April 1982 Oldbury-on-Severn 5 Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull
Scandinavian Herring Gull
1 1996 June 30th 1996 Oldbury Power Station July 17th 1996 Oldbury Power Station 1 10 1870 October 6th 1982 Oldbury Power Station March 18th 2009 Severn Beach 2 Channel Wagtail (Hybrid)
1 2009 May 18th 2009 Northwick Warth 1 2 1993 December 1st 2011 Oldbury Power Station January 19th 1994 Aust 1 8 1954 April 19th 1999 Northwick Warth May 1st 2004 Northwick Warth 4 1 2009 September 26th 2009 Northwick 1 White Wagtail
1 2010 June 19th 2010 Staple Hill, Bristol 1 1959 March 1959 Severn Beach October 12th 2011 Northfield Lane, Marshfield Continental Song Thrush
Icelandic Redwing
3 1995 September 9th 1995 Severn Beach April 2nd 2005 Emerson's Green 1 2 2005 January 1st 2005 Emerson's Green March 28th 2005 Emerson's Green 1 2 1913 April 1932 Stoke Gifford May 1913 Thornbury 1 2 2008 November 26th 2008 Keynsham March 1st 2008 Marshfield 1 Continental Chaffinch
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