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Updated: June 7, 2025
As all three of the large northern white Falcons were at one time included under the name of Gyr Falcons, and, as Professor Ansted gives no description of the bird mentioned by him, it is impossible to say to which species he alluded.
Professor Ansted includes the Ruff in his list, and only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen in the Museum at present. WOODCOCK. Scolopax rusticola, Linnaeus. French, "Becasse ordinaire."
Professor Ansted includes the Robin in his list, but, as with the Hedgesparrow, only mentions it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. It is, however, equally common in Alderney, Jethou, and Herm. REDSTART. Ruticilla phoenicurus, Linnaeus. French, "Rouge-queue," "Bec-fin des murailles."
It is more universally distributed over the whole Island, in the cultivated as well as the wild parts. Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but marks it as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are several specimens in the Museum, but I did not see any eggs either there or in young Le Cheminant's collection.
Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is one specimen in the Museum. PEEWIT. Vanellus vulgaris, Bechstein. French, "Vanneau huppé." The Peewit is a common and rather numerous autumn and winter visitant to all the Islands, though I have never seen it in such large flocks as in some parts of England, especially in Somerset.
The bird-stuffer in Alderney had some wings of Nightjars nailed up behind his door which had been shot in that Island by himself. Professor Ansted includes the Nightjar in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are two specimens, a male and female, in the Museum, but no date as to time of their occurrence. SWIFT. Cypselus apus, Linnaeus.
Professor Ansted includes the Ring Dotterel in his list, but marks it as only occurring in Guernsey. There is a specimen in the Museum.
Professor Ansted includes the Great Black-backed Gull in his list, and marks it as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are three specimens in the Museum an adult bird, a young one, and a young one in down, with the feathers just beginning to show.
It is, however, by no means improbable that either this species or the next mentioned, or both, may have occurred in the Islands before, as Professor Ansted, though he gives no date or locality, includes the Gyr Falcon in his list of Channel Island birds.
Professor Ansted includes it in his list, and marks it as only occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen at present in the Museum. CROW. Corvus corone, Linnaeus. French, "Corneille noire."
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