Description

This is no Farmoor, Otmoor or Port Meadow. This is Grimsbury. It's Grim up north!

There is a running total year list in the link above.

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Grimsbury Bird List

I have compiled this list from various sources* and it may not be 100% accurate. Please let me know if you know of any additional species to add onto the list.

1.     Brent Goose - Rare - 8 (over) in January 87, 1 in December 88, 1 in December 15

2.     Canada Goose – Common

3.     Barnacle Goose - Rare - 1 in May 19, 1 in October 23

4.     Greylag Goose - Occasional

5.     White-fronted Goose - Rare - 8 in January 87, 2 over November 18

6.     Mute Swan - Common

7.     Bewick's Swan - Rare - 43 in March 66, 5 in November 88 and 4 in November 90

8.     Whooper Swan - Scarce - historical records from U.C.V., 1 in March 2019

9.     Egyptian Goose - Rare - but a few recent records

10. Common Shelduck - Scarce 

11. Mandarin Duck - Scarce

12. Garganey - Rare - recorded (Clews, 87), 1 in April 16 (in the U.C.V.)

13. Shoveler - Occasional

14. Gadwall - Occasional

15. Wigeon - Occasional (used to be common with one count of 100+ !)

16. Mallard - Common

17. Pintail - Scarce 

18. Teal - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

19. Red-crested Pochard - Scarce

20. Pochard - Occasional (used to be common with regularly up to 150 !)

21. Ferruginous Duck - Rare - 1 in January 87

22. Tufted Duck - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

23. Scaup - Rare - 1 in 1966, 2 in November 88

24. Common Scoter - Scarce

25. Goldeneye - Occasional

26. Smew - Rare - 3 in December 88

27. Goosander - Occasional

28. Red-breasted Merganser - Rare - 1 in April 79

29. Ruddy Duck - Rare - 1 in November 97

30. Red-legged Partridge – Rare, recorded (Clews, 87). 1 in April 19!

31. Grey Partridge - Rare - historical (Clews, 87), 1 in February 95

32. Pheasant - Occasional

33. Red-throated Diver - Rare - 1 in February 76

34. Black-throated Diver - Rare - 1 in Nov to Dec 91, 1 reported in December 09

35. Fulmar Rare - 1 in May 2017 

36. Little Grebe - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

37. Red-necked Grebe - Rare - 1 in 1968, 1 in Feb to Mar 79, 1 in February 01

38. Great Crested Grebe - Common

39. Black-necked Grebe - Rare - 1 in February 02, 1 in April 16 (in the U.C.V.), 1 in April 18

40. Grey Heron - Common

41. Cattle Egret – Rare – 1 (over) in October 21, 1 in October 23

42. Great White Egret - Rare - but several recent records

43. Little Egret – Occasional

44. Cormorant – Common

45. Shag - Rare - 1 in April 18

46. Osprey - Scarce

47. Sparrowhawk - Common

48. Marsh Harrier - Rare - 1 in July 15 (in the U.C.V.), 1 in April 19 (over)

49. Red Kite - Occasional

50. Buzzard - Common

51. Water Rail - Scarce

52. Moorhen - Common

53. Coot - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

54. Oystercatcher – Occasional

55. Lapwing - Occasional

56. Golden Plover - Occasional

57. Grey Plover - Rare - 1 in October 67, 1 in September 14

58. Ringed Plover - Occasional

59. Little Ringed Plover - Occasional

60. Whimbrel - Scarce

61. Curlew - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

62. Bar-tailed Godwit - Rare - 1 to 3 in August 74, 2 in April 21

63. Black-tailed Godwit - Scarce - recorded (Easterbrook, 2013), 1 in September 15

64. Turnstone - Scarce

65. Knot - Rare - 1 in January 76

66. Ruff - Rare - Irregular in the 80s, 1 in September 14, 1 in September 17

67. Sanderling – historically Rare, but in recent years several records

68. Dunlin - Occasional

69. Little Stint - Rare - 4 in September 96

70. Woodcock - Scarce

71. Jack Snipe - Scarce

72. Snipe - Common

73. Grey Phalarope - Rare - 1 in September 17, 1 in September 18

74. Common Sandpiper - Common

75. Green Sandpiper - Occasional

76. Redshank - Occasional

77. Wood Sandpiper - Rare - 1 in July 15 (in the U.C.V.)

78. Greenshank - Scarce

79. Kittiwake - Scarce 

80. Black-headed Gull - Common

81. Little Gull - Scarce

82. Mediterranean Gull – Occasional

83. Common Gull - Common

84. Great Black-backed Gull - Scarce

85. Glaucous Gull - Rare - recorded (Clews, 87)

86. Herring Gull - Occasional

87. Caspian Gull - Scarce - first record in December 16, but a few since

88. Yellow-legged Gull - Occasional

89. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Common

90. Sandwich Tern - Rare - 1 in September 88, 1 in April 11

91. Little Tern - Rare - 1 in May 66, 1 in April 08, 1 in May 15

92. Common Tern - Common

93. Arctic Tern - Occasional

94. Black Tern - Scarce

95. Great Skua - Rare - 2 in October 14

96. Pomarine Skua - Rare

97. Arctic Skua - Rare - May 78

98. Feral Pigeon - Occasional

99. Stock Dove - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

100.                 Woodpigeon - Common

101.                 Turtle Dove – Rare – historical

102.                 Collared Dove - Common

103.                 Cuckoo - Rare

104.                 Barn Owl - Rare (more common in the U.C.V.)

105.                 Tawny Owl - Rare

106.                 Little Owl - Occasional

107.                 Short-eared Owl - Rare - recorded (Clews, 87), 1 in May 08, 1 in December 14

108.                 Swift - Common

109.                 Kingfisher - Common

110.                 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Rare - 1 in March 08

111.                 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Common

112.                 Green Woodpecker - Common

113.                 Kestrel - Common

114.                 Merlin - Rare - 1 in February 12, 1 in October 23

115.                 Hobby - Scarce

116.                 Peregrine - Occasional

117.                 Ring-necked Parakeet - Occasional

118.                 Jay - Common

119.                 Magpie - Common

120.                 Jackdaw - Common

121.                 Rook - Common

122.                 Crow - Common

123.                 Raven - Occasional

124.                 Waxwing - Rare - 2 in December 12

125.                 Coal Tit - Common

126.                 Marsh Tit - Scarce - was common but has declined locally

127.                 Willow Tit – Rare – was one of the last sites in Oxfordshire, but unlikely to occur at all anymore

128.                 Blue Tit - Common

129.                 Great Tit - Common

130.                 Skylark - Common

131.                 Sand Martin - Common

132.                 Swallow - Common

133.                 House Martin – Common

134.                 Red-rumped Swallow - Rare - 1 in May 2019 (fourth record for Oxon)

135.                 Long-tailed Tit - Common

136.                 Willow Warbler - Common

137.                 Chiffchaff - Common (and Siberian Chiffchaff, winter 2014/15)

138.                 Wood Warbler - Rare - 1 in April 16, 1 in April 18

139.                 Sedge Warbler - Common

140.                 Reed Warbler - Occasional

141.                 Grasshopper Warbler - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

142.                 Blackcap - Common

143.                 Garden Warbler - Common

144.                 Lesser Whitethroat - Common

145.                 Whitethroat - Common

146.                 Firecrest - Rare - 1 in February 99, 1 Jan to Mar 02, 1 in January 03, 1 in October 22

147.                 Goldcrest - Common

148.                 Wren - Common

149.                 Nuthatch - Scarce

150.                 Treecreeper - Common

151.                 Starling – Common

152.                 Ring Ouzel – Rare – 1 in April 23

153.                 Blackbird - Common

154.                 Fieldfare - Common

155.                 Redwing - Common

156.                 Song Thrush - Common

157.                 Mistle Thrush - Occasional

158.                 Spotted Flycatcher - Occasional

159.                 Robin - Common

160.                 Pied Flycatcher - Rare - 1 in September 95, 1 in April 96, 1 in August 97, 1 in June 18, 1 in April 23

161.                 Black Redstart - Rare - 1 in November 14, 1 in November 15

162.                 Redstart - Occasional

163.                 Whinchat - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

164.                 Stonechat - Occasional (more common in the U.C.V.)

165.                 Wheatear - Common

166.                 House Sparrow - Occasional

167.                 Tree Sparrow - Historical (a count of 200+ in Aug 90!)

168.                 Dunnock - Common

169.                 Yellow Wagtail - Common

170.                 Grey Wagtail - Common

171.                 Pied Wagtail - Common (also White Wagtail on passage)

172.                 Meadow Pipit - Common

173.                 Tree Pipit - Scarce

174.                 Water Pipit - Rare

175.                 Rock Pipit - Scarce

176.                 Chaffinch - Common

177.                 Brambling - Occasional

178.                 Hawfinch - Rare - 1 (over) in October 11, 1 (over) in October 21

179.                 Bullfinch - Common

180.                 Greenfinch - Common

181.                 Linnet - Common

182.                 Redpoll (Lesser) - Occasional

183.                 Crossbill - Scarce

184.                 Goldfinch - Common

185.                 Siskin - Common

186.                 Corn Bunting - Rare - historical, 1 in January 97

187.                 Yellowhammer - Occasional

188.                 Reed Bunting - Common


* References:

- B.O.S. and O.O.S. annual reports

- Birds of the Heart of England (B.O.S. / Easterbrook, 2013)

- Where to Watch Birds in Beds, Berks, Bucks, Herts and Oxon (Clews et al, 1987)

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