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 Birds seen or heard in or over Montpelier | | |
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Status C = Common F = Frequent S = Scarce RV = Rare Vagrant SV = Summer Visitor WV = Winter Visitor PM = Passage Migrant R = Resident |
CORMORANT (S) Occasionally seen flying over in ones or twos |
GREY HERON (RV) only two records of individuals flying over on 4th November 2002 and 24 November 2007. |
MUTE SWAN (RV) A party of 9 over the station on 16th October 2007 is the only record |
SPARROWHAWK (F) Seen throughout the year but less often in the breeding season |
KESTREL (RV) Once frequently seen in Montpelier this species has not been seen for several years. They used to favour the railway land now occupied by flats along Station Road |
PEREGRINE FALCON (RV?) One seen flying over Station Road on 19th November 2007 was the first confirmed record though this bird is probably overlooked as several pairs nest around Bristol. |
BLACK-HEADED GULL (RV) Very few recent records - the nearest in St Werburghs - and only in winter |
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (C) Many seen drifting overhead every day, commoner in the summer |
HERRING GULL (C) Many seen drifting overhead every day |
FERAL PIGEON (C) Ubiquitous! |
WOODPIGEON (C) Very familiar sight in gardens |
COLLARED DOVE (C) Common around the station and in gardens |
TURTLE DOVE (RV/PM) Only one record of this nationally scarce species - one singing on 20th April 2007 at the station |
TAWNY OWL (RV) Only two records; one calling behind the Old England on 21st September 1983 and a male and female heard on 2nd October 2005 in Richmond Road |
SWIFT (SV) Decreasing numbers breed every summer |
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (RV(?)) Only one record of two birds on 5th October 2007 but no doubt overlooked and may be more common than this |
SKYLARK (PM) Small numbers pass overhead mainly in autumn |
HOUSE MARTIN (PM) Small groups usually seen in early autumn but breeds outside Monty proper |
SWALLOW (PM/S) Occasionally noted in spring and autumn in very small numbers |
MEADOW PIPIT (PM) Occasionally seen or heard overhead, mainly in the autumn |
GREY WAGTAIL (S) One or two seen mainly in autumn and winter |
PIED WAGTAIL (F/PM/WV) Usually seen in small numbers, mainly in autumn and winter |
WREN (C) Mostly heard and seen in gardens and the park |
DUNNOCK (C) A frequent garden visitor and common at the station |
ROBIN (C) A frequent garden visitor |
BLACKBIRD ( C/R/WV ) A regular garden visitor. Numbers may be swelled by migrants in autumn and winter |
FIELDFARE (WV) Small numbers fly over or even visit gardens in favourable years |
SONG THRUSH (RV) Once a common bird, this species has not been seen or heard in Monty proper for many years - nearest are in Narroways |
REDWING (WV) Small numbers fly over or even visit gardens in favourable years |
MISTLE THRUSH (S) One on 13th November 2007 in the park was the first for several years |
WHITETHROAT (S/PM) Up to a few years ago this species was regular along the cutting at Fairlawn Road but not seen in the last few years |
GARDEN WARBLER (PM/R) Probably overlooked, the only record is of one on 25th April 2007 |
BLACKCAP (SV/WV) One or two breed, probably more visit in winter |
WOOD WARBLER (RV/PM) Only two records, the first was in the early 80s (not seen by me) and the second was on 25th April 2004 in the park |
CHIFFCHAFF (PM/SV) Increasingly staying to breed, otherwise usually seen in small numbers in spring and autumn and they occasionally over-winter |
WILLOW WARBLER (PM) Occasionally seen or heard in spring but they don’t usually stay for the summer |
GOLDCREST (F/WV) Regularly encountered in the park |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (RV) Formerly bred near the station and St Pauls Park back in the 80s but now extremely rare and declining nationally |
LONG-TAILED TIT (F) Parties regularly seen in the park and in gardens |
COAL TIT ( F) Most often heard or seen in the park |
BLUE TIT (C ) Regular garden visitor |
GREAT TIT (C) Regular garden visitor |
JAY (F) Small numbers breed - frequently seen in gardens, the park and the station |
MAGPIE (C) A frequent garden visitor throughout the year |
JACKDAW (F) Regularly seen in small numbers but less rarely in summer. Largest count of twenty-three birds overhead on 21st October 2007 |
CARRION CROW (C) Many birds are seen locally and breed in good numbers |
RAVEN (F) Seen regularly in ones or twos but rarely in high summer |
STARLING (S/WV) Small parties occasionally seen mostly in autumn and winter so probably visitors from Eastern Europe |
HOUSE SPARROW (F/R) Small colonies still survive despite national declines |
CHAFFINCH (C/WV/R) Usually the small numbers of resident birds are joined by migrants in winter |
BRAMBLING (RV/WV) One reported at the station on 3rd January 2008 is the only record. |
GREENFINCH ( C/R/WV) Although resident, numbers usually increase in winter |
GOLDFINCH (F/R) Small numbers breed and occasionally visit gardens |
SISKIN (S/PM/WV) In favourable years, individuals occasionally heard calling overhead |
LINNET (R/PM/WV) Singles occasionally seen or heard overhead - 8 or 9 birds seen in Richmond Road on 12 January 1982 is the highest count. |
LESSER REDPOLL ( S/WV/PM) Occasional single birds heard calling overhead mostly in autumn and winter |
BULLFINCH (S/R/WV ) Occasionally noted along Fairlawn Road in winter |
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