Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2015

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2015. A total of 154 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

2 (Jan-Jul, Oct-Nov)

Gannet

1 (June, and 1 dead in Dec)

Cormorant

14 (All yr)

Little Egret

8 (All yr)

Great White Egret

1 (Oct)

Crane (Reintroduced)

2 (May)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

8 (All yr)

6 (All yr, except Dec)

Brent Goose (Dark-bellied)

20 (Dec)

Barnacle Goose

4 (Aug)

Greylag Goose

2 (Mar, Apr, Dec)

Canada Goose

311 (All yr)

Shelduck

50 (All yr)

Wigeon

304 (All yr, except Jun-Jul)

Teal

234 (All yr, except May)

Mandarin

1 (Aug, Nov)

Mallard

213 (All yr)

Gadwall

3 (Jan-Mar, Sep, Nov)

Pintail

2 (Feb, Sep, Nov, Dec)

Shoveler

13 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Tufted Duck

17 (All yr, except Sep)

Pochard

4 (Apr, Nov)

Common Scoter

1 (Aug)

Goosander

1 (Apr)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Goshawk

1 (Mar)

Buzzard

18 (All yr)

Red Kite

2 (Apr-Jun)

Hen Harrier

1 (Oct)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Dec)

Kestrel

5 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Oct)

Hobby

1 (Apr, Jun-Aug)

Peregrine

4 (All yr)

Pheasant

5 (All yr)

Red-legged Partridge

1 (Apr, Oct, Dec)

Water Rail

6 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

7 (All yr)

Coot

7 (All yr)

Avocet

1 (Mar)

Oystercatcher

14 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (May)

Ringed Plover

60 (All yr, except Jun)

Golden Plover

2 (Jan, Oct, Nov)

Grey Plover

6 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Lapwing

680 (Jan-Feb, Apr-Jul, Sep-Dec)

Knot

76 (Mar-Apr, Aug-Nov)

Dunlin

4000 (All yr, except Jun)

Sanderling

1 (Apr, May)

Jack Snipe

3 (Jan, Feb, Dec)

Common Snipe

85 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

11 (Apr, Jul-Dec)

Bar-tailed Godwit

33 (Mar-Apr, Aug-Oct)

Whimbrel

10 (Apr-Jun, Aug)

Curlew

300 (All yr)

Redshank

74 (Jan-May, Jun-Dec)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Apr)

Common Sandpiper

7 (Apr, Jul-Sep)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Aug)

Wood Sandpiper

1 (Apr, Sep)

Turnstone

50 (All yr, except Apr & Jun)

Grey Phalarope

1 (Nov)

Great Skua

1 (Mar, Nov)

Arctic Skua

2 (Apr-May, Nov)

Mediterranean Gull

1 (Jan, Jul, Aug)

Black-headed Gull

2000 (All yr)

Common Gull

300 (All yr, except May & Jun)

Kittiwake

60 (Mar, Apr, Nov)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

30 (All yr)

Herring Gull

100 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Apr-Jun)

Great Black-backed Gull

12 (All yr)

Little Tern

1 (May)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

1 (Jul), 6 probs (Aug)

2 (Apr, Jun, Jul))

Sandwich Tern

1 (Apr)

Feral Pigeon

11 (All yr)

Stock Dove

130 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

150 (All yr)

Collared Dove

55 (All yr)

Cuckoo

3 (Apr-May)

Barn Owl

1 (Apr, Sep)

Tawny Owl

4 (Jan, Feb, Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Nov, Dec)

Swift

11 (May-Aug)

Kingfisher

1 (Mar, Oct)

Green Woodpecker

5 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Skylark

25 (All yr, except Aug)

Sand Martin

12 (Mar-Apr, Jul, Aug-Sep)

Swallow

100 (Apr-Oct)

House Martin

300 (Apr-May, Jul-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

390 (All yr)

Tree Pipit

Rock Pipit

3 (May, Sep)

7 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

3 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

2 (All yr, except Jun)

Pied Wagtail

85 (All yr)

Wren

10 (All yr)

Dunnock

10 (All yr)

Robin

19 (All yr)

Redstart

1 (Apr, Aug-Oct)

Black Redstart

2 (Nov, Dec)

Whinchat

4 (Apr, Sep-Oct)

Stonechat

6 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Wheatear

7 (Mar-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

40 (All yr)

Ring Ouzel

1 (Apr)

Fieldfare

600 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

30 (All yr)

Redwing

500 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

5 (All yr, except Aug)

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge Warbler

1 (Apr)

13 (Apr-Oct)

Cetti's Warbler

3 (All yr, except Feb)

Reed Warbler

18 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

9 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

16 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (Apr, May, Aug)

Blackcap

25 (Apr-Nov)

Chiffchaff

35 (All yr)

Willow Warbler

5 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Goldcrest

10 (All yr)

Firecrest

1 (Mar, Nov)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (Jun, Aug)

Pied Flycatcher

1 (Aug)

Bearded Tit

1 (Oct, Nov)

Long-tailed Tit

15 (All yr)

Coal Tit

2 (Jun-Dec)

Marsh Tit

1 (Oct-Dec)

Blue Tit

10 (All yr)

Great Tit

5 (All yr)

Nuthatch

1 (Jun, Sep)

Treecreeper

1 (Jan-Mar, Jul, Aug, Oct)

Jay

4 (All yr)

Magpie

25 (All yr)

Jackdaw

1500 (All yr)

Rook

160 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

125 (All yr)

Raven

5 (All yr)

Starling

2,000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

75 (Jan-Oct)

Chaffinch

1,325 (All yr)

Brambling

9 (Oct)

Hawfinch

1 (Nov)

Greenfinch

30 (All yr)

Goldfinch

70 (All yr)

Siskin

9 (Feb, Apr, May, Jul, Sep-Dec)

Linnet

135 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

30 (Jan, Oct-Nov)

Bullfinch

9 (All yr)

Crossbill

2 (Apr, Oct, Nov)

Yellowhammer

5 (Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Oct)

Reed Bunting

31 (All yr)

 

 

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