Blagdon Lake Birds
Summary of the Year 2014
Dates species were added to the year list:
1st January - 46 spp; Common Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Common Blackbird, Chaffinch, Jackdaw, Mallard, Common Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Common Coot, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Teal, Mute Swan, Great Cormorant, Common Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Starling, Herring Gull, Common Buzzard, Northern Shoveler, European Robin, Redwing, Fieldfare, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Eurasian Bullfinch, Feral Pigeon, Eurasian Treecreeper, Ruddy Duck, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Common Pheasant, Goosander, Winter Wren, Eurasian Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Jay, Dunnock, Red-crested Pochard, Eurasian Wigeon.
2nd January - 53 spp; Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Rook, Black-necked Grebe, Gadwall, Common Sandpiper.
3rd January - 60 spp; Common Snipe, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush.
4th January - 64 spp; Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest, Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff.
5th January - 65 spp; Eurasian Siskin
6th January - 66 spp; European Greenfinch
7th January - 67 spp; Tawny Owl (call)
8th January - 68 spp; Northern Lapwing
11th January - 69 spp; Common Shelduck
14th January - 70 spp; Common Kingfisher
18th January - 71 spp; Green Woodpecker
22nd January - 72 spp. Eurasian Bittern
23rd January - 73 spp. Cetti's Warbler
24th January - 74 spp. Mediterranean Gull
28th January - 76 spp. Northern Pintail, Common Kestrel.
4th February - 77 spp. Northern Raven
17th February - 78 spp. Pink-footed Goose
21st February - 79 spp. Barn Owl
23rd February - 80 spp. Reed Bunting
12th March - 81 spp. Long-tailed Duck
15th March - 82 spp. Sand Martin
17th March - 84 spp. Iceland Gull, Eurasian Nuthatch.
18th March - 85 spp. Black Swan
22nd March - 87 spp. Common Redshank, Eurasian Spoonbill.
24th March - 88 spp. Barn Swallow
27th March - 89 spp. Blackcap
30th March - 91 spp. Collared Dove, Little Gull.
3rd April - 92 spp. Osprey
4th April - 93 spp. Willow Warbler
6th April - 95 spp. Garganey, Green Sandpiper.
12th April - 96 spp. House Martin
17th April - 97 spp. Reed Warbler
20th April - 98 spp. Common Swift
21st April - 99 spp. Sedge Warbler
23rd April - 102 spp. Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat.
24th April - 103 spp. Common Cuckoo
30th April - 104 spp. House Sparrow
11th May - 106 spp. Arctic Tern, Common Tern.
13th May - 107 spp. Red Kite
15th May - 108 spp. Wood Warbler
16th May - 109 spp. Spotted Flycatcher
19th May - 110 spp. Hobby
26th May - 111 spp. Water Rail
5th June - 112 spp. Greylag Goose
29th June - 113 spp. LESSER SCAUP
30th June - 115 spp. Eurasian Curlew, Dunlin.
13th July - 116 spp. Yellow-legged Gull
19th July - 118 spp. Egyptian Goose, Common Crossbill.
3rd August - 119 spp. Ringed Plover
8th August - 121 spp. Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine.
11th August - 122 spp. Sanderling
15th August - 123 spp. Common Greenshank
16th August - 124 spp. Northern Wheatear
19th August - 125 spp. Eurasian Oystercatcher
28th August - 126 spp. Black Tern
8th September - 127 spp. Whinchat
30th September - 128 spp. Cockatiel
10th October - 129 spp. Skylark
15th October - 130 spp. Eurasian Stonechat
19th October - 131 spp. Great Northern Diver
23rd October - 132 spp. Ruff
5th November - 133 spp. Black-tailed Godwit
Species recorded at Blagdon in 2014 that I missed were Cetti's Warbler, Eurasian Spoonbill, Wood Warbler, Eurasian Curlew and Common Crossbill.
Date species first noted singing:
2nd January - European Robin (winter song)
3rd January - Winter Wren
4th January - Song Thrush, Great Tit.
7th January - Tawny Owl (contact call on waking)
10th January - Dunnock
13th January - Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming)
23rd February - Chaffinch, Reed Bunting.
15th March - Eurasian Treecreeper, Pied Wagtail.
17th March - Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Goldcrest.
27th March - Goldfinch, Blackcap.
29th March - Goldcrest
4th April - Willow Warbler
17th April - Reed Warbler
21st April - Sedge Warbler
23rd April - Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat.
24th April - Common Cuckoo
15th May - Wood Warbler
26th May - Water Rail