Guernsey Birds - Monthly Summaries
2023

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


Fulmar La Vallette, SPP: 1 on 6th (Pjv/Jev);
Manx Shearwater Fort Doyle: 1 on 29th Jul [close inshore feeding in bay] (MPL); Grandes Rocques: 11+ on 30th Jul [17.40-18.10hrs. heading SW.] (AJB); Jaonneuse: 8 on 15th Jul (KC); Pleinmont: 1 on 19th Jul [In flight offshore] (WRT);
Balearic Shearwater Jaonneuse: 2 on 15th Jul (KC);
Cormorant Lihoumel: 4 on 5th Jul [Well-grown chicks in colony] (WRT); Reservoir: 6 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Cattle Egret Vale Pond: 1 on 29th Jul (APL);
Little Egret Claire Mare: 2 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD); 1 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Imperial Hotel, Rocquaine: 3 on 24th Jul [Roosting] (WRT); L'Eree: 3 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Perelle: 3 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Pulias: 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0); Reservoir: 15 on 1st Jul [Flock roosting on east raft] (WRT); 6 on 7th Jul [Roosting on north side of east arm] (WRT); 12 on 29th Jul [Flock] (WRT); Vale Pond: 2 on 18th Jul (Pjv/Jev); 5 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Grey Heron Claire Mare: 2 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD); 2 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Pulias: 2 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0); Reservoir: 3 on 1st Jul (WRT); Vale Pond: 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Spoonbill Claire Mare: 1 on 6th Jul [Still present.] (AJB);
Shelduck Claire Mare: 10 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); Pulias: 2 on 26th Jul [Juveniles] (Peter Howlett/0);
Mallard Claire Mare: 12 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett);
Marsh Harrier Claire Mare: 1 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); 1 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD); Herm: 1 on 1st Jul (MCS);
Hen Harrier Pleinmont: 1 on 29th Jul [female] (DJC);
Sparrowhawk Vauvert: 1 on 7th Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Buzzard Reservoir: 1 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); 3 on 29th Jul (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 6th Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Kestrel Lihou Island: 2 on 20th Jul [Hunting] (WRT); Vale Pond: 1 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD); 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Merlin Jerbourg: 1 on 5th Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Hobby Tiel: 1 on 20th Jul (MAG);
Moorhen Claire Mare: 2 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); Reservoir: 2 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); Vale Pond: 3 on 16th Jul [Adult + 2 young] (MCS/JPD); 3 on 26th Jul [including one juvenile] (Peter Howlett/0);
Coot Vale Pond: 4 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD); 4 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Oystercatcher Imperial Hotel, Rocquaine: 12 on 1st Jul [Total feeding along tideline] (WRT); 10 on 23rd Jul [Roosting flock] (WRT); Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT); Perelle: 55 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Rocquaine: 17 on 8th Jul [Feeding on Old Fish Factory beach] (WRT); 46 on 27th Jul [Flock feeding below The Imperial Hotel] (WRT);
Sanderling Perelle: 2 on 19th Jul [Feeding together at FLC end (AM)] (WRT);
Dunlin Claire Mare: 1 on 23rd Jul (MCS/AJB );
Black-tailed Godwit Vale Pond: 1 on 15th Jul (KC); 1 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD); 1 on 18th Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Whimbrel L'Eree: 1 on 14th Jul (WRT); 6 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); 1 on 30th Jul (WRT); Perelle: 1 on 31st Jul (WRT); Petils Bay: 1 on 27th Jul (MPL); Pulias: 3 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0); Shingle Bank: 3 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD);
Curlew L'Eree: 2 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Rocquaine: 1 on 8th Jul [Feeding on Old Fish Factory beach] (WRT); 2 on 14th Jul (WRT);
Redshank Claire Mare: 1 on 2nd Jul (MCS); Perelle: 1 on 13th Jul [Adult feeding along tideline at FLC end] (WRT);
Greenshank Vale Pond: 1 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD); 1 on 18th Jul (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0); 1 on 27th Jul [Still present.] (AJB);
Green Sandpiper Claire Mare: 1 on 20th Jul (APL);
Common Sandpiper Claire Mare: 2 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD); 1 on 25th Jul (AJB); Petils Bay: 3 on 27th Jul (MPL); Pulias: 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0); Reservoir: 1 on 25th Jul [East arm] (WRT); Vale Pond: 1 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD);
Mediterranean Gull Belle Greve Bay: 4 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); 1 on 29th Jul (VF/JF); L'Eree: 3 on 8th Jul [2 x adult + 1 x 1st-summer in roosting Black-headed gull flock] (WRT); 5 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Perelle: 8 on 25th Jul [Flock of adults in Driftwood Inn roost] (WRT); 15 on 28th Jul [Flock in Driftwood Inn roost] (WRT); 17 on 31st Jul [Flock in northern end of Driftwood Inn gull roost] (WRT); Rocquaine: 1 on 8th Jul [Juvenile in Old Fish Factory gull roost] (WRT); 2 on 14th Jul [Adult + 3CY] (WRT); 11 on 27th Jul [Flock roosting on sand below The Imperial Hotel] (WRT); 7 on 28th Jul (WRT); Vazon: 1 on 7th Jul [Adult in summer-plumage roosting in Black-headed Gull flock] (WRT); 14 on 15th Jul [Total in mixed flock with Black-headed Gulls] (WRT); 4 on 16th Jul (MCS); 5 on 23rd Jul (MCS);
Black-headed Gull Belle Greve Bay: c20 on 29th Jul (VF/JF); L'Eree: 3 on 3rd Jul [Roosting on beach together] (WRT); 7 on 5th Jul [Roosting on beach together] (WRT); 22 on 8th Jul [Roosting flock] (WRT); 14 on 11th Jul [Flock roosting on beach (including the first juvenile of the year)] (WRT); 5 on 27th Jul [Flock roosting on beach] (WRT); 7 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Perelle: 3 on 28th Jul [In Driftwood Inn roost] (WRT); Vazon: 13 on 7th Jul [Roosting flock] (WRT);
Lesser Black-backed Gull Colin Best NR: 55 on 27th Jul [Total in Les Sablons gull roost in poor weather conditions] (WRT); 70 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Jerbourg: 1 on 29th Jul (VF); Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT); 1 on 20th Jul [Total juveniles seen] (WRT); Perelle: 3 on 28th Jul [Total number of juveniles] (WRT);
Herring Gull Colin Best NR: 50 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); L'Eree: 12 on 27th Jul [Total number of juveniles feeding] (WRT); Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT); 2 on 20th Jul [Total juveniles seen] (WRT); Perelle: 5 on 28th Jul [Total number of juveniles] (WRT); Pleinmont: 3 on 19th Jul [Fully-fledged juveniles] (WRT); Reservoir: 1 on 21st Jul [First fully-fledged juvenile away from breeding sites] (WRT); Rocquaine: c40 on 8th Jul [Roosting on Old Fish Factory beach] (WRT);
Yellow-legged Gull L'Eree: 1 on 17th Jul [Juvenile in beach roost (AM) (different bird to the one at Perelle on 14 Jul 2023)] (WRT); 4 on 28th Jul [Juveniles (same time of day as Perelle birds)] (WRT); 7 on 29th Jul [Juveniles] (WRT); 4 on 30th Jul [Juveniles] (WRT); 6 on 31st Jul [Juveniles] (WRT); Perelle: 1 on 2nd Jul [1st-summer (2CY) in Driftwood Inn beach roost] (WRT); 2 on 11th Jul [New-in adults in Driftwood Inn beach gull roost @18:45 hrs] (WRT); 2 on 14th Jul [1st juvenile of the year @midday + adult in the roost @6pm] (WRT); 1 on 17th Jul [Juvenile (different bird to the one there on 14 Jul 2023)] (WRT); 1 on 19th Jul [Juvenile in Driftwood Inn roost (evening)] (WRT); 3 on 21st Jul [Juveniles in evening Driftwood Inn gull roost] (WRT); 1 on 22nd Jul [(Green)31J:C - juvenile colour-ringed on the French Mediterranean coast] (WRT); 4 on 23rd Jul [1 x adult + 3 x juvenile (incl. (Green)31J:C)] (WRT); 2 on 25th Jul [4CY (1st seen 08 Jul) + juvenile in Driftwood Inn roost)] (WRT); 2 on 26th Jul [Adult + juvenile in Driftwood Inn roost] (WRT/JH); 2 on 26th Jul [Separate juvenile and adult] (JH/WRT); 7 on 28th Jul [1 x adult + 6 x juveniles (same time of day as L'Eree birds)] (WRT); 4 on 31st Jul [Juveniles] (WRT); Reservoir: 3 on 19th Jul [Juveniles (1 on east bank + 2 on west raft (evening))] (WRT); 1 on 22nd Jul [Juvenile] (WRT); 1 on 23rd Jul [Juvenile on west raft] (WRT); 3 on 29th Jul [Juveniles] (WRT); Rocquaine: 1 on 24th Jul [Juvenile on beach (PM)] (WRT); 1 on 28th Jul [Juvenile] (WRT);
Great Black-backed Gull Colin Best NR: 14 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Lihou Island: 2 on 5th Jul [Total number of chicks seen (still small-sized)] (WRT); 3 on 20th Jul [Total juveniles seen] (WRT); Lihoumel: 1 on 5th Jul [Chick] (WRT);
Sandwich Tern Bordeaux: 3 on 25th Jul (AJB); Fort Doyle: 30+ on 29th Jul (MPL);
Common Tern Bordeaux: 1 on 27th Jul (AJB); Fort Doyle: 1 on 29th Jul (MPL);
Stock Dove Vale Pond: 5 on 16th Jul (MCS/JPD); 8 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Woodpigeon Lihou Island: 1 on 5th Jul (WRT); Reservoir: 3 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Barn Owl Rue de la Vallee, Torteval: 1 on 14th Jul [Screeching @23:25 hrs] (WRT); 1 on 18th Jul [Screeching @22:25 hrs] (WRT);
Long-eared Owl unidentified site: 2 on 29th Jul [chicks calling at 1705hrs] (VF);
Swift Bouet: 9 on 18th Jul [Seen 19.00] (VF); Clifton: 100 on 18th Jul [Seen 20.40 viewed from Mignot Plateau] (VF); Delisles Methodist Church: 21 on 18th Jul [Seen 20.30] (VF); Imperial Hotel, Rocquaine: 5 on 13th Jul [2 + 1 + 2 south in 5 minutes @09:45 hrs] (WRT); Salerie: c20 on 18th Jul [Seen 20.40] (VF); Vauvert: 15+ on 4th Jul (Pjv/Jev); 28+ on 7th Jul (Pjv/Jev); 20+ on 18th Jul (Pjv/Jev); 30+ on 28th Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Great Spotted Woodpecker Reservoir: 1 on 3rd Jul [In west arm pines calling] (WRT); 1 on 30th Jul [West Arm pines] (WRT); Trinity: 1 on 9th Jul (JH/MH);
Swallow Vale Pond: 4 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Rock Pipit Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT);
Wren Reservoir: 4 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Wheatear Fort Hommet: 1 on 25th Jul [NE point. ] (AJB); Pulias: 1 on 26th Jul (Peter Howlett/0);
Blackbird Reservoir: 4 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Song Thrush Reservoir: 1 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Cetti's Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 2nd Jul (MCS); 1 on 23rd Jul (MCS/JPD);
Blackcap Reservoir: 3 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0); Shingle Bank: 1 on 1st Jul (Pjv/Jev);
Chiffchaff Reservoir: 5 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Willow Warbler Bordeaux: 1 on 28th Jul (AJB); Rue de Valniquets: c10 on 25th Jul [Autumn migrants] (WRT);
Firecrest Reservoir: 1 on 4th Jul [Juvenile ] (Pjv/0);
Carrion Crow Reservoir: 4 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Raven Bordeaux: 1 on 25th Jul (Pjv/Jev); Herm: 1 on 1st Jul (MCS);
Starling Rue de la Rocque: c60 on 10th Jul [Mixed flock of adults + juveniles feeding on grass verge] (WRT/JKT); c60 on 12th Jul [Mixed flock of adults + juveniles feeding on grass verge again] (WRT/JKT);
House Sparrow Claire Mare: 6 on 27th Jul (Peter Howlett); Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT);
Chaffinch Reservoir: 18 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Greenfinch Reservoir: 2 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Goldfinch Reservoir: 2 on 4th Jul (Pjv/0);
Linnet Lihou Island: Present on 5th Jul (WRT);
Bullfinch Reservoir: 2 on 29th Jul [Padins Bridge] (WRT); 1 on 30th Jul [West Arm car park] (WRT);
Grey Seal Pezeries: 5 on 23rd Jul (MCS);
Holly Blue Mont d'Aval: 1 on 2nd Jul (MCS);
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Jerbourg: 1 on 6th Jul (AJB);
Clouded Yellow Beaucette Marina: 1 on 10th Jul (AJB);
Purple Hairstreak Reservoir: 3 on 6th Jul [Flying together in oak canopy] (WRT/JKT); 1 on 29th Jul [In oak canopy] (WRT/JKT);
Silver Y Lihou Island: 2 on 20th Jul (WRT);
Common/Arctic Tern Belle Greve Bay: 1+ on 29th Jul (VF/JF);
Unidentified auk Jaonneuse: 1 on 15th Jul (KC);
Unidentified shearwater Fort Doyle: 100+ on 29th Jul (MPL);
Unidentified Swift Fort Doyle: 100+ on 29th Jul (MPL);