RING OUZEL
Turdus torquatus - c.90
Brian Thompson
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2020 (1)
APRIL: A spring male was both seen
and heard in song at the top of an
Oak on the railway embankment from
Conygre Grove, Filton on the 5th.
2019
APRIL: A spring male was present in scrub
south of Severn Beach just north of 'The
Pipes' on the 9th; A male was present on
Chipping Sodbury Common from the 20th -
22nd. OCTOBER: One from Severn View Services
during 'VisMig' on the 20th with another
past the same location on the 21st.
2018
APRIL: A male was seen to fly from Lagoon
III outfall inland at Oldbury Power Station
early morning on the 12th; Two; a female was
seen on Northwick Warth near the 2nd Sentry
Box early morning and a male was seen in
flight and in brambles near The Glen at New
Passage in the afternoon on the 16th.
2017
APRIL: A fine spring male was seen in a
private garden at Tortworth at 10:00 on the
9th; A male was seen in the afternoon on the
11th in flight by the roundabout at the
junction of the A46/ A420 near Pennsylvania
then low north across the fields. OCTOBER:
One was heard calling over Cock Road Ridge,
Kingswood on the 28th; Two were noted in
flight leaving The Orchard at Oldbury Power
Station on the 31st.
2016
APRIL: A male was noted in trees between
Lagoon II and The Orchard, Oldbury Power
Station in the morning on the 2nd; A male
was seen on Chipping Sodbury Common around
18:00 on the 3rd; A probable female was seen
between Almondsbury and Over before flying
into Solar Farm fields on the 16th; A male
was seen in the evening on the 24th around
the junction of Hyde's Lane and the A420
just east of Cold Ashton. AUGUST: An
unconfirmed report of one seen in the New
Passage/ Northwick Warth area on the 27th.
OCTOBER: One was seen briefly a couple of
times in Kingsgate Park, Yate in the morning
on the 9th; One was both seen and heard in
flight over Northwick Warth on the 12th; A
male was seen on Chipping Sodbury Common on
the 16th.
2015
APRIL: A male was seen between Lagoon III
and the shore at Oldbury Power Station in
the evening on the 10th; A female spent most
of the day on Chipping Sodbury Common on the
14th; A male was seen in flight from New
Pill heading towards Orchard Pools, Severn
Beach on the 21st; A male was found in
fields on the east side of Northwick Warth
by the second sentry box around 13:00 on the
23rd and was present until at least the
27th. OCTOBER: A 1st winter (probably male)
was seen on Chipping Sodbury Common on the
14th; A 1st winter male was present in
Hawthorn on the south-west side of Pilning
Wetland form the 28th - 31st. NOVEMBER: One
was reported 'heard only' along Rushmead
Lane, Marshfield in the morning on the 1st
but could not be located in thick fog!
2014
APRIL: A male on Chipping Sodbury Common at
10: 15 on the 2nd around ST: 738 840.
2013
MARCH: A male on the grass verge inside the
Rolls Royce Complex, Patchway at 16:00 on
the 26th - 28th; A male at Severn View
Services, Aust on the 31st. OCTOBER: A 1st
winter at Oldbury Power Station on the 5th;
Two over Aust Cliffs in a massive visible
migration on the 11th with another there on
the 12th. NOVEMBER: One perched very nicely
in a small sycamore calling before
continuing north west from Aust Cliffs on
the 10th.
2012
APRIL: A male was seen in the evening at
Oldbury Power Station near the hedge between
Lagoon II and the paddock to the south on
the 14th; A female at Aust Warth on the
15th. OCTOBER: One was seen in flight over
Leap Valley, Downend on the 21st.
2011
FEBRUARY: A male was present in a garden on
Green Lane, Rangeworthy on the 10th briefly
before being flushed by a Blackbird. APRIL:
A female on 'Hillside' in the Shire Valley,
Marshfield in the morning on the 10th and
was seen to circle several times over
Broadmead Brook straying into S. Glos; On
the 16th up to five on Chipping Sodbury
Common with two males in the morning plus
another male, 1st winter male and female at
19:50; A female on Chipping Sodbury Common
and Golf Course from the 17th - 29th; A male
at Severn Beach on the 20th.
2010
MARCH: A male at Aust ST Works, Sandy Lane
just north of the Old Severn Crossing on the
18th. OCTOBER: One in the New Passage area
on the 10th with the same or another 1st
winter at Aust Warth and cliffs on the 11th.
2009
MARCH: One in the 'sheep fields' adjacent to
Aust Warth at 18:00 on the 31st. APRIL: A
male in trees on the south side of Lagoon
III, Oldbury Power Station on the 6th.
SEPTEMBER: Three briefly on Northwick Warth
on the 1st. OCTOBER: One in the New Passage/
Northwick Warth area on the 15th.
2008
APRIL: A male at Severn Beach between the
sea wall & railway on the track in fields
c.300 metres south of Riverside Park at
18:30 on the 18th.
2007
APRIL: A male in the 'sheep fields' at Aust
Warth around lunchtime on the 11th; A male
at New Passage at 07:15 on the 12th, it then
flew towards the disused rifle range on
Northwick Warth; On the 13th two males at
Aust Warth in 'sheep fields' early morning
before flying north; On the 14th a female in
'sheep fields' at Aust Warth with the same
or another there on the 18th; On the 15th a
male at Oldbury Power Station between
Lagoons I and II present until at least
10:00; On the 16th a male on Northwick
Warth; On the 28th at 08:30 a male at
Oldbury Power Station on the flood bank of
Lagoon II by the shore, it flew to the shore
path by Lagoon I and then on towards
Shepperdine where it was relocated in the
hedge between Lagoons I & II - at 09:40
another male flushed from the bank of Lagoon
III, it was relocated on the lawn by the
footpath from the entrance to the shore. A
different bird than the one at 08:30 it was
over half a mile away from first and
appeared to have a 'less adult' plumage; The
throat not as white and wings not as
silvery, it was still present at 18:40.
2006
A male at Aust Warth on March 25th in sheep
fields; A female on the hill behind Severn
View Services at 13:30 on April 3rd; A
female at Severn Beach at around 12:15 on
April 21st; A male at Severn Beach on April
23rd.
2005
A male in gardens at New Passage on April
2nd.
2003
A male at Severn Beach on October 23rd. 2002
One on April 10th at Oldbury Power Station.
2001
A male feeding on Hawthorn berries at
Northwick Warth on September 22nd.
1991
One on April 24th at Oldbury Power Station.
1981 Two individuals from Rockhampton on
April 9th.
1973
One at Stoke Park on April 5th; One at
Filton on April 17th; One at Filton on
October 23rd.
1970
A single bird from Stoke Park on April 2nd.
1967 One at Filton on passage, no dates are
available.
1964
A pair on Filton Golf Course on March 25th;
One on Rodway Common, Mangotsfield on March
28th.
1952
A male on March 25th at Little Stoke; A male
on April 20th at Little Stoke.
1941
On May 6th a female in a hedgerow at Little
Stoke Farm near Stoke Gifford.
1937
An adult male was reported on November 5th
near Stoke Gifford, it was also seen on
November 9th and was an exceptionally late
bird.
1936 - 1900
No records were found between these years!
1899
A pair were found nesting at Almondsbury in
the spring of this year. Sadly the young
were drowned in the nest.