Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2024

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2024. A total of 160 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Black-throated Diver

1 (Apr)

Little Grebe

8 (All year)

Great Crested Grebe

2 (May, Oct)

Cormorant

20 (All year)

Crane

3 (June)

Little Egret

13 (All year)

Cattle Egret

3 (Jan)

Great White Egret

2 (Mar-Aug, Oct)

Grey Heron

9 (All year)

Mute Swan

11 (Jan-Nov)

Whooper Swan

1 (Jan)

Brent Goose

2 (Nov)

Egyptian Goose

5 (Nov)

Barnacle Goose

7 (Oct-Nov)

Greylag Goose

12 (Jan, Mar-May, Jul-Dec)

Canada Goose

130 (All year)

Shelduck

40 (All year)

Egyptian Goose

5 (Nov)

Wigeon

289 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

90 (Jan-Apr, Jul-Dec)

Mallard

104 (All year)

Gadwall

3 (Apr-Jun, Sep-Dec)

Pintail

6 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Sep-Oct, Dec)

Shoveler

6 (Feb, Sep-Oct, Dec)

Tufted Duck

11 (Mar-Jun, Aug)

Eider

1 (May)

Common Scoter

2 (Apr, Sep)

Goosander

2 (Apr)

Red Kite

2 (Jan, Mar-Jul, Nov)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All year, except Mar)

Goshawk

1 (Apr)

Buzzard

10 (All year)

Osprey

1 (Sep)

Kestrel

7 (All year)

Merlin

1 (Feb-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Hobby

1 (May, Aug-Oct)

Peregrine

4 (All year)

Pheasant

23 (All year)

Water Rail

4 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

31 (All year)

Coot

6 (Jan, May-Dec)

Avocet

7 (Jan, Apr-Jun, Sep)

Oystercatcher

30 (All year)

Ringed Plover

200 (All year, except Mar)

Grey Plover

6 (Jan-May, Oct-Dec)

Golden Plover

76 (Mar, Nov)

Lapwing

215 (Jan-Feb, Jun-Dec)

Knot

8 (Jan, Mar-May, Aug)

Little Stint

1 (Sep)

Dunlin

1500 (All year)

Curlew Sandpiper

1 (Sep)

Sanderling

2 (May, Aug-Sep)

Ruff

1 (Sep-Oct)

Common Snipe

100 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Jack Snipe

1 (Jan-Feb, Nov)

Black-tailed Godwit

57 (Apr, Jul-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

65 (Jan-Feb, Apr-May, Jul, Sep-Oct, Dec)

Whimbrel

37 (Apr-Sep)

Curlew

350 (All year)

Redshank

59 (All year, except May)

Common Sandpiper

9 (Apr-Oct)

Turnstone

120 (Jan-Mar, Jul-Dec)

Grey Phalarope

1 (Jan)

Great Skua

1 (Sep)

Mediterranean Gull

1 (Feb, Jul)

Black-headed Gull

6,000 (All year)

Common Gull

2,000 (All year, except May)

Little Gull

1 (Apr)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

50 (All year)

Herring Gull

1000 (All year)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (May, Aug)

Great Black-backed Gull

6 (All year)

Little Tern

1 (May)

Arctic Tern

18 (Apr, Aug)

Common Tern

2 (Jun)

Sandwich Tern

4 (Apr-May)

Feral Pigeon

14 (All year, except Feb)

Stock Dove

42 (All year)

Woodpigeon

650 (All year)

Collared Dove

13 (All year)

Cuckoo

4 (Apr-Jun)

Tawny Owl

2 (Jan-Feb, Oct, Dec)

Barn Owl

1 (Jun)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Jan, May)

Swift

41 (Apr-Jul)

Kingfisher

1 (Jun, Aug-Nov)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All year)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

4 (All year)

Skylark

22 (All year)

Sand Martin

19 (Mar-May, Jul-Sep)

Swallow

544 (Apr-Nov)

House Martin

50 (Apr-Oct)

Meadow Pipit

100 (All year)

Tree Pipit

1 (Apr, Aug)

Rock Pipit

3 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Dec)

Water Pipit

2 (Jan)

Richard's Pipit

1 (Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

2 (Apr, Jul-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

4 (All year, except Jul)

Pied Wagtail

125 (All year)

Wren

17 (All year)

Dunnock

20 (All year)

Robin

16 (All year)

Redstart

1 (Apr, Aug)

Black Redstart

3 (Jan-Mar, Aug-Dec)

Whinchat

3 (Apr, Aug-Oct)

Stonechat

14 (All year!)

Wheatear

5 (Mar-May, Aug-Oct)

Blackbird

30 (All year)

Ring Ouzel

1 (Nov)

Fieldfare

500 (Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec)

Song Thrush

13 (All year)

Redwing

1771 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

3 (Jan-Feb, Apr, Aug, Oct-Dec)

Grasshopper Warbler

2 (Apr, Aug-Sep)

Sedge Warbler

3 (Apr-Sep)

Cetti's Warbler

5 (All year, except Jul)

Reed Warbler

24 (Apr-Sep)

Lesser Whitethroat

8 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

12 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (Jul)

Blackcap

30 (All year)

Chiffchaff

25 (All year)

Willow Warbler

9 (Mar-Apr, Jul-Aug)

Wood Warbler

1 (Apr)

Yellow-browed Warbler

1 (Oct)

Goldcrest

10 (All year)

Firecrest

10 (Apr)

Spotted Flycatcher

5 (Sep)

Pied Flycatcher

3 (Apr)

Long-tailed Tit

20 (All year)

Coal Tit

4 (All year - for first time)

Blue Tit

26 (All year)

Great Tit

13 (All year)

Treecreeper

3 (Aug, Dec)

Nuthatch

2 (Jun, Oct)

Jay

6 (All year)

Magpie

12 (All year)

Jackdaw

150 (All year)

Rook

400 (All year, except Jul)

Carrion Crow

100 (All year)

Hooded Crow

1 (Nov)

Raven

8 (All year)

Starling

700 (All year)

House Sparrow

8 (Jan-Mar, May-Jun, Aug-Oct)

Chaffinch

267 (All year, except Jul)

Brambling

4 (Feb, Oct-Nov)

Greenfinch

29 (All year)

Goldfinch

150 (All year)

Hawfinch

6 (Nov)

Siskin

8 (Jan-Jun, Oct-Dec)

Linnet

100 (All year)

Lesser Redpoll

7 (May, Oct-Dec)

Crossbill

1 (Nov)

Bullfinch

12 (All year)

Crossbill

1 (Nov)

Yellowhammer

1 (Jan-Mar, Nov-Dec)

Reed Bunting

10 (All year)

Lapland Bunting

1 (Oct)

 

Exotics:

  Bar-headed Goose

 

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