A day by day log of bird sighting on Blow's Downs for spring 2003

Blows Downs Bird List

by Rob Dazley

The key to Category/status is at the bottom of the list

Blows Downs Bird List - (including adjacent farmland)
No	Species	Cat		No	Species	Cat
1	Cormorant	A		69	Meadow Pipit	Cb
2	Grey Heron	A		70	Yellow Wagtail	Ap
3	Mute Swan	R		71	Grey Wagtail	R
4	Pink-footed Goose	V		72	Pied Wagtail	C
5	Greylag Goose	V		73	Waxwing	V
6	Canada Goose	A		74	Wren	Cb
7	Egyptian Goose	V		75	Dunnock	Cb
8	Shelduck	V		76	Robin	Cb
9	Mallard	O		77	Nightingale	R
10	Honey Buzzard	V		78	Black Redstart	Fp
11	Red Kite	V		79	Redstart	Fp
12	Marsh Harrier	V		80	Whinchat	Fp
13	Goshawk	V		81	Stonechat	Aw
14	Sparrowhawk	F		82	Wheatear	Fp
15	Buzzard	A		83	Ring Ouzel	Fp
16	Osprey	V		84	Blackbird	Cb
17	Kestrel	Cb		85	Fieldfare	Fw
18	Merlin	R		86	Song Thrush	Cb
19	Hobby	A		87	Redwing	Fw
20	Peregrine	V		88	Mistle Thrush	Cb
21	Red-leg. Partridge	A		89	Grasshopper Warbler	Op
22	Partridge	R		90	Sedge Warbler	Ap
23	Quail	V		91	Reed Warbler	O
24	Pheasant	Fb		92	Dartford Warbler	V
25	Moorhen	A		93	Lesser Whitethroat	Fb
26	Common Crane	V		94	Whitethroat	Fb
27	Oystercatcher	V		95	Garden Warbler	Fb
28	Ringed Plover	V		96	Blackcap	Cb
29	Dotterel	V		97	Wood Warbler	V
30	Golden Plover	R		98	Chiffchaff	Cb
31	Grey Plover	V		99	Willow Warbler	Cb
32	Lapwing	A		100	Goldcrest	Fp
33	Jack Snipe	V		101	Firecrest	Rp
34	Snipe	V		102	Spotted Flycatcher	Fp
35	Woodcock	V		103	Pied Flycatcher	Rp
36	Whimbrel	V		104	Long-tailed Tit	Cb
37	Curlew	R		105	Marsh Tit	R
38	Greenshank	V		106	Willow Tit	Ab
39	Green Sandpiper	V		107	Coal Tit	A
40	Black-headed Gull	C		108	Blue Tit	Cb
41	Common Gull	C		109	Great Tit	Cb
42	Lesser Black-b Gull	Fp		110	Nuthatch	V
43	Herring Gull	O		111	Treecreeper	Fb
44	Great Black-b Gull	O		112	Red-backed Shrike	V
45	Little Tern	V		113	Jay	Fb
46	Feral Pigeon	C		114	Magpie	Cb
47	Stock Dove	F		115	Jackdaw	F
48	Woodpigeon	Cb		116	Rook	F
49	Collared Dove	Cb		117	Carrion Crow	Cb
50	Turtle Dove	Os		118	Starling	C
51	Ring-necked Parakeet	R		119	House Sparrow	C
52	Cuckoo	A		120	Tree Sparrow	O
53	Barn Owl	V		121	Chaffinch	Cb
54	Little Owl	V		122	Brambling	O
55	Tawny Owl	O		123	Greenfinch	Cb
56	Long-eared Owl	V		124	Goldfinch	Cb
57	Short-eared Owl	V		125	Siskin	V
58	Nightjar	V		126	Linnet	Cb
59	Swift	Fs		127	Twite	V
60	Green Woodpecker	F		128	Lesser Redpoll	O
61	Great Spotted W.	F		129	Bullfinch	Cb
62	Lesser Spotted W.	V		130	Hawfinch	V
63	Skylark	Cb		131	Snow Bunting	V
64	Sand Martin	Ap	132	Yellowhammer	Cb
65	Swallow	Fs	133	Reed Bunting	R
66	Red-rumped Swallow	V *	134	Corn Bunting	V
67	House Martin	Fs	135	Ruff	V
68	Tree Pipit	Ap	136

Escapes

1	Ruddy Shelduck
2	Cockatiel
3	Budgerigar
4	Peach-faced Lovebird

The above bird list is based on information passed to me by local birdwatchers - some records have never been verified but for the purposes of completeness as included here.

Key

C � Common (seen on most visits)

F � Frequent (generally present {in season} in small numbers)

A � Annual (seen in most years in small numbers)

O � Occasional (more than 20 records)

R - Rare (5 or more records for the site)

V � Vagrant (less than 5 {or historic} records for the site

b � currently breeds

p - passage

s � summer

w � winter

* � not accepted by BBRC

Rob Dazley �Voluntary Warden