Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2008

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2008 (including AM’s records for the BTO-Tarmac Bird Challenge). A total of 148 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

1 (Apr, Sep, Oct)

Great Crested Grebe

1 (Feb)

Shag

1 (Sep)

Cormorant

20 (All yr)

Crane

1 (May)

Little Egret

3 (all yr, except Mar, Dec)

Spoonbill

1 (Sep)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

6 (All yr)

7 (Jan, Mar-Jun, Oct, Dec)

Bewick’s Swan

5 (Dec)

Greylag Goose

6 (Apr, Nov)

Canada Goose

79 (All yr)

Shelduck

90 (All yr)

Wigeon

325 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

240 (All yr, except Jun)

Garganey

2 (Mar, Aug)

Mallard

260 (All yr)

Gadwall

1 (Sep)

Pintail

13 (Nov, Oct)

Shoveler

38 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Tufted Duck

10 (Jan-Jul, Dec)

Pochard

3 (Dec)

Red-crested Pochard

1 (Feb)

Common Scoter

1 (Jan)

Red-breasted Merganser

2 (Oct-Nov)

Osprey

1 (May)

Red Kite

1 (May, Jun)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Apr-May, Dec)

Hen Harrier

1 (Dec)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Buzzard

7 (All yr)

Kestrel

3 (All yr)

Merlin

2 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Hobby

1 (Jul, Aug)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

8 (All yr)

Water Rail

5 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Moorhen

16 (All yr)

Coot

3 (Jan-Jul)

Great Bustard

1 (Jan)

Oystercatcher

25 (All yr)

Avocet

4 (Apr)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (Jul)

Ringed Plover

145 (All yr, except Mar)

Golden Plover

9 (Dec)

Grey Plover

15 (Jan-May, Sep-Nov)

Lapwing

1600 (All yr, except Mar)

Knot

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

57 (Jan, Mar, Apr, Aug-Dec)

3 (May, Aug, Sep)

1 (Sep, Oct)

Dunlin

1000 (All yr)

Little Stint

1 (Jan, Sep)

Common Snipe

78 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

100 (Jan, Mar-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Bar-tailed Godwit

1 (Jan, Mar, May, Sep-Nov)

Whimbrel

31 (Apr-Sep)

Curlew

324 (All yr)

Greenshank

1 (Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Nov)

Redshank

150 (All yr, except May-Jun)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Apr, Oct-Dec)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Jul-Sep)

Common Sandpiper

13 (Apr-Sep)

Turnstone

83 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Arctic Skua

3 (May, Sep)

Long-tailed Skua

1 (Sep)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Jul, Oct)

Black-headed Gull

6000 (All yr)

Common Gull

1500 (All yr, except Jun)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

100 (All yr)

Herring Gull

100 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Jul)

Great Black-backed Gull

9 (All yr)

Kittiwake

9 (Jan, Mar)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

10 (May)

46 (May) [+ 40 ‘Commic’ Tern, Aug]

Little Tern

Black Tern

2 (Aug)

1 (Aug)

Feral Pigeon

27 (All yr)

Stock Dove

50 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

350 (All yr)

Collared Dove

3 (All yr, except Apr)

Ring-necked Parakeet

1 (Apr)

Cuckoo

1 (Apr-May)

Little Owl

2 (All yr, except Oct)

Tawny Owl

1 (Feb, Sep)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Feb-May, Nov)

Swift

30 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Jan, Aug-Oct)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 (All yr, except Jun)

Skylark

47 (All yr, except Aug)

Sand Martin

30 (Mar-May, Jul)

Swallow

700 (Apr-Oct)

House Martin

1000 (Apr-Oct)

Tree Pipit

2 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Meadow Pipit

100 (All yr)

Rock Pipit

3 (Jan, Oct-Nov)

Yellow Wagtail

4 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

4 (All yr)

Pied Wagtail

150 (All yr)

Wren

All yr

Dunnock

6 (All yr)

Robin

10 (All yr)

Redstart

1 (Apr, Aug, Sep)

Black Redstart

1 (Apr, Nov, Dec)

Whinchat

4 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Stonechat

8 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Wheatear

10 (Mar-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

30 (All yr)

Fieldfare

500 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

20 (All yr)

Redwing

3000 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

2 (Jan, Feb, May, Oct-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

1 (Apr-Jun)

Sedge Warbler

5 (Apr-Jul)

Reed Warbler

15 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

3 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

20 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (Apr-May)

Blackcap

10 (Mar-Oct)

Chiffchaff

75 (All yr !)

Willow Warbler

13 (Apr-Sep)

Goldcrest

10 (All yr, except Jul)

Firecrest

1 (Sep)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (May, Jul, Sep)

Pied Flycatcher

1 (Apr)

Long-tailed Tit

15 (All yr)

Blue Tit

All yr

Great Tit

6 (All yr)

Bearded Tit

1 (Apr)

Treecreeper

1 (Jan-Feb, Oct, Dec)

Jay

5 (All yr)

Magpie

25 (All yr)

Jackdaw

200 (All yr)

Rook

200 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

50 (All yr)

Raven

6 (All yr)

Starling

3000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

4 (Jan-Mar, May-Aug)

Chaffinch

800 (All yr)

Greenfinch

20 (All yr)

Goldfinch

700 (All yr)

Siskin

12 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Sep-Dec)

Linnet

300 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

1 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Nov)

Bullfinch

12 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

3 (Jan-Feb, May, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

 

Exotics:

Australian Shelduck

 

10 (All yr)

 

 

1 (Mar-May)

 

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Last revised: 31 December 2008.