2024 |
EARLIEST:
An adult from Severn Beach on January 31st. LATEST:
. HIGHEST COUNT:
Four, a 1st summer, two 2nd summer and an adult
from Severn Beach on April 7th.
Mediterranean Gull |
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
Total |
Bird Days |
1 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
|
3 |
21 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
≥
46 |
|
2023 |
Fifty-one bird days. Recorded in all months
except December and the best month was July
(17). EARLIEST:
A 1st winter from Severn Beach on January 14th. LATEST:
A 1st winter from Severn Beach on November 19th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Five, two adults and three 1st
summers from Severn Beach on April
11th.
|
2022 |
Sixty-two bird days. The best
months July (12). August (11) and October
(12). EARLIEST:
A winter adult on
the Tidal Reservoir, Oldbury Power Station on
January 14th. LATEST:
A 2nd winter from Severn Beach on October 14th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Three, two adults and a 1st summer on Pilning
WR, New Passage on June 26th.
|
2021 |
Thirty-eight bird days
from five sites. Oldbury Power Station (13),
Pilning WR, New Passage and Severn Beach (8/8/8) and Littleton Warth (1). EARLIEST: A winter
adult at Severn Beach on January 22nd. LATEST:
An adult on Pilning WR, New Passage on October
24th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Two from Severn
Beach in May, Pilning WR
in July and Thornbury Sailing Club in August.
|
2020 |
Thirty-five bird days
from four sites. New Passage/ Pilning WR (16), Oldbury Power Station/
Littleton Warth (12), Severn Beach (6) and Bradley Stoke (1).
The best months July (7) and August (11).
EARLIEST: A winter
adult at Oldbury Power Station on January 22nd.
LATEST:
A winter adult from Northwick Warth
on December 21st. HIGHEST COUNT: Three at Pillhead Gout,
Oldbury-on-Severn on August 23rd.
|
2019 |
Thirty-two bird days
from four sites. New Passage/ Northwick
Warth/ Pilning WR (22), Severn Beach (5),
Oldbury Power Station (4) and Kingsgate
Park, Yate (1). EARLIEST: A winter adult on
Pilning WR on January 18th.
LATEST: An adult at New Passage on September
29th. HIGHEST COUNT: Three, an adult, 1st
summer and 2nd summer on June
30th in the New Passage/ Northwick Warth/
Pilning WR area.
|
2018 |
Forty-seven bird days
from six sites; Severnside (36), Oldbury
Power Station (6), Pilning Village, Aust
Cliffs, Yate and Marshfield (1). The best month July
(23). EARLIEST: A
winter adult from New Passage on January
1st. LATEST: A 1st winter in the New
Passage/ Northwick Warth/ Pilning WR area on December 30th. HIGHEST
COUNT: Three, an adult and two juvenile/ immature
in the New Passage/ Pilning Wetland
area on July 8th.
|
2017 |
Forty-one bird days
from four sites; Severnside (33), Oldbury
Power Station (5), Littleton Warth (2) and
Marshfield (1). The best month July
(18). EARLIEST: A winter adult from New
Passage on January 15th. LATEST: An adult on
Pilning WR on December 5th. HIGHEST
COUNT: At least five in the Severn Beach/
New Passage area on July 7th.
|
2016 |
Thirty-four bird days from five sites; Severnside (23),
Oldbury Power Station (6), Marshfield (3), Littleton Warth and Codrington (1). The
best months July (10) and August (9).
EARLIEST: A winter adult in fields
at Marshfield Farm, Pennsylvania on January
15th. LATEST: A 1st winter from Down Road,
Marshfield on December 17th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Three, two 1st summer and a 2nd summer, on Pilning WR on June
13th.
|
2015 |
Seventy-two bird days from three sites.
Severnside (65), Oldbury Power Station (6)
and Filton (1). Missing in
February and October the best months July (24) and August (22). EARLIEST:
An adult in fields near Thornbury
Sailing Club, Oldbury-on-Severn on January 22nd. LATEST:
A winter adult on Pilning
WR on December 30th. HIGHEST COUNT: Eight adults (possibly
ten) in flight down river past New
Passage in the evening on June 23rd.
|
2014 |
Twenty-six bird days from three sites.
Severnside (21), Marshfield (4) and Oldbury
Power Station (1). Missing in March and April
the best month was August (6). EARLIEST:
One on Pilning WR on
January 12th. LATEST: An adult
from Severn Beach on December 18th.
|
2013 |
Fifty-two bird days from five sites,
Severnside (33), Oldbury Power Station (16)
and one Littleton Warth, Yate
and Marshfield. Best months were July (17)
and August (6). Missing in
October and November. EARLIEST: An adult in the New Passage/ Northwick Warth
area and a 1st winter off Severn
Beach on January 1st. LATEST: An adult in the Northwick Warth/ Pilning
WR area on December 22nd.
|
2012 |
One hundred and thirteen (113) bird days
from three sites. Severnside (63), Oldbury
Power Station (48) and Marshfield (2).
Missing in November
the best months June
(21), July (33) and August (29). EARLIEST: An adult
in fields on the north side of Rushmead
Lane, Marshfield on January 25th. LATEST: An
adult in the New Passage/ Severn
Beach area on December 30th. HIGHEST COUNT:
Six, four adults, a juvenile and a 2nd
summer on Lagoon III at Oldbury Power
Station on July 5th.
|
2011 |
Ninety-two bird days from five sites.
Severnside (68), Oldbury Power Station (23)
with singles at Littleton Warth, Bradley
Stoke and Cribbs Causeway. Missing in January and May. Best
months July (32) and August
(33). EARLIEST:
A winter adult at Oldbury near
Thornbury Sailing Club on February 9th.
LATEST: An adult at New Passage
on December 28th. HIGHEST COUNT: Five, two
adults and three 1st summers on
Northwick Warth on April 24th.
|
2010 |
Fifty bird days from four sites. Severnside
(22), Littleton Warth (2), Oldbury Power
Station (8) and Shortwood Landfill (1).
Missing in February, March, April and May.
The best months July (22) and August (17). EARLIEST: An adult at
Oldbury Power Station in fields south-west
of Lagoon III on January 24th. LATEST: An
adult at Shortwood Landfill on
December 17th. HIGHEST COUNT: Three/
four adults at New Passage
on July 18th.
|
2009 |
Seventy-five bird days from four sites.
Severnside (57), Littleton Warth (2),
Oldbury Power Station (15) and Marshfield
(1). Missing in April and
May. Best months July (31) and August
(18). EARLIEST: An adult from New
Passage on January 1st. LATEST: An adult at Oldbury Power Station on Lagoon
III on December 6th. HIGHEST COUNT: Four,
two adults, a juvenile and 2nd summer at New
Passage on July 20th.
|
2008 |
Sixty-two bird days from four sites.
Severnside (47), Oldbury Power Station (12),
Swineford (1) and Marshfield (2).Missing in
February and June. Best months July (21),
August (13) and September (10). EARLIEST: A near summer
adult in flooded fields near
Western Approaches, Severn Beach on January
8th. LATEST: An adult at New
Passage on December 2nd.
|
2007 |
Forty-nine bird days from two sites.
Severnside (44) and Oldbury Power Station
(5). Missing in June the best month August (14). EARLIEST: An
adult at New Passage on January
1st. LATEST: An adult at New
Passage on December 26th.
|
2006 |
Seventy-two bird days from four sites, Severnside (62),
Littleton Warth (1), Oldbury Power Station
(8) and Frampton Cotterell (1). Missing in
April, May and June the best months July (22) and August (19).
EARLIEST: An adult at Severn
Beach on January 5th. LATEST: A 1st winter
at New Passage on December 4th.
|
2005 |
Forty-seven bird days from three sites.
Severnside (44), Littleton Warth (1) and
Oldbury Power Station (2). Missing in April and June
the best month was August.
|
2004 |
Seventy-eight bird days from four sites, Severnside (67),
Oldbury Power Station (9), Littleton Warth and Olveston (1).
Missing in May and June the best month July
(30).
|
2003 |
Sixty-seven bird days
from three sites. Severnside
(65), Oldbury Power Station and Elberton
(1). Missing in April the best month August (16).
|
2002 |
Twenty-seven bird days from five sites. Severnside (19), Littleton
Warth (1), Oldbury Power Station (1), Filton
(1) and Elberton (5). All months except March.
|
2001 |
Seven bird days from two
sites. Oldbury Power Station (6) and
Severnside (1). Present only in February,
June, July and August. The best month August.
|
2000 |
Twenty-nine bird days
from three sites. Severnside (17), Oldbury Power Station (10)
and Littleton Warth (2). Numbers peaking in July and August.
|
1999 |
JANUARY: An adult on Severnside on the 31st.
JULY: A 1st summer on Severnside on the 4th.
AUGUST: An adult n Severnside on the 10th;
An adult at Oldbury Power Station on the
11th and 28th. DECEMBER: An adult on
Severnside on the 3rd, 12th, 19th and 27th;
An adult and a 2nd winter on
Severnside on the 28th.
|
1998 |
JANUARY: A 2nd winter on Severnside on the
1st; An adult on Severnside on the 11th.
FEBRUARY: An adult on Severnside on the 8th.
MARCH: A 2nd summer Severnside on the 30th.
SEPTEMBER: A 1st winter at Oldbury Power
Station on the 20th. OCTOBER: A 2nd winter
on Severnside on the 25th; An adult and
2nd winter on Severnside on the 28th.
DECEMBER: An adult on Severnside on the
20th.
|
1997 |
FEBRUARY: An adult on Severnside on the 18th
and 26th. MAY: An adult on Severnside on the
4th. JUNE: A 2nd summer on Severnside on the
7th. JULY: An adult at Oldbury Power Station
on the 11th and 19th. AUGUST: An adult on
Severnside on the 30th and two 1st winter
on the 31st. SEPTEMBER: A 1st
winter on Severnside on the 3rd, 21st and 25th.
|
1996 |
FEBRUARY: An adult at New Passage on the
26th. MARCH: An adult at Oldbury Power
Station on the 19th; An adult at New Passage
on the 30th. JULY: An adult at Oldbury Power
Station on the 17th and a juvenile on the 19th. AUGUST: An adult
at Oldbury Power Station on the 11th.
SEPTEMBER: An adult at New Passage from the
15th - 17th. DECEMBER: An adult at Oldbury
Power Station on the 15th and 17th.
|
1995 |
An adult at Oldbury Power Station on July
13th.
|
1994 |
One at Oldbury Power Station on July 20th; A
1st winter at Thornbury on August 22nd.
|
1993 |
A Juvenile/ 1st winter at Oldbury Power
Station on August 16th.
|
1992 |
One at Oldbury Power Station on September
10th; One at Cold Ashton on September 17th.
|
1991 |
One off Severn Beach on August 22nd.
|
1990 |
One at New Passage on April 15th; An adult
at Oldbury Power Station on August 22nd.
|
1987 |
Two adults near Marshfield on July 27th.
|
1986 |
One off Severn Beach on December 27th.
|
1984 |
One at Freezing Hill near Doynton on
December 4th.
|
1983 |
A 2nd year bird at New Passage on December
27th.
|
1981 |
One flight over the M4/ M5 interchange at
Almondsbury on February 21st.
|
1979 |
An adult was seen in a flooded field at
Stoke Gifford on March 18th. |