Guernsey Birds - Monthly Summaries
2026

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


Black-throated Diver Perelle: 1 on 11th (Rockdweller/AB/MAG);
Great Northern Diver Fort Grey: 1 on 11th Mar (Rockdweller); Rocquaine: 1 on 26th Mar (Rockdweller/Mark Guppy); Rousse: 1 on 13th Mar (MPL);
Little Grebe Rue des Bergers: 2 on 1st Mar [New course lake] (DE); 2 on 1st Mar [Big pond] (Pjv/0); 2 on 1st Mar [new pond] (MCS);
Fulmar Petit Bot: 4 on 23rd Mar (AJB); Pleinmont: 1 on 28th Mar (Ds/Jh/A&cl);
Manx Shearwater Hanois: c.100 on 20th Mar [In Gannet feeding frenzy ] (JH/DS/APL); Jaonneuse: 1 on 28th Mar (KC); Pleinmont: 60 on 20th Mar [Approx] (APL/JH/DS); 40 on 20th Mar (Ds/Jh/Apl); 50+ on 22nd Mar (MCS/JPD); c.100 on 22nd Mar [South of Hanois Lighthouse feeding with 100's of Gulls and several Gannets.] (AJB); 3 on 28th Mar (CAL/APL,JH, DS); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Pjv/0);
Gannet Jaonneuse: 32 on 1st Mar (KC); Lihou Island: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); Rousse: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Shingle Bank: 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 3 on 19th Mar (JD);
Cormorant Lihou Island: 4 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Shag Lihou Island: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); Vazon: 2 on 8th Mar (MCS);
Cattle Egret King's Mills: 22 on 24th Mar (MPL); Les Grantez, CAT: 7+ on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Reservoir: 22 on 6th Mar [roost with Little Egrets] (MCS); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 1st Mar (Pjv/0); Rue du Hechet: 25 on 24th Mar [With cattle in field opposite farm.] (Rockdweller);
Little Egret Bulwer Avenue: 1 on 13th Mar (DE/HE); Colin Best NR: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); Reservoir: 24 on 6th Mar (MCS); Shingle Bank: 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Vale Pond: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Vazon: 6 on 8th Mar (MCS);
Grey Heron Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Colin Best NR: 1 on 3rd Mar (MCS); Reservoir: 2 on 6th Mar (MCS); Vale Pond: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Vauvert: 1 on 29th Mar [Flying over ] (Pjv/0);
Mute Swan Grande Mare: 1 on 16th Mar [Wetlands 3 pond.] (Rockdweller); 1 on 17th Mar (DJC); Perelle: 1 on 4th Mar (Rockdweller/Chris Mourant); Reservoir: 1 on 29th Mar (MCS); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 18th Mar [new pond] (MCS); 1 on 21st Mar (Pjv/Jev); Vazon: 1 on 4th Mar (MPL);
Canada Goose Colin Best NR: 5 on 18th Mar (MCS); 5 on 19th Mar (MCS); Colin Best NRg: 5 on 3rd Mar (MCS); Vale Pond: 5 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0);
Brent Goose Bulwer Avenue: 13 on 13th Mar (DE/HE); Colin Best NR: 46 on 1st Mar (DE); Colin Best NRg: 46 on 3rd Mar (MCS);
Brent Goose (Light-bellied) Colin Best NR: 1 on 5th Mar (MCS);
Shelduck Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); Colin Best NR: 33 on 1st Mar (DE); 32 on 3rd Mar (MCS); Shingle Bank: 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 2 on 19th Mar (JD);
Teal Claire Mare: 26 on 1st Mar (DE); 26 on 18th Mar (MCS); 24 on 19th Mar (JD); 21 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Colin Best NR: 6 on 6th Mar (MCS); 4 on 18th Mar (MCS);
Mallard Lihou Island: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); Rue des Bergers: present on 8th Mar (ADM); Shingle Bank: 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 1 on 19th Mar (JD);
Shoveler Colin Best NR: 1 on 9th Mar (MCS); 2 on 18th Mar (MCS); 2 on 19th Mar (MCS);
Tufted Duck Reservoir: 1 on 6th Mar (MCS); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 1st Mar [New course lake] (DE); 1 on 1st Mar [Big pond] (Pjv/0); 1 on 1st Mar [new pond male] (MCS); 1 on 8th Mar [new pond/male] (MCS); 1 on 9th Mar (Pjv/0); 1 on 17th Mar [Drake on new pond alongside road.] (Rockdweller); Rue Mainguy: 1 on 24th Mar [Drake on pond.] (Rockdweller);
Marsh Harrier Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); 2 on 18th Mar (MCS); 1 on 19th Mar (JD); 2 on 28th Mar [Very active] (Section Walk); Colin Best NR: 1 on 6th Mar (MCS); Jaonneuse: 1 on 2nd Mar [Over the old tip to west of beach] (JD); Pleinmont: 1 on 6th Mar (Pjv/Jev); 5 on 14th Mar (DJC); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 3rd Mar (Pjv/0); Shingle Bank: 1 on 29th Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Hen Harrier Mt. Herault: 1 on 11th Mar (DJC); Pleinmont: 1 on 3rd Mar (DE); 1 on 9th Mar (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 9th Mar [Over LSG fields] (DJC/LJC); 1 on 14th Mar (DJC);
Sparrowhawk Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 7th Mar (TJB/JD); Claire Mare: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Rocquaine: 1 on 20th Mar (Ds); Route de Carteret: 2 on 3rd Mar [Male & Female] (CB/PA); Vauvert: 1 on 3rd Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Buzzard Claire Mare: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Fauxquets Valley: 1 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Mont d'Aval: 2 on 21st Mar (MCS); Route de Carteret: 1 on 3rd Mar (CB/PA); Vale Pond: 2 on 1st Mar (DE);
Kestrel Claire Mare: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Shingle Bank: 1 on 19th Mar (JD);
Pheasant Colin Best NR: 2 on 3rd Mar (MCS);
Water Rail Claire Mare: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Moorhen Pre d'Enfer: 2 on 8th Mar (MCS); Claire Mare: 1 on 19th Mar (JD); 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Vale Pond: 1 on 1st Mar (DE);
Coot Pre d'Enfer: 2 on 8th Mar (MCS); Claire Mare: 3 on 1st Mar (DE); 4 on 18th Mar (MCS); 2 on 19th Mar (JD); 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Rue des Bergers: 3 on 1st Mar [new pond] (MCS); Vale Pond: 2 on 1st Mar (DE);
Oystercatcher Lihou Island: c250 on 18th Mar [from headland] (MCS); 14 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 4 on 19th Mar (JD);
Little Ringed Plover Colin Best NR: 2 on 18th Mar (APL/JH); 2 on 18th Mar [On saltmarsh] (JH); 2 on 18th Mar (VF/JF/RM); 1 on 19th Mar (MCS); 1 on 19th Mar [On Saltmarsh. ] (AJB); 1 on 19th Mar (Rockdweller); 2 on 20th Mar [In front of old hide.] (Rockdweller); 2 on 20th Mar (Pjv/0); 1 on 28th Mar (DJC);
Lapwing Vale Pond: 1 on 17th Mar [First spotted by DE] (DJC);
Purple Sandpiper Jaonneuse: 8 on 22nd Mar (MPL);
Snipe Claire Mare: 3 on 1st Mar (DE); 3 on 9th Mar (MCS); 5 on 18th Mar (MCS);
Black-tailed Godwit Colin Best NR: 1 on 23rd Mar [On scrape] (JH); 1 on 23rd Mar (MCS); 1 on 23rd Mar [11-00 am believed to be black tailed] (DJC); 1 on 23rd Mar (Rockdweller);
Curlew Colin Best NR: 53 on 1st Mar (DE); 74 on 2nd Mar (MCS); Colin Best NRg: 93 on 3rd Mar (MCS); Shingle Bank: 1 on 19th Mar (JD);
Redshank Perelle: 4 on 1st Mar (MCS);
Turnstone Jaonneuse: 12 on 1st Mar (KC); Vazon: 24 on 8th Mar (MCS);
Grey Phalarope Colin Best NR: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); 1 on 1st Mar [spinning] (MCS);
Mediterranean Gull Grandes Havres: 1 on 1st Mar (KC); Perelle: 2 on 1st Mar (MCS);
Black-headed Gull Colin Best NR: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); Vazon: 2 on 8th Mar (MCS);
Common Gull Jaonneuse: 1 on 16th Mar (Pjv/0);
Lesser Black-backed Gull Colin Best NR: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Lihou Island: 14 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Herring Gull Lihou Island: 23 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 33 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 23 on 19th Mar (JD);
Yellow-legged Gull Colin Best NR: 1 on 25th Mar (APL);
Great Black-backed Gull Colin Best NR: 5 on 1st Mar (DE); Lihou Island: 9 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 2 on 19th Mar (JD);
Guillemot Herm: 1 on 11th Mar (KC);
Razorbill Fort Doyle: 2 on 20th Mar (CAL/0); 2 on 20th Mar [Pointed out by Cindy Loaring.] (Rockdweller);
Stock Dove Pre d'Enfer: 2 on 8th Mar (MCS); Claire Mare: 4 on 18th Mar (MCS); 3 on 28th Mar [Using the owl box!] (Section Walk); Shingle Bank: 3 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Woodpigeon Claire Mare: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Shingle Bank: 3 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 1 on 19th Mar (JD); Vauvert: 3 on 1st Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Barn Owl Rue des Bergers: 1 on 14th Mar (APL);
Short-eared Owl Jaonneuse: 1 on 16th Mar (Pjv/0);
Kingfisher Bulwer Avenue: 1 on 13th Mar (DE/HE);
Great Spotted Woodpecker Mare de Carteret: 1 on 1st Mar [Briefly in tree by reedbed] (AJB); Saumarez Park: 1 on 4th Mar (DJC/LJC);
Sand Martin Colin Best NR/Claire Mare: c10 on 9th Mar [c17:30] (MCS); Grande Mare: 2+ on 27th Mar [Mixed hirundine flock] (JH/MH); 1 on 28th Mar (Ds/Jh/A&cl); Pembroke: 4 on 20th Mar (Pjv/Jev); Pulias: 3 on 27th Mar (MPL); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 25th Mar (APL);
Swallow Colin Best NR: 2 on 25th Mar (APL); Grande Mare: 3+ on 27th Mar [Mixed hirundine flock] (JH/MH); 6 on 28th Mar (Ds/Jh/A&cl); Jaonneuse: 1 on 19th Mar (MCS); 1 on 28th Mar (KC); Perelle: 1 on 16th Mar (1/0); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 21st Mar (CAL/0); Shingle Bank: 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Vazon: 1 on 26th Mar (Pjv/0);
House Martin Grande Mare: 3+ on 27th Mar [Mixed hirundine flock] (JH/MH);
Meadow Pipit Pleinmont: 6 on 22nd Mar (MCS);
Grey Wagtail Reservoir: 1 on 29th Mar [overflow,still here] (MCS); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 1st Mar (DE);
Pied/White Wagtail Rousse: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Jaonneuse: 3 on 1st Mar (KC);
Wren Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Lihou Island: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 2 on 19th Mar (JD);
Dunnock Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Lihou Island: 1 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 4 on 19th Mar (JD);
Robin Claire Mare: 1 on 19th Mar (JD); Fauxquets Valley: 2 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Les Cotils: 1 on 2nd Mar (CB/PA); Lihou Island: 1 on 19th Mar (JD); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Black Redstart Jaonneuse: 1 on 9th Mar (DJC); Mt. Herault: 1 on 26th Mar (JH); Pulias: 1 on 8th Mar (KC);
Stonechat Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Wheatear Fort Hommet: 2 on 22nd Mar (MCS); 2 on 27th Mar [Males on beaches] (JH); Herm: 1 on 11th Mar (KC); Jaonneuse: 1 on 8th Mar (CAL/APL); 2 on 9th Mar (R R/0); 1 on 9th Mar (Pjv/0); 1 on 13th Mar (AJB); 1 on 14th Mar (VF); 1 on 19th Mar (MCS); 6 on 22nd Mar (MPL); Lihou Causeway: 4 on 19th Mar (JD); Lihou Headland: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Lihou Island: 6 on 19th Mar (JD); Pleinmont: 1 on 3rd Mar [Male in Societe fields. Scared off by dog.] (Rockdweller); Pulias: 1 on 11th Mar (MPL); Vazon: 1 on 17th Mar (MPL);
Ring Ouzel Mt. Herault: 1 on 26th Mar [Female near shooting range] (JH);
Blackbird Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Fieldfare Pleinmont: 1 on 20th Mar (APL/JH/DS);
Song Thrush Les Cotils: 1 on 2nd Mar (CB/PA); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 1st Mar (DE);
Redwing Bordeaux Mound: 3 on 7th Mar (TJB/JD);
Mistle Thrush Les Cotils: 1 on 2nd Mar (CB/PA);
Cetti's Warbler Pre d'Enfer: 1 on 8th Mar (MCS); Claire Mare: 1 on 18th Mar [heard] (MCS); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Mare de Carteret: 1 on 1st Mar [Heard at water channel] (AJB); 1 on 4th Mar [Heard at reedbed] (AJB); Silbe: 1 on 15th Mar [My first ever for Silbe.] (Rockdweller);
Blackcap Bordeaux: 1 on 24th Mar (Pjv/0); Jaonneuse: 1 on 22nd Mar (MPL); Vauvert: 1 on 18th Mar [Heard ] (Pjv/0); 1 on 19th Mar [Heard] (Pjv/0); 1 on 21st Mar [Heard ] (Pjv/Jev);
Chiffchaff Bordeaux: 2 on 24th Mar (Pjv/0); Claire Mare: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Fort Hommet: 1 on 9th Mar (MPL); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 3 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Mare de Carteret: 3 on 4th Mar (AJB); 1 on 12th Mar [At reedbed] (AJB);
Willow Warbler Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 23rd Mar [Ringed at site.] (TJB/JD);
Goldcrest Fort Hommet: 1 on 9th Mar (MPL); Foulon: 1 on 18th Mar (APL); Mare de Carteret: 1 on 12th Mar [At reedbed] (AJB);
Firecrest Courtil de Bas, STS: 1 on 14th Mar [Feeding on climbing rose] (VF/JF); Fauxquets Valley: 1 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Mare de Carteret: 2 on 4th Mar (AJB); Mont d'Aval: 2 on 21st Mar (MCS); Saumarez Park: 1 on 9th Mar (KC);
Long-tailed Tit Courtil de Bas, STS: 2 on 14th Mar (VF/JF); Rue des Bergers: 3 on 1st Mar (DE);
Blue Tit Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Vauvert: 2 on 1st Mar (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 3rd Mar (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 21st Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Great Tit Bordeaux: 2 on 24th Mar (Pjv/0); Claire Mare: 3 on 1st Mar (DE); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Les Cotils: 2 on 2nd Mar (CB/PA); Vauvert: 2 on 1st Mar (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 21st Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Short-toed Treecreeper Fauxquets Valley: 1 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Reservoir: 3 on 24th Mar [In fir tree between road & eastern raft.] (Rockdweller);
Magpie Colin Best NR: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Shingle Bank: 1 on 19th Mar (JD); Vauvert: 2 on 1st Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Chough Colin Best NR: 1 on 18th Mar [A black ring plus a white ring on left leg.] (Rockdweller); Fort Doyle: 3 on 20th Mar (KC); 3 on 20th Mar [Alert by Cindy Loaring.] (Rockdweller); Jaonneuse: 4 on 19th Mar [Feeding together on Turf behind 'Star Fort' then fly to feed on turf behind seawatch rocks. All birds ringed therefore probably Jersey birds. ] (Rockdweller); Pleinmont: 2 on 27th Mar [10:05hrs. high over cliffs at tip of Pleinmont. Calling and drifted east.] (AJB);
Jackdaw Colin Best NR: 1 on 11th Mar (APL); 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Rook Colin Best NR: 1 on 18th Mar (Rockdweller);
Carrion Crow Shingle Bank: 3 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 4 on 19th Mar (JD);
Raven Fort Hommet: 1 on 22nd Mar (MCS); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Pleinmont: 2 on 22nd Mar (MCS); Shingle Bank: 1 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); 2 on 19th Mar (JD);
Starling Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 10 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
House Sparrow Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 4 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Chaffinch Claire Mare: 1 on 1st Mar (DE); Fauxquets Valley: 3 on 11th Mar (Pjv/0); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Vauvert: 1 on 1st Mar (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 3rd Mar (Pjv/Jev);
Goldfinch Claire Mare: 2 on 1st Mar (DE); Les Bordes, [Claire Mare]: 3 on 28th Mar (Section Walk); Les Cotils: H on 2nd Mar (CB/PA);
Linnet Fort Hommet: 1 on 19th Mar (Pjv/0); Icart: 5 on 19th Mar (JH); Pleinmont: 2 on 20th Mar (APL/JH/DS); 4 on 20th Mar (Ds/Jh/Apl); 3 on 22nd Mar (CAL/APL);
Grey Seal Jaonneuse: 1 on 1st Mar (KC);
Greylag Goose (Feral) Claire Mare: 2 on 19th Mar (JD); 2 on 28th Mar (Section Walk);
Unidentified auk Jaonneuse: 35 on 1st Mar (KC);