Guernsey Birds - Monthly Summaries
2026

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


Great Crested Grebe Port Grat: 1 on 10th (MAG); Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Manx Shearwater Jaonneuse: 1 on 2nd Apr (KC); 2 on 7th Apr (KC); Pleinmont: c.30 on 12th Apr [Heading NW in 10 mins. at Point.] (AJB);
Gannet Jaonneuse: 12 on 6th Apr (DE); 4 on 7th Apr (DE);
Cormorant Reservoir: 3 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Little Egret Claire Mare: 1 on 9th Apr (DE); Vale Pond: 3 on 14th Apr (Pjv/0);
Grey Heron Claire Mare: 1 on 8th Apr (DE); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 6th Apr (DE);
Mute Swan Rue des Bergers: 1 on 2nd Apr (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 6th Apr [New course pond] (DE);
Brent Goose Belle Greve Bay: 3 on 7th Apr (DE);
Shelduck Claire Mare: 1 on 9th Apr (DE);
Teal Claire Mare: 19 on 1st Apr (DE); 15 on 3rd Apr (DE); 10 on 8th Apr (DE); 8 on 9th Apr (DE);
Mallard Grands Marais/Pre: Present on 12th Apr (ADM);
Black Kite Grande Mare: 1 on 7th Apr [11 am] (MPL); 2 on 7th Apr [Drifted to Saumarez Park] (JH); Home Farm: 1 on 7th Apr (APL/JH); Jaonneuse: 1 on 7th Apr (DE); Vauvert: 1 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0);
Red Kite Capelles: 2 on 7th Apr [Very mobile ] (DJC); Coutanchez: 2 on 7th Apr [2 pm] (MPL); 2 on 7th Apr (KC); Grande Mare: 2 on 7th Apr [11 am] (MPL); Home Farm: 2 on 7th Apr (APL/JH); Pleinmont: 2 on 7th Apr [Found by Danny Barnes. Headed down coast through the morning ] (JH); Vazon: 2 on 7th Apr [Over Les Dunes 10:35hrs.] (AJB);
Marsh Harrier Claire Mare: 1 on 1st Apr (DE); 2 on 1st Apr (DJC); 1 on 4th Apr (DE); 2 on 5th Apr (Pjv/0); 1 on 8th Apr (DE); 1 on 9th Apr (DE); 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/0); Grands Marais/Pre: Present on 12th Apr (ADM); Pleinmont: 4 on 6th Apr (DJC); 1 on 9th Apr (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 15th Apr (Pjv/Jev); Shingle Bank: 1 on 2nd Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Sparrowhawk Fauxquets Valley: 3 on 7th Apr (MPL); Grands Marais/Pre: Present on 12th Apr (ADM); Les Effards, STS: 1 on 6th Apr (DE); Vale Pond: 1 on 14th Apr (Pjv/0);
Buzzard Bulwer Avenue: 1 on 1st Apr (DE); Claire Mare: 1 on 4th Apr (DE); 1 on 8th Apr (DE); 3 on 9th Apr (DE); Pleinmont: 2 on 6th Apr (DJC); 2 on 9th Apr (Pjv/Jev); Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 2nd Apr (Pjv/Jev); 3 on 4th Apr (Pjv/0); 3 on 6th Apr (DE);
Kestrel Claire Mare: 1 on 9th Apr (DE); Grands Marais/Pre: Present on 12th Apr (ADM); Jaonneuse: 1 on 7th Apr (DE);
Pheasant Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Coot Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Purple Sandpiper Jaonneuse: 5 on 7th Apr [Roosting on offshore rock.] (AJB);
Snipe Claire Mare: 3 on 1st Apr (DJC); 3 on 4th Apr (DE); 7 on 8th Apr (DE); 1 on 9th Apr (DE);
Black-tailed Godwit Vale Pond: 1 on 11th Apr (CAL/0);
Bar-tailed Godwit Port Grat: 1 on 15th Apr (MPL);
Redshank Claire Mare: 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/0);
Common Sandpiper Fort Grey: 1 on 9th Apr (MAG);
Kittiwake Jaonneuse: 1 on 2nd Apr (KC);
Sandwich Tern Jaonneuse: 2 on 6th Apr (DE); 12 on 7th Apr (KC);
Stock Dove Reservoir: 2 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Woodpigeon Vauvert: 2 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Collared Dove Claire Mare: 1 on 8th Apr (DE);
Barn Owl Courtil de Bas, STS: 1 on 1st Apr (VF); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 2nd Apr (Pjv/0);
Hoopoe Scramble Track: 1 on 14th Apr (JH/MH);
Great Spotted Woodpecker Reservoir: 1 on 1st Apr (JH/MH);
Sand Martin Claire Mare: 1 on 8th Apr (DE); 2 on 9th Apr (DE); 3 on 16th Apr (Pjv/0); Fort Hommet: 2 on 2nd Apr (AJB); Jaonneuse: 1 on 7th Apr (KC); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 9th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Swallow Claire Mare: 4 on 4th Apr (DE); 2 on 5th Apr (Pjv/0); 7 on 8th Apr (DE); 20 on 9th Apr (DE); 6+ on 12th Apr (Pjv/0); Fauxquets Valley: 1 on 7th Apr (MPL); Fort Doyle: 2 on 13th Apr (AJB); Grandes Havres: 3 on 7th Apr (VF/JF); Pleinmont: 4 on 13th Apr (AJB); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 6th Apr (DE); 2 on 7th Apr (KC); 6+ on 9th Apr (Pjv/Jev); Shingle Bank: 1 on 4th Apr (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0);
House Martin Baubigny: 1 on 7th Apr (MPL); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 6th Apr (DE); 1 on 8th Apr (APL); 1 on 9th Apr (Pjv/Jev); 2 on 11th Apr (CAL/0);
Green Lizard La Vallette, SPP: 1 on 5th Apr [Female near old aquarium entrance ] (MAG);
Meadow Pipit Claire Mare: 2 on 9th Apr (DE);
Yellow Wagtail Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 9th Apr (TJB); Jaonneuse: 1 on 16th Apr [On and around seaweed] (ASmith);
Pied/White Wagtail Jaonneuse: 1 on 7th Apr (DE); Pleinmont: 1 on 8th Apr (DE);
White Wagtail (alba) Jaonneuse: 3 on 7th Apr (KC);
Wren Reservoir: 5 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Dunnock Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Robin Reservoir: 3 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Wheatear Jaonneuse: 6 on 7th Apr (DE); 8 on 7th Apr (KC); Pleinmont: 1 on 9th Apr (Ds/Jh/Apl); 5 on 13th Apr (AJB);
Ring Ouzel Pleinmont: 1 on 15th Apr [Female ] (APL);
Song Thrush Claire Mare: 1 on 8th Apr (DE);
Cetti's Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 4th Apr (DE); 1 on 8th Apr (DE); 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/0); 1 on 16th Apr (Pjv/0); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 5th Apr (Pjv/0); 1 on 6th Apr (DE);
Grasshopper Warbler Bordeaux Mound: 1 on 9th Apr (TJB);
Sedge Warbler Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 11th Apr (KC); Pleinmont: 1 on 8th Apr (DE);
Reed Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 11th Apr (DE); 1 on 16th Apr (Pjv/0);
Whitethroat Pleinmont: 1 on 8th Apr [Displaying] (JH/APL); 1 on 8th Apr (APL/JH); 2 on 9th Apr (Ds/Jh/Apl); 1 on 13th Apr (AJB); 1 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Blackcap Bulwer Avenue: 1 on 1st Apr (DE); Claire Mare: 1 on 8th Apr (DE); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 15th Apr (CAL/0); Pleinmont: 1 on 8th Apr (APL/JH); 1 on 13th Apr [Male.] (AJB); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 6th Apr (DE); Rue du Clos, St Sampson: 1 on 4th Apr (KC);
Chiffchaff Claire Mare: 1 on 4th Apr (DE); 1 on 8th Apr (DE); 1 on 9th Apr (DE); 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/0); Mare de Carteret: 1 on 2nd Apr [At reedbed.] (AJB); Reservoir: 5 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 6th Apr (DE); Vauvert: 1 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0); 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Willow Warbler Bordeaux Mound: 3 on 1st Apr [Ringed at site.] (TJB/JD); Claire Mare: 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/0); Mare de Carteret: 1 on 2nd Apr [At reedbed.] (AJB); Prevote: 2 on 4th Apr (JH/MH); Rue des Bergers: 1 on 3rd Apr (DE); 1 on 6th Apr (DE); 1 on 11th Apr (CAL/0);
Firecrest Reservoir: 3 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 3rd Apr (DE);
Long-tailed Tit Reservoir: 2 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Rue du Clos, St Sampson: 2 on 4th Apr (KC);
Blue Tit Reservoir: 2 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0); 1 on 12th Apr (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Great Tit Reservoir: 4 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0); 2 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Short-toed Treecreeper Reservoir: 1 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Magpie Vauvert: 2 on 7th Apr (Pjv/0); 2 on 16th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Chough Rue des Reines, FOR: 2 on 2nd Apr [Garden overflight tick!] (AS);
Jackdaw Mount Row, SPP: 2 on 5th Apr (MAG); Pleinmont: 4 on 9th Apr (Ds/Jh/Apl);
Raven Pleinmont: 2 on 2nd Apr (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 15th Apr (Pjv/Jev);
Chaffinch Reservoir: 6 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Greenfinch Reservoir: 2 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Goldfinch Reservoir: 2 on 6th Apr (Pjv/0);
Linnet Claire Mare: 5 on 9th Apr (DE); Fort Hommet: 1 on 2nd Apr (AJB); Pleinmont: 6 on 8th Apr (DE);