2024 (c.25) |
EARLIEST: One from Severn Beach on April
6th. LATEST: . HIGHEST COUNT: Two at coastal
site on several occasions in April.
APRIL:
One heard 'reeling' in scrub south of Severn
Beach was supported by individuals on
Northwick Warth, the MoD site at Abbey Wood,
Filton and Hanham Hills on the 6th; One on
Chipping Sodbury Common plus a further two
at Oldbury Power Station on the 8th with one
still present on the 9th; One heard 'reeling
on Aust Wetlands, Aust on the 11th; Four:
Two from Aust Wetlands, Aust plus singles at
Oldbury Power Station and around Shirehill
Bridge, Marshfield on the 12th; Two were
heard in scrub south of Severn Beach another
was heard in the Pilning WR area and yet
another
was both seen and heard in scrub close to
Passage Road, Aust on the 13th; Two were
'reeling' at Aust Warth and a further two
were placed on Aust Wetlands on the 14th;
One in the Severn Beach area with a further
two in the Oldbury Power Station environs on
the 16th; Singles in the Severn Beach and
Aust Warth areas on the 18th; One from
Severn Beach on the 19th; One from Pilning
WR area on the 26th. MAY: One was seen from
the Severn Beach shore on the 4th. AUGUST:
One was heard 'reeling' from Lagoon III,
Oldbury Power Station in the morning on the
12th.
SEPTEMBER: One was showing very well on
Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station in the
morning on the 7th.
|
2023 |
EARLIEST: One from Warmley Forest
Park on April 13th. LATEST: One processed at
Severn View Services/ Aust Cliffs on August
20th. HIGHEST COUNT:
One on all dates.
APRIL:
One reported from Warmley Forest Park on the
13th; One seen briefly and heard 'reeling'
on Hanham Hill, Hanham on the 16th; One
noted at Severn View Services/ Aust Cliffs
on the 17th; One was reported from Holmdale
Road, Filton on the 20th; One was processed
at Severn View Services/ Aust Cliffs Ringing
Area on the 23rd; One heard 'reeling' by the
Lake at Oldbury Power Station in the morning
on the 24th.
MAY: One was reported 'reeling'
from Pilning WR, New Passage on the 4th.
JULY: One heard 'reeling' throughout the day
from Lagoon III at Oldbury Power Station on
the 5th with the same or another at the same
site on the 22nd.
AUGUST: One was watched at
Severn Beach on the 11th; One present on
Chipping Sodbury Common early morning on the
19th; One was processed at Severn View
Services/ Aust Cliffs on the 20th.
|
2022 |
EARLIEST: One on Aust Wetlands, Aust and one
at Oldbury Power Station on April 16th.
LATEST: A juvenile/ 1st winter on
Chipping Sodbury Common on August 23rd. HIGHEST COUNT: Five at Oldbury
Power Station April 19th.
APRIL: One was audible on Aust Wetlands,
Aust and another on the left side of the
road just south of Oldbury Power Station on
the 16th; One heard intermittently in the
south-east corner of Lagoon II at Oldbury
Power Station on the 18th; Five at the
south-west end of Lagoon III, Oldbury Power
Station and one at Severn Beach on the 19th;
One reeling on the south-west side of Lagoon
III, Oldbury Power Station on the 21st; One
reeling at Severn Beach on the 27th; One
reeling opposite the entrance to The Wave,
Easter Compton on the 29th. MAY: One
reported from the Oldbury Power Station
environs on the 1st; One audible from the
Cotswold Way near Chestnut Farm Tormarton on
the 2nd; One audible near Thornbury Sailing
Club on the far south-west side of Oldbury
Pill on the 12th; One reported from Western
Distribution Pools, Severn Beach on the
19th. JULY: One was heard reeling
intermittently in southern corner of Lagoon II, Oldbury
Power Station in the morning on the 11th;
The same or another was also heard at
Oldbury Power Station on the 29th. AUGUST: A
juvenile/ 1st winter was found on Chipping
Sodbury Common on the 23rd.
|
2021 |
EARLIEST: One on 40 Acres, Stoke Gifford on
April 9th. LATEST: A 1st winter processed at
Littleton Brick Pits on October 15th.
HIGHEST COUNT: One on all dates.
APRIL:
One was heard 'reeling' near the allotments
on 40 Acres, Stoke Gifford early morning on
the 9th; One was heard 'reeling' by the
entrance to the Severn Way at New Passage on
the 18th; One noted 'reeling' early morning
at Severn Beach on the 23rd; One was
reported from Overscourt Woodland, Siston on
the 25th; One heard 'reeling' on Chipping
Sodbury Common on the 27th. MAY: One was
heard 'reeling' by The Lake, Oldbury Power
Station early morning on the 22nd. JUNE: One
was heard 'reeling' from middle of the
reedbed at the south end of Lagoon II at
Oldbury Power Station on the 4th. AUGUST:
One, possibly this species, flushed from the
seawall at Oldbury Power Station on the
16th; One reported from Chipping Sodbury
Common on the 19th. OCTOBER: A 1st winter
was processed at Littleton Brick Pits on the
15th.
|
2020 |
EARLIEST: One from Lagoon II at Oldbury
Power Station on April 6th. LATEST: One on
Chipping Sodbury Common on August 27th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two heard at Severn Beach on
April 19th.
Seven bird days recorded this year from
five sites. Oldbury Power Station,
Rockhampton, Longwell Green and Chipping
Sodbury Common and Severn Beach.
|
2019 |
EARLIEST: One on Northwick Warth on
April 17th. LATEST: One on Northwick Warth on August
24th. HIGHEST COUNT: One all dates.
Six bird days were logged this year
from five sites. New Passage/ Northwick Warth/
Pilning WR (2), Oldbury Power Station, Severn Beach,
Severn View Services, Aust and Marshfield.
|
2018 |
EARLIEST: Three around Lagoon III, Oldbury
Power Station on April 14th. LATEST: One at
Severn Beach on August 30th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Three around Lagoon III, Oldbury Power
Station on April 14th.
Sixteen bird days were logged this year from
six sites; Oldbury Power Station, Severn
Beach, New Passage. Littleton Brick Pits, Frome
Valley Walkway and Three Brookes LNR. The
best month was April
with fourteen days.
|
2017 |
EARLIEST: One on Northwick Warth on April
9th. LATEST: One trapped at Littleton Brick
Pits on September 16th. HIGHEST COUNT: Two
'reeling' at Oldbury Power Station on April
22nd and 25th.
Sixteen bird days were logged this year from
seven sites; Oldbury Power Station, Hanham, Northwick Warth/ Pilning Wetland
and Littleton Brick Pits, Severn Beach,
Tockington and Overscourt Woodland.
|
2016 |
EARLIEST: Two at Severn View Services, Aust
on April 11th. LATEST: One from the grassy bank near
the sluice at The Pill, New Passage on August 31st.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two at Severn View Services on April
11th and two at Oldbury Power Station on April 15th.
Twenty-two bird days were logged this year
from eight sites; Oldbury Power Station, Northwick
Warth, Severn View Services, Abbywood, Filton,
Severn Beach. Littleton Warth, Chipping Sodbury
Common and Lower Woods.
|
2015 |
Eight birds reported this year.
EARLIEST: One 'reeling' from scrub
near Severn Beach Railway Platform and one
from brambles on the north-east side of
Lagoon II, Oldbury Power Station on April
13th. LATEST: One in Elders near
the ST Works at New Passage on August 8th.
HIGHEST COUNT: One on all dates.
|
2014 |
Nine individuals from two sites.
EARLIEST:
One a kilometre south of Severn
Beach on April 10th. LATEST: Two from Lagoon
II, OPS by the main reedbed at 21:30 on July
21st. HIGHEST COUNT: Three from Lagoon II,
Oldbury Power Station on April 18th.
|
2013 |
Thirty-one birds from six sites.
EARLIEST: A
male 'reeling' early morning at New Passage
on April 13th. LATEST: One on Chipping
Sodbury Common at 15:30 on August 28th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Three around Lagoon II,
Oldbury Power Station on May 4th.
|
2012 |
Eight birds across five sites.
EARLIEST: One early morning at New
Passage on April 17th. LATEST: One perhaps
two 'reeling' on Chipping Sodbury Common on
August 12th. HIGHEST COUNT: One perhaps two
'reeling' on Chipping Sodbury Common on
August 12th.
|
2011 |
Forty birds this year from
seven sites.
EARLIEST: One on
Lower Knole Farm, Almondsbury on April 9th.
LATEST: One at Aust Warth on
September 25th. HIGHEST COUNT: Three at Lower Knole Farm, Almondsbury on
April 12th.
|
2010 |
Thirty-six birds this year spread across
twelve sites.
EARLIEST: One at
Severn Beach on April 2nd. LATEST: One at New Passage on August 30th. HIGHEST
COUNT: Five at Lower Knole Farm, Almondsbury
on April 24th.
|
2009 |
Seventeen individuals from seven sites.
EARLIEST: One on Northwick Warth
on April 13th. LATEST: One processed on Northwick Warth on August
29th. HIGHEST COUNT: Six, including four
juveniles, at Lower Knole Farm,
Almondsbury on August 22nd.
|
2008 |
Fourteen birds from four sites.
EARLIEST:
One on Northwick Warth on April
11th. LATEST: One from Northwick
Warth on September 2nd.
|
2007 |
APRIL: One heard 'reeling' from Lagoon
II, Oldbury Power Station on the 15th; One
seen at Severn Beach on the 21st - 22nd.
MAY: One heard 'reeling' at Overscourt
Wood, Siston from the 30th until at least
June 3rd. AUGUST: One seen around 09:30
on Northfield Lane, Marshfield with another
noted at Severn Beach on the 27th.
SEPTEMBER: One seen around Grebe Pond,
Pilning WR, New Passage on September 15th.
|
2006 |
APRIL: A silent individual on Northwick Warth on the 17th.
MAY: One heard at Orchard Pools, Severn
Beach on the 4th and one heard at Naite
Farm, Oldbury in late May and June. JULY:
One somewhere on 'Severnside' between the
19th - 22nd. SEPTEMBER: One at
Severn Beach on the 5th.
|
2005 |
An exceptional spring passage with
individuals reported from several different
localities including Inglestone Common and
Severn Beach.
|
2004 |
An exceptional spring passage with
individuals reported from several different
localities but no specific sites were
mentioned.
|
2003 |
One at Aust between June 22nd - 24th; One
from Oldbury Power Station on July 4th; One
at Severn Beach on August 12th.
|
2002 |
A pair present throughout the breeding
season and breeding was confirmed at Orchard
Pools, Severn Beach.
|
2000 |
One at Oldbury Power Station on April 22nd;
One at Severn Beach on April 22nd; A singing
male at Oldbury Power Station between May
and June.
|
1999 |
One from Aust on April 25th; One in the
Marshfield area on April 28th.
|
1998 |
One on Northwick Warth on April 18th; One
sometime in April at New Passage.
|
1997 |
One at New Passage from April 24th - 27th.
|
1995 |
One on Northwick Warth on April 17th; One at
Thornbury on May 2nd.
|
1994 |
One from Oldbury Power Station on June 15th
and 27th, July 16th, 20th and 22nd and
August 7th.
|
1993 |
One from the Marshfield area on May 2nd; One
at West Littleton on May 7th; One from
Elberton from June until at least July 11th.
|
1991 |
A nest site was found with young at Little
Sodbury on July 10th and breeding was
confirmed.
|
1990 |
One at Horton between April and July.
|
1988 |
One at Dyrham sometime in May; One at
Shepperdine on July 17th.
|
1985 |
One from April 24th - 26th at
Dyrham.
|
1983 |
Singing males from Littleton Brick Pits and
Aust between April 16th and June 28th.
|
1982 |
Singing males from Inglestone Common and
Severnside between April 20th and July 19th.
|
1980 |
Singing males from Inglestone Common,
Oldbury-on-Severn, Littleton Warth,
Tockington, Hallen, Filton, Stoke Park and
Pucklechurch.
|
1979 |
Up to forty-six singing males from
Hawkesbury, Inglestone Common, Tytherington,
Thornbury, Tockington, Aust, Severn Beach
and Filton.
|
1978 |
Singing males from Tytherington, Alveston,
Elberton and Filton between April 16th and
July 14th.
|
1977 |
Singing males from Shepperdine, Inglestone
Common, Tockington and Filton from April
25th to July 25th.
|
1976 |
Singing males from Littleton-upon-Severn and
Doynton and breeding was proven at Filton
between April 24th and July 24th.
|
1975 |
Singing males from Lower Morton, Aust,
Hallen, Filton and Doynton between April
25th and August 7th.
|
1974 |
Singing males from Inglestone Common, Aust
Warth and Severn Beach between May 3rd and
August 24th.
|
1972 |
Up to eleven from various locations but no
specific dates or sites are mentioned.
|
1971 |
Up to three singing males from Cromhall,
Severn Beach and Beach.
|
1970 |
Singing males at Tortworth, Cromhall, New
Passage and Filton.
|
1966 |
Eleven singing males at Oakford south of
Marshfield on April 26th.
|
1965 |
Nine singing at Oakford south of Marshfield
on May 17th.
|
1964 |
Up to four at Oakford, Marshfield from mid
April plus eight on Inglestone Common on April
30th.
|
1961 |
One from Stoke Gifford on April 25th.
|
1960 |
One at Wick on April 26th; One 'reeling' at
Hawkesbury Common on July 3rd.
|
1959 |
Reported from late April to the end of May
from many widely scattered localities
including Inglestone Common and Filton.
|
1957 |
Singing males from Hambrook
and Harry Stoke on April 23rd; Noted at Codrington on June 11th.
|
1954 |
Heard in the breeding season at Inglestone
Common, Wickwar, Mangotsfield and Wick.
|
1951 |
One at Severn Beach on May 14th.
|
1949 |
One from Hawkesbury Common on May 15th.
|
1947
|
One at Wallshut Wood, Filton on April 17th.
|
1946 |
One between Dyrham and Doynton on April
23rd.
|
1942 |
One on
the Court Farm Building Estate, Stoke
Gifford between May 1st - 19th.
|
1941 |
One at Dyrham on April 22nd and May 4th.
|
1935 |
A pair were found nesting at Over near
Almondsbury sometime in May. |