Pintail

An uncommon autumn passage migrant and winter visitor; most occur at CVL in autumn with a largest count from there of 188 on 23rd November, 1976. Winter visitors start to leave from mid-February with an average last date of 17th April with autumn arrivals having an average date of 4th August. It’s status in the past was clearly different with Wheeler (1874) calling it a ‘rare winter visitor, Avonmouth’ while Charbonnier (1899) said it ‘occurs on the Severn coast’. The 1929 SBR said ‘occasional at BL, BG and Litton’ while Davis (1947) said ‘winter visitor, regular in small numbers on the coast and at suitable inland waters’