GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
Locustella naevia
Paul Bowerman
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2020 (5)
EARLIEST: One noted 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.
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Rockhampton |
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Severn Beach |
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Longwell Green |
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Total Bird Days |
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2019
Just 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 and Marshfield
(1). EARLIEST: April 17th on
Northwick Warth. LATEST: August 24t
on Northwick Warth. HIGHEST COUNT:
One all dates.
2018
Sixteen bird days were logged this year from
six sites; Oldbury Power Station (9), Severn
Beach (3) with single birds reported from
New Passage. Littleton Brick Pits, Frome
Valley Walkway and Three Brookes LNR. April
(14), May (1) and August (1). EARLIEST:
Three around Lagoon III, Oldbury Power
Station on April 14th. LATEST: One on August
30th at Severn Beach. HIGHEST COUNT: Three
around Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station on
April 14th.
2017
Sixteen bird days were logged this year from
seven sites; Oldbury Power Station (5),
Hanham (4), Northwick Warth/ Pilning Wetland
and Littleton Brick Pits (2), Severn Beach,
Tockington and Overscourt Woodland (1).
EARLIEST: One both seen and heard on
Northwick Warth on April 9th. LATEST: One
trapped at Littleton Brick Pits on September
16th. HIGHEST COUNT: Two heard 'reeling' at
Oldbury Power Station on April 22nd & 25th.
2016
Twenty-two bird days were logged this year
from eight sites; Oldbury Power Station and
Northwick Warth (7), Aust Services and
Abbywood, Filton (2), Severn Beach.
Littleton Warth, Chipping Sodbury Common and
Lower Woods (1). EARLIEST: Two were seen/
heard in the Severn View Services area, Aust
on April 11th. LATEST: One was flushed from
the grassy bank near the sluice at The Pill,
New Passage on August 31st. HIGHEST COUNT:
Two were seen/ heard in the Severn View
Services area on April 11th and two at
Oldbury Power Station on April 15th.
2015
Just eight birds were reported this year.
EARLIEST: One was heard '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 was present in Elders near
the ST Works at New Passage on August 8th.
2014
Nine individuals from two sites. EARLIEST:
One was seen 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 site. 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
Just eight birds across five sites.
EARLIEST: One was 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
A respectable forty birds this year from
seven sites. EARLIEST: One was present on
Lower Knole Farm, Almondsbury on April 9th.
LATEST: One was seen at Aust Warth on
September 25th. HIGHEST COUNT: Three were
logged at Lower Knole Farm, Almondsbury on
April 12th.
2010
Thirty-six birds this year spread across
twelve sites. EARLIEST: One was noted at
Severn Beach on April 2nd. LATEST: One was
seen 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 was found on Northwick Warth
on April 13th. LATEST: One trapped, ringed
and released on Northwick Warth on August
29th. HIGHEST COUNT: Six, including four
juveniles, were logged at Lower Knole Farm,
Almondsbury on August 22nd.
2008
Fourteen birds from four sites. EARLIEST:
One was heard on Northwick Warth on April
11th. LATEST: One was flushed from Northwick
Warth on September 2nd.
2007
APRIL: One was heard 'reeling' from Lagoon
II, Oldbury Power Station on the 15th; One
was seen at Severn Beach on the 21st - 22nd.
MAY: One was heard 'reeling' at Overscourt
Wood, Siston from the 30th until at least
June 3rd. AUGUST: One was seen around 09:30
on Northfield Lane, Marshfield with another
noted at Severn Beach on the 27th.
SEPTEMBER: One was seen around Grebe Pond,
Pilning Wetland on September 15th.
2006
APRIL: A silent individual was both seen and
photographed on Northwick Warth on the 17th.
MAY: One was heard at Orchard Pools, Severn
Beach on the 4th and one was heard at Naite
Farm, Oldbury in late May and June. JULY:
One somewhere on 'Severnside' between the
19th - 22nd. SEPTEMBER: One was noted 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 were 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 at Northwick Warth on April 18th; One
sometime in April at New Passage.
1997
One at New Passage from April 24th - 27th.
1995
One at 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 between April 24th - 26th April 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; 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 in hedgerows between Hambrook
and Harry Stoke on April 23rd; Noted and
heard singing at Codrington on June 11th.
1954
Heard in 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
On May 1st one in a rough hedgerow adjoining
the Court Farm Building Estate, Stoke
Gifford. Present in the same spot on various
dates until May 19th.
1941
One at Dyrham on April 22nd; One at Dyrham
on May 4th.
1935
A pair were found nesting at Over near
Almondsbury sometime in May.