Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2022

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2022. A total of 160 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Great Northern Diver

1 (probable, Dec)

Little Grebe

6 (Jan-Aug, Oct-Nov)

Great Crested Grebe

2 (Apr)

Fulmar

2 (Feb)

Gannet

1 (Nov)

Shag

1 (Jan)

Cormorant

11 (All yr)

Little Egret

9 (All yr)

Cattle Egret

1 (Dec)

Great White Egret

6 (Mar, May, Aug-Nov)

Spoonbill

1 (Jan)

Grey Heron

10 (All yr)

Mute Swan

5 (Mar-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Whooper Swan

1 (Dec)

Brent Goose

2 (Mar-May, Dec - a Pale-bellied)

Barnacle Goose

1 (Jan-May)

White-fronted Goose

16 (Jan)

Greylag Goose

37 (Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Canada Goose

574 (All yr)

Shelduck

68 (All yr)

Mandarin

8 (Sep)

Wigeon

242 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

300 (Jan-Apr, Jun, Aug-Dec)

Mallard

126 (All yr)

Gadwall

3 (Jan-Mar, May, Aug-Oct, Dec)

Pintail

5 (Jan-Mar, Oct, Dec)

Shoveler

3 (Mar, Nov)

Tufted Duck

2 (Jan, Mar-Apr, Aug-Sep, Dec)

Goldeneye

1 (Nov)

Eider

1 (May)

Long-tailed Duck

1 (Nov)

Goosander

1 (Apr, Nov)

Red Kite

2 (Mar-Jun, Sep)

Marsh Harrier

2 (Jan, Feb, Aug, Dec)

Sparrowhawk

5 (All yr)

Goshawk

1 (Jan)

Buzzard

10 (All yr)

Osprey

1 (Jun)

Kestrel

5 (All yr)

Merlin

1 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Oct)

Hobby

1 (Aug-Sep)

Peregrine

3 (All yr)

Pheasant

40 (All yr)

Water Rail

4 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Moorhen

17 (All yr)

Coot

3 (Feb-May)

Avocet

3 (Feb, Apr, Jun)

Oystercatcher

26 (All yr)

Little Ringed Plover

1 (Apr)

Ringed Plover

80 (All yr)

Grey Plover

11 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Golden Plover

80 (Feb, Nov, Dec)

Lapwing

766 (Jan-Mar, Jul-Dec)

Knot

28 (Mar, Sep, Oct)

Little Stint

1 (Mar, Sep)

Dunlin

2500 (All yr)

Curlew Sandpiper

2 (Sep, Oct)

Sanderling

7 (May, Jul-Sep)

Woodcock

1 (Dec)

Common Snipe

110 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Jack Snipe

2 (Mar, Sep, Oct, Dec)

Black-tailed Godwit

60 (Mar-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Bar-tailed Godwit

27 (Apr, Aug-Dec)

Whimbrel

80 (Apr-Aug)

Curlew

270 (All yr)

Redshank

63 (All yr, except May)

Greenshank

1 (Jul, Sep-Oct)

Common Sandpiper

4 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Green Sandpiper

1 (Jan, Mar, Aug, Nov)

Turnstone

85 (All yr, except Jun)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Jan, Mar, Aug-Oct)

Black-headed Gull

1,000 (All yr)

Common Gull

500 (All yr, except Jun)

Kittiwake

50 (Feb, Apr, May, Aug, Nov)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

100 (All yr)

Herring Gull

200 (All yr)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (May, Jul)

Iceland Gull

1 (Apr)

Glaucous Gull

1 (Feb)

Great Black-backed Gull

8 (All yr)

Common Tern

2 (Apr)

Arctic Tern

1 (Apr)

Sandwich Tern

2 (Apr)

Feral Pigeon

10 (Jan-Jun & Aug-Oct)

Stock Dove

26 (All yr)

Woodpigeon

650 (All yr)

Collared Dove

11 (All yr)

Cuckoo

2 (Apr-Jun)

Little Owl

1 (Sep)

Tawny Owl

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

Barn Owl

1 (Mar, Jul-Sep)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Oct, Dec)

Swift

25 (Apr-Jul, Sep)

Kingfisher

2 (Jan-Apr, Jun-Oct)

Green Woodpecker

5 (All yr)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

4 (All yr)

Skylark

42 (All yr)

Sand Martin

115 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

800 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

200 (Apr-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

80 (All yr, except Jun)

Tree Pipit

2 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Rock Pipit

5 (Jan-Jun, Oct-Dec)

Water Pipit

1 (Mar, Nov)

Yellow Wagtail

4 (Apr-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

4 (All yr, except Jun)

Pied Wagtail

110 (All yr)

Wren

33 (All yr)

Dunnock

15 (All yr)

Robin

11 (All yr)

Redstart

2 (Jul-Sep)

Black Redstart

4 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Whinchat

3 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Stonechat

14 (All yr)

Wheatear

13 (Mar-May, Aug-Sep)

Blackbird

30 (All yr)

Ring Ouzel

1 (Apr)

Fieldfare

200 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

15 (All yr)

Redwing

600 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

29 (All yr, except Aug)

Grasshopper Warbler

5 (Apr-May, Jul)

Sedge Warbler

15 (Apr-Sep)

Cetti's Warbler

7 (All yr)

Reed Warbler

22 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

7 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

17 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (May, Jun, Aug)

Blackcap

28 (Jan-Oct)

Chiffchaff

44 (All yr)

Willow Warbler

5 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Firecrest

1 (Sep-Oct)

Goldcrest

7 (All yr)

Spotted Flycatcher

5 (Aug-Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

26 (All yr)

Coal Tit

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

Blue Tit

30 (All yr)

Great Tit

17 (All yr)

Treecreeper

2 (Jan, May-Oct, Dec)

Nuthatch

1 (Jan, Sep, Nov)

Jay

16 (All yr)

Magpie

21 (All yr)

Jackdaw

500 (All yr)

Rook

200 (All yr, except Jul)

Carrion Crow

60 (All yr)

Raven

11 (All yr)

Starling

4,000 (All yr)

House Sparrow

11 (All yr, except Apr & Sep)

Chaffinch

50 (All yr)

Brambling

3 (Jan, Mar, Oct-Nov)

Greenfinch

13 (All yr)

Goldfinch

100 (All yr)

Hawfinch

4 (Nov)

Siskin

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

Linnet

70 (All yr)

Lesser Redpoll

3 (Jan, Mar-Apr, Sep-Nov)

Bullfinch

16 (All yr)

Yellowhammer

18 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Reed Bunting

32 (All yr)

Corn Bunting

1 (Nov)

 

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Last revised: 13 January 2023.