ansted

Updated: June 7, 2025

Professor Ansted includes the Sparrowhawk in his list, but confines it to Guernsey and Sark; and probably, as a resident and breeding bird, he is right as far as my district is concerned, but I should think it must occasionally occur both in Alderney and Herm, though I have never seen a specimen from either Island, nor have I seen the bird about alive in either.

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

The Golden-crested Wren is mentioned by Professor Ansted, and marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are two a male and female in the Museum. FIRE-CRESTED WREN. Regulus ignicapillus, C.L. Brehm. French, "Roitelet a triple bandeau." I have a pair of these killed in Guernsey about 1872, but I have not the exact date; and Mr.

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

It occurs also in Alderney in the autumn, but I have not seen it there in the breeding-season. Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There are a male and female, in breeding plumage, in the Museum, and also one in winter plumage. OYSTERCATCHER, Haematopus ostralegus, Linnaeus. French, "Hiûtrier pie."

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

Professor Ansted includes the Whimbrel in his list, and marks it only as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are two specimens in the Museum. REDSHANK. Totanus calidris, Linnaeus. French, "Chevalier gambette." An occasional but never numerous visitant to all the Islands, on both spring and autumn migrations; none appear to remain through the summer.

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

Nets are set across open paths between the trees, generally Ilex, through which the Woodcocks take their flight when going out "roading," as it is called that is, when on their evening excursion for food; into these nets the Woodcocks fly and become easy victims. Professor Ansted includes the Woodcock in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark.

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands

Professor Ansted mentions the Laughing Gull in his list, by which I presume he means the present species, and marks it as only occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen in the Museum.

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands