Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2010

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2010 (including AM’s records for the BTO-Tarmac Bird Challenge). A total of 151 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

Manx Shearwater

2 (Sep, Oct)

1 (Sep)

Cormorant

24 (All yr)

Little Egret

8 (Jan-Mar, May, Jul-Nov)

Spoonbill

1 (Dec)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

6 (All yr)

4 (Jan, Mar, Apr, Jun, Sep-Dec)

Bewick’s Swan

Whooper Swan

6 (Nov, Dec)

2 (Oct)

White-fronted Goose

Greylag Goose

2 (Dec)

1 (Dec)

Canada Goose

33 (All yr)

Barnacle Goose

Shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck

80 (Jan, Mar, Dec)

54 (All yr)

2 (Jan)

Wigeon

2100 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

Green-winged Teal

250 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

1 (Jan)

Mallard

258 (All yr)

Gadwall

4 (Jan, Nov, Dec)

Pintail

8 (Jan, Sep, Dec)

Garganey

Shoveler

1 (Sep, Oct)

6 (Jan, Feb, Sep, Nov, Dec)

Tufted Duck

22 (Jan-Oct, Dec)

Pochard

1 (Jan, Dec)

Goosander

19 (Jan, Dec)

Red Kite

1 (Jan)

Hen Harrier

Marsh Harrier

1 (Dec)

1 (Aug, Dec)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Buzzard

4 (All yr)

Kestrel

2 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Jan, Mar, Nov)

Hobby

1 (Aug-Oct)

Peregrine

2 (All yr)

Pheasant

Red-legged Partridge

12 (All yr, except Jul-Aug)

1 (Sep, Oct)

Water Rail

2 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Nov)

Moorhen

10 (All yr)

Coot

8 (Feb-Mar, May-Nov)

Oystercatcher

13 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

2 (Apr)

Ringed Plover

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

Golden Plover

11 (Jan, Oct, Nov)

Grey Plover

62 (Apr, Oct-Nov)

Lapwing

900 (All yr)

Knot

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

2 (Feb-Mar, Sep-Oct)

5 (Aug, Sep, Oct)

12 (Sep-Oct)

Dunlin

1500 (All yr, except Jun)

Little Stint

2 (Sep, Oct)

Jack Snipe

1 (Jan, Mar, Oct)

Common Snipe

17 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Woodcock

3 (Jan, Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

12 (Jan, Sep, Oct)

Bar-tailed Godwit

23 (Apr, Aug-Dec)

Whimbrel

51 (Apr, May, Jul, Aug)

Curlew

700 (All yr)

Greenshank

1 (Sep)

Redshank

54 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Spotted Redshank

1 (Feb, Oct)

Common Sandpiper

7 (Apr, Jul-Sep, Nov)

Turnstone

40 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Arctic Skua

Great Skua

2 (May)

1 (Nov)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Jan, Jul-Aug)

Black-headed Gull

1500 (All yr)

Common Gull

100 (All yr, except Jun)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

100 (All yr)

Herring Gull

120 (All yr)

Great Black-backed Gull

7 (All yr)

Little Tern

Black Tern

Arctic Tern

1 (Sep)

2 (Sep)

3 (Aug)

Feral Pigeon

23 (All yr)

Stock Dove

45 (All yr, except Sep)

Woodpigeon

350 (All yr)

Collared Dove

4 (All yr, except Nov)

Cuckoo

Ring-necked Parakeet

3 (May-Jun)

1 (Nov)

Barn Owl

Little Owl

1 (Apr-May)

1 (Jan, Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep-Oct)

Tawny Owl

1 (Dec)

Swift

15 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Sep, Oct)

Green Woodpecker

5 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Skylark

Shore Lark

116 (Jan-May, Sep-Dec)

2 (Jan)

Sand Martin

40 (Apr, May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

500 (Apr-Oct)

House Martin

700 (Apr-Oct, except Jul)

Meadow Pipit

50 (All yr)

Tree Pipit

Rock Pipit

Water Pipit

Richard’s Pipit

3 (Apr, Aug, Sep)

3 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

1 (Dec)

1 (Sep)

Yellow Wagtail

7 (Apr, Aug, Sep)

Grey Wagtail

2 (Jan, Feb, Jun-Nov)

Pied Wagtail

Waxwing

278 (All yr)

1 (Dec)

Wren

5 (All yr)

Dunnock

10 (All yr)

Robin

5 (All yr)

Black Redstart

Redstart

1 (Mar, Apr, Nov-Dec)

1 (Aug)

Whinchat

1 (May, Aug, Sep)

Stonechat

2 (Jan, Sep-Nov)

Wheatear

20 (Mar-May, Aug-Oct)

Blackbird

20 (All yr)

Fieldfare

500 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

30 (All yr)

Redwing

200 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

2 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Jun, Sep-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge Warbler

2 (Apr-May)

5 (Apr-Sep)

Reed Warbler

13 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

6 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

20 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (Aug)

Blackcap

20 (Jan, Mar-Nov)

Chiffchaff

35 (Mar-Oct)

Willow Warbler

8 (Mar-Apr, Aug-Sep)

Goldcrest

5 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Spotted Flycatcher

2 (Aug, Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

17 (All yr)

Blue Tit

12 (All yr)

Great Tit

8 (All yr)

Coal Tit

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

1 (Jun)

1 (Jul)

2 (Jan, Sep-Nov)

Jay

3 (All yr)

Magpie

15 (All yr)

Jackdaw

500 (All yr)

Rook

250 (Jan-Oct)

Carrion Crow

75 (All yr)

Raven

4 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Starling

2000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

5 (Jan-Feb, May, Jul, Oct, Dec)

Chaffinch

400 (All yr)

Brambling

Greenfinch

1 (Oct-Dec)

20 (All yr)

Goldfinch

250 (All yr)

Siskin

45 (Apr, Oct, Dec)

Linnet

100 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

1 (Feb)

Crossbill

Bullfinch

5 (Feb)

10 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

7 (Apr, Oct, Dec)

Reed Bunting

Lapland Bunting

 

Exotics:

Hybrid Shelduck

Saker x Gyr Hybrid (escaped)

22 (All yr)

4 (Oct)

 

 

1 (Jan)

1 (Jul)

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