Bird Species on the Reserve

Common & Scientific Name

Part 1.  Species that have been recorded in an apparently natural state since 1^st January 1950.
Mute Swan – Cygnus olor

Bewick’s Swan – Cygnus columbianus

Whooper Swan – Cygnus cygnus

Bean Goose – Anser fabalis

Pink-footed Goose – Anser brachyrhynchus

(Greater) White-fronted Goose – Anser albifrons

Greylag Goose – Anser anser

Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens

Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis

Brent Goose – Branta bernicla

Red-breasted Goose – Branta ruficollis

(Common) Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna

(Eurasian) Wigeon – Anas penelope

American Wigeon – Anas americana

Gadwall – Anas strepera

(Eurasian) Teal – Anas crecca

Green-winged Teal – Anas carolinensis

Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

(Northern) Pintail – Anas acuta

Garganey – Anas querquedula

Blue-winged Teal – Anas discors

(Northern) Shoveler – Anas clypeata

Red-crested Pochard – Netta rufina

(Common) Pochard – Aythya ferina

Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris

Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca

Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula

(Greater) Scaup – Aythya marila

Lesser Scaup – Aythya affinis

(Common) Eider – Somateria mollissima

King Eider – Somateria spectabilis

Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis

Common Scoter – Melanitta nigra

Surf Scoter – Melanitta perspicillata

Velvet Scoter – Melanitta fusca

Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola

(Common) Goldeneye – Bucephala clangula

Smew – Mergellus albellus

Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator

Goosander – Mergus merganser

Grey Partridge – Perdix perdix

(Common) Quail – Coturnix coturnix

Red-throated Diver – Gavia stellata

Black-throated Diver – Gavia arctica

Great Northern Diver – Gavia immer

(Northern) Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis

Cory’s Shearwater – Calonectris diomedea

Sooty Shearwater – Puffinus griseus

Manx Shearwater – Puffinus puffinus

Balearic Shearwater – Puffinus mauretanicus

(European) Storm Petrel – Hydrobates pelagicus

Leach’s (Storm) Petrel – Oceanodroma leucorhoa

(Northern) Gannet – Morus bassanus

(Great) Cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo

(European) Shag – Phalacrocorax aristotelis

(Eurasian) Bittern – Botaurus stellaris

(Black-crowned) Night Heron – Nycticorax nycticorax (Pending acceptance by DRP)

Squacco Heron – Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret – Egretta garzetta

Great (White) Egret  –Ardea alba

Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron – Ardea purpurea

Black Stork – Ciconia nigra

White Stork – Ciconia ciconia

Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus

(Eurasian) Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia

Little Grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great Crested Grebe – Podiceps cristatus

Red-necked Grebe – Podiceps grisegena

Slavonian Grebe – Podiceps auritus

Black-necked Grebe – Podiceps nigricollis

(European) Honey Buzzard – Pernis apivorus

Black Kite – Milvus migrans

Red Kite – Milvus milvus

(Western) Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus

Hen Harrier – Circus cyaneus

Montagu’s Harrier – Circus pygargus

(Northern) Goshawk – Accipiter gentilis

(Eurasian) Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus

(Common) Buzzard – Buteo buteo

(Western) Osprey – Pandion haliaetus

(Common) Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus

Red-footed Falcon – Falco vespertinus

Merlin – Falco columbarius

(Eurasian) Hobby – Falco subbuteo

Peregrine Falcon –  Falco peregrinus

Water Rail – Rallus aquaticus

Spotted Crake – Porzana porzana

Corn Crake – Crex crex

(Common) Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus

(Eurasian) Coot – Fulica atra

(Common) Crane – Grus grus

(Eurasian) Oystercatcher – Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt – Himantopus himantopus

(Pied) Avocet – Recurvirostra avosetta

(Eurasian) Stone-curlew – Burhinus oedicnemus

Collared Pratincole – Glareola pratincola

Little Ringed Plover – Charadrius dubius

(Common ) Ringed Plover – Charadrius hiaticula

Kentish Plover – Charadrius alexandrinus

(Eurasian) Dotterel – Charadrius morinellus

American Golden Plover – Pluvialis dominica

(European) Golden Plover – Pluvialis apricaria

Grey Plover – Pluvialis squatarola

Sociable Lapwing – Vanellus gregarius

White-tailed Lapwing – Vanellus leucurus

(Northern) Lapwing – Vanellus vanellus

(Red) Knot – Calidris canutus

Sanderling – Calidris alba

Semipalmated Sandpiper – Calidris pusilla

Red-necked Stint – Calidris ruficollis

Little Stint – Calidris minuta

Temminck’s Stint – Calidris temminckii

White-rumped Sandpiper – Calidris fuscicollis

Pectoral Sandpiper – Calidris melanotos

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper – Calidris acuminata

Curlew Sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea

Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima

Dunlin – Calidris alpina

Broad-billed Sandpiper – Limicola falcinellus

Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Tryngites subruficollis

Ruff – Philomachus pugnax

Jack Snipe – Lymnocryptes minimus

(Common) Snipe – Gallinago gallinago

Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus scolopaceus

(Eurasian) Woodcock – Scolopax rusticola

Black-tailed Godwit – Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit – Limosa lapponica

(Eurasian) Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus

(Eurasian) Curlew – Numenius arquata

Terek Sandpiper – Xenus cinereus

Common Sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos

Green Sandpiper – Tringa ochropus

Spotted Redshank – Tringa erythropus

(Common) Greenshank – Tringa nebularia

Lesser Yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes

Wood Sandpiper – Tringa glareola

(Common) Redshank – Tringa totanus

(Ruddy) Turnstone – Arenaria interpres

Wilson’s Phalarope – Phalaropus tricolor

Red-necked Phalarope – Phalaropus lobatus

Grey Phalarope – Phalaropus fulicarius

Pomarine Skua – Stercorarius pomarinus

Arctic Skua – Stercorarius parasiticus

Long-tailed Skua – Stercorarius longicaudus

Great Skua – Stercorarius skua

Sabine’s Gull – Xema sabini

(Black-legged) Kittiwake – Rissa tridactyla

(Common) Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Little Gull – Hydrocoloeus minutus

Laughing Gull – Larus atricilla

Mediterranean Gull – Larus melanocephalus

Common Gull – Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull – Larus fuscus

(European) Herring Gull – Larus argentatus

Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis

Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull – Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus

Sooty Tern – Onychoprion fuscata

Little Tern – Sternula albifrons

Gull-billed Tern – Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern – Hydroprogne caspia

Black Tern – Chlidonias niger

White-winged (Black) Tern – Chlidonias leucopterus

Sandwich Tern – Sterna sandvicensis

Forster’s Tern – Sterna forsteri

Common Tern – Sterna hirundo

Roseate Tern – Sterna dougallii

Arctic Tern – Sterna paradisaea

(Common) Guillemot – Uria aalge

Razorbill – Alca torda

Black Guillemot – Cepphus grylle

Little Auk – Alle alle

(Atlantic) Puffin – Fratercula arctica

Stock Dove – Columba oenas

(Common) Wood Pigeon – Columba palumbus

(Eurasian) Collared Dove – Streptopelia decaocto

(European) Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur

(Common) Cuckoo – Cuculus canorus

(Western) Barn Owl – Tyto alba

Tawny Owl – Strix aluco

Long-eared Owl – Asio otus

Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus

(European) Nightjar – Caprimulgus europaeus

(Common) Swift – Apus apus

Pallid Swift – Apus pallidus

Alpine Swift – Apus melba

(Common) Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis

(European) Bee-eater – Merops apiaster

(Eurasian) Hoopoe – Upupa epops

(Eurasian) Wryneck – Jynx torquilla

(European) Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor

Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus

(Eurasian) Golden Oriole – Oriolus oriolus

Red-backed Shrike – Lanius collurio

Great Grey Shrike – Lanius excubitor

Woodchat Shrike – Lanius senator

(Eurasian) Magpie – Pica pica

(Eurasian) Jay – Garrulus glandarius

(Western) Jackdaw – Corvus monedula

Rook – Corvus frugilegus

Carrion Crow – Corvus corone

Hooded Crow – Corvus cornix

(Northern) Raven – Corvus corax

Goldcrest – Regulus regulus

(Common) Firecrest – Regulus ignicapilla

(Eurasian) Penduline Tit – Remiz pendulinus

(Eurasian) Blue Tit – Cyanistes caeruleus

Great Tit – Parus major

Coal Tit – Periparus ater

Willow Tit – Poecile montana

Marsh Tit – Poecile palustris

Bearded Tit – Panurus biarmicus

Woodlark – Lullula arborea

(Eurasian) Skylark – Alauda arvensis

Shore Lark – Eremophila alpestris

Sand Martin – Riparia riparia

(Barn) Swallow – Hirundo rustica

(Common) House Martin – Delichon urbicum

Red-rumped Swallow – Cecropis daurica

Cetti’s Warbler – Cettia cetti

Long-tailed Tit – Aegithalos caudatus

Yellow-browed Warbler – Phylloscopus inornatus

Hume’s (Leaf) Warbler – Phylloscopus humei

Radde’s Warbler – Phylloscopus schwarzi

Dusky Warbler – Phylloscopus fuscatus

Wood Warbler – Phylloscopus sibilatrix

(Common) Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus collybita

Willow Warbler – Phylloscopus trochilus

(Eurasian) Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla

Garden Warbler – Sylvia borin

Lesser Whitethroat – Sylvia curruca

(Common) Whitethroat – Sylvia communis

Dartford Warbler – Sylvia undata

(Common) Grasshopper Warbler – Locustella naevia

Icterine Warbler – Hippolais icterina

Melodious Warbler – Hippolais polyglotta

Aquatic Warbler – Acrocephalus paludicola

Sedge Warbler – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Paddyfield Warbler – Acrocephalus agricola

Marsh Warbler – Acrocephalus palustris

(Eurasian) Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus scirpaceus

(Bohemian) Waxwing – Bombycilla garrulus

(Eurasian) Nuthatch – Sitta europaea

(Eurasian) Treecreeper – Certhia familiaris

(Eurasian) Wren – Troglodytes troglodytes

(Common) Starling – Sturnus vulgaris

Rose-coloured Starling – Sturnus roseus

(White-throated) Dipper – Cinclus cinclus

Ring Ouzel – Turdus torquatus

(Common) Blackbird – Turdus merula

Fieldfare – Turdus pilaris

Song Thrush – Turdus philomelos

Redwing – Turdus iliacus

Mistle Thrush – Turdus viscivorus

Spotted Flycatcher – Muscicapa striata

(European) Robin – Erithacus rubecula

Thrush Nightingale – Luscinia luscinia

(Common) Nightingale – Luscinia megarhynchos

Bluethroat – Luscinia svecica

Black Redstart – Phoenicurus ochruros

(Common) Redstart – Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra

(European) Stonechat – Saxicola torquatus

(Northern) Wheatear – Oenanthe oenanthe

Red-breasted Flycatcher – Ficedula parva

(European) Pied Flycatcher – Ficedula hypoleuca

Dunnock – Prunella modularis

House Sparrow – Passer domesticus

(Eurasian) Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus

(Western) Yellow Wagtail – Motacilla flava

Grey Wagtail – Motacilla cinerea

Pied Wagtail – Motacilla alba

Richard’s Pipit – Anthus richardi

Tawny Pipit – Anthus campestris

Tree Pipit – Anthus trivialis

Meadow Pipit – Anthus pratensis

Red-throated Pipit – Anthus cervinus

(Eurasian) Rock Pipit – Anthus petrosus

Water Pipit – Anthus spinoletta

(Common) Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs

Brambling – Fringilla montifringilla

(European) Serin – Serinus serinus

(European) Greenfinch – Carduelis chloris

(European) Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis

(Eurasian) Siskin – Carduelis spinus

(Common) Linnet – Carduelis cannabina

Twite – Carduelis flavirostris

Lesser Redpoll – Carduelis cabaret

Common Crossbill – Loxia curvirostra

Common Rosefinch – Carpodacus erythrinus

(Eurasian) Bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Hawfinch – Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Snow Bunting – Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Bunting – Calcarius lapponicus

Yellowhammer – Emberiza citrinella

Cirl Bunting – Emberiza cirlus

Ortolan Bunting – Emberiza hortulana

(Common) Reed Bunting – Emberiza schoeniclus

Corn Bunting – Emberiza calandra

 

Part 2.  

Species that were recorded in an apparently natural state between 1^st January 1800 and 31^st December 1949, but have not been recorded subsequently.

White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla

Ivory Gull – Pagophila eburnea

(Red-billed) Chough – Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 

 

Part 3.  

Species that have only been recorded in an apparently naturalised state.

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis

Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca

Mandarin Duck Aix – galericulata

Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis

Red-legged Partridge – Alectoris rufa

Common Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus

Feral Pigeon – Columba livia

Ringed-necked Parakeet – Psittacula krameri

Little Owl – Athene noctua

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