TBOSG     On This Day in... August

 
 

For full details go to the Systematic List
   
There have been just four firsts for S. Glos throughout August, in date order; Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Aquatic Warbler and Broad-billed Sandpiper.
   

1st:

Alpine Swift; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

2nd:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Turtle Dove; Wood Warbler.
   

3rd:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Montagu's Harrier; Pectoral Sandpiper; Quail; Storm Petrel; Willow Tit; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

4th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; White-rumped Sandpiper.
   

5th:

Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

6th:

Garganey; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Tree Sparrow; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

7th:

Avocet; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Wood Sandpiper.
   

8th:

Avocet; Garganey; Black Redstart; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

9th:

Avocet; Garganey; Harrier Spp; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Quail.
   

10th:

Avocet; Garganey; Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Slavonian Grebe; Storm Petrel; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

11th:

Avocet; Garganey; Hen Harrier; Honey Buzzard; Hoopoe; Kentish Plover; Mediterranean Gull; Turtle Dove; Willow Tit; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

12th:

Avocet; Black Redstart; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Sabine's Gull; SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at Oldbury Power Station was the first for S. Glos; Skua Spp; Storm Petrel; Tree Sparrow.
   

13th:

Avocet; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Storm Petrel; WOOD SANDPIPER at Oakford Reservoir was the first for S. Glos; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

14th:

AQUATIC WARBLER at Littleton-on-Severn was the first for S. Glos; Avocet; Garganey; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Scaup; Semipalmated Sandpiper.
   

15th:

Arctic Skua; Avocet; Garganey; Goshawk; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mediterranean Gull; Scaup; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

16th:

Corncrake; Kentish Plover; Mediterranean Gull; Nightjar; Quail; Scaup; Storm Petrel; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

17th:

Little Tern; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Turtle Dove; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

18th:

Arctic Skua: Corncrake; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Scaup; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

19th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hoopoe; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Shag; Storm Petrel; Turtle Dove; Wood Sandpiper: Yellow-legged Gull.
   

20th:

BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER at Oldbury Power Station was the first for S. Glos; Hoopoe; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Pomarine Skua; Quail; Shag; Strom Petrel; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

21st:

Arctic Skua; Broad-billed Sandpiper; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

22nd:

Broad-billed Sandpiper; Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Marsh Warbler; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Shag; Tree Sparrow; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

23rd:

Avocet; Garganey; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Turtle Dove; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

24th:

Garganey; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; Tree Sparrow; White-rumped Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

25th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hoopoe; Little Tern; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Storm Petrel; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

26th:

Arctic Skua; Garganey; Hen Harrier; Hoopoe; Jack Snipe; Mediterranean Gull; Storm Petrel; White-rumped Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

27th:

Arctic Skua; Grasshopper Warbler; Hoopoe; Mediterranean Gull; White-rumped Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

28th:

Arctic Skua; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Purple Sandpiper; Red Kite; Scaup; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wood Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

29th:

Corncrake; Grasshopper Warbler; Grey Phalarope; Hoopoe; Mandarin; Marsh Harrier; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Ruddy Duck; Sabine's Gull; White-rumped Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

30th:

Arctic Skua; Jack Snipe; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Red-backed Shrike; Red-crested Pochard; Short-eared Owl; White-rumped Sandpiper; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

31st:

Arctic Skua; Black-necked Grebe; Corncrake; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Osprey; Red-backed Shrike; Wood Sandpiper; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.
   

Also seen in August but undated were;

 

Black Redstart; Garganey; Hawfinch; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; Mandarin; Mediterranean Gull; Quail; Ring-necked Parakeet; Shag; Tree Sparrow; Turtle Dove; Wryneck; Yellow-legged Gull.

 

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