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OUT AND ABOUT WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

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OUT AND ABOUT WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS A - F

The following tables list mainly North Somerset wildlife sightings, the frequency of their sightings, when last seen, where seen and notes.

The RSPB UK Garden Bird ranking can be found within notes.

 


BIRDS

SEEN LAST SEEN WHERE NOTES

ARCTIC TERN

RARELY

VISITOR

21 APRIL 2013 PORTBURY WHARF NATURE RESERVE, PORTBURY, NORTH SOMERSET.  

AVOCET

RARELY

RESIDENT

24 MAY 2016 CLEY MARSHES, NORFOLK  

BARN OWL

RARELY

RESIDENT

04 JUNE 2012 SHAPWICK HEATH NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET

2022 No 59 RSPB GARDEN BIRD.

2021 No 58.

2020 No 56.

2019 No 57.

2018 No 61.

2017 No 57.

2016 No 57.

2015 No 65.

2014 No 66

BAR TAILED GODWIT

OCCASIONALLY

VISITOR

17 SEPTEMBER 2015

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

02 SEPTEMBER 2015

24 APRIL 2015

11 APRIL 2014

30 MARCH 2014

21 FEBRUARY 2014

 

SHAPWICK HEATH NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET  

BITTERN

 

OCCASIONALLY

BUT HEARD FREQUENTLY

06 FEBRUARY 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

17 JULY 2022

30 APRIL 2019

13 NOVEMBER 2018

19 OCTOBER 2018

10 OCTOBER 2018

17 MAY 2018

28 DECEMBER 2017

21 MAY 2017

02 MAY 2017

03 JULY 2016

12 JUNE 2016

28 JANUARY 2016

06 AUGUST 2016

23 MAY 2015

13 JUNE 2014

25 DECEMBER 2013

25 MARCH 2012

29 MAY 2011

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET 29 MAY 2011 MY FIRST SIGHTING OF THIS BIRD.

BLUE WINGED TEAL

 

RARELY

 

19 MAY 2012 KEW ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, LONDON.  

BRENT GOOSE

OCCASIONALLY

VISITOR

18 NOVEMBER 2012 CLEVEDON SEA DEFENCES, NORTH SOMERSET.

 

BULLFINCH

RARELY

RESIDENT

26 JANUARY 2018

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

01 APRIL 2012

24 FEBRUARY 2008

 

KEWSTOKE, SANDBAY, NORTH SOMERSET.

2022 No 28 RSPB GARDEN BIRD.

2021 No 28.

2020 No 24.

2019 No 24.

2018 No 21.

2017 No 22.

2016 No 24.

2015 No 24.

2014 No 24.

2013 No 26.

2012 No 23.

2011 No 27.

2010 No 21.

 

CANADA GOOSE

FREQUENTLY

RESIDENT

06 FEBRUARY 2023

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

10 JANUARY 2023

27 DECEMBER 2022

25 DECEMBER 2022

17 JULY 2022

23 MARCH 2022

17 MARCH 2022

07 SEPTEMBER 2021

25 DECEMBER 2020

11 OCTOBER 2020

07 OCTOBER 2020

20 JULY 2020

20 MAY 2020

06 MAY 2020

20 JANUARY 2020

01 JANUARY 2020

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET

SIGHTINGS INCREASING.

 

7 GOOSE GARDEN FLYOVER 09 SEPTEMBER 2023

12 GOOSE GARDEN FLYOVER 11 AUGUST 2020

CATTLE EGRET

OCCASIONALLY

VISITOR

27 DECEMBER 2022

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

18 OCTOBER 2022

11 OCTOBER 2022

07 SEPTEMBER 2022

01 JANUARY 2022

25 DECEMBER 2020

20 JANUARY 2020

11 NOVEMBER 2019
27 OCTOBER 2019

03 SEPTEMBER 2019

24 MARCH 2019
28 AUGUST 2018

09 AUGUST 2018

CATCOTT NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

SIGHTINGS INCREASING.

CETTI'S WARBLER

OCCASIONALLY

BUT HEARD FREQUENTLY

RESIDENT

 

27 DECEMBER 2022

 

PREVIOUSLY

18 OCTOBER 2022

02 JUNE 2022

23 MARCH 2022

17 MARCH 2022

20 SEPTEMBER 2021

22 NOVEMBER 2020

04 NOVEMBER 2020

11 OCTOBER 2020

24 JUNE 2020

09 JUNE 2020

20 MAY 2020

26 FEBRUARY 2020

20 JANUARY 2020

01 JANUARY 2020

18 NOVEMBER 2019

11 NOVEMBER 2019

27 OCTOBER 2019

13 SEPTEMBER 2019

03 SEPTEMBER 2019

24 JULY 2019

23 JUNE 2019

12 MAY 2019

24 MARCH 2019

11 APRIL 2019

14 FEBRUARY 2019

25 JANUARY 2019

28 DECEMBER 2018

25 DECEMBER 2018

 

CATCOTT NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

 

CHOUGH

RARELY

RESIDENT

17 JULY 2009 SOUTH STACK, ANGLESEY  

COMMON CRANE

RARELY

RESIDENT

21 MAY 2016

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

10 AUGUST 2013

HICKLING BROAD, NORFOLK. RECENTLY REINTRODUCED TO THE UK AND SUCCESSFULLY BRED ON THE SOMERSET LEVELS IN 2015.

COMMON SANDPIPER

RARELY

VISITOR

11 OCTOBER 2022

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

01 JANUARY 2021

18 SEPTEMBER 2019

15 JANUARY 2012

BLAGDON LAKE, BLAGDON, NORTH SOMERSET.  

COMMON TERN

RARELY

VISITOR

21 MAY 2016

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

13 JUNE 2014

CLEY MARSHES, NORFOLK.

 

COOT

FREQUENTLY

RESIDENT

06 FEBRUARY 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

01 JANUARY 2023

25 DECEMBER 2022

18 OCTOBER 2022

11 OCTOBER 2022

07 SEPTEMBER 2022

17 JULY 2022

14 JUNE 2022

02 JUNE 2022

23 MARCH 2022

17 MARCH 2022

25 DECEMBER 2021

16 SEPTEMBER 2021

01 JANUARY 2021

25 DECEMBER 2020

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET

 

CORMORANT

FREQUENTLY

RESIDENT

06 FEBRUARY 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

01 JANUARY 2023

27 DECEMBER 2022

25 DECEMBER 2022

18 OCTOBER 2022

11 OCTOBER 2022

07 SEPTEMBER 2022

17 JULY 2022

02 JUNE 2022

23 MARCH 2022

17 MARCH 2022

01 JANUARY 2022

25 DECEMBER 2021

16 SEPTEMBER 2021

07 SEPTEMBER 2021

24 AUGUST 2021

01 JANUARY 2021

22 NOVEMBER 2020

04 NOVEMBER 2020

11 OCTOBER 2020

29 SEPTEMBER 2020

24 JUNE 2020

20 MAY 2020

26 FEBRUARY 2020

29 JANUARY 2020

01 JANUARY 2020

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET  

CUCKOO

RARELY

BUT HEARD FREQUENTLY

VISITOR

02 JUNE 2022

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

23 JUNE 2019

17 MAY 2018

13 MAY 2018

02 MAY 2017

24 MAY 2015

23 MAY 2015

01 JUNE 2014

04 JUNE 2012

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2023 FIRST HEARD 07 MAY WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2022 FIRST HEARD 02 JUNE WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2021 FIRST HEARD ?

2020 FIRST HEARD ?

2019 FIRST HEARD 12 MAY CATCOTT NATURE RESERVE , SOMERSET.

2018 FIRST HEARD 19 APRIL SHAPWICK HEATH NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2017 FIRST HEARD 02 MAY WESYHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2016 FIRST HEARD 20 APRIL SHAPWICK HEATH NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

2015 FIRST HEARD 24 APRIL WALTON COMMON, CLEVEDON, NORTH SOMERSET.

2014 FIRST HEARD 18 MAY WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.

CURLEW

FREQUENTLY

RESIDENT

06 SEPTEMBER 2021

PREVIOUSLY SEEN
07 OCTOBER 2020

20 JULY 2020

23 APRIL 2020

06 FEBRUARY 2020

02 OCTOBER 2019
08 SEPTEMBER 2019
04 JULY 2019

12 MAY 2019

27 FEBRUARY 2019

05 OCTOBER 2018

02 OCTOBER 2018

19 SEPTEMBER 2018
21 AUGUST 2018

26 JANUARY 2018

26 JANUARY 2018

CLEVEDON SEA DEFENCES, NORTH SOMERSET.  

DIPPER

RARELY

RESIDENT

09 JULY 2005 RIVER AVON, SHIPLEY BRIDGE, DARTMOOR.  

DUNLIN

FREQUENTLY

VISITOR

06 FEBRUARY 2020


PREVIOUSLY SEEN
08 SEPTEMBER 2019
26 JANUARY 2018

25 OCTOBER 2015

07 SEPTEMBER 2015

25 MAY 2015

24 APRIL 2015

28 DECEMBER 2014

31 OCTOBER 2014

24 AUGUST 2014

16 FEBRUARY 2014

CLEVEDON SEA DEFENCES, NORTH SOMERSET.  

EIDER

RARELY

VISITOR

20 MAY 2012 LONDON WETLANDS CENTRE.  

EGYPTIAN GOOSE

RARELY

VISITOR

05 APRIL 2016

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

19 MAY 2012

BLAGDON LAKE, BLAGDON, NORTH SOMERSET.  

 

 

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FOCUS ON THE BIRD

 

The buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Family - Accipitridae. Hawks, vultures and eagles.

Length - 50 to 57cm. Wingspan - 1.13 to 1.28m. Weight - 550 to 1,200g. Lifespan - Up to 25 years. Conservation Status - Secure.

Seen - All year round near wooded hillsides, cliffs and farmland. They soar, display and call most in spring.

Eats - Small mammals especially voles and small rabbits, birds and carrion.

Nests - Built of sticks from March to June on a cliff ledge or tree top. 2 - 4 eggs. 1 brood.

 

One of the most common and widespread European birds of prey. Buzzards are impressive whether soaring effortlessly or sitting patiently on a telegraph pole, they are the largest raptor that many of us ever see. The female is slightly larger than the male, both have broad rounded wings, short necks and short, rounded, barred tails. Plumage varies from pale cream to blackish brown, but from below their flight feathers are always pale with a dark trailing edge. Numbers are now recovering after being persecuted by gamekeepers and deprived of their important food the rabbit by the disease myxomatosis which killed many rabbits in the 1950's.

 

                   

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ANIMALS AND AMPHIBIANS SEEN LAST SEEN WHERE NOTES

ADDER

RARELY

17 JULY 2020

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

19 APRIL 2019

13 SEPTEMBER 2009

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCKHILL, SOMERSET  
BROWN HARE OCCASIONALLY

17 MAY 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

11 OCTOBER 2022

12 MAY 2019

03 JULY 2011

BACK LANE, KINGSTON SEYMOUR, NORTH SOMERSET.  

COMMON LIZARD

RARELY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

17 JULY 2020

29 MAY 2020

10 JULY 2019

21 JUNE 2019

30 APRIL 2019

03 JUNE 2018

27 AUGUST 2017

14 MAY 2017

14 AUGUST 2016

03 JUNE 2016

21 MAY 2016

17 AUGUST 2015

04 MAY 2015

26 MAY 2014

09 SEPTEMBER 2012

11 JULY 2012

 

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET  

FALLOW DEER

RARELY 02 AUGUST 2009 NEW FOREST, HAMPSHIRE.  

 

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BUTTERFLIES, INSECTS AND MOTHS SEEN LAST SEEN WHERE NOTES

ADONIS BLUE BUTERFLY

RARELY

22 JULY 2016

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

DRAYCOTT SLEIGHTS,NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.  

BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE DAMSELFLY

OCCASIONALLY

29 JUNE 2014

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

02 AUGUST 2009

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.  

BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY

 

OCCASIONALLY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

BORDERED STRAW MOTH

RARELY

22 JULY 2016

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

DRAYCOTT SLEIGHTS, NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.  

BROWN ARGOS BUTTERFLY

OCCASIONALLY

21 JULY 2020

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

26 AUGUST 2019

05 SEPTEMBER 2017

01 JUNE 2017

15 AUGUST 2016

03 JUNE 2016

17 AUGUST 2015

15 AUGUST 2014

27 JULY 2014 

GREENDOWN NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.  

BURNET COMPANION

RARELY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

21 JUNE 2019

15 JUNE 2018

03 JUNE 2018

17 JULY 2017

14 JUNE 2017

22 JULY 2016

20 JUNE 2014

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

CHALK-HILL BLUE BUTTERFLY

RARELY

02 AUGUST 2019

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

18 JULY 2018

20 JULY 2014

DRAYCOTT SLEIGHTS NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET.  

CHIMNEY SWEEPER MOTH

OCCASIONALLY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

29 MAY 2020

21 JUNE 2019

15 JUNE 2018

17 JULY 2017

14 JUNE 2017

18 JULY 2016

03 JULY 2015

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

CLOUDED MAGPIE MOTH

OCCASIONALLY 19 AUGUST 2012 KINGSTON SEYMOUR SEA DEFENCES, NORTH SOMERSET.  

CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY

OCCASIONALLY

18 OCTOBER 2022

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

10 OCTOBER 2018

05 OCTOBER 2018

31 JULY 2018

31 OCTOBER 2014

10 OCTOBER 2014

05 OCTOBER 2014

26 SEPTEMBER 2014

15 AUGUST 2014

25 JULY 2014

CATCOTT NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET 2014 APPEARS TO OF BEEN EVEN BETTER THAN 2013.

2013 APPEARS TO OF BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR SIGHTINGS OF THIS MIGRANT.

COMMON BLUE DAMSELFLY

OCCASIONALLY

24 JUNE 2020

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

24 JULY 2019

28 JUNE 2019

25 SEPTEMBER 2018

03 JUNE 2018

17 MAY 2018

19 SEPTEMBER 2017

27 AUGUST 2017

14 JUNE 2017

26 AUGUST 2016

26 SEPTEMBER 2015

11 JULY 2014

WESTHAY MOOR NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET  

DARK GREEN FRITILLARY

RARELY

17 JULY 2020

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

10 JULY 2019

17 JULY 2017

18 JULY 2016

07 AUGUST 2015

03 JULY 2015

14 JULY 2013

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

DINGY SKIPPER

 

 

RARELY

15 JUNE 2018

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

DOWNY EMERALD

 

RARELY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

10 JULY 2019

21 JUNE 2019

15 JUNE 2018

03 JUNE 2018

14 JUNE 2017

05 JUNE 2016

20 JUNE 2014

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

FIELD VOLE

RARELY

14 JUNE 2017

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL<, SOMERSET.  

FIVE SPOT BURNET

OCCASIONALLY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

10 JULY 2019

21 JUNE 2019

15 JUNE 2018

17 JULY 2017

14 JUNE 2017

 

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  

 FORESTER MOTH

OCCASIONALLY

26 JUNE 2023

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

14 JUNE 2022

29 MAY 2020

10 JULY 2019

21 JUNE 2019

15 JUNE 2018

17 JULY 2017

14 JUNE 2017

03 JULY 2015

PRIDDY MINERIES, STOCK HILL, SOMERSET.  
 
 

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FUNGI AND PLANTS SEEN LAST SEEN WHERE NOTES

FLY AGARIC

OCCASIONALLY

19 OCTOBER 2018

 

PREVIOUSLY SEEN

 

SHAPWICK HEATH NATURE RESERVE, SOMERSET  
 
 
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