Alderney Birds - Monthly Summaries
2019

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


Sooty Shearwater Mannez Lighthouse: 3 on 7th (PKV/CMV);
Manx Shearwater Fort Houmet Herbe: 4 on 1st Sep (JDH/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 12 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV); 1 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Balearic Shearwater Fort Houmet Herbe: 30 on 1st Sep [14 loafing on sea] (JDH/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 3 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV); 1 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); 6 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Gannet Platte Saline: 20+ on 29th Sep [Offshore] (ADM);
Little Egret Longis Bay: 2 on 11th Sep (JDH/0);
Honey-buzzard Alderney golf course: 1 on 1st Sep (JDH/0); 1 on 5th Sep (JDH/0); Barrackmaster's Lane: 1 on 5th Sep [very pale] (PKV/CMV); Essex Farm: 1 on 4th Sep (JDH/0); Essex Hill: 2 on 1st Sep (JDH/0); Platte Saline: 1 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Hobby Barrackmaster's Lane: 1 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); St Anne: 1 on 15th Sep (JDH/0);
Water Rail Alderney Airport: 1 on 19th Sep (JDH/0);
Oystercatcher Longis Bay: 50 on 11th Sep (JDH/0);
Ringed Plover Longis Bay: 51 on 11th Sep (JDH/0); Platte Saline: 4 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Knot Platte Saline: 2 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Sanderling Longis Bay: 8 on 11th Sep (JDH/0);
Dunlin Longis Bay: 4 on 11th Sep (JDH/0);
Curlew Longis Bay: 12 on 11th Sep (JDH/0);
Turnstone Longis Bay: 3 on 11th Sep (JDH/0); Platte Saline: 5 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Pomarine Skua Mannez Lighthouse: 1 on 6th Sep [adult] (PKV/CMV);
Arctic Skua Mannez Lighthouse: 1 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV); 1 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); 2 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Great Skua Fort Houmet Herbe: 1 on 1st Sep (JDH/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 2 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV); 12 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); 8 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Mediterranean Gull Longis Bay: 1 on 18th Sep [winter plumage] (1/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 5 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); 6 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV); Platte Saline: 1 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Black-headed Gull Platte Saline: sev on 29th Sep (ADM);
Yellow-legged Gull Corblets Bay: 1 on 5th Sep [1st winter french ringed] (PKV/CMV);
Great Black-backed Gull Platte Saline: 3 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Kittiwake Chateau a l'Etoc: 1 on 1st Sep [Juv.] (JDH/0); Fort Houmet Herbe: 1 on 1st Sep [Adult] (JDH/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 4 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Sandwich Tern Corblets Bay: 62 on 14th Sep (SAR/0); Fort Houmet Herbe: 2 on 1st Sep (JDH/0); Longis Bay: 2 on 11th Sep (JDH/0); Mannez Lighthouse: 1 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Common Tern Fort Houmet Herbe: 2 on 1st Sep (JDH/0);
Kingfisher Crabby Bay: 1 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Great Spotted Woodpecker Barrackmaster's Lane: 1 on 16th Sep (JDH/0);
Meadow Pipit Platte Saline: sev on 29th Sep (ADM);
Grey Wagtail St Anne: 1 on 29th Sep [In St Anne's Church grounds] (ADM);
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Mannez Lighthouse: 5 on 6th Sep (PKV/CMV); 2 on 7th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Robin Crabby Bay: 1 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Stonechat Crabby Bay: 2 on 29th Sep (ADM); Platte Saline: 2 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Wheatear Platte Saline: sev on 29th Sep (ADM);
Ring Ouzel Giffoine: 1 on 30th Sep (JDH/0);
Blackbird Crabby Bay: 1 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Blackcap Crabby Bay: 1 on 29th Sep (ADM);
Pied Flycatcher Alderney golf course: 2 on 1st Sep (JDH/0);
Unidentified Swift Mannez Lighthouse: 18 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV);
Unidentified shearwater Mannez Lighthouse: 18 on 5th Sep (PKV/CMV);