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.    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, 4 in November 90

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

9.    Egyptian Goose - Scarce

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, 1 in September 22

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

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

24. Velvet Scoter – Rare – 2 in November 24

25. Common Scoter - Scarce

26. Goldeneye – Scarce

27. Smew - Rare - 3 in December 88

28. Goosander - Occasional

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

30. Ruddy Duck - Rare - 1 in November 97

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

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

33. Pheasant - Occasional

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

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

36. Fulmar - Rare - 1 in May 17 

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

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

39. Great Crested Grebe - Common

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

41. Glossy Ibis – Rare – 1 over November 24

42. Grey Heron - Common

43. Cattle Egret – Scarce

44. Great White Egret - Scarce

45. Little Egret – Occasional

46. Cormorant – Common

47. Shag - Rare - 1 in April 18

48. Osprey - Scarce

49. Sparrowhawk - Common

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

51. Red Kite - Common

52. Buzzard - Common

53. Water Rail - Scarce

54. Moorhen - Common

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

56. Oystercatcher – Occasional

57. Lapwing - Occasional

58. Golden Plover - Occasional

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

60. Ringed Plover - Occasional

61. Little Ringed Plover - Occasional

62. Whimbrel - Scarce

63. Curlew - Occasional

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

65. Black-tailed Godwit - Scarce

66. Turnstone - Scarce

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

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

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

70. Dunlin - Occasional

71. Little Stint - Rare - 4 in September 96

72. Woodcock - Scarce

73. Jack Snipe - Scarce

74. Snipe - Common

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

76. Common Sandpiper - Common

77. Green Sandpiper - Occasional

78. Redshank - Occasional

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

80. Greenshank - Scarce

81. Kittiwake - Scarce 

82. Black-headed Gull - Common

83. Little Gull - Scarce

84. Mediterranean Gull – Scarce

85. Common Gull - Common

86. Great Black-backed Gull - Scarce

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

88. Herring Gull - Common

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

90. Yellow-legged Gull - Occasional

91. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Common

92. Sandwich Tern - Scarce

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

94. Common Tern - Common

95. Arctic Tern - Occasional

96. Black Tern - Scarce

97. Great Skua - Rare - 2 in October 14

98. Pomarine Skua - Rare

99. Arctic Skua - Rare - May 78

100.                Feral Pigeon - Occasional

101.                Stock Dove - Common

102.                Woodpigeon - Common

103.                Turtle Dove – Rare – historical

104.                Collared Dove - Common

105.                Cuckoo – Rare – 1 in May 22

106.                Barn Owl - Scarce

107.                Tawny Owl - Rare

108.                Little Owl – Scarce – historical

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

110.                Swift - Common

111.                Kingfisher - Common

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

113.                Great Spotted Woodpecker - Common

114.                Green Woodpecker - Common

115.                Kestrel - Common

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

117.                Hobby - Scarce

118.                Peregrine - Occasional

119.                Ring-necked Parakeet - Scarce

120.                Jay - Common

121.                Magpie - Common

122.                Jackdaw - Common

123.                Rook - Common

124.                Crow - Common

125.                Raven - Occasional

126.                Waxwing - Rare - 2 in December 12

127.                Coal Tit - Common

128.                Marsh Tit – Scarce, becoming rare!

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

130.                Blue Tit - Common

131.                Great Tit - Common

132.                Skylark - Common

133.                Sand Martin - Common

134.                Swallow - Common

135.                House Martin – Common

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

137.                Cetti’s Warbler - Scarce

138.                Long-tailed Tit - Common

139.                Willow Warbler - Common

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

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

142.                Sedge Warbler - Common

143.                Reed Warbler - Occasional

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

145.                Blackcap - Common

146.                Garden Warbler - Common

147.                Lesser Whitethroat - Common

148.                Whitethroat - Common

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

150.                Goldcrest - Common

151.                Wren - Common

152.                Nuthatch - Scarce

153.                Treecreeper - Common

154.                Starling – Common

155.                Ring Ouzel – Rare – 1 in April 23

156.                Blackbird - Common

157.                Fieldfare - Common

158.                Redwing - Common

159.                Song Thrush - Common

160.                Mistle Thrush - Occasional

161.                Spotted Flycatcher – Occasional, becoming scarce!

162.                Robin - Common

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

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

165.                Redstart - Occasional

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

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

168.                Wheatear – Occasional

169.                House Sparrow - Occasional

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

171.                Dunnock - Common

172.                Yellow Wagtail - Common

173.                Grey Wagtail - Common

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

175.                Meadow Pipit - Common

176.                Tree Pipit - Scarce

177.                Water Pipit - Rare

178.                Rock Pipit - Scarce

179.                Chaffinch - Common

180.                Brambling - Occasional

181.                Hawfinch - Rare - 1 (over) in October 11, 1 (over) in October 21, 4 (over) October 24, 1 (over) in November 24

182.                Bullfinch - Common

183.                Greenfinch - Common

184.                Linnet - Common

185.                Redpoll (Lesser) - Occasional

186.                Crossbill - Scarce

187.                Goldfinch - Common

188.                Siskin - Common

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

190.                Yellowhammer - Occasional

191.                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)