Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2012

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2012. A total of 150 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

2 (Mar, May, Jul-Sep, Nov)

Gannet

1 (Jun)

Cormorant

10 (All yr)

Little Egret

7 (All yr, except Mar)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

12 (All yr)

7 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Greylag Goose

8 (Jan, Mar, Apr)

Canada Goose

40 (All yr)

Shelduck

52 (All yr)

Ruddy Shelduck

1 (May)

Wigeon

297 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Teal

450 (Jan-Jun, Aug-Dec)

Mallard

200 (All yr)

Gadwall

8 (Jan, May, Nov-Dec)

Pintail

10 (Jan, Sep-Dec)

Garganey

Shoveler

1 (Aug)

5 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Tufted Duck

13 (Feb-Oct, Dec)

Red-crested Pochard

1 (Sep-Dec)

Goosander

1 (Feb)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Hen Harrier

1 (Mar, May)

Buzzard

10 (All yr)

Red Kite

1 (Mar, May)

Osprey

1 (Apr)

Kestrel

3 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Apr, Oct)

Hobby

1 (May-Oct)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

9 (All yr)

Water Rail

4 (Jan, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

14 (All yr)

Coot

14 (All yr)

Avocet

1 (May)

Oystercatcher

12 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

4 (Mar-May, Jul)

Ringed Plover

40 (Jan-Feb, Apr-May, Jul-Dec)

Golden Plover

15 (Jan, Feb, May, Oct)

Grey Plover

26 (Feb, Jul, Sep-Dec)

Lapwing

600 (Jan-Apr, Jun-Dec)

Knot

Curlew Sandpiper

11 (May, Sep-Dec)

1 (Sep-Oct)

Dunlin

1150 (All yr, except Jun)

Little Stint

2 (Sep-Oct)

Jack Snipe

1 (Jan)

Common Snipe

30 (Jan-Feb, Aug-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

12 (Jan, Apr, Jul-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

48 (Jan-May, Oct-Dec)

Whimbrel

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

Curlew

637 (All yr)

Greenshank

4 (May-Aug)

Redshank

52 (All yr, except May)

Common Sandpiper

8 (Apr, Jun-Aug)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Jul-Sep)

Turnstone

65 (Jan-Feb, May, Jul-Dec)

Arctic Skua

1 (May)

Mediterranean Gull

6 (Mar, May-Oct)

Black-headed Gull

3000 (All yr)

Little Gull

1 (May, Jun)

Common Gull

500 (All yr, except May)

Kittiwake

28 (Jan, Apr, Jun, Nov)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

200 (All yr)

Herring Gull

200 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Jun, Sep)

Great Black-backed Gull

6 (All yr)

Sandwich Tern

2 (Apr, May)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

2 (May, Aug)

3 (Apr-May)

Little Tern

1 (May)

Black Tern

11 (May)

Guillemot

1 (Oct)

Feral Pigeon

23 (All yr)

Stock Dove

80 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

50 (All yr)

Turtle Dove

1 (Apr)

Collared Dove

5 (All yr)

Cuckoo

3 (May-Jun)

Barn Owl

1 (Mar)

Short-eared Owl

2 (Jan-May, Oct)

Tawny Owl

2 (Feb, Apr, Aug, Sep)

Little Owl

1 (Apr, Jul-Oct)

Swift

680 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

2 (Sep)

Green Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Skylark

30 (All yr, except Jul)

Sand Martin

23 (Mar-Sep)

Swallow

500 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

100 (Apr-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

100 (All yr, except Jul)

Tree Pipit

Rock Pipit

12 (Apr-May)

2 (Jan-Mar, Jun, Oct-Dec)

Water Pipit

2 (Mar)

Yellow Wagtail

81 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

2 (Feb-Apr, Jul, Sep-Dec)

Pied Wagtail

160 (All yr)

Waxwing

2 (Dec)

Wren

10 (All yr)

Dunnock

7 (All yr)

Robin

10 (All yr)

Redstart

2 (Apr, May, Aug)

Black Redstart

1 (Jan, Nov-Dec)

Whinchat

1 (May, Sep, Oct)

Stonechat

1 (Mar, Oct-Dec)

Wheatear

20 (Mar-May, Jul-Oct)

Blackbird

30 (All yr)

Ring Ouzel

1 (Apr)

Fieldfare

100 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

15 (All yr)

Redwing

100 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

6 (Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge Warbler

1 (Apr, May)

8 (Apr-Aug)

Reed Warbler

8 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

3 (Apr-Jun, Aug)

Whitethroat

21 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

2 (Apr, May, Aug)

Blackcap

11 (Jan, Mar-Dec)

Chiffchaff

20 (Feb-Dec)

Willow Warbler

5 (Mar-May, Aug-Sep)

Yellow-browed Warbler

1 (Nov)

Goldcrest

20 (Jan-May, Aug-Dec)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (May, Aug, Sep)

Pied Flycatcher

1 (May)

Long-tailed Tit

20 (All yr)

Blue Tit

17 (All yr)

Great Tit

4 (All yr)

Treecreeper

1 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Nuthatch

1 (Sep)

Jay

6 (All yr)

Magpie

10 (All yr)

Jackdaw

400 (All yr)

Rook

150 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

53 (All yr)

Raven

6 (All yr)

Starling

1000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

25 (All yr except Jun/Nov)

Chaffinch

600 (All yr)

Brambling

Greenfinch

2 (Oct-Dec)

15 (All yr)

Goldfinch

185 (All yr)

Hawfinch

1 (Oct)

Siskin

30 (Feb-May, Aug-Nov)

Linnet

50 (All yr)

Twite

4 (Jan-Feb)

Lesser Redpoll

4 (Jan, Mar, Apr, Oct-Dec)

Crossbill

Bullfinch

1 (Jan-Apr, Nov)

20 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

40 (Jan-May, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

 

Exotics:

Cockatiel

20 (All yr)

 

 

1 (Aug)

 

 

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Last revised: 1 January 2013.