Marsh Harrier | Paul Bowerman
RECORDS
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2024 (c.15) |
JANUARY: A 1st winter male was watched
quartering Pilning WR, New Passage in the
morning on the 7th; An immature female on
Pilning WR, New Passage on the 15th; A
2nd-year male was hunting over Lagoon III,
Oldbury Power Station at dawn on the 16th; A
male was noted on Pilning WR, New Passage on
the 19th; A 2nd calendar year male was
present on Aust Warth on the 31st.
FEBRUARY: A female was watched over Lagoon
II, Oldbury Power Station in the afternoon
on the 12th.
MARCH: A female in the Northwick Warth/
Pilning WR area on the 11th; A female was
spotted over Western Distribution, Severn
Beach on the 31st. APRIL: One noted
north-east past Severn Beach in the morning
on the 21st; A female was present in the
Pilning WR/ Northwick Warth area on the
22nd and 25th; One was seen from Severn Beach in the
morning on the 23rd and 26th.
MAY: A female
'type' was seen over Pilning WR, New Passage
on the 4th and Severn Beach on the 5th; A
female was seen on Chipping Sodbury Common
on the 9th before departing towards Yate; A
female was watched over Pilning WR, New
Passage on the 15th.
JUNE: One was watched at Aust Wetlands, Aust
on the 5th.
SEPTEMBER: A female type was seen in the
Pilning Wetlands/ New Passage area on the
4th.
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2023 |
JANUARY (2): One
in the Pilning WR/ Northwick Warth
area then Aust Warth on the 17th; One
from Pilning WR, New Passage with the same
female up-river then across the estuary at
Oldbury Power Station on the 23rd. FEBRUARY
(1): A 2nd calendar male
in the Pilning WR/ New Passage/ Northwick
Warth area from the 6th - 12th and 14th.
MARCH (2): An immature male at 08:00
around Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station on
the 11th; The immature male around
Lagoon III at Oldbury Power Station on
the 28th.
APRIL (7): One over
Pilning WR, New Passage on
the 1st; One in flight north-east over Severn Beach on the
3rd; One in flight down river past Lagoon
III at Oldbury Power Station on the 15th;
A female type north-east at Severn Beach on the 19th;
Two, a female type north-east past Severn
Beach and a sub-adult male around Aust STW
on the 20th; One over
Pilning WR, New Passage on the 24th - 25th
and 30th. MAY:
(3): One at Severn Beach on the
2nd and 4th; A female over Pilning
WR, New Passage on the 3rd and 20th with an
immature male in the area on the 22nd. JULY
(1): A
patch 1st immature male south
over Chipping Sodbury Common late morning on
the 21st. AUGUST
(1): One in flight over Badminton
Deer Park at 18:50 towards Old
Sodbury on the 6th; One in flight
to the south-west past Severn Beach on the
24th.
SEPTEMBER (3): One in the
Pilning WR, New Passage on the 3rd, 6th,
13th and 20th. Two in the Pilning
WR/ New Passage area on the 25th.
OCTOBER (4): One to the south-west over
Severn View Services, Aust mid-morning on
the 12th; A female/ immature in the
Pilning WR/ New Passage area on the 16th; One
to the north-east over Severn View
Services, Aust mid-morning the same or
another over Pilning WR, New Passage on the 17th;
A male from Severn Beach and to the
north-east over Severn View Services, Aust
around 10:00 on the 25th.
NOVEMBER (2): An immature male in
flight low down river at Oldbury Power
Station around 09:15 on the 11th was
subsequently over Aust Warth, Aust; The
immature male from Aust Warth on
the 14th; A male in the New Passage/ Pilning
WR area on the 26th and 28th.
DECEMBER (2): A male was seen again in the
Pilning WR/ New Passage area on the 1st;
One, a cream crowned individual, was seen in
flight over the A403 towards Northwick Warth
on the 17th.
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2022 |
JANUARY (3):
At least two female/ immature birds
from the 1st - 31st, mainly on Pilning
WR, New Passage, with individuals wandering
from New Pill, south of Severn Beach to Aust
Warth; A female
in flight down river past Thornbury
Sailing Club, Oldbury-on-Severn on the 21st. FEBRUARY
(4): A female from Oldbury
Power Station on the 1st, 4th - 5th;
Two in the Northwick Warth/ Pilning
WR area on the 5th and 26th; One in flight over Aust
Wetlands, Aust on the 24th. MARCH (3): A female on Pilning WR, New Passage almost
daily from the 1st - 30th with two cream
crowned birds on the 31st; A female over Lagoon III,
Oldbury Power Station on the 7th and 22nd. APRIL
(7): A female on Pilning WR,
New Passage on the 2nd - 3rd and 8th; A female type north-east
past Severn Beach on the 4th; A female to fly north-east over the A403 Severn
Road from the Northwick Warth area on the
11th; A female north-east over Aust
Viewpoint, Severn View Services on the 16th;
A female on Pilning WR, New Passage on the
25th; One in flight north-east past Severn Beach
on the 28th; One south past Severn Beach on
the 30th. MAY (3): A
female on Pilning WR, New
Passage on the 3rd and 9th; One from
Pillhead Gout, Oldbury-on-Severn on the 14th;
One over Lagoon II, Oldbury Power Station on
the 19th. JULY (2): A female, at
Pilning WR, New Passage on the 11th; One
over the estuary and Lagoon I, Oldbury
Power Station on the 27th. AUGUST (1): A female
in flight up river past Oldbury
Power Station on the 19th. NOVEMBER (2): A
female type from Pilning WR heading
south over Northwick Warth on the 4th; A
female over Pilning WR,
New Passage on the 26th. DECEMBER (9): A female over
Pilning WR, New Passage on the 6th, 9th - 12th, 20th,
23rd and 26th; Two on the 8th - A
female type flew south over Northwick Warth around 10:00 and
an immature male flew south-west past Oldbury Power Station
around 10:15; Two in the Pilning WR/ New Passage
area on the 14th; An immature male over lagoon III at Oldbury Power
Station late morning and another
over Pilning WR, New Passage on the 16th;
Two, an immature male and a female, around Lagoon III at Oldbury Power
Station on the 21st; A second 'different'
immature male around the Oldbury Power
Station environs on the 22nd - 23rd.
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2021 |
A spring male in flight north-east
at Littleton on Severn and subsequently past
Oldbury Sailing Club around 09:40 on March
1st; One circling high over the
towers at Oldbury Power Station at mid-day
on April 3rd before heading east; A
male over
the reed bed on Pilning WR on April 15th -
16th; One in flight north-east past
New Passage on April 21st; One
from Pilning WR, New Passage on September
13th; A female type north-east over Aust
View Point on October 14th; A male over
Northwick Warth and Pilning WR, New Passage
on October 22nd; A female type over Pilning
WR, New Passage on October 24th; A female
down river from New Passage on November 4th;
A female in the New Passage/ Pilning WR area
on November 9th - 10th, 23rd and 25th; One
over Pilning WR, New Passage on
December 4th with two juveniles there on
December 5th; One on Pilning
WR, New Passage on December 21st, 24th -
25th.
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2020 |
A female past Lagoon III,
Oldbury Power Station on January 10th; An adult male past
Thornbury Sailing Club towards Littleton
on February 13th; A female
quartered
Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station on April 23rd; A
female over
Severn Beach on May 4th; A
female from Lagoon III,
Oldbury Power Station on May 11th and 13th; A juvenile over Pilning WR,
New Passage on August 1st; One from the New Passage/
Pilning WR area on August 12th; A
juvenile over
Pilning WR, New Passage on August 14th; A
female on Northwick Warth on August
26th; One from the
Northwick Warth/ Pilning WR
area on September 2nd, 7th and 16th; One
from the Marshfield area on
December 12th.
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2019 |
A female on Pilning WR, New Passage then
towards Aust on March 28th; A female
near the Grebe Pond, Pilning WR, New Passage on
April 4th and 6th; An
immature male around
Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station on April
8th; A female in the Northwick Warth/
Pilning WR, New Passage area on April 30th; A male
in the New Passage/ Northwick Warth/ Pilning
WR, New Passage area on May 12th; A juvenile
from Littleton
Brick Pits, Littleton-upon-Severn on August 24th and
subsequently over New
Passage and Northwick Warth; One from Chipping
Sodbury Common on September 18th; One along the shoreline on Northwick
Warth on September 19th; A juvenile/ female
over Northwick Warth towards Aust on
September 21st; One over Pilning WR, New Passage
on December 5th; One from Chipping Sodbury Common on
December 14th.
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2018 |
A juvenile in the New Passage/
Northwick Warth/ Pilning WR area on August
1st; An
immature/ female over Old
Passage and subsequently Pilning
WR, New Passage on October 8th; A female/ immature over Northwick Warth
on October 29th; A
juvenile from Northwick Warth
on November 6th.
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2017 |
A juvenile/ immature over Lagoon II,
Oldbury Power Station on January 1st; A female over Pilning WR,
New Passage on January 20th; A female
around Lagoon II, Oldbury Power
Station on January 27th;
One over the Willowbrook Centre, Bradley Stoke
on February 1st; One past Aust Warth on
March
10th; An immature/ female
at Aust Warth on April 28th; An adult female over the Shire
Valley, Marshfield on September 4th; A juvenile male from Lagoon I,
Oldbury Power Station on September 9th; A
juvenile over New Passage towards Severn
Beach on September 27th; A female over Lagoon
11 and III, Oldbury Power Station on
September
29th; A female/ immature around Lagoon III, Oldbury Power Station
on November 9th.
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2016 |
An immature over Pilning WR, New Passage on
March 14th; A male over Pilning
WR, New Passage on April 2nd; A juvenile/
female at New Passage on May 7th; An adult
female in the Shirehill Lane/
Down Road area, Marshfield on June 8th; An adult female past Severn Beach on
August 6th; One at the east
end of the Shire Valley, Marshfield on
August
12th; A female/ immature from New Passage on
August 27th; A 1st calendar in the New Passage/ Northwick Warth/ Pilning
Wetlands area on September 12th; A female
over Pilning WR, New Passage
on October 14th; One from Pilning WR, New
Passage on December 20th.
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2015 |
A female/ immature over the A403 Severn
Road, near Severnside Chemical Works,
Severn Beach on April 18th; A juvenile over Rushmead Lane,
Marshfield on August 11th; A
juvenile/ female over Down Road, Marshfield on
August 21st and 26th; A male over Butt Lane, Thornbury on September 2nd; A juvenile/ female
around Orchid/
Rushmead Lane, Marshfield on September 3rd; A 2nd calendar male on Pilning
WR, New Passage on September 18th; A
juvenile over
Lagoon II, Oldbury Power Station
on December 12th.
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2014 |
One around Lagoon II, Oldbury
Power Station on April 15th; An immature/ female on
Pilning WR, New Passage on April
29th; A female over the sheep
fields at Aust on June 10th; A
juvenile over Pilning
WR, New Passage on August 2nd; A 2nd calendar male about a mile west of
M4/ J18 Hinton/ Codrington on September
16th.
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2013 |
An adult male on Pilning WR, New Passage on March 22nd;
A female over Down Road, Downthorns Farm and
Shirehill Lane, Marshfield on April 12th; A
female past Littleton Warth on April 21st;
A female past Severn Beach on
May 8th;
A female type over Pilning
WR, New Passage on August 25th; A female
over Rushmead Lane, Marshfield on August
30th.
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2012 |
A juvenile/ female from Northwick
Warth on August 9th; A female
over Rushmead Lane
and Farm on
September 2nd; A juvenile south of
Severn Beach over 'The Pipes' on
October 4th.
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2011 |
A female over
Littleton-upon-Severn on January
30th.
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2010 |
A 2nd summer male at Severn Beach
on April 11th; One over the Prince of Wales
Bridge, Severn Beach on April 16th; A
juvenile/ female from Severn
Beach on
May 4th; A 2nd summer male over
Oldbury Yacht Club/
Littleton-upon-Severn on August
15th; A female at Aust Warth on
October 12th; An adult male near Shepperdine on
December 1st.
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2009 |
A female over Northwick Warth
on April 13th; A female at Severn
Beach on April 15th; One between New Passage and Severn Beach
on November 20th.
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2008 |
An immature male at Oldbury Power Station on April 5th; A female over Lagoon II, Oldbury Power
Station on May 3rd; A male in
the Shire Valley, Marshfield on September 15th;
A probable male
at Oldbury Power Station
on December 6th.
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2007 |
A female at New Passage and
subsequently Aust Warth on April 14th.
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2006 |
An adult female at Oldbury Power
Station on April 22nd.
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2003 |
A 2nd
calendar female near Marshfield on May 31st;
An adult
female near Marshfield on August 19th.
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2001 |
A female at Severn Beach on May 9th -
10th; A
juvenile on Northwick Warth/ New
Passage on August 29th.
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1996 |
A 1st summer male on
Filton Airfield on April 23rd.
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1995 |
A female from Oldbury Power
Station on April 23rd.
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1994 |
A 1st summer female at New Passage on May
1st; An adult female on Northwick Warth on
May 13th.
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1990 |
A female at New
Passage on April 21st; One near Marshfield
was seen on May 7th.
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1989 |
A female at New Passage on May 21st.
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1983 |
A female at
Oldbury Power Station on May 1st. |
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