BIRDING

 

 

SOUTH

 

 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

TREE SPARROW

Passer montanus

 


 

Tree Sparrow | Paul Sadley

 

J F M A M J J A S O N D

 

RECORDS

 

2022

At least three juvenile/ 1st winters' in a private garden at West End, Wickwar on August 29th; A juvenile/ 1st winter processed at Severn View Ringing area, Aust on September 1st with the same or another seen around Aust Cliffs, Aust on the 6th.

 

2020

One visiting feeders at Severn Beach on October 18th.

 

2017

Four on Chipping Sodbury Common in the 'Long Hedge' early morning only on August 27th.

 

2016

BTO records for 28th March reports a flock of 30 at Hill House Farm, Charfield; One from Wesley Avenue, Hanham on December 21st.

 

2015

Two in fields and hedgerows from the Severn Way north of The Windbound at Shepperdine around ST: 624 972 on January 2nd with two seen again at the same site on March 8th; One from Patchway on March 21st; One in the lane near the Chapel at Shepperdine on September 2nd.

 

2014

One in fields and hedgerows from the Severn Way north of The Windbound at Shepperdine around ST: 624 972 on December 13th and 20th with three on the 21st and two on the 22nd and 27th.

 

2013

One at New Passage in The Glen/ The Pill sluice area on July 9th.

 

2012

Two near Shirehill Barn on the Tormarton Road between Rushmead Farm and Shirehill Lane on November 30th.

 

2011

One on the fence just north-east of Lagoon I, Oldbury Power Station on September 3rd; Two near the 2nd sentry box on Northwick Warth on October 22nd.

 

2010

A party of ten in the Dyrham area in the first week of January.

 

2009

Two at Oldbury Power Station around Lagoon II on April 8th; Five at New Passage on September 12th.

 

2008

One briefly at Northwick Warth target mound before heading south towards New Passage on October 12th; One on 'Severnside' on November 14th.

 

2007

One on Northwick Warth on April 6th; One at New Passage near the Severn Way footpath entrance on April 12th; One at Savage's Wood, Bradley Stoke on April 22nd; Two on Northwick Warth on September 13th.

 

2005

Twenty near Harcombe Farm, Marshfield on October 24th.

 

2004

Thirteen on the footpath north of Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station on January 9th.

 

2003

One at New Passage on February 23rd; Twelve at Oldbury Power Station on March 23rd; Singles from Severn Beach, Littleton-on-Severn and Northwick Warth in the autumn.

 

2002

Forty on Littleton Warth in January and February; Breeding season reports from Littleton and Elberton.

 

2001

One near Latteridge on January 19th; Three in flight on Northwick Warth on October 21st.

 

2000

Records this year from four sites. One at Oldbury Power Station on May 20th with sightings at Folly Farm near Latteridge, Marshfield and New Passage.

 

1999

Sightings from Jobs Green Farm near Oldbury, Littleton-on-Severn, Latteridge, Marshfield, New Passage, Oldbury Power Station, Shepperdine and Winterbourne; Twenty-three at Latteridge on March 13th; Thirty-two at Littleton on August 22nd.

 

1998

Reported from Ingst, Jobs Green Farm near Oldbury, Littleton-on-Severn, Marshfield, Oldbury on Severn and Shepperdine. Breeding at Littleton on May 17th and Shepperdine on July 19th. Twenty at a Chicken Farm near Oldbury Power Station on July 16th; Twenty-five at Littleton on September 20th.

 

1997

OLDBURY POWER STATION: Up to ten in January and March, ten on May 25th, Thirty on July 24th and seventeen in October. Fourteen at Downthorns Farm, Marshfield in September. Other reports from Pilning, Littleton, Latteridge, Shepperdine and Tormarton.

 

1996

Thirty-one at Littleton in September; Twenty between April and September at Oldbury Power Station. Breeding season records from Oldbury, West Littleton and Doynton.

 

1995

Thirty near Marshfield on January 11th; Up to twenty-five at Oldbury Power Station in the first quarter; Nine at Shepperdine on November 11th. Breeding season records from Oldbury Power Station, Pucklechurch, Marshfield, Dyrham and Doynton.

 

1994

Forty at Horton on March 19th; Four at Marshfield in February and March; One at Aust STW on April 30th. Other reports of small flocks at Oldbury Power Station, Littleton, Shepperdine and Marshfield in November and December

 

1993

Twenty in Winterbourne between January and August 12th; Twenty-eight at West Littleton in the second winter period. Fledglings reported from Iron Acton, Hallen and Marshfield.

 

1990

A pair in Frenchay in late March; Twenty+ at Charfield in November and Tortworth in December with smaller numbers from Oldbury on Severn. Breeding season reports up to four from Little Sodbury, Doynton, Hinton, Ayford Farm near St. Catherine and Yate.

 

1989

Breeding at Tytherington, Tormarton, Marshfield, Doynton and Hinton. Twenty at Hinton in August.

 

1988

Twenty from Tormarton in February; Twenty at Hallen in April; Ten at Oldbury on Severn on the 30th October. Breeding season pairs at Horton, West Littleton and Hallen.

 

1987

Up to three near Marshfield between January and July.

 

1986

One breeding season report from Marshfield.

 

1985

Thirty at Aust on February 1st. Breeding season reports from, Littleton-on-Severn, Latteridge, Pucklechurch and West Littleton.

 

1984

Fifty on Northwick Warth on January 28th; Forty-five at Cromhall on February 5th; One from Rushmead Lane near Marshfield on May 4th.

 

1982

Eighty at Oldbury Power Station on January 28th.

 

1972

Between 1972 and 1981 Tree Sparrow was reported as common or regularly occurring.

 

1971

Up to three hundred from Aust on February 11th.

 

1967

A hundred and fifty from Severn Beach on January 22nd.

 

1966

One breeding season report from Acton Turville.

 

1965

A pair at Marshfield between May and June.

 

1964

Breeding season reports from Northwick, Dodington and Pucklechurch.

 

1962

Thirty-five at Hanham on April 14th; A pair with young near Filton Golf Course on July 12th; Around two hundred in fields at Aust Cliffs on August 18th.

 

1961

Breeding reported from Wick, Moorend and Winterbourne.

 

1957

Twenty at Almondsbury on October 25th; Ten at Wick on December 26th - 31st.

 

1956

Breeding records from Little Stoke and Hambrook.

 

1954

Four from Little Sodbury on April 25th; Five at Mangotsfield on May 13th; Eight at Tockington on June 4th.

 

1952

Odd pairs at Downend and Little Stoke. Reports from Aust, Frenchay and Iron Acton.

 

1951

Reported in the breeding season from Hallen Marsh and Oldbury-upon-Severn.

 

1950

Up to thirty at Downend from mid February to early March; A pair with nest and young at Lyde Green near Mangotsfield, May 30th.

 

1949

Three or four pairs at Little Stoke Farm, Stoke Gifford from May to July.

 

1948

Reported in small numbers from Severn Beach on February 1st; Several occasions in winter from Stoke Gifford.

 

1947

About a dozen at Olveston on April 12th; Six at Aust on April 13th; Two adults feeding fledged young near Oldbury-upon-Severn on August 24th.

 

1946

Numerous at Dyrham on January 21st; A dozen at Acton Turville on March I3th; Two near Stoke Gifford on April 6th.

 

1945

Up to twenty at Dyrham from early January to mid April and again from mid November onwards. A few at Stoke Gifford in January and again in October and November.

 

1944

Two or three at Severn Beach on January 30th; Thirty between Dyrham and Doynton from early February to the end of April; Up to seventy in the Dyrham area from late July onwards; Small numbers at Little Stoke in May with several on June 9th. Also heard in a cornfield at Littleton on Severn on August 6th.

 

1943

A few at Stoke Gifford in January, October and December; One at Morton near Thornbury on October 10th; Up to thirty between Dyrham and Doynton from early October to the year end.

 

1942

A few at Dyrham on various dates from January to late March; Thirty at Dyrham in the last week of August and from September to mid-December.

 

1941

Up to thirty at Dyrham in November and December.

 


 

 

 

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