Guernsey Birds - Monthly Summaries
2024

These are records that have been entered by observers and it
should be noted that these have not necessarily been authenticated.


Little Grebe Claire Mare: 1 on 3rd (DE); 1 on 11th Oct (MCS);
Great Crested Grebe Reservoir: 2 on 6th Oct [together] (MCS); 2 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); 2 on 9th Oct (DJC/LJC); 2 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD);
Cormorant Bordeaux: 2 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Reservoir: 8 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 9 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0);
Shag Bordeaux: 4 on 6th Oct (JD/JD);
Little Egret Bordeaux: 1 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Fort Le Crocq: 20 on 6th Oct (AJB); Gallotin Quarry: 9 on 7th Oct [Roosting in trees on far side.] (JD); Lihou Causeway: 2 on 4th Oct (JD); Miellette: 1 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Reservoir: 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Shingle Bank: 1 on 7th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Grey Heron Claire Mare: 2 on 3rd Oct (DE); Gallotin Quarry: 1 on 7th Oct (JD); L'Eree: 2 on 7th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Les Osmonds: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Miellette: 1 on 6th Oct (JD); Route de St Andre: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Rue des Buttes, STA: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Shingle Bank: 1 on 7th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Brent Goose Pulias: 5 on 11th Oct (MPL);
Brent Goose (Dark-bellied) Herm: 42 on 14th Oct (MCS); Jaonneuse: 8 on 2nd Oct (JH);
Shelduck Claire Mare: 1 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD);
Wigeon Fort Le Crocq: 2 on 6th Oct [Pair] (AJB); L'Eree: 1 on 3rd Oct [Male on sea] (JH/DS/APL); Reservoir: 2 on 6th Oct [pair] (MCS); Vale Pond: 1 on 14th Oct (DJC);
Gadwall Pulias: 1 on 4th Oct [male on sea] (MPL);
Teal Claire Mare: 3 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 3 on 3rd Oct (DE); 3 on 4th Oct (JD); 7 on 11th Oct (MCS); 6 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 1st Oct [Female] (JD);
Mallard Gallotin Quarry: 3 on 6th Oct [One feral] (JD/JD);
Pintail Monnaie Chapel: 1 on 2nd Oct (VF);
Shoveler Claire Mare: 2 on 3rd Oct (DE); 2 on 4th Oct [Pair] (JD); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 3rd Oct (MPL);
Tufted Duck Reservoir: 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0);
Common Scoter Jaonneuse: 6 on 2nd Oct (JH);
Marsh Harrier Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 13th Oct [Male] (TJB); Claire Mare: 2 on 3rd Oct (DE);
Sparrowhawk Claire Mare: 1 on 3rd Oct (DE); La Rue La Vielle Mare: 1 on 5th Oct [Flew across road and briefly perched on house rooftop] (SAB/MHB); Le Friquet: 1 on 7th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Rue des Naftiaux: 1 on 5th Oct [Briefly sat on fence by our kitchen] (SAB/MHB); Saumarez Park: 1 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD);
Buzzard Chemin du Roi, FST: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Coutanchez: 2 on 10th Oct [LSG Fields] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Reservoir: 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Vale Castle: 1 on 13th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Vazon: 2 on 10th Oct (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 11th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Kestrel Belle Greve Bay: 1 on 3rd Oct [Hunting on the grass verge by the road at dusk.] (JD); Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); Lihou Causeway: 2 on 4th Oct [Hunting together.] (JD); Parcq Lane, VAL: 1 on 7th Oct (JD); Petils Bay: 1 on 13th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Rue des Buttes, STA: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Vale Pond: 2 on 3rd Oct (DE);
Merlin Pleinmont: 1 on 11th Oct [LSG fields] (JH); 1 on 14th Oct [Male] (APL);
Pheasant Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD);
Water Rail Claire Mare: 1 on 13th Oct [heard ] (MCS/JPD); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Vale Pond: 1 on 15th Oct (DJC);
Moorhen Claire Mare: 3 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD); Gallotin Quarry: 2 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Saumarez Park: 6 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0);
Coot Claire Mare: 5 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD);
Oystercatcher Bordeaux: 15 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Fort Le Crocq: 32 on 6th Oct (AJB); Herm: 95 on 2nd Oct (MCS); Lihou Causeway: 24 on 4th Oct (JD); Miellette: 32 on 6th Oct (JD); Omptolle: 19 on 6th Oct (JD); Vazon: 88 on 6th Oct (MCS);
Ringed Plover Le Grand Havre: 30+ on 10th Oct (AJB); Vazon: 21 on 13th Oct (MCS);
Golden Plover Pleinmont: 3 on 12th Oct [Over to the east] (AJB);
Grey Plover Bordeaux: 1 on 6th Oct (JD/JD);
Sanderling Le Grand Havre: 1 on 10th Oct (AJB);
Snipe Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 3 on 3rd Oct (DE); 6 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD); Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Vale Pond: 2 on 3rd Oct (DE); 5 on 14th Oct (DJC); 3 on 15th Oct (DJC);
Curlew Fort Le Crocq: 40 on 6th Oct (AJB); Miellette: 2 on 6th Oct (JD);
Greenshank Vale Pond: 1 on 3rd Oct (DE); 1 on 14th Oct (DJC); 1 on 15th Oct (DJC);
Turnstone Fort Le Crocq: 4 on 6th Oct (AJB); Jaonneuse: 4 on 13th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Perelle: 3 on 10th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Vazon: 1 on 13th Oct (MCS);
Arctic Skua Jaonneuse: 2 on 2nd Oct (JH);
Mediterranean Gull Banque Imbert: 1 on 5th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Vazon: 3 on 6th Oct (MCS);
Black-headed Gull Cobo: 2 on 4th Oct [On the sea wall] (JD);
Herring Gull Bordeaux: 26 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); La Mare, Vauxbelets: 36 on 9th Oct (JD); Lihou Causeway: 7 on 4th Oct (JD); Miellette: 4 on 6th Oct (JD); Omptolle: 28 on 6th Oct (JD); Rue des Bergers: 80+ on 1st Oct [Follwoing tractors ploughing field opposite reserve] (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 25 on 9th Oct (JD);
Yellow-legged Gull Perelle: 1 on 11th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Great Black-backed Gull Bordeaux: 1 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Lihou Causeway: 1 on 4th Oct (JD); Omptolle: 2 on 6th Oct (JD);
Woodpigeon Coutanchez: 3 on 10th Oct [LSG Fields] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Cuckoo Lane: 16 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 5 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Vauxbelets: 10 on 9th Oct (JD); Reservoir: 15 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 6 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Rue des Hougues, STA: 40+ on 1st Oct [One flock] (JD); Saumarez Park: 12+ on 15th Oct (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 9th Oct (Pjv/0);
Barn Owl Lihou Island: 1 on 7th Oct [Found dead at Priory. Pers. comm from the warden.] (JD);
Short-eared Owl Pleinmont: 1 on 11th Oct [Over LSG fields] (JH);
Kingfisher Vale Pond: 1 on 3rd Oct (DE);
Skylark Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct [Over] (TJB/JD); Mt. Herault: c.4 on 13th Oct (JH); Pleinmont: 5 on 11th Oct [Over] (JH); 3 on 15th Oct [LSG fields] (JH);
Swallow Beaucette Marina: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Chemin du Roi, FST: 19 on 1st Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 5 on 2nd Oct (JD); Jerbourg: c.300 on 3rd Oct [10:30-11:00hrs Hirundines migating out to sea towards Jersey. at a rate of 10 per minute. Mainly Swallows but some House Martin.] (AJB); La Croix du Bois: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Lihou Island: 10 on 4th Oct (JD); Miellette: 8 on 6th Oct (JD); Pulias: c.40 on 4th Oct (MPL);
House Martin Chemin du Roi, FST: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Pulias: 4 on 4th Oct (MPL);
Meadow Pipit Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct [LSG Fields] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Fort Doyle: 4 on 7th Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 4 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Amarreurs: c.20 on 3rd Oct (AJB); Lihou Island: 15 on 4th Oct [13 in off the sea.] (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); 2 on 9th Oct (JD);
Rock Pipit Herm: 2 on 2nd Oct (MCS);
Grey Wagtail Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 11th Oct [Over] (TJB/JD); Reservoir: 2 on 9th Oct (DJC/LJC); 1 on 13th Oct (MCS/JPD); Saumarez Park: 1 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0);
Pied/White Wagtail Admiral Park: 1 on 8th Oct (JD);
Wren Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 1 on 13th Oct (TJB); 1 on 6th Oct (0/JD); Chemin du Roi, FST: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 2 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Osmonds: 2 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Lihou Island: 1 on 4th Oct (JD); St Andrews circular walk: 7 on 9th Oct (JD);
Dunnock Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 7th Oct (JD); 1 on 13th Oct (TJB); Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Hautes Landes: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mouilpieds, STM: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Lihou Island: 1 on 4th Oct (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); St Magloire: 1 on 7th Oct (JD);
Robin Bordeaux Mound: 4 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 6 on 6th Oct (0/JD); Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct [LSG Fields] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); La Fontenelle, Vale: 5 on 7th Oct (JD); Les Hautes Landes: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mourants: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Les Osmonds: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Lihou Island: 3 on 4th Oct (JD); Reservoir: 2 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Saumarez Park: 3 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0); St Andrews circular walk: 22+ on 9th Oct (JD); St Magloire: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Vauvert: 1 on 9th Oct (Pjv/0); 1 on 13th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Whinchat Les Amarreurs: 1 on 1st Oct (AJB); 1 on 3rd Oct [Still present] (AJB); 1 on 5th Oct [Still present] (AJB); 1 on 7th Oct [Still present] (AJB); Mt. Herault: 1 on 7th Oct (JH);
Stonechat Bordeaux: 2 on 6th Oct [Pair] (JD/JD); Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 6th Oct [Pair] (TJB/JD); Coutanchez: 2 on 10th Oct [LSG Fields] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Fort Hommet: 4 on 6th Oct (MCS/JPD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 2 on 10th Oct [Pair] (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Amarreurs: 3 on 3rd Oct (AJB);
Wheatear L'Eree: 1 on 12th Oct (Pjv/Jev); Les Blicqs Lane: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Lihou Island: 2 on 4th Oct (JD); Pulias: 2 on 4th Oct (MPL); 1 on 6th Oct (AJB);
Wheatear (Greenland) Les Amarreurs: 1 on 3rd Oct (AJB); 1 on 5th Oct [Still present] (AJB); 1 on 7th Oct [Still present] (AJB);
Ring Ouzel Pleinmont: 1-2 on 12th Oct (JH);
Blackbird Beaucette Marina: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct [One probably continental] (TJB/JD); 1 on 6th Oct (TJB/JD); Chemin du Roi, FST: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Fort Saumarez: 1 on 4th Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mouilpieds, STM: 3 on 1st Oct (JD); Reservoir: 1 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); Rue des Buttes, STA: 1 on 9th Oct (JD);
Song Thrush Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD);
Redwing Baubigny: 1 on 10th Oct (MPL); Pleinmont: c.20 on 15th Oct [Flock dropped into scrub mid-morning] (JH);
Cetti's Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 13th Oct [heard] (MCS/JPD); Pleinmont: 1 on 12th Oct (JH/APL); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 1st Oct (JD);
Whitethroat Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 11th Oct (TJB);
Garden Warbler Le Guet: 1 on 4th Oct [In bushes south of Watch House] (AJB);
Blackcap Bordeaux Mound: 6 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 2 on 13th Oct (TJB); 2 on 6th Oct (TJB/JD);
Chiffchaff Bordeaux Mound: 14 on 11th Oct [One possibly abietinus] (TJB/JD); Cuckoo Lane: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); La Mare, STA: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Les Blicqs: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Lihou Island: 2 on 4th Oct [In the Tamarisk] (JD); Reservoir: 2 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 2 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD);
Willow Warbler Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD);
Goldcrest Les Mourants: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Les Prevosts Road: 1 on 13th Oct (EDA); Reservoir: 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0);
Firecrest Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 2 on 13th Oct (TJB); 2 on 6th Oct (TJB/JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Osmonds: 4+ on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Vauxbelets: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Reservoir: 2 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 3 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Saumarez Park: 2 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0);
Spotted Flycatcher Delancey Park: 1 on 9th Oct [as reported by Liz T] (DJC/LJC);
Long-tailed Tit Bordeaux Mound: 13 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); Candie, STA: 7 on 9th Oct (JD); Cuckoo Lane: 7 on 2nd Oct (JD); Reservoir: 1 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 4 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0);
Blue Tit Bordeaux Mound: 6 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 2 on 13th Oct (TJB); 2 on 6th Oct (TJB/JD); Candie, STA: 2 on 9th Oct (JD); Cuckoo Lane: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Hacse Lane: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mourants: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Reservoir: 4 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Rue des Hougues, STA: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Ruette des Courtillets, STA: 1 on 9th Oct (JD); Vauvert: 2 on 9th Oct (Pjv/0);
Great Tit Bordeaux Mound: 2 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); 2 on 13th Oct (TJB); Candie, STA: 2 on 9th Oct (JD); Coutanchez: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Cuckoo Lane: 3 on 2nd Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); La Fontenelle, Vale: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Les Hautes Landes: 1 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mourants: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Reservoir: 4 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Saumarez Park: 1 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0);
Magpie Beaucette Marina: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Cuckoo Lane: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 2nd Oct (JD); Hacse Lane: 4 on 2nd Oct (JD); Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 2 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Les Blicqs: 3 on 9th Oct (JD);
Carrion Crow Bordeaux: 15 on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Chemin du Roi, FST: 4 on 1st Oct (JD); Les Mouilpieds, STM: 2 on 1st Oct (JD); Les Osmonds: 3 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); Lihou Causeway: 7 on 4th Oct [One was dropping shellfish on to the rocks.] (JD); Reservoir: 3 on 1st Oct (Pjv/0); 1 on 8th Oct (Pjv/0); Rue des Hougues, STA: 36 on 9th Oct (JD);
Raven Rue des Naftiaux: 2 on 5th Oct [In flight overhead] (SAB); Vauvert: 1 on 4th Oct (Pjv/0); Vazon: 2 on 6th Oct (MCS/JPD);
Starling Beaucette Marina: 10 on 7th Oct (JD); Les Hautes Landes: 25 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Mourants: 10 on 1st Oct (JD); Rue des Buttes, STA: 3 on 9th Oct (JD);
Rose-coloured Starling Ft Hommet: I on 6th Oct [Juvenile seen with small flock of common starling] (JPDown);
House Sparrow Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 13th Oct (TJB); Bordeaux: 26+ on 6th Oct (JD/JD); Chemin du Roi, FST: 11 on 1st Oct (JD); La Blanche Carriere: 12 on 2nd Oct (JD); La Fontenelle, Vale: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); La Mare, STA: 9 on 9th Oct (JD); Les Hautes Landes: 10 on 2nd Oct (JD); Miellette: 20 on 7th Oct [By car park] (JD); Rue des Buttes, STA: 4 on 9th Oct (JD); Vauvert: 20+ on 9th Oct (Pjv/0); 15+ on 13th Oct (Pjv/Jev);
Chaffinch Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 11th Oct (TJB/JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 1 on 1st Oct (JD); Saumarez Park: 3 on 15th Oct (Pjv/0);
Greenfinch Beaucette Marina: 2 on 7th Oct (JD); Bordeaux Mound: 5 on 7th Oct (JD); Lihou Causeway: 6 on 4th Oct (JD); Miellette: 3 on 6th Oct (JD); Rue des Hougues, STA: 20 on 1st Oct (JD);
Goldfinch Ivy Castle / Chateau des Marais: 1 on 10th Oct (JD/TJB/WH-F); La Fontenelle, Vale: 3 on 7th Oct (JD); La Mazotte: 6 on 2nd Oct (JD); Les Blicqs Lane: 2 on 9th Oct (JD); Les Mourants: 2 on 1st Oct (JD);
Siskin Bordeaux Mound: 1+ on 11th Oct [Over] (TJB/JD); Pleinmont: c.8 on 11th Oct [Over] (JH); Silbe: 20 on 11th Oct [At least] (APL);
Linnet Rue des Hougues, STA: 6 on 1st Oct (JD);