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 Reservoir: 1 on 3rd (MCS/JPD);
Manx Shearwater Jaonneuse: 50+ on 3rd May (VF/KC/DJC); Pleinmont: 50+ on 1st May [Feeding off headland.] (Rockdweller);
Balearic Shearwater Pleinmont: 1 on 3rd May (Ds); 1 on 3rd May [In raft with Manxies] (APL/JH/JB/DS); 1 on 3rd May [In raft of Manxies] (JH/DS/APL/JB); 2 on 8th May (CAL/0); 7+ on 8th May [Large numbers of birds feeding offshore ] (Pjv/0);
Little Egret Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS);
Grey Heron Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May [1juv] (MCS);
Shelduck Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS); 5 on 17th May [pair + 3young] (MCS);
Mallard Claire Mare: 12 on 1st May [pair+young] (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 7 on 20th May (JD);
Tufted Duck Reservoir: 2 on 3rd May (MCS/JPD); Rue des Bergers: 2 on 4th May [Female with male on 'new pond'.] (Rockdweller); 1 on 13th May [Male on 'new pond'.] (Rockdweller); 1 on 17th May [Male on 'new' roadside pond.] (Rockdweller);
Honey-buzzard Vauvert: 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0);
Black Kite Shingle Bank: 1 on 1st May (Pjv/0);
Red Kite Pre d'enfer: 1 on 9th May (0/0);
Marsh Harrier Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS); Pleinmont: 1 on 8th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Shingle Bank: 1 on 17th May (Pjv/Jev);
Sparrowhawk Vauvert: 1 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 1 on 4th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 25th May (Pjv/Jev);
Buzzard Pleinmont: 2 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 20th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 22nd May (Pjv/Jev);
Kestrel Bordeaux: 1 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Pleinmont: 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0);
Hobby Herm: 1 on 8th May (VF/JF);
Red-legged Partridge Herm: 1 on 29th May [Early evening ] (0/0);
Pheasant Bordeaux: 3 on 19th May (Pjv/0);
Moorhen Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 20th May (JD);
Coot Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS);
Ringed Plover Vazon north: 7 on 1st May (MCS);
Golden Plover Pleinmont: 1 on 17th May (CAL/APL);
Sanderling Vazon: 7 on 9th May [North end.] (AJB);
Dunlin Vazon north: 3 on 1st May (MCS);
Snipe Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS);
Bar-tailed Godwit Jaonneuse: 2 on 3rd May (KC);
Whimbrel Fort Le Crocq: 2 on 7th May (MCS); Jaonneuse: 3 on 3rd May (KC); Shingle Bank: 21 on 4th May (AJB); 9 on 7th May (MCS);
Common Sandpiper Reservoir: 1 on 17th May (Rockdweller);
Turnstone Vazon north: 3 on 1st May [high tide] (MCS);
Black-headed Gull Richmond: 2 on 1st May (MCS);
Common Tern Beaucette Marina: 2 on 3rd May (VF/KC/DJC); Fort Doyle: 2 on 3rd May (KC);
Guillemot Herm: 7 on 3rd May (KC);
Razorbill Herm: 5 on 3rd May (KC);
Black Guillemot Shingle Bank: 1 on 8th May [No photos, I have researched this grey and white bird scoped at about 600 yds, obviously will not be accepted but felt to post the record.] (APL);
Puffin Herm: 2 on 8th May [Pair] (VF/JF);
Stock Dove Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 20th May (JD); Pleinmont: 2 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 2 on 23rd May (Pjv/Jev);
Woodpigeon Grands Marais/Pre: 4 on 20th May (JD); Silbe: sev on 4th May (ADM);
Turtle Dove Jerbourg: 1 on 22nd May (CRS/CJS); Le Coudre: 1 on 29th May [Flew from top of green lane ] (JH); Pleinmont: 2 on 3rd May (VF/KC/DJC);
Cuckoo Claire Mare: 1 on 17th May (MCS); 1 on 17th May [Male bird seen & heard - first reported by 'Peter'.] (Rockdweller); 1 on 17th May (VF); Corbiere: 1 on 16th May (KC); Fort Hommet: 1 on 8th May (MAG); L'Eree: 1 on 4th May (ADM); Pleinmont: 1 on 8th May (CAL/0); 1 on 8th May [Heard] (APL); 1 on 8th May [Heard ] (Pjv/0); 1 on 21st May (Ds/Jh);
Long-eared Owl Forest (Parish): 2 on 11th May (DJC/0); Icart: 1 on 24th May (VF/JH); 1 on 25th May (DJC); Pleinmont: 4 on 21st May [2 adults 2juvenile] (DJC/BLP); 3 on 21st May (Ds/Jh); 1 on 24th May [Heard] (APL); Torteval: 1 on 18th May [Adult at nest site] (JH);
Nightjar Icart: 1 on 23rd May [Excellent close views in flight and at rest] (ADM/MPL); 1 on 23rd May [male - seen & heard] (MPL); Pleinmont: 1 on 25th May [Brief hawking and calling] (JH);
Swift Courtil de Bas, STS: 3 on 28th May (VF); De Lisle: 25 on 3rd May (VF/KC/DJC); Delisles Methodist Church: 3 on 3rd May (KC); Grande Mare: 2 on 14th May (AJB); La Mare De Carteret: 4 on 29th May [Up to 5 seen daily] (CB/PA); Pleinmont: 1 on 3rd May (Ds); Vauvert: 2 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 9 on 3rd May (Pjv/0); 4 on 4th May (Pjv/0); 2 on 7th May (Pjv/0); 6 on 8th May (Pjv/0); 9 on 9th May (Pjv/0); 6 on 19th May (Pjv/0); 6+ on 20th May (Pjv/Jev); 10+ on 21st May (Pjv/Jev); 14+ on 22nd May (Pjv/Jev); 7+ on 23rd May (Pjv/Jev); 8+ on 25th May (Pjv/Jev); 10+ on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Great Spotted Woodpecker Les Delisles, CAT: 1 on 3rd May (KC);
Woodlark Fort Hommet: 1 on 8th May [Found by MPL] (JH/et al); 1 on 8th May (MPL); 1 on 8th May [16:30] (MCS/EW); 1 on 8th May (APL/CAL/JH);
Sand Martin Herm: 2 on 3rd May (KC);
Swallow Claire Mare: c20 on 1st May (MCS); Jaonneuse: 50+ on 17th May (VF); Vauvert: 2 on 12th May (Pjv/0);
House Martin Delisles Methodist Church: 1 on 3rd May (KC); Grande Mare: c.10 on 14th May (AJB);
Yellow Wagtail Fort Hommet: 3 on 1st May (AJB); Pleinmont: 4 on 1st May [LSG field] (AJB); 1 on 11th May [Channel Wagtail] (MAG);
White Wagtail (alba) Pleinmont: 1 on 1st May [LSG field.] (AJB);
Rissos Dolphin Pleinmont: c.8 on 3rd May (MPL);
Wren Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS);
Dunnock Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS);
Robin Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 20th May (JD); Vauvert: 1 on 23rd May (Pjv/Jev);
Wheatear Fort Hommet: 3+ on 8th May (Pjv/0);
Blackbird Grands Marais/Pre: 3 on 20th May (JD); Vauvert: 1 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 1 on 7th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Song Thrush Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 20th May (JD);
Mistle Thrush Vauvert: 1 on 27th May [Heard confirmed by merlin] (Pjv/Jev);
Cetti's Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 5th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 19th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 20th May (JD); Herm: 10 on 8th May (VF/JF); Silbe: 1 on 4th May [Singing 3+4 May] (ADM);
Grasshopper Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 12th May [Flew across in front of the top hide, waited but it didn’t call. ] (APL);
Sedge Warbler Claire Mare: 1 on 3rd May (MPL); Pleinmont: 1 on 3rd May (MPL);
Reed Warbler Claire Mare: 2 on 1st May (MCS); Grands Marais/Pre: 4+ on 5th May (Pjv/0); 4+ on 19th May (Pjv/0); 3 on 20th May (JD);
Whitethroat Fort Hommet: 1 on 4th May (AJB); 1 on 8th May (AJB); Herm: 12 on 8th May (VF/JF); Pleinmont: 4 on 12th May (Pjv/0);
Garden Warbler Bordeaux: 1 on 19th May [Heard] (Pjv/0); Grande Mare: 1 on 3rd May (CAL/0);
Blackcap Bordeaux: 2 on 19th May [Heard ] (Pjv/0); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Herm: 25 on 8th May (VF/JF); Pleinmont: 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Silbe: 1 on 4th May (ADM);
Chiffchaff Bordeaux: 2 on 19th May [Heard] (Pjv/0); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 20th May (JD); Pleinmont: 4 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Silbe: sev on 4th May (ADM);
Spotted Flycatcher Fort Hommet: 1 on 19th May (MPL); 1 on 21st May (APL); 1 on 25th May [In pines.] (AJB);
Blue Tit Pleinmont: 2 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Silbe: 1 on 4th May (ADM); Vauvert: 1 on 7th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 25th May (Pjv/Jev);
Great Tit Bordeaux: 2 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 20th May (JD); Pleinmont: 1 on 12th May (Pjv/0); Vauvert: 1 on 25th May (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Short-toed Treecreeper Vauvert: 1 on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Magpie Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 20th May (JD); Vauvert: 1 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 2 on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Jackdaw Creux Mahie: 1 on 8th May (CAL);
Carrion Crow Grands Marais/Pre: 3 on 20th May (JD);
Raven Bordeaux: 2 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Silbe: 2 on 4th May (ADM); Vauvert: 2 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 2 on 22nd May (Pjv/Jev);
House Sparrow Grands Marais/Pre: 5 on 20th May [One with nesting material] (JD);
Chaffinch Bordeaux: 2 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Claire Mare: 1 on 1st May (MCS); Silbe: 2+ on 4th May (ADM);
Greenfinch Grands Marais/Pre: 2 on 20th May (JD);
Goldfinch Bordeaux: 1 on 19th May (Pjv/0); Grands Marais/Pre: 1 on 20th May (JD); Vauvert: 2 on 1st May (Pjv/0); 1 on 7th May (Pjv/0); 2 on 8th May (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 9th May (Pjv/0); 2 on 12th May (Pjv/0); 1 on 20th May (Pjv/Jev); 1 on 27th May (Pjv/Jev);
Linnet Fort Hommet: 7 on 3rd May (KC);
Bullfinch St Saviour's Church: 1 on 12th May [A male in the nature reserve below the church ] (MAG);
Hawfinch Pleinmont: 1 on 8th May [APL saw 2] (CAL/APL); 2 on 8th May [1 female, other not sure] (APL/CAL);
Painted Lady Fort Hommet: c.30 on 1st May (AJB); Lihou Island: 60+ on 1st May (Ian Hall/AJB);