Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2006

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2006 (including AM’s records for the BTO-Tarmac Bird Challenge). A total of 142 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Great Crested Grebe

2 (Mar/Jun/Jul/Oct)

Little Grebe

Cormorant

1 (Feb, Jul, Oct)

23 (All yr)

Little Egret

1 (Jan/Apr/Jun/Aug/Oct)

Grey Heron

8 (All yr)

Spoonbill

1 (Apr)

Mute Swan

9 (all yr except Aug/Nov)

White-fronted Goose

5 (Feb)

Greylag Goose

2 (Apr-Jun)

Canada Goose

Egyptian Goose

16 (All yr except Oct/Nov)

1 (Mar)

Shelduck

63 (All yr)

Mandarin

Wigeon

1 (Oct)

520 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

508 (All yr)

Garganey

1 (Apr, May, Aug)

Mallard

419 (All yr)

Gadwall

4 (Feb-Apr)

Pintail

8 (Feb-Mar/Oct-Nov)

Shoveler

28 (Jan-Jun, Oct-Dec)

Garganey

1 (Apr/Aug)

Tufted Duck

27 (Feb-Nov)

Goldeneye

2 (Dec)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Apr)

Sparrowhawk

4 (All yr)

Buzzard

5 (All yr)

Kestrel

2 (All yr)

Hobby

1 (Jun, Sep)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Red-legged Partridge

2 (Apr-May, Jul-Oct)

Pheasant

8 (All yr)

Water Rail

5 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

9 (All yr)

Coot

8 (All yr)

Oystercatcher

12 (All yr)

Avocet

1 (Mar)

Ringed Plover

39 (Jan, Mar-Oct)

Golden Plover

2 (Jan/Dec)

Grey Plover

2 (Jan, Mar, May, Oct, Nov)

Lapwing

2000 (All yr)

Knot

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

1 (Feb/May/Sep/Dec)

9 (Aug-Oct)

2 (Sep)

Dunlin

1000 (All yr, except Jul)

Little Stint

1 (Sep)

Ruff

1 (Oct)

Jack Snipe

6 (Mar/Dec)

Common Snipe

56 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

15 (Jan/Feb/Jul/Oct/Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

9 (Jan/Apr/May/Aug/Oct/Nov)

Whimbrel

12 (Apr-May, Aug)

Curlew

570 (All yr)

Greenshank

4 (Jul, Sep, Oct)

Redshank

73 (Jan-Apr, Jul, Oct-Dec)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Jan, Oct-Nov)

Green Sandpiper

2 (Jul, Sep, Oct)

Common Sandpiper

2 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Turnstone

80 (All yr)

Great Skua

1 (Apr)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Mar, Jul, Aug, Nov)

Little Gull

1 (Dec)

Black-headed Gull

2500 (All yr)

Common Gull

2000 (All yr, except May-Jun)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

200+ (All yr)

Herring Gull

200+ (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Aug)

Great Black-backed Gull

10 (All yr)

Kittiwake

10 (May, Dec)

Sandwich Tern

2 (Oct)

Black Tern

Arctic Tern

1 (Oct)

7 (Aug)

Guillemot

1 (Dec)

Feral Pigeon

23 (All yr)

Stock Dove

100 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

All yr

Collared Dove

3 (All yr, except Aug, Dec)

Turtle Dove

1 (Apr)

Cuckoo

1 (Apr-May)

Barn Owl

Little Owl

1 (Mar)

2 (All yr)

Tawny Owl

2 (Oct)

Swift

15 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Nov)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Skylark

50 (All yr except Aug)

Sand Martin

150 (Apr-Sep)

Swallow

300 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

1000 (Apr-Oct, except Jun)

Tree Pipit

1 (Apr, Aug)

Meadow Pipit

50 (All yr)

Rock Pipit

4 (Feb, Sep-Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

2 (Apr-May, Jul, Aug)

Grey Wagtail

2 (Mar, Aug-Dec)

Pied Wagtail

300 (All yr)

Wren

All yr

Dunnock

All yr

Robin

All yr

Redstart

1 (3 individuals in Aug)

Black Redstart

1 (Jul, Dec)

Whinchat

2 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Stonechat

7 (All yr, except Jun)

Wheatear

4 (Apr-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

All yr

Fieldfare

Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec

Song Thrush

12 (All yr)

Redwing

200 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

4 (Jan, Feb, Jun, Sep-Nov)

Cetti’s Warbler

2 (Apr/May)

Sedge Warbler

3 (Apr-Sep)

Reed Warbler

20 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

7 (Apr-Aug)

Whitethroat

50 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (May/Aug)

Blackcap

c30 (Apr-Nov)

Chiffchaff

20 (All yr, except Feb)

Willow Warbler

5 (Mar-Jun, Aug)

Goldcrest

6 (Jan-May, Aug-Dec)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (May, Aug)

Long-tailed Tit

30 (All yr)

Blue Tit

Coal Tit

All yr

1 (Sep)

Great Tit

All yr

Treecreeper

1 (Jan)

Jay

4 (All yr)

Magpie

30 (All yr)

Jackdaw

All yr

Rook

500 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

All yr

Raven

4 (All yr)

Starling

600 (All yr)

House Sparrow

c30 (Jan, Feb, Jul, Oct-Dec)

Brambling

2 (Nov)

Chaffinch

300+ (All yr)

Greenfinch

c20 (All yr)

Goldfinch

c70 (All yr)

Siskin

2 (Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec)

Linnet

110 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

3+ (Jan-Apr, Dec)

Bullfinch

12 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

25 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

 

Exotics:

Bahama Pintail

Chestnut Teal x ?

Serin x ?

 

7 (All yr)

 

 

1 (Oct)

1 (Dec)

1 (Apr)

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Last revised: 28 January 2007.