Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2016

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2016. A total of 150 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

1 (Jan, Mar, May-Jul, Nov-Dec)

Cormorant

12 (All yr)

Shag

22 (Aug)

Storm Petrel

1 (Feb)

Little Egret

11 (All yr)

Great White Egret

1 (Jan, Aug)

Crane (Reintroduced)

3 (Feb, May)

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

8 (All yr)

6 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Nov)

Bewick's Swan

5 (Nov)

Greylag Goose

10 (Jan, Mar-Apr, Jul, Dec)

Canada Goose

170 (All yr)

Shelduck

50 (All yr)

Wigeon

240 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Teal

558 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Mandarin

1 (Nov)

Mallard

156 (All yr)

Gadwall

2 (Dec)

Pintail

14 (Jan-Feb, Sep-Nov)

Shoveler

10 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Nov)

Tufted Duck

18 (All yr, except Dec)

Goosander

1 (May)

Red-breasted Merganser

3 (Apr, Nov)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All yr)

Buzzard

12 (All yr)

Red Kite

1 (Mar-May, Oct)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Nov)

Osprey

1 (May)

Kestrel

4 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Jan)

Hobby

2 (May)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

10 (All yr)

Red-legged Partridge

1 (Feb, Apr-Jun)

Water Rail

5 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

10 (All yr)

Coot

4 (Jan-Sep, Dec)

Avocet

8 (Jan, May)

Oystercatcher

12 (All yr)

Ringed Plover

63 (Jan-May, Jul-Oct)

Golden Plover

4 (Jan)

Grey Plover

100 (Jan-May, Sep-Oct)

Lapwing

860 (Jan-Mar, Jul-Dec)

Knot

10 (Jan, Mar, May, Sep-Nov)

Ruff

1 (Sep)

Dunlin

2000 (All yr, except Jun)

Curlew Sandpiper

2 (Aug-Oct)

Sanderling

13 (May, Jul-Sep)

Little Stint

3 (Aug-Sep)

Jack Snipe

4 (Jan-Mar, Oct)

Common Snipe

248 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

139 (May, Jul-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

80 (Feb-May, Sep-Oct)

Whimbrel

85 (Apr-May, Jul-Aug)

Curlew

450 (All yr)

Redshank

218 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Greenshank

3 (Apr-Jun, Aug-Sep, Dec)

Common Sandpiper

5 (Apr-May, Jun-Sep)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Mar, Jul-Aug)

Turnstone

63 (All yr, except May & Jun)

Great Skua

1 (Feb, Jun)

Arctic Skua

1 (May)

Mediterranean Gull

1 (Jul-Sep)

Black-headed Gull

800 (All yr)

Common Gull

500 (All yr, except Jun)

Little Gull

1 (Jan)

Kittiwake

12 (Feb, Dec)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

50 (All yr)

Herring Gull

50 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

2 (Apr, May, Jul)

Great Black-backed Gull

7 (All yr)

Black Tern

Whiskered Tern

18 (May)

1 (May)

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

1 (Aug, Sep)

5 (Apr, May)

Sandwich Tern

3 (Mar, Sep)

Feral Pigeon

12 (All yr)

Stock Dove

6 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

320 (All yr)

Collared Dove

5 (All yr)

Cuckoo

2 (Apr-Jun)

Tawny Owl

1 (Jan, May, Nov)

Short-eared Owl

3 (Feb-Jun, Oct, Dec)

Swift

21 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Sep)

Green Woodpecker

7 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

3 (All yr)

Skylark

20 (All yr)

Sand Martin

13 (Mar-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

850 (Mar-Nov)

House Martin

500 (Apr-May, Jul-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

100 (All yr, except Jul, Aug)

Tree Pipit

Rock Pipit

2 (Apr, Aug)

8 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

'Scandinavian' Rock Pipit

1 (Mar)

Water Pipit

1 (Jan, Mar)

Yellow Wagtail

2 (Apr, Jul-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

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

Pied Wagtail

70 (All yr)

Wren

10 (All yr)

Dunnock

10 (All yr)

Robin

23 (All yr)

Redstart

2 (Apr, Aug)

Black Redstart

2 (Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec)

Whinchat

6 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Stonechat

9 (Jan-Mar, Jun-Jul, Oct-Dec)

Wheatear

6 (Mar-May, Aug-Oct)

Blackbird

30 (All yr)

Ring Ouzel

1 (Apr)

Fieldfare

100 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

25 (All yr)

Redwing

300 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

4 (Jan-May, Oct-Nov)

Grasshopper Warbler

Sedge Warbler

2 (Apr, Jul)

17 (Apr-Sep)

Cetti's Warbler

4 (All yr, except Aug)

Reed Warbler

16 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

8 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

25 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (Apr, May)

Blackcap

15 (Apr-Nov)

Chiffchaff

20 (All yr, except Jan)

Willow Warbler

8 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Wood Warbler

1 (Apr)

Yellow-browed Warbler

1 (Oct)

Goldcrest

22 (All yr)

Spotted Flycatcher

1 (May, Aug-Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

25 (All yr)

Coal Tit

1 (Jan-Apr,Nov-Dec)

Blue Tit

15 (All yr)

Great Tit

5 (All yr)

Treecreeper

2 (Jan, Apr, Jul, Sep, Oct, Dec)

Jay

3 (All yr)

Magpie

23 (All yr)

Jackdaw

800 (All yr)

Rook

150 (All yr)

Carrion Crow

50 (All yr)

Raven

8 (All yr)

Starling

6,000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

8 (Feb, Apr, May, Jul-Dec)

Chaffinch

1,000 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Brambling

1 (Oct)

Greenfinch

15 (All yr)

Goldfinch

170 (All yr)

Siskin

9 (Jan-Apr, Jun, Oct-Nov)

Linnet

100 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

8 (Jan-May, Oct-Dec)

Bullfinch

14 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

2 (Aug, Oct, Nov)

Reed Bunting

50 (All yr)

 

 

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