Below are the earliest and latest dates for species at Oldbury Power Station.
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Species |
First Date - OPS |
Last Date - OPS |
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Summer visitors |
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Garganey |
24/03/2008 |
2/10/2010 |
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Hobby |
15/04/2020 |
7/10/2012 |
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Little Ringed Plover |
14/03/2009 |
20-Aug |
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Whimbrel |
8/04/2011 |
18/10/2012 |
(one Jan ‘95) |
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Common Sandpiper |
7/04/2010 |
12/11/2010 |
(over-wintered 84,94,01) |
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Arctic Skua |
13/03/2021 |
30/11/2015 & 2018 |
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Pomarine Skua |
18/04/2013 |
Nov 2009 |
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Great Skua |
08/02/2016 |
29/11/2015 & 2018 |
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Sandwich Tern |
16/03/2018 |
21/10/2006 |
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Common Tern |
30/03/2017 |
04/10/2019 |
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Arctic Tern |
15/04/2012 |
21/09/2018 |
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Little Tern |
01/05/2012 |
12/09/2010 |
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Black Tern |
28/04/1991 |
01/10/2006 |
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Turtle Dove |
22/04/2006 |
18/8/2023 |
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Cuckoo |
12/04/2020 |
09/08/1998 |
|
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Swift |
17/04/1994 |
01/10/1994 |
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Sand Martin |
4/03/2021 |
30/09/2019 |
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Swallow |
16/03/2019 |
12/11/2011 |
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House Martin |
01/04/2019 & 2021 |
22/10/2006 |
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Tree Pipit |
7/04/2018 |
12/09/2010 |
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Yellow Wagtail |
10/04/2020 |
08/10/1993 |
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Nightingale |
Jun-85 |
04/08/1991 |
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Redstart |
30/03/2021 |
26/10/2007 |
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Whinchat |
17/04/2020 |
28/10/2017 |
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Wheatear |
28/02/2019 |
10/12/1994 (latest Avon date). Next latest 17/11/11 |
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Ring Ouzel |
02/04/2016 |
31/10/2017 |
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Grasshopper Warbler |
6/04/2020 |
22/07/2023 |
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Sedge Warbler |
4/04/2018 |
2/10/2015 |
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Reed Warbler |
7/04/2020 |
3/10/2023 |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
9/04/2020 |
05/10/2019&23 |
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Whitethroat |
04/04/2002 |
2/10/2017 |
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Garden Warbler |
11/04/2019 |
20/09/2018 |
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Blackcap (singing) |
18/03/2022 |
13/10/2015 |
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Wood Warbler |
21/04/2007&96 |
09/08/1997 |
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Chiffchaff (singing) |
09/02/2008 |
15/11/2003 |
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Willow Warbler |
23/03/2005 |
01/10/1996 |
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Spotted Flycatcher |
02/05/2012 |
22/09/2007 |
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Pied Flycatcher |
14/04/2013 & 2018 |
05/08/1994 |
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Winter visitors |
Last Date - OPS |
First Date - OPS |
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Brent Goose (Dark-bellied) |
4/05/2022 |
8/08/2011 |
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Goldeneye |
|
22/12/2006 |
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Pintail |
16/04/2005 |
03/09/2010 |
One 14/6/2018 |
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Wigeon |
21/06/2016 |
15/08/2009 |
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Merlin |
04/05/2000 |
14/08/1992 |
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Water Rail |
20/04/2013 |
2/09/2022 |
Feathers found 13/5/2020 |
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Grey Plover |
27/05/2018 |
18/07/2012 |
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Golden Plover |
05/05/2012 |
14/08/2020 |
also unknown date in Aug 1991 |
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Knot |
19/06/2017 |
07/08/2019 |
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Sanderling |
31/05/2008 |
11/07/2018 |
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Dunlin |
7/06/2022 |
2/07/2019 |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
29/05/2019 |
03/07/2020 |
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Spotted Redshank |
30-May |
late July |
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Turnstone |
30/05/2016 |
17/06/2006 |
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Mediterranean Gull |
01/05/2012 |
16/06/2012 |
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Iceland Gull |
23/04/2022 |
9/10/1999 |
one from 30/6-17/7/96 & Jun-Jul 99 |
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Glaucous Gull |
22/02/2022 |
|
prev. record 22/1/1984 |
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Short-eared Owl |
03/06/2016 |
25/10/2016 |
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Black Redstart |
25/04/2020 |
9/10/2022 |
Over-summering May ’94 & ’99. Plus 20/7/06. Prev. 1st date 23/10/2007. |
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Fieldfare |
18/04/2003 |
28/09/2020 |
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Redwing |
25/04/1995 |
1/10/2022 |
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Brambling |
24/03/2022 |
3/10/2022 |
Prev. earliest 5/10/1997 |
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Snow Bunting |
21/02/1984 |
13/10/1996 |
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Copyright.
Last revised: 8 Jun 2023.