Oldbury Power Station bird species list 2025

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Below is a summary of the bird species reported at OPS in 2025. A total of 154 species.

Species

Max. no. and months when reported

Little Grebe

5 (All year, except June)

Great Crested Grebe

1 (Jul, Mar)

Cormorant

10 (All year)

Shag

10 (Aug)

Crane

5 (Oct)

Little Egret

7 (All year)

Cattle Egret

1(Apr)

Great White Egret

1 (Jun, Aug, Oct)

Spoonbill

1 (Sep)

Grey Heron

7 (All year)

Glossy Ibis

1 (Sep)

Mute Swan

5 (Feb-Jul, Sep-Dec)

Brent Goose

5 (Oct (Pale-bellied), Nov (Dark-bellied))

Greylag Goose

40 (All year)

Canada Goose

326 (All year)

Shelduck

50 (All year)

Wigeon

234 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Teal

91 (Jan-Apr, Aug-Dec)

Mallard

123 (All year)

Gadwall

5 (Jan-May, Oct-Dec)

Pintail

6 (Jan, Nov-Dec)

Shoveler

4 (Jan-Apr, Aug, Nov-Dec)

Tufted Duck

3 (Feb-Apr, Jun)

Common Scoter

12 (Jan, Aug, Oct, Dec)

Goldeneye

1 (Nov)

Red Kite

2 (Mar-May, Sep, Oct)

Marsh Harrier

1 (Jan-May, Jul-Aug, Oct-Dec)

Sparrowhawk

3 (All year)

Goshawk

1 (Jun-Jul)

Buzzard

7 (All year)

Kestrel

5 (All year)

Merlin

1 (Nov)

Peregrine

3 (All year)

Pheasant

20 (All year)

Red-legged Partridge

1 (Mar)

Quail

1 (Aug)

Water Rail

3 (Jan-Mar, Jul, Oct-Dec)

Moorhen

16 (All year)

Coot

9 (All year)

Avocet

5 (Apr-May, Aug-Nov)

Oystercatcher

30 (All year)

Little Ringed Plover

2 (Mar-Apr)

Ringed Plover

170 (All year, except Jul)

Grey Plover

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

Golden Plover

13 (Jan-Feb, Oct-Nov)

Lapwing

295 (Jan-Feb, Sep-Dec)

Knot

6 (Apr, Sep-Nov)

Little Stint

1 (Aug)

Dunlin

1500 (All year)

Curlew Sandpiper

4 (Sep)

Sanderling

9 (Mar, May-Apr, Jun, Aug)

Ruff

4 (Apr, Sep)

Woodcock

1 (Jan, Nov)

Common Snipe

80 (Jan-Apr, Sep-Dec)

Jack Snipe

1 (Oct)

Grey Phalarope

1 (Sep)

Black-tailed Godwit

20 (Jan, Apr-May, Aug, Oct-Nov)

Bar-tailed Godwit

18 (Apr, Oct, Dec)

Whimbrel

25 (Apr-May, Jul-Sep)

Curlew

300 (All year)

Redshank

73 (All year, except May)

Greenshank

3 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Common Sandpiper

14 (Jan, Mar-Sep, Dec)

Turnstone

130 (All Year, except May)

Mediterranean Gull

2 (Feb-Apr, Jun, Sep)

Black-headed Gull

700 (All year)

Common Gull

500 (All year, except May & Jun)

Little Gull

27 (Apr)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

85 (All year)

Herring Gull

210 (All year)

Yellow-legged Gull

1 (Jun, Aug)

Great Black-backed Gull

6 (All year)

Arctic Skua

1 (Oct)

Black Tern

1 (Aug)

Arctic Tern

7 (Apr, Sep)

Sandwich Tern

1 (May)

Feral Pigeon

6 (All year)

Stock Dove

12 (All year)

Woodpigeon

9,000 (All year)

Collared Dove

4 (All year, except Nov)

Cuckoo

3 (Apr-Jun)

Short-eared Owl

1 (Nov)

Tawny Owl

1 (Jun)

Barn Owl

1 (Feb)

Little Owl

2 (Jan-Mar, Jun, Nov)

Swift

14 (Apr-Aug)

Kingfisher

3 (Feb-Mar, May, Jul-Nov)

Green Woodpecker

4 (All year)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

8 (All year)

Wryneck

1 (Sep)

Skylark

25 (All year)

Sand Martin

105 (Mar-AprMay, Jun-Sep)

Swallow

150 (Mar-Oct)

House Martin

550 (Apr-Sep)

Meadow Pipit

200 (All year)

Tree Pipit

1 (Apr, Sep)

Rock Pipit

6 (Jan-Mar, Sep-Dec)

Water Pipit

1 (Nov-Dec)

Yellow Wagtail

6 (Apr-May, Aug-Sep)

Grey Wagtail

6 (All year)

Pied Wagtail

105 (All year)

Wren

6 (All year)

Dunnock

18 (All year)

Robin

40 (All year)

Redstart

1 (Aug-Sep)

Black Redstart

7 (All year !)

Whinchat

3 (Aug-Sep)

Stonechat

12 (All year!)

Wheatear

6 (Mar-Apr, Aug-Oct)

Blackbird

20 (All year)

Fieldfare

56 (Jan-Mar, Oct-Dec)

Song Thrush

16 (All year)

Redwing

180 (Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec)

Mistle Thrush

7 (All year, except Sep)

Grasshopper Warbler

3 (Apr-Jun, Sep)

Sedge Warbler

5 (Apr-Sep)

Cetti's Warbler

4 (All year, except Aug)

Reed Warbler

14 (Apr-Aug)

Lesser Whitethroat

5 (Apr-Sep)

Whitethroat

11 (Apr-Sep)

Garden Warbler

1 (May-Sep)

Blackcap

20 (Mar-Dec)

Chiffchaff

48 (All year)

Willow Warbler

11 (Mar-Apr, Jul-Oct)

Goldcrest

11 (All year)

Spotted Flycatcher

11 (Aug-Sep)

Pied Flycatcher

1 (Sep)

Long-tailed Tit

25 (All year)

Coal Tit

3 (All year - for second time)

Marsh Tit

1 (Jun)

Blue Tit

20 (All year)

Great Tit

8 (All year)

Treecreeper

1 (Jan, Mar, Sep, Nov)

Nuthatch

1 (Jun-Oct, Dec)

Jay

6 (All year)

Magpie

15 (All year)

Jackdaw

200 (All year)

Rook

200 (All year, except Jul)

Carrion Crow

115 (All year)

Raven

19 (All year)

Starling

1000 (All year)

House Sparrow

5 (Jan-Sep)

Chaffinch

150 (All year)

Brambling

2 (Nov)

Greenfinch

10 (All year)

Goldfinch

100 (All year)

Siskin

30 (Feb-Mar, Jul, Sep-Dec)

Linnet

90 (All year)

Redpoll

3 (Apr, Sep-Nov)

Crossbill

4 (Mar, Jun, Sep-Oct)

Bullfinch

12 (All year)

Yellowhammer

3 (Jul, Nov-Dec)

Reed Bunting

7 (All year)

Corn Bunting

1 (Oct)

 

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