Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2017

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2017. A total of 158 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

1 (Mar, Oct-Nov)

Great Crested Grebe

2 (Mar, Oct)

Manx Shearwater

1 (Sep)

Gannet

1 (Sep)

Cormorant

15 (All yr)

Little Egret

9 (All yr, except Mar)

Great White Egret

1 (Apr)

Spoonbill

1 (May)

Grey Heron

7 (All yr)

Mute Swan

4 (All yr)

Whooper Swan

3 (Dec)

Brent Goose

1 (Sep)

Barnacle Goose

1 (Oct)

Greylag Goose

19 (Mar, Sep-Oct, Dec)

Canada Goose

373 (All yr)

Shelduck

50 (All yr)

Wigeon

200 (Jan-May, Sep-Dec)

American Wigeon

1 (Jan)

Teal

170 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Garganey

1 (Sep)

Mandarin

2 (Oct)

Mallard

141 (All yr)

Gadwall

3 (Feb, May, Sep, Nov)

Pintail

6 (Feb, Nov)

Shoveler

4 (Feb)

Tufted Duck

23 (All yr, except Jan)

Goosander

1 (Oct)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Buzzard

8 (All yr)

Red Kite

1 (Jan-Feb, Apr-May, June)

Hen Harrier

1 (Feb)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Jan, Sep, Nov)

Osprey

1 (Apr)

Kestrel

3 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Oct, Nov)

Hobby

1 (Apr, Aug, Sep)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

7 (All yr, except Dec)

Water Rail

4 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

11 (All yr)

Coot

2 (Jan-Mar, Jul)

Avocet

7 (Apr, Jul, Sep, Nov)

Oystercatcher

16 (All yr)

Ringed Plover

90 (All yr, except Mar)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (Aug)

Golden Plover

2 (Feb, Sep-Oct)

Grey Plover

2 (Feb, Apr, Sep-Dec)

Lapwing

1500 (All yr, except May)

Knot

15 (Feb, Apr-Jun, Sep)

Ruff

1 (Feb, Oct)

Dunlin

2600 (All yr)

Curlew Sandpiper

1 (Sep)

Sanderling

3 (May, Jul-Aug)

Jack Snipe

2 (Jan-Mar, Dec)

Common Snipe

79 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

79 (Jan-Feb, Jun-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

1 (Apr-May, Oct-Nov)

Whimbrel

14 (Apr-May, Aug, Oct)

Curlew

320 (All yr)

Redshank

90 (All yr, except May)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Sep-Oct)

Greenshank

12 (Apr-May)

Common Sandpiper

4 (Apr-Aug)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Aug, Oct)

Turnstone

70 (All yr)

Great Skua

2 (Oct)

Arctic Skua

1 (May)

Mediterranean Gull

1 (Feb, Apr, Jul)

Black-headed Gull

1000 (All yr)

Common Gull

500 (All yr, except Jun)

Little Gull

1 (Feb)

Kittiwake

1 (Mar, Sep)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

50 (All yr)

Herring Gull

300 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Aug, Sep)

Great Black-backed Gull

7 (All yr)

Little Tern

1 (May)

Common Tern

7 (Mar, Aug)

Arctic Tern

18 (Apr, Sep)

Sandwich Tern

6 (Mar, Apr)

Guillemot

1 (Sep)

Feral Pigeon

11 (All yr)

Stock Dove

20 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

300 (All yr)

Collared Dove

20 (All yr)

Cuckoo

2 (Apr-Jun)

Barn Owl

1 (Aug)

Tawny Owl

1 (Apr, Sep-Nov)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Feb, Apr, Oct-Dec)

Swift

50 (May-Aug)

Kingfisher

1 (Aug-Sep)

Green Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Skylark

36 (All yr)

Sand Martin

100 (Mar-Sep)

Swallow

1000 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

200 (Apr-Sep)

Meadow Pipit

300 (All yr)

Tree Pipit

1 (Apr, Aug)

Rock Pipit

3 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Water Pipit

1 (May)

Yellow Wagtail

3 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

4 (All yr, except Apr)

Pied Wagtail

300 (All yr)

Wren

21 (All yr)

Dunnock

10 (All yr)

Robin

16 (All yr)

Redstart

2 (Mar-Apr, Jul-Sep)

Black Redstart

2 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Nov-Dec)

Whinchat

6 (Apr-May, Aug-Oct)

Stonechat

10 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Wheatear

5 (Mar-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

63 (All yr)

Ring Ouzel

2 (Oct)

Fieldfare

350 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

24 (All yr)

Redwing

250 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

13 (Jan-Feb, May, Jun, Sep-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

2 (Apr)

Sedge Warbler

6 (Apr-Aug)

Cetti's Warbler

3 (All yr, except Aug)

Reed Warbler

20 (Apr-Aug)

Lesser Whitethroat

9 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

14 (Apr-Oct)

Garden Warbler

1 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Blackcap

21 (Mar-Oct)

Chiffchaff

30 (Mar-Dec)

Willow Warbler

11 (Mar-Sep)

Wood Warbler

2 (May)

Goldcrest

8 (All yr)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (May, Aug-Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

20 (All yr)

Coal Tit

3 (Mar, Jun, Aug-Dec)

Marsh Tit

1 (Sep)

Blue Tit

18 (All yr)

Great Tit

12 (All yr)

Treecreeper

2 (Jan, May-Jun, Aug-Dec)

Jay

5 (All yr)

Magpie

20 (All yr)

Jackdaw

110 (All yr)

Rook

100 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

100 (All yr)

Raven

10 (All yr)

Starling

3,000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

35 (All yr, except Apr)

Chaffinch

1,208 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Brambling

2 (Oct-Nov)

Greenfinch

12 (All yr)

Goldfinch

120 (All yr)

Siskin

20 (Mar-May, Sep-Nov)

Linnet

150 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

7 (Feb-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Bullfinch

18 (All yr)

Hawfinch

3 (Oct-Dec)

Crossbill

4 (Apr)

Yellowhammer

1 (Mar, Oct)

Reed Bunting

40 (All yr)

Snow Bunting

2 (Nov)

 

Exotics:

Lanner

1 (Sep)

Black-crowned Waxbill

1 (Jun)

 

 

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