Alderney Birds - Monthly Summaries
2021

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


Marsh Harrier Braye Bay: 1 on 12th [Female type] (DW);
Sparrowhawk : 1 on 10th May (ILP);
Buzzard Kiln Farm, Alderney: 2 on 9th May (DW);
Merlin : 1 on 4th May (ILP);
Great Bustard : 1 on 2nd May (ILP); Fort Albert: 1 on 2nd May (DW/JW/AI);
Ringed Plover Clonque Bay: 2 on 10th May [Breeding pair] (DW); Platte Saline: c20 on 4th May (DW); 21 on 12th May (DW); 15 on 17th May (DW); Saye Bay: 2 on 20th May [Breeding pair incubating] (DW);
Sanderling : 4 on 8th May (ILP); 4 on 12th May (ILP); Platte Saline: 2 on 4th May [Moulting into sp] (DW); 6 on 10th May (DW); 7 on 12th May (DW); 1 on 17th May (DW); 10 on 23rd May (DW); Saye Bay: 22 on 20th May (DW);
Dunlin : 1 on 12th May (ILP); Platte Saline: c10 on 4th May [sp] (DW); 1 on 10th May (DW); 1 on 17th May (DW);
Whimbrel Braye Bay: 2 on 12th May (DW); Clonque Bay: 4 on 10th May (DW); 2 on 22nd May (DW); Platte Saline: 1 on 4th May (DW); Saye Bay: 2 on 18th May (DW);
Curlew Clonque Bay: 1 on 22nd May (DW);
Green Sandpiper : 1 on 10th May (ILP);
Common Sandpiper : 1 on 10th May (ILP); Clonque Bay: 1 on 22nd May (DW);
Turnstone Platte Saline: 1 on 17th May (DW); 10 on 23rd May (DW); Saye Bay: 2 on 18th May [Summer plumage] (DW);
Common Tern : 6 on 3rd May (ILP); 5 on 5th May (ILP);
Cuckoo Giffoine: 1 on 18th May [Singing male] (DW); Val de la Bonne Terre: 2 on 4th May [M/F] (VF);
Swift St Anne: 5 on 12th May (DW);
Skylark Vallee des Trois Vaux: 1 on 4th May (VF);
Swallow Fort Albert: 30+ on 6th May (DW);
Red-rumped Swallow The Nunnery, Alderney: 1 on 11th May (ILP);
Yellow Wagtail : 13 on 7th May (ILP); Fort Albert: 10 on 2nd May (DW); 45+ on 6th May (DW); Platte Saline: 6 on 4th May (DW); 1 on 23rd May (DW);
Redstart Alderney golf course: 1 on 15th May [Female] (DW);
Whinchat : 1 on 7th May (ILP); Fort Albert: 1 on 2nd May (DW);
Stonechat Braye Bay: 4 on 21st May [Pair with 2 fledged young] (DW); Saye Farm (Campsite), Alderney: 4 on 20th May [Pair with 2 juveniles] (DW);
Wheatear Kiln Farm, Alderney: 7 on 9th May [2 male, 5 female] (DW); Platte Saline: 1 on 4th May (DW); 1 on 23rd May (DW);
Fan-tailed Warbler : 1 on 4th May (ILP); Longis Common: 2 on 4th May (VF/ILeP);
Lesser Whitethroat : 1 on 9th May (ILP);
Blackcap Barrackmaster's Lane: 2 on 4th May [M/F] (VF/ILeP);
Chiffchaff Barrackmaster's Lane: 2 on 4th May (VF/ILeP);
Willow Warbler Barrackmaster's Lane: 2 on 4th May (VF/ILeP);
Firecrest Barrackmaster's Lane: 1 on 15th May [Singing male] (DW); 1 on 19th May [Heard only] (DW);
Spotted Flycatcher : 1 on 7th May (ILP); Alderney golf course: 1 on 15th May (DW); Barrackmaster's Lane: 2 on 15th May (DW);
Cirl Bunting : 1 on 11th May (ILP);
Reed Bunting : 2 on 8th May (ILP);