Sheepwash UP Classified List
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Sheepwash UP Classified List |
| This is a list of 173 birds reported from Sheepwash Urban Park. Those up until
2005 have been taken from the West Midland Bird Club Annual Report, with later reports from
various sources. Only more recent reports of the commoner species are given. I would
be grateful if you would let me know of any errors or omissions
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus columbianus An adult on July 19th 1998 was undoubtedly a feral bird. PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus One with a flock of Greylag Geese on February 24th 1998 was of unknown origin. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser Breeding resident. Maximum of 150 in December 1998. BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis Single birds from January 15th to February 8th and on April 21st and June 3rd 1998. EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna MANDARIN Aix galericulata WIGEON Anas penelope GADWALL Anas strepera TEAL Anas crecca
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos PINTAIL Anas acuta GARGANEY Anas querquedula SHOVELER Anas clypeata
RED-CRESTED POCHARD Netta rufina POCHARD Aythya ferina
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis Four on July 15th 1992. GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis BITTERN Botaurus stellaris LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
SPARROWHAWK Accipter nisus BUZZARD Buteo buteo KESTREL Falco tinnunculus MERLIN Falco columbarius HOBBY Falco subbuteo PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus COOT Fulica atra OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus Bred in 2005.
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
KNOT Calidris canutus One on 28th May 1991 and another on 22nd July 1993. LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta One on October 6th 1997. DUNLIN Calidris alpina Single birds on September 28th, November 5th and December 1st 1998. Singles on November 12th and December 16th 1999. Singles on May 5th and 27th, and two on July 7th 2000. PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima An adult from 28th to 29th July 1985. RUFF Philomachus pugnax A male on July 30th 1999. JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus One on December 3rd 2005.
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola One on 30th April 1993. One on 16th July 2002. WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus One on 1st May 2002. CURLEW Numenius arquata One flew through on March 23rd and November 28th 1998. One on March 15th 2000. SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus One on 14th August 1989. REDSHANK Tringa totanus One on 16th April 1998. One flew over on January 29th 1999. One on June 7th 2000. GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia Singles on May 18th and August 12th 1997. Three present briefly on August 12th 1998. One on August 14th 2002. GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus Singles on April 15th, August 10th, 13th and 27th 1998. One on May 6th and two on July 26th 2000. One on October 15th and November 21st 2005. WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola One on 31st May and 1st June 1991. COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos Singles on April 14th and 16th-17th and July 9th 2005.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres Pale phase adult 10th and 11th November 1985. ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus An immature flew through in a north-easterly direction on August 25th 1997. A pale-phase immature flew through south-west on 29th August 2000. MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus First winter January 19th 1992. LITTLE GULL Larus minutus Second year bird on 29th July 1990. One on March 15th 2008. BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus Annual winter visitor. COMMON GULL Larus canus One on February 6th and December 28th 2000, with three on the 31st. One on December 29th 2005. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus Maximum in 1999 of 150 on January 1st. HERRING GULL Larus argentatus Maximum in 1999 of 50 in December. Recorded in all months in 2005, with 8 on May 20th. YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahelis Two adults on January 24th 1999. ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides Adult on February 27th 1988. GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus First winter bird on 31st December 1989. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus Maxima of 5 on December 5th and 27th 1999. KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla Immature on December 24th 1995. COMMON TERN Sterna hirunda Bred in 1998, 1999 and 2000. ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea A juvenile flew through on July 23rd 1999. LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons One on April 21st and 22nd 1999. BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger Single birds on May 11th and 14th 1998. STOCK DOVE Columba oenas Present in the breeding season in 1999 and 2000. WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus Breeding resident. COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto Breeding resident. TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur One on May 20th 2000. CUCKOO Cuculus canorus Heard calling in 1997. BARN OWL Tyto alba A very tame bird hunting on September 25th 1999. LITTLE OWL Athene noctua One in autumn 1993. TAWNY OWL Strix aluco One in autumn/winter 1994. LONG-EARED OWL Asia otus One roosted from November 4th to December 12th 1989. SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus One on October 11th 1995. SWIFT Apus apus Maxima of 200 on August 2nd 2005. KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis Regular through 1999 with three present in July. GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis Seen during the breeding season in 2005. GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major Recorded in the breeding season in 2005. SKYLARK Alauda arvensis Two singing males in 1999, with twenty moving over on October 17th. Bred in 2005. SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia Maxima of forty in April 2000. SWALLOW Hirundo rustica Maxima of 100 on May 11th 1998. HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica Maxima of 200 on August 26th 2005. TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis One on April 29th, September 6th and 19th 1998. One on May 1st 1999. One on April 16th 2005. MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis Bred in 2005. 70 passed through on September 19th 1998. ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus Two on October 13th 1999. WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta One in summer plumage 14th to 15th April 1991. YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava Singles on April 17th and 22nd and May 7th 2000. GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea Four in September 1998. Present in the breeding season 2005. PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba Present in 1999. A single White Wagtail in April 1999. WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus Two on December 9th 1988. WREN Troglodytes troglodytes Breeding resident. DUNNOCK Prunella modularis Breeding resident. ROBIN Erithacus rubecula Breeding resident. BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros One on April 23rd to 24th 1997. One on July 15th 1998. REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus One on April 17th 1999. One on April 22nd 2000. Singles on August 20th, 28th and September 1st 2005. WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra Two on May 1st 1999, with one on the 3rd. One was present on April 21st 2000, with three on 22nd and a final single on 27th. STONECHAT Saxicola torquata In 1999, the wintering male remained on Rattlechain Tip until March 14th, with two passage birds on March 13th. In 2000, two present on Rattlechain Tip until February 20th. A female on March 8th was followed by a male on the 10th and a female on the 11th. One returned to Rattlechain Tip on October 12th with one or two birds subsequently until the end of the year. WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe Noted on five dates between March 25th and April 27th 2000 with a peak of two birds. Singles on March 19th and April 23rd 2005. RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus One on March 29th 1998. Two on September 13th 2000. BLACKBIRD Turdus merula Breeding resident. FIELDFARE Turdus torquatus 200 over on November 2nd 1998. Maximum of seventy on November 3rd 1999. Seen 2000. SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos At least three pairs bred in 2005. REDWING Turdus iliacus 300 on October 14th 1997. 150 on February 5th and October 25th 2005. MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus Breeding resident. Peak count of 27 on September 27th 1997. GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia Singing on April 29th 1997. Singing on June 27th 2000. SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Family party in early August 1999. Up to three singing in 2000. Seen on passage in 2005. REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus Four pairs bred in 2005. BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla At least seven pairs bred in 2005. GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin Spring migrant 1999. Singing in 2005. LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca Up to three singing in 1999. Singing in 2005. WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis Twelve singing 1999. Two pairs in 2005. DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus One from November 16th to 18th 1996. CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita Two or three pairs in 2005. Occasional winter visitor. WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus Five pairs bred in 2005. GOLDCREST Regulus regulus Seen outside the breeding season in 2005. FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus One on December 7th and 17th 1999. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata Passage birds in spring and autumn 2000. PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca A female on April 15th 2001. BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus Female on November 4th 1993. LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus Breeding resident. WILLOW TIT Parus montanus Two on June 10th 2000 with three in July. COAL TIT Parus ater Seen outside the breeding season in 2005. BLUE TIT Parus caeruleus Breeding resident. GREAT TIT Parus major Breeding resident. NUTHATCH Sitta europaea Seen outside the breeding season in 2005. TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris One on June 30th 2002. JAY Garrulus glandarius Noted during the breeding season in 2005. MAGPIE Pica pica Breeding resident. 80 on February 6th 1998. JACKDAW Corvus monedula Reported in 2000. ROOK Corvus frugilegus 25 on October 24th 2002. CARRION CROW Corvus corone Breeding resident RAVEN Corvus corax One flew over on December 1st 1999. STARLING Sturnus vulgaris Breeding resident. HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus Breeding resident. At least 120 were feeding along the River Tame in July 2000. TREE SPARROW Passer montanus Three from October 20th to 26th 1991. CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs Breeding resident. Forty flew in a south-westerly direction on October 8th 1997. BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla Seven on October 29th 2005. GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris Breeding resident. GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis 15 in August and December 1998. Present in the breeding season in 2005. SISKIN Carduelis spinus Winter visitor. Maxima of 30 in November 1997. LINNET Carduelis cannabina Present in the breeding season in 2005. LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret Winter visitor. Maxima of forty in January and February 2000. COMMON REDPOLL Carduelis flammea Most recently, one on January 10th 1996. BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula Noted in the breeding season in 2005 (three pairs). YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella Seen in 1995. REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus Noted in the breeding season in 2005 (two pairs). Home | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Warwickshire | Staffordshire |