Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2007

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Great Crested Grebe

2 (Apr-Jun)

Cormorant

16 (All yr)

Little Egret

4 (Jan-Mar, Jun-Dec)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

7 (All yr)

6 (Jan-Apr, Aug, Oct-Dec)

Greylag Goose

26 (Apr, Aug, Sep, Nov)

Canada Goose

72 (All yr except Jul)

Brent Goose

17 (Jan, Nov)

Shelduck

83 (All yr)

Wigeon

463 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

249 (All yr, except May/Jul)

Mallard

336 (All yr)

Gadwall

1 (Apr, Oct)

Pintail

18 (Feb, Apr, Oct, Dec)

Shoveler

16 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Tufted Duck

12 (Jan-Oct)

Common Scoter

4 (Jul)

Goldeneye

1 (Jan)

Red Kite

1 (Apr, May)

Hen Harrier

1 (Nov-Dec)

Sparrowhawk

2 (All yr)

Buzzard

6 (All yr)

Kestrel

4 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Sep, Dec)

Hobby

1 (Jun, Jul)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

10 (All yr)

Water Rail

7 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

13 (All yr)

Coot

5 (All yr, except Jul-Aug)

Oystercatcher

15 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (Apr, Aug)

Ringed Plover

89 (Apr-May, Jul-Dec)

Golden Plover

122 (Feb, Oct)

Grey Plover

30 (Apr, Sep-Dec)

Lapwing

1000 (All yr, except Jun)

Knot

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

3 (Feb, Apr-May, Aug-Dec)

1 (Jul)

1 (Sep)

Dunlin

1000 (All yr)

Little Stint

2 (Sep-Oct)

Ruff

8 (Oct)

Jack Snipe

3 (Dec)

Common Snipe

45 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

60 (Apr, Jun-Dec)

Bar-tailed Godwit

222 (Apr, Aug-Nov)

Whimbrel

11 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Curlew

1200 (All yr)

Greenshank

2 (Apr, Aug)

Redshank

75 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Oct)

Green Sandpiper

4 (Jul, Aug, Oct)

Common Sandpiper

6 (Apr-May, Jul-Aug, Oct)

Turnstone

135 (All yr, except Jun)

Arctic Skua

1 (May)

Great Skua

1 (Apr)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Jan-Feb, Jul-Aug)

Little Gull

1 (Jan)

Black-headed Gull

2500 (All yr)

Common Gull

1000 (All yr, except Jun)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

100 (All yr)

Herring Gull

200 (All yr)

Great Black-backed Gull

7 (All yr)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

1 (Jul)

6 (May-Jun) [+ 43 ‘Commic Tern in May]

Guillemot

1 (Sep)

Feral Pigeon

33 (All yr)

Stock Dove

40 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

200 (All yr)

Collared Dove

4 (All yr)

Cuckoo

1 (Apr-Jun)

Little Owl

3 (Jan, Feb, Sep-Dec)

Tawny Owl

1 (Aug, Oct)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Oct-Nov)

Swift

41 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Oct)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 (All yr)

Skylark

98 (All yr except Aug)

Sand Martin

6 (Mar-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

300 (Apr-Sep)

House Martin

1000 (Apr-Sep)

Tree Pipit

2 (Apr, Aug, Sep)

Meadow Pipit

50 (All yr)

Rock Pipit

2 (Jan, Sep-Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

5 (Apr, Jul-Oct)

Grey Wagtail

2 (Feb-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Pied Wagtail

400 (All yr)

Wren

All yr

Dunnock

All yr

Robin

20 (All yr)

Redstart

1 (Oct)

Black Redstart

1 (Oct)

Whinchat

2 (Apr, Jul-Aug)

Stonechat

8 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Wheatear

4 (Apr-May, Aug-Oct)

Ring Ouzel

2 (Apr)

Blackbird

30 (All yr)

Fieldfare

115 Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec

Song Thrush

22 (All yr)

Redwing

300 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

4 (Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

1 (Apr)

Sedge Warbler

3 (Apr-Aug)

Reed Warbler

14 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

4 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

17 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (May)

Blackcap

14 (Apr-Nov)

Wood Warbler

1 (Apr)

Chiffchaff

20 (Feb-Dec)

Willow Warbler

5 (Apr-Sep)

Goldcrest

6 (Jan-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Dec)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

20 (All yr)

Blue Tit

All yr

Great Tit

6 (All yr)

Treecreeper

1 (Oct, Dec)

Jay

5 (All yr)

Magpie

56 (All yr)

Jackdaw

All yr

Rook

300+ (All yr)

Carrion Crow

200 (All yr)

Raven

4 (All yr)

Starling

400 (All yr)

House Sparrow

20 (All yr)

Chaffinch

300 (All yr)

Greenfinch

24 (All yr)

Goldfinch

200 (All yr)

Siskin

27 (Oct-Dec)

Linnet

100 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

4 (Jan, Oct-Dec)

Bullfinch

10 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

9 (Jan, Oct, Dec)

Reed Bunting

Corn Bunting

Exotics:

Bar-headed Goose

Bateleur Eagle

7 (All yr)

2 (Oct)

1 (Mar)

1 (Feb)