2019 |
LATEST: One
from Old Shaft Beach, Severn Beach on March 29th. EARLIEST:
A female/ 1st winter on The Jetty at Oldbury Power
Station on November 8th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Four on November 29th at OPS a ♀/ 1st
winter, ♂/ 1st winter and two ♂ ♂.
Location |
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
Totals |
Oldbury
Power Station |
16 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
8 |
53 |
Falfield |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Severn
Beach |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Total Bird Days |
16 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
24 |
8 |
55 |
|
2018 |
Thirty-one bird days
logged this year from two sites. Oldbury Power Station
(27) and Severn Beach/ New Passage/ Northwick Warth (4).
Best months were October and November (10).
LATEST: A
1st winter male seen on the seawall near The Jetty,
Oldbury Power Station on March 19th. EARLIEST: A winter
male at Oldbury Power Station on November 7th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two a winter male and a female/ 1st
winter at Oldbury Power Station on December 24th.
|
2017 |
Seventeen
bird days were logged this year from three sites:
Oldbury Power Station (14), Severn Beach (2) and New
Passage/ Northwick Warth/ Pilning Wetland area (1). Best
month was November (5). LATEST: A
female on April 6th at Oldbury Power Station. EARLIEST: A
1st winter/ female was seen around the Jetty at Oldbury
Power Station on November 26th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two adult winter males on the seawall at
Oldbury Power Station on January 25th.
|
2016 |
Thirty-five
bird days were recorded this year from just two sites:
Oldbury Power Station (34) and Pilning Wetland (1) Best
months were November and December with twelve a piece. EARLIEST: A
female/ 1st winter was found around 13:15 on October
25th frequenting the area around the Wardens building
and fences on Pilning Wetland. LATEST:
One at Oldbury Power Station on March 13th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two were
present at Oldbury Power Station on February 9th, November 20th - 21st and
30th, December 7th and 17th.
|
2015 |
Twenty-three
bird days were logged this year with the most (19) seen
at Oldbury Power Station. EARLIEST: A female/ 1st winter
was seen by the wardens building on Pilning Wetland
around 09:30 on October 31st. LATEST:
A female/ 1st winter was seen on Littleton Warth
on March 20th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two at
Oldbury Power Station in both November and December.
|
2014 |
EARLIEST: A
female/ 1st winter was present in the gardens at Park
View, Kingswood, Bristol on November 2nd. LATEST:
One was seen on rooftops at Riverside Park, Severn Beach
ate afternoon on February 6th.
HIGHEST COUNT: Two female/ 1st winter birds were present
at Oldbury Power Station on November 29th.
|
2013 |
EARLIEST:
One was seen just south-west of The Jetty at Oldbury
Power Station on October 15th. LATEST:
One was seen on Littleton Warth
near Littleton STW on April 11th.
|
2012 |
EARLIEST: A
female/ 1st winter was present at Cribbs Causeway near
Tile Flair on July 27th. LATEST:
A female was seen around
Grebe Pond, Pilning Wetland on May 4th.
|
2011 |
EARLIEST:
One was seen at New Passage on November 7th. LATEST: A female/ 1st winter
was noted at Severn Beach on February 7th.
|
2010 |
EARLIEST: A
female/ immature was noted on the sea wall at New
Passage on November 19th. LATEST: A 1st summer male was present at Oldbury Power
Station on May 2nd.
|
2009 |
EARLIEST:
One was seen in a garden at Alveston on October 20th. LATEST: A female/
1st winter was noted at Aust
Warth at 14:00 on March 4th.
|
2008 |
APRIL: A female/ 1st winter was noted around the water works at
Oldbury Power Station on the 11th; A male was
present on farm buildings at Sands Farm, Dyrham
on the 12th; A male was seen by the water
works at Oldbury Power Station on the 17th.
JUNE: A
summer male was heard singing from Culverslade
Chicken Farm buildings in the evening at around
20:30 from the Tormarton Road, Marshfield on
the 1st.
NOVEMBER: An immature male was seen at Oldbury
Power Station Water Works late afternoon on
the 16th and was still present on the
21st - 22nd; A female was seen on the foreshore
at Oldbury Power Station on the 29th.
DECEMBER: One
was seen on the jetty at Oldbury Power Station
on the 9th.
|
2007 |
OCTOBER: A
female/ 1st winter was seen around the Water Works and
Jetty at Oldbury Power Station at around 11:00 on the
23rd. NOVEMBER: A male was seen at Severn View Services
on the 'Moto' building around 15:30 on the 12th.
|
2006 |
JULY: A female/ 1st winter was seen at Oldbury Power
Station on the 17th and 20th. DECEMBER: A male was seen at
Oldbury Power Station on the 10th.
|
2004 |
A 1st winter male was reported at Severn Beach
throughout January and February with the same or
another
present at Severn Beach in March which was
heard until April 4th.
|
2003 |
MARCH: A female/ 1st winter was noted at Severn Beach on
the 25th.
NOVEMBER: A 1st winter male was seen at Aust
on the 6th; A 1st winter male and a female
were present at New Passage on the 16th and
20th; A female/ 1st winter was seen at Severn Beach on
the 23rd, 26th and 27th. DECEMBER: A female/ 1st
winter
was seen at New Passage from the 11th -
30th; A female/immature was seen at Severn Beach
from the 4th - 31st.
|
2002 |
JANUARY: A female/
1st winter was seen at Little Stoke on January
2nd.
OCTOBER: An immature male was seen at New Passage
from the 19th - 22nd; A female/ 1st winter
was seen at New Passage on 21st -
22nd. NOVEMBER: A female/ 1st winter was seen at Severn
Beach on the 4th. DECEMBER: A female/ 1st winter was
seen at the ICI Chemical Works on Severnside on
the 3rd.
|
2001 |
JANUARY: A male and female were seen regularly
throughout the month at Oldbury
Power Station with a second female was present on
the 2nd; A 1st winter male and a female were
present at Severn Beach throughout January.
FEBRUARY: A
1st winter male was present at Severn Beach
throughout the month. MARCH: A male was heard in song at
Severn Beach on the 1st - 2nd, 14th and 26th; A
female was at Severn Beach from the 26th - 28th.
APRIL: Two females were seen at Severn Beach on the
3rd.
|
2000 |
FEBRUARY: A female was seen at New Passage on the
26th. NOVEMBER: A male was seen at Severn Beach on
the 30th.
DECEMBER: A male was seen at Severn Beach on
the 1st; Two females were
seen at Oldbury Power Station on the 14th
with one present until the 29th.
|
1999 |
A 1st summer male was heard in song at Oldbury
Power Station on May 7th.
|
1998 |
NOVEMBER: Single birds were reported from Aust, Tytherington
and Abbywood, Filton. DECEMBER: One was
reported from Severn Beach on the 6th -
7th.
|
1997 |
JANUARY:
A male was seen at Oldbury Power Station on the 1st.
FEBRUARY: A male was present at Severn Beach throughout
January and February. OCTOBER: Two were noted at
New Passage on the 25th.
NOVEMBER: A male was reported
near Oldbury on the 30th.
|
1996 |
JANUARY: One was reported throughout the month
at Oldbury Power Station. FEBRUARY: One was reported throughout
the month
at Oldbury Power Station. MARCH: One was seen at Aust
and Littleton Warth
on the 24th.
APRIL: One was seen at Marshfield on
the 5th. NOVEMBER: A female was noted at Latteridge on
the 8th.
DECEMBER: One was reported from Frenchay on
the 27th.
|
1995 |
One was reported from Hallen throughout January;
One was seen at Oldbury Power Station on
November 14th.
|
1994 |
A female seen carrying food was reported from
Oldbury Power Station on May 22nd but was not
seen subsequently; One was seen at New Passage
on November 6th; One was noted at Oldbury Power
Station on December 16th.
|
1993 |
One or two were noted at Littleton and Aust
sometime in March; Two were seen at New Passage
on October 19th; One was seen in a garden at
Bradley Stoke on October 30th; One was reported
from Alveston from December 11th - 25th; One was
present at Filton on December 16th.
|
1992 |
One was reported from Aust on November 18th;
Individuals were also noted at Oldbury Power
Station, Littleton and Hallen but no dates are
available.
|
1991 |
A female was seen at Severn Beach on December
13th and 15th.
|
1990 |
One was seen at Dyrham Park on October 18th.
|
1989 |
A male was seen at Hallen from January 18th to
February 3rd and was joined by a female on
January 23rd; A female was at New Passage on
November 18th.
|
1988 |
A female was seen at Severn Beach on October
22nd - 23rd; A female was seen at New Passage on
November 5th - 6th; A female was seen at
Winterbourne Down on December 14th.
|
1984 |
One was noted at Frenchay sometime up to either
April 10th or from October 26th onwards.
|
1983 |
One or two noted up to April 2nd and from
October 25th at Oldbury Power Station and
Hallen.
|
1982 |
One or two were seen on Severnside from October
31st to December 31st.
|
1980 |
One was seen at Northwick Warth sometime up to
February 24th and from October 13th.
|
1979 |
One was seen at Northwick Warth sometime between
January 3rd and March 31st.
|
1978 |
One reported from Severnside sometime between
January 2nd and February 18th and again from
October 23rd to December 15th.
|
1977 |
One was seen at Severn Beach from December 5th -
26th.
|
1975 |
Reported from Hallen sometime between January
and August 12th and from October 21st to
December 9th. |
1974 |
Reported from New Passage, Severn Beach, Hallen
and Filton from March 8th to April 17th and
again from August 8th through December.
|
1972 |
One was seen at Almondsbury on March 18th.
|
1966 |
One was noted at New Passage on April 29th.
|
1962 |
A female/ immature was seen on the bypass
between Filton and Patchway on January 10th.
|
1958 |
A male was seen at Severn Beach on May 4th.
|
1952 |
An adult male was noted at Aust Cliffs on
February 2nd.
|
1948 |
An adult male reported from Warmley on March
14th.
|
1941 |
A female/ immature was seen in the pleasure
grounds at Severn Beach on November 9th.
|
1938 |
One was seen at Sea Wall Farm, Severn Beach on
December 9th.
|
1937 |
One observed at close quarters along the Severn
Beach railway embankment on March 28th was
undoubtedly this species.
This is the first documented reference to this species in S. Gloucestershire. |