Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2011

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2011 (including AM’s records for the BTO-Tarmac Bird Challenge). A total of 141 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

Manx Shearwater

1 (Jun,Sep)

1 (Sep)

Fulmar

1 (Sep)

Gannet

4 (Sep)

Shag

1 (Sep)

Cormorant

9 (All yr)

Little Egret

2 (Jan, Jul-Nov)

Spoonbill

1 (Oct)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

6 (All yr)

7 (All yr)

Greylag Goose

14 (Feb, Nov, Dec)

Canada Goose

40 (All yr)

Brent Goose

Shelduck

2 (Jan, Feb, Aug, Nov, Dec)

55 (All yr)

Wigeon

1000 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Teal

130 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Mallard

231 (All yr)

Gadwall

2 (Feb, Dec)

Pintail

3 (Feb, Nov, Dec)

Garganey

Shoveler

2 (Oct)

5 (Jan, Mar, Dec)

Tufted Duck

10 (Feb-Jul)

Goldeneye

1 (Dec)

Red-breasted Merganser

1 (Nov)

Sparrowhawk

2 (All yr)

Buzzard

5 (All yr)

Kestrel

3 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Oct, Dec)

Hobby

1 (May-Aug)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

Red-legged Partridge

13 (All yr, except Jun)

1 (Apr)

Water Rail

2 (Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec)

Moorhen

10 (All yr)

Coot

5 (All yr)

Oystercatcher

7 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

2 (Apr)

Ringed Plover

80 (Jan-Feb, Apr-Jun, Aug-Dec)

Golden Plover

69 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Nov)

Grey Plover

7 (Feb, Apr-May, Oct)

Lapwing

800 (Jan-May, Aug-Dec)

Ruff

Knot

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

1 (Feb, May)

5 (May, Oct, Dec)

20 (May-Jun, Aug-Sep)

2 (Aug, Sep)

Dunlin

2000 (All yr)

Common Snipe

4 (Oct-Nov)

Woodcock

2 (Nov)

Black-tailed Godwit

22 (Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug)

Bar-tailed Godwit

115 (Jan, Feb, Apr-May, Jul, Oct-Nov)

Whimbrel

30 (Apr, May, Jul-Sep)

Curlew

380 (All yr)

Greenshank

3 (Jul, Aug)

Redshank

41 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Common Sandpiper

4 (May-Apr, Jul-Sep)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Nov)

Turnstone

53 (Jan-Mar, May, Aug-Dec)

Arctic Skua

Great Skua

4 (May, Sep)

1 (Sep)

Mediterranean Gull

4 (Feb-Mar, Jul-Aug, Oct-Nov)

Black-headed Gull

3000 (All yr)

Little Gull

1 (Sep)

Common Gull

100 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

60 (All yr)

Herring Gull

80 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Feb, Jun)

Great Black-backed Gull

6 (All yr)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

2 (May, Aug-Sep)

60 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Feral Pigeon

28 (All yr)

Stock Dove

85 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

380 (All yr)

Collared Dove

3 (All yr, except Sep & Dec)

Cuckoo

2 (Apr-Jun)

Hoopoe

1 (May)

Barn Owl

1 (Jul, Oct)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Oct-Nov)

Tawny Owl

1 (Aug)

Swift

8 (May-Jul)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 (All yr)

Skylark

20 (Jan-May, Sep-Dec)

Sand Martin

16 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

150 (Mar-Nov)

House Martin

250 (Apr-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

30 (All yr)

Tree Pipit

Rock Pipit

3 (Apr, Aug)

2 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

6 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep, Dec (Eastern-type))

Grey Wagtail

2 (Sep-Dec)

Pied Wagtail

50 (All yr)

Wren

6 (All yr, except May)

Dunnock

10 (All yr)

Robin

6 (All yr)

Redstart

2 (Jun-Aug)

Whinchat

3 (Aug-Nov)

Stonechat

1 (Feb, Mar, Oct)

Wheatear

30 (Mar-May, Aug-Oct)

Blackbird

19 (All yr)

Fieldfare

400 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

12 (All yr)

Redwing

200 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

2 (Jan, Nov-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge Warbler

3 (Apr-Jun)

6 (Apr-Aug)

Reed Warbler

7 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

6 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

32 (Apr-Oct)

Garden Warbler

1 (Apr, Jul)

Blackcap

15 (Mar-Dec)

Chiffchaff

20 (Mar-Nov)

Willow Warbler

6 (Mar-Apr, Jul-Sep)

Goldcrest

8 (Jan-Mar, Jun-Dec)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (Aug, Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

20 (All yr)

Coal Tit

1 (Jul, Aug)

Blue Tit

10 (All yr)

Great Tit

4 (All yr)

Treecreeper

1 (Jan, Jun-Aug, Oct)

Jay

5 (All yr)

Magpie

19 (All yr)

Jackdaw

15 (Mar-May, Jul, Aug-Dec)

Rook

100 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

100 (All yr)

Raven

7 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Starling

500 (All yr)

House Sparrow

20 (Jan, Apr, Jun-Sep)

Tree Sparrow

1 (Sep)

Chaffinch

100 (All yr)

Brambling

Greenfinch

1 (Mar, Nov)

20 (All yr)

Goldfinch

100 (All yr)

Hawfinch

1 (Nov)

Siskin

53 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Nov)

Linnet

50 (All yr)

Twite

2 (Dec)

Lesser Redpoll

10 (Feb-Mar, Sep-Nov)

Crossbill

Bullfinch

6 (Mar, Oct-Nov)

12 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

35 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

 

Exotics:

Chiloe Wigeon

Lanner

 

Nearby:

Pied Wheatear

Water Pipit

14 (All yr)

 

 

1 (Jan)

1 (Dec)

 

 

1 (Oct, at Yacht Club)

3 (Jan, Feb at The Windbound, Shepperdine)

 

 

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Last revised: 1 January 2012.