Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2023

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2023. A total of 157 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Great Northern Diver

1 (Nov)

Little Grebe

7 (All year)

Fulmar

1 (Jan)

Manx Shearwater

1 (Sep)

Shag

2 (Jan)

Cormorant

8 (All year)

Little Egret

9 (All year)

Great White Egret

2 (Apr, Jun, Sep-Dec)

Grey Heron

7 (All year)

Mute Swan

7 (All year)

Bewick’s Swan

9 (Jan, Dec)

Whooper Swan

7 (Jan, Nov)

Brent Goose

9 (Feb)

Barnacle Goose

50 (Jan, Apr-Jun, Sep)

Pink-footed Goose

1 (May, Jun)

Greylag Goose

44 (Jan, Mar-May, Aug-Nov)

Canada Goose

600 (All year, small type in May)

Shelduck

83 (All year)

Egyptian Goose

4 (Feb, Nov)

Mandarin

2 (Jun, Aug)

Wigeon

256 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Teal

294 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Mallard

85 (All year)

Gadwall

2 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug-Nov)

Pintail

5 (Jan-Feb, Dec)

Shoveler

2 (Jan, Oct)

Tufted Duck

6 (Apr-Jul, Oct)

Goldeneye

2 (Oct)

Goosander

5 (Aug, Dec)

Red Kite

4 (Jan, Mar-Jul, Sep-Oct)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Jan-Apr, Nov)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All year)

Goshawk

1 (Mar, May, Jul)

Buzzard

15 (All year)

Kestrel

6 (All year)

Merlin

1 (Jan-Feb, May, Oct-Nov)

Hobby

1 (May, Jun, Aug-Oct)

Peregrine

3 (All year)

Grey Partridge

1 (May)

Pheasant

37 (All year)

Water Rail

3 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

14 (All year)

Coot

1 (Mar, May, Nov-Dec)

Avocet

4 (Jun, Oct)

Oystercatcher

28 (All year)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (Apr)

Ringed Plover

120 (All year)

Grey Plover

9 (Jan-Jun, Aug-Dec)

Golden Plover

100 (Jan, Mar, Aug-Sep)

Lapwing

330 (Jan-Mar, Jun-Jul, Sep-Dec)

Knot

23 (May, Sep-Nov)

Little Stint

1 (Aug-Sep)

Dunlin

3000 (All year)

Curlew Sandpiper

2 (Aug, Sep, Nov)

Sanderling

28 (Jun, Sep)

Ruff

2 (Jan, Sep-Oct)

Woodcock

1 (Feb)

Common Snipe

34 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Jack Snipe

1 (Jan)

Black-tailed Godwit

200 (Jan-Apr, Jun-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

301 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep, Nov)

Whimbrel

74 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Curlew

400 (All year)

Redshank

90 (All year, except Jun)

Greenshank

1 (Sep)

Common Sandpiper

15 (Apr-May, Jul-Nov)

Turnstone

85 (All year, except Apr & Jul)

Arctic Skua

1 (Apr)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Oct)

Black-headed Gull

2,000 (All year)

Common Gull

1,800 (All year, except Jun)

Little Gull

90 (Apr, Oct)

Kittiwake

5 (Jan)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

37 (All year)

Herring Gull

130 (All year)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Apr, Oct)

Great Black-backed Gull

8 (All year)

Common Tern

20 (May, Jul-Sep)

Sandwich Tern

2 (Jul)

Black Tern

2 (Aug)

Feral Pigeon

8 (All year)

Stock Dove

30 (All year)

Woodpigeon

400 (All year)

Turtle Dove

1 (Aug)

Collared Dove

5 (All year)

Cuckoo

2 (Apr-Jun)

Little Owl

1 (Sep)

Tawny Owl

2 (Jan, Aug-Sep, Nov-Dec)

Barn Owl

1 (May-Jul)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Oct, Dec)

Swift

14 (Apr-Jul)

Alpine Swift

1 (Mar)

Kingfisher

1 (Feb, Sep-Nov)

Green Woodpecker

3 (All year)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

5 (All year)

Skylark

17 (All year)

Sand Martin

35 (Mar-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

260 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

240 (Apr-Sep)

Meadow Pipit

100 (All year)

Tree Pipit

2 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Rock Pipit

6 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Water Pipit

2 (Feb-Mar, Oct)

Yellow Wagtail

8 (Apr-May, Jul-rocke pipSep)

Grey Wagtail

3 (All year, except Jul)

Pied Wagtail

50 (All year)

Wren

22 (All year)

Dunnock

13 (All year)

Robin

29 (All year)

Redstart

2 (Jul-Aug)

Black Redstart

2 (Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec)

Whinchat

3 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Stonechat

7 (All year, except Jun)

Wheatear

14 (Mar-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

20 (All year)

Fieldfare

110 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

10 (All year)

Redwing

1685 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

5 (All year, except Aug)

Grasshopper Warbler

1 (Apr, Jul)

Sedge Warbler

11 (Apr-Aug)

Cetti's Warbler

3 (Jan-May, Aug-Dec)

Reed Warbler

26 (Apr-Oct)

Lesser Whitethroat

10 (Apr-Oct)

Whitethroat

21 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (May, Aug)

Blackcap

16 (All year)

Chiffchaff

58 (All year)

Willow Warbler

4 (Mar-Sep)

Goldcrest

13 (All year)

Spotted Flycatcher

2 (Jun-Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

23 (All year)

Coal Tit

3 (Jan-Feb, Jun-Dec)

Blue Tit

25 (All year)

Great Tit

16 (All year)

Treecreeper

2 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Nuthatch

1 (Mar)

Jay

7 (All year)

Magpie

34 (All year)

Jackdaw

360 (All year)

Rook

300 (All year)

Carrion Crow

150 (All year)

Raven

14 (All year)

Starling

500 (All year)

House Sparrow

7 (Jan-May, Jul-Oct)

Chaffinch

250 (All year)

Brambling

2 (Nov)

Greenfinch

13 (All year)

Goldfinch

150 (All year)

Siskin

36 (Jan-Feb, Aug-Dec)

Linnet

150 (All year)

Lesser Redpoll

11 (Jan, Apr-May, Sep-Dec)

Bullfinch

11 (All year)

Crossbill

1 (Oct-Nov)

Yellowhammer

17 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

26 (All year)

Corn Bunting

1 (Sep)

 

Exotics:

  Ross's Goose

 

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