Grimsbury Bird List

Compiled 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 – Common

5.    Pink-footed Goose – Rare – 1 in November 25

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

7.    Mute Swan - Common

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

9.    Whooper Swan - Rare - historical records from U.C.V., 1 in March 19, 2 in January 2020

10. Egyptian Goose - Scarce

11. Common Shelduck - Scarce

12. Mandarin Duck - Scarce

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

14. Shoveler - Occasional

15. Gadwall - Occasional

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

17. Mallard - Common

18. Pintail - Scarce 

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

20. Red-crested Pochard - Scarce

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

22. Ferruginous Duck - Rare - 1 in January 87, 1 in September 22

23. Tufted Duck - Common (more regular in the U.C.V.)

24. Scaup - Rare - 1 in 66, 2 in November 88

25. Velvet Scoter – Rare – 2 in November 24

26. Common Scoter - Scarce

27. Goldeneye – Scarce

28. Smew - Rare - 3 in December 88

29. Goosander - Occasional

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

31. Ruddy Duck - Rare - 1 in November 97

32. Red-legged Partridge – Rare, recorded (Clews, 87), 1 in April 19, 1 in 2020, 1 in March 24

33. Grey Partridge - Rare - historical (Clews, 87), 1 in February 95, 1 in March 24

34. Pheasant - Occasional

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

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

37. Fulmar - Rare - 1 in May 17 

38. Little Grebe - Occasional (Common in the U.C.V.)

39. Red-necked Grebe - Rare - 1 in 68, 1 in Feb to Mar 79, 1 in February 01

40. Great Crested Grebe - Common

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

42. Glossy Ibis – Rare – 1 over November 24

43. Grey Heron - Common

44. Cattle Egret – Scarce

45. Great White Egret - Scarce

46. Little Egret – Occasional

47. Cormorant – Common

48. Shag - Rare - 1 in April 18

49. Osprey - Scarce

50. Sparrowhawk - Common

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

52. Red Kite - Common

53. Buzzard - Common

54. Water Rail - Scarce

55. Moorhen - Common

56. Coot - Occasional (Common in the U.C.V.)

57. Oystercatcher – Occasional

58. Lapwing - Occasional

59. Golden Plover - Occasional

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

61. Ringed Plover - Occasional

62. Little Ringed Plover - Occasional

63. Whimbrel - Scarce

64. Curlew - Occasional

65. Bar-tailed Godwit - Rare - 1 to 3 in August 74, 2 in April 21, 1 in May 22

66. Black-tailed Godwit - Scarce

67. Turnstone - Scarce

68. Knot - Rare - 1 in January 76, 1 in March 17

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

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

71. Dunlin - Occasional

72. Little Stint - Rare - 4 in September 96

73. Woodcock - Scarce

74. Jack Snipe - Scarce

75. Snipe - Common

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

77. Common Sandpiper - Common

78. Green Sandpiper - Occasional

79. Redshank - Occasional

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

81. Greenshank - Scarce

82. Kittiwake - Scarce 

83. Black-headed Gull - Common

84. Little Gull - Scarce

85. Mediterranean Gull – Scarce

86. Common Gull - Common

87. Great Black-backed Gull - Scarce

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

89. Herring Gull - Common

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

91. Yellow-legged Gull - Occasional

92. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Common

93. Sandwich Tern - Scarce

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

95. Common Tern - Common

96. Arctic Tern - Occasional

97. Black Tern - Scarce

98. Great Skua - Rare - 2 in October 14

99. Pomarine Skua - Rare

100.                Arctic Skua - Rare - May 78

101.                Feral Pigeon - Occasional

102.                Stock Dove - Common

103.                Woodpigeon - Common

104.                Turtle Dove – Rare – historical

105.                Collared Dove - Common

106.                Cuckoo – Rare – 1 in May 22

107.                Barn Owl - Scarce

108.                Tawny Owl - Rare

109.                Little Owl – Scarce – historical

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

111.                Swift - Common

112.                Kingfisher - Common

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

114.                Great Spotted Woodpecker - Common

115.                Green Woodpecker - Common

116.                Kestrel - Common

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

118.                Hobby - Scarce

119.                Peregrine - Occasional

120.                Ring-necked Parakeet - Scarce

121.                Jay - Common

122.                Magpie - Common

123.                Jackdaw - Common

124.                Rook - Common

125.                Crow - Common

126.                Raven - Occasional

127.                Waxwing - Rare - 2 in December 12

128.                Coal Tit - Common

129.                Marsh Tit – Scarce, becoming rare!

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

131.                Blue Tit - Common

132.                Great Tit - Common

133.                Skylark - Common

134.                Sand Martin - Common

135.                Swallow - Common

136.                House Martin – Common

137.                Red-rumped Swallow - Rare - 1 in May 19 (fourth record for Oxon)

138.                Cetti’s Warbler - Scarce

139.                Long-tailed Tit - Common

140.                Willow Warbler - Common

141.                Chiffchaff - Common (and Siberian Chiffchaff, winter 14/15)

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

143.                Sedge Warbler - Common

144.                Reed Warbler - Occasional

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

146.                Blackcap - Common

147.                Garden Warbler - Common

148.                Lesser Whitethroat - Common

149.                Whitethroat - Common

150.                Firecrest - Rare - 1 Jan to Mar 02, 1 in January 03, 1 in October 22

151.                Goldcrest - Common

152.                Wren - Common

153.                Nuthatch - Scarce

154.                Treecreeper - Common

155.                Starling – Common

156.                Ring Ouzel – Rare – 1 in April 23

157.                Blackbird - Common

158.                Fieldfare - Common

159.                Redwing - Common

160.                Song Thrush - Common

161.                Mistle Thrush - Occasional

162.                Spotted Flycatcher – Occasional, becoming scarce!

163.                Robin - Common

164.                Pied Flycatcher - Rare - 1 in August 97, 1 in June 18, 1 in April 23

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

166.                Redstart - Occasional

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

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

169.                Wheatear – Occasional

170.                House Sparrow - Occasional

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

172.                Dunnock - Common

173.                Yellow Wagtail - Common

174.                Grey Wagtail - Common

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

176.                Meadow Pipit - Common

177.                Tree Pipit - Scarce

178.                Water Pipit - Rare

179.                Rock Pipit - Scarce

180.                Chaffinch - Common

181.                Brambling - Occasional

182.                Hawfinch - Scarce

183.                Bullfinch - Common

184.                Greenfinch - Common

185.                Linnet - Common

186.                Redpoll (Lesser) - Occasional

187.                Crossbill - Scarce

188.                Goldfinch - Common

189.                Siskin - Common

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

191.                Yellowhammer - Occasional

192.                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)