| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
Scarce spring/fairly common autumn migrant and scarce winter visitor. |
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| Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
Occasional visitor. 7 records. |
Yes |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
Occasional visitor. 6 records |
Yes |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
Rare winter visitor and spring migrant. 6 records in the last 10 years |
Yes |
| Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus |
Occasional visitor. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
Occasional winter visitor. 8 records, the last being on 4 Dec 1993. |
Yes |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor |
Rare visitor. |
Yes |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
Accidental visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
Rare winter visitor and occasional resident. |
|
| Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata |
Occasional visitor. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Garganey Spatula querquedula |
Occasional visitor. 5 records, |
Yes |
| Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
Rare winter visitor and migrant. 3 records |
Yes |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera |
Rare migrant and winter visitor. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
Rare autumn / winter visitor. |
|
| Northern Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
Common resident and winter visitor. |
|
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
Rare visitor. 12 records. |
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| Eurasian Teal Anas crecca |
Scarce autumn/winter visitor. Regularly seen in very small numbers, |
|
| Common Pochard Aythya farina |
Rare winter visitor and autumn migrant. 6 recent records. |
Yes |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
Rare autumn/winter visitor (not annual). 5 recent records |
Yes |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
Occasional winter visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
Rare winter visitor and migrant. Last record was 2002. |
Yes |
| Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca |
Occasional winter visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
Scarce winter visitor and common migrant. Regularly seen offshore in autumn and winter. |
|
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
Occasional winter visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Smew Mergellus albellus |
Occasional winter visitor. 3 records, last 1997. |
Yes |
| Goosander Mergus merganser |
Occasional winter visitor. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
Scarce autumn/winter visitor. 3 records since 2005. |
Yes |
| Grey Partridge Perdix perdix |
Introduced 1980, no records after 4/5/2018 (2). |
Yes |
| Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus |
Very common resident, introduced 1986. |
|
| Common Quail Coturnix coturnix |
Formerly rare migrant. Bred 1964. 3 recent records. |
Yes |
| European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
Rare migrant. Recorded most years |
|
| Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba (Apus melba) |
Occasional passage migrant. 8 records |
Yes |
| Common Swift Apus apus |
Common summer visitor and abundant spring and early autumn migrant. Present during the migration periods. |
|
| Pallid Swift Apus pallidus |
Occasional migrant visitor. 6 birds recorded. |
Yes |
| Great Bustard Otis tarda |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus |
Scarce migrant. Occasional breeder. |
|
| Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
One record (in 1888). |
Yes |
| Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon Columba livia |
Resident. |
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| Stock Dove Columba oenas |
Scarce migrant, common summer and winter visitor. |
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| Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus |
Common resident, very common winter visitor and abundant autumn migrant. |
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| European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur |
Rare and decreasing spring and autumn migrant. 2 to 5 records annually since 2016 but only one record in the last four years. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto |
Common resident. |
|
| Water Rail Rallus aquaticus |
Fairly common winter visitor and migrant, occasional in summer. May have bred. |
|
| Corn Crake Crex crex |
Rare migrant – not recorded from 1978 until 2021. Formerly bred. One recent record (29/4/21). |
Yes |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus |
Scarce resident and winter visitor. |
|
| Eurasian Coot Fulica atra |
Rare, breeding, resident, numbers increase in winter. |
|
| Common Crane Grus grus |
Rare visitor. 12 records |
Yes |
| Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Rare resident, migrant and winter visitor. |
|
| Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena |
Rare winter visitor. 9 records. |
Yes |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
Rare winter visitor – not annual. |
|
| Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus |
Occasional winter visitor. Not recorded since 2002. |
Yes |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
Occasional winter visitor. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus |
Occasional migrant. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
Common resident and very common winter visitor. |
|
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
Scarce winter visitor and migrant. |
|
| European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
Scarce winter visitor and migrant. |
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| Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
Regular winter visitor and migrant. |
|
| Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
Rare resident and breeder, common winter visitor and autumn migrant. |
|
| Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius |
Occasional passage migrant. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Killdeer Charadrius vociferus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
Rare migrant, Formerly bred, until 1974. 3 records since 1982. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. |
Yes |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
Common spring and autumn migrant and non-breeding summer visitor. |
|
| Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
Common winter visitor and migrant. Some birds present in summer. |
|
| Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
Scarce winter visitor, spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
Occasional migrant. 4 records in the last 10 years. |
Yes |
| Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
Scarce winter visitor and migrant. Rare in summer. |
|
| Red Knot Calidris canutus |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. Last record 2005. |
Yes |
| Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. Only one record in each of the last four years. |
|
| Sanderling Calidris alba |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Dunlin Calidris alpina |
Fairly common winter visitor, spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima |
Rare winter visitor. |
|
| Little Stint Calidris minuta |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola |
Fairly common winter visitor and migrant. |
|
| Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus |
Scarce but regular winter visitor. |
|
| Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago |
Fairly common winter visitor, spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius |
Occasional visitor. 7 records. |
Yes |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. Occasional in summer. |
|
| Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus |
Rare winter visitor and scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
Scarce winter visitor and spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
Rare migrant. Only three records in the last 10 years. |
Yes |
| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
Rare autumn migrant. Not recorded since 1990. |
Yes |
| Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla |
Fairly common winter visitor and abundant autumn migrant. |
|
| Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini |
Occasional visitor. 7 records. |
|
| Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Common winter visitor, spring and autumn migrant. Fairly common in late summer. |
|
| Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
Occasional visitor. |
|
| Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
Common spring and autumn migrant and winter visitor. Rare in early summer. Small numbers overwinter. |
|
| Common Gull Larus canus |
Rare visitor. |
|
| Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
Fairly common resident. |
|
| Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus |
Occasional winter visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| European Herring Gull Larus argentatus |
Common resident and migrant. |
|
| Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
Rare and under-recorded spring and late summer migrant. |
|
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
Abundant breeding species and migrant, scarce winter visitor. |
|
| Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
Scarce spring migrant, common autumn migrant - rare in summer. |
|
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
Scarce autumn migrant. No records in the last 10 years. |
Yes |
| Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
Accidental visitor. 1 possible sighting on 24/9/23 reported. |
Yes |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
Scarce breeding species and common mostly autumn migrant. |
|
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
Scarce, mainly autumn migrant probably overlooked. |
|
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
Rare migrant. Only 5 records in the last 10 years. |
|
| Great Skua Stercorarius skua |
Scarce spring migrant and common autumn migrant. |
|
| Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus |
Almost certainly an under-recorded rare autumn migrant. |
|
| Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus |
Rare, mainly autumn, migrant. |
|
| Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus |
Occasional visitor. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Little Auk Alle alle |
Occasionally found dead on beaches in winter. Only 1 record of a live bird. |
Yes |
| Common Guillemot Uria aalge |
Fairly common breeding species and very common passage migrant. |
|
| Razorbill Alca torda |
Fairly common breeding species and scarce winter visitor. Common migrant. |
|
| Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
Common breeding species on Burhou. |
|
| Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata |
Rare autumn migrant/winter visitor. 3 recent records |
Yes |
| Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica |
Rare autumn migrant/winter visitor. |
|
| Great Northern Diver Gavia immer |
Rare autumn migrant/winter visitor. |
|
| Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris |
Accidental visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus |
Summer resident, breeds on Burhou, and on at least one islet. |
|
| Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis |
Common resident and migrant, first recorded breeding 1975. |
|
| Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
Occasional visitor. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea |
Scarce autumn migrant. |
|
| Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis |
Occasional visitor. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus |
Regular autumn migrant and summer visitor. Very common in recent summers. |
|
| Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus |
Formerly rare but now a very regular late summer visitor and autumn migrant. |
|
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
Rare mostly spring and autumn migrant, not annual. 9 records in the last 10 years. |
|
| Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
2 colonies developed 1940-45. Now abundant breeder; common offshore in winter. |
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| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
Scarce resident, breeds in small numbers. |
|
| European Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
Very common resident, late summer early autumn feeding parties offshore. |
|
| Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
Occasional visitor. 7 records. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax. |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
Rare visitor. Increasing numbers of records in the last 10 years. |
|
| Grey Heron Ardea cinerea |
Fairly common migrant. |
|
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
Rare, mainly spring, migrant. |
|
| Great Egret Ardea alba |
Rare spring and autumn migrant, first 2007. |
|
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant, and winter visitor; and rare summer visitor. |
|
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
Rare annual spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus |
Occasional visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus |
Occasional summer visitor and scarce autumn migrant. |
|
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
Accidental visitor. Two historic reported sightings, and one in 2024. |
|
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus |
Rare resident (several pairs breed) and scarce spring / autumn migrant. |
|
| Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis |
Occasional (passage) visitor. 12 records. |
|
| Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
Scarce winter visitor and spring/autumn migrant. |
|
| Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus |
Occasional, spring and autumn migrant. |
Yes |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
Occasional (passage) visitor. 8 records. |
Yes |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
Scarce, mainly spring, migrant. |
|
| White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
Occasional visitor. 6 records: 4 historic records, and 2 recent records in 2003 and 2020. |
Yes |
| Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus |
Rare, mostly spring and autumn migrant. |
Yes |
| Common Buzzard Buteo buteo |
Rare resident and migrant. |
|
| Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Rare resident. |
|
| Long-eared Owl Asio otus |
Former rare breeding species (not bred in recent years). Scarce autumn migrant/winter visitor. |
|
| Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
Scarce autumn migrant/winter visitor. |
|
| Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus |
Occasional visitor. 3 records, 1991, 2008, and 2010. |
Yes |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco |
Occasional (historic) visitor. Last in 1983. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
Rare migrant. |
|
| European Roller Coracias garrulus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, in 1969. |
Yes |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
Scarce non-breeding visitor. |
|
| European Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
Rare migrant and summer visitor, Bred 1956. |
|
| Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla |
Scarce non-breeding visitor, mostly autumn migrant. |
|
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor |
Occasional visitor. 2 records, 1975 and 2005. |
Yes |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
Rare annual visitor. |
|
| European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis |
Occasional visitor. 2 records, 1961 and 1969 |
Yes |
| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus |
Rare breeding resident and scarce spring and common autumn migrant. |
|
| Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus |
Occasional visitor. One confirmed record. |
Yes |
| Merlin Falco columbarius |
Rare spring and autumn migrant, and winter visitor. |
|
| Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 1988. |
|
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
Rare resident. |
|
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
Formerly rare, now occasional migrant. |
|
| Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor |
Occasional visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator |
Rare spring and autumn migrant. Only two records since 1996. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
Rare, mainly spring, migrant. |
|
| Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius |
Occasional visitor. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Magpie Pica pica |
Occasional visitor. 4 records, 1last in 1973. |
Yes |
| Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes |
Accidental visitor. 1 record. |
Yes |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula |
Formerly scarce visitor, colonised 1986 and now scarce resident. |
|
| Rook Corvus frugilegus |
Occasional visitor. 10 records. |
Yes |
| Carrion Crow Corvus corone |
Common resident. Records : Counts of over 100 from time to time – 158 on 7/3/23 the highest recent count. |
|
| Pied Crow Corvus albus |
Occasional visitor. |
Yes |
| Hooded Crow Corvus cornix |
Occasional visitor. |
|
| Northern Raven Corvus corax |
Rare resident. |
|
| Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Coal Tit Periparus ater |
Scarce winter visitor and spring and autumn migrant. Bred 2007. |
|
| Marsh Tit Poecile palustris |
Occasional visitor. 4 records, last 2002. |
Yes |
| Willow Tit Poecile montana |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 1969. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus |
Scarce resident and spring migrant. |
|
| Great Tit Parus major |
Common resident. |
|
| Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus |
Occasional visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Bearded Tit / Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Woodlark Lullula arborea |
Occasional visitor. |
|
| Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis |
Rare resident and scarce migrant. |
|
| Shore Lark / Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris |
Accidental visitor. Records : 1 record, 1970. |
Yes |
| Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 1976. |
Yes |
| Sand Martin Riparia riparia |
Abundant spring and autumn migrant. A small number are now breeding. |
|
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica |
Common breeding species and abundant spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Common House Martin Delichon urbicum |
Rare breeding species (2-6 pairs) and abundant spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica |
Occasional passage migrant. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti |
Rare resident, spring migrant and autumn/winter visitor: first bred in 2020. |
|
| Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus |
Scarce resident, winter visitor and migrant. |
|
| Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
Scarce spring migrant. 7 records in the last 5 years. |
|
| Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli |
Occasional passage migrant. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus |
Scarce annual autumn migrant. |
|
| Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus |
Occasional visitor. 2 records. |
Yes |
| Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus |
Occasional visitor. 6 records. |
Yes |
| Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus |
Abundant spring and autumn migrant formerly bred. |
|
| Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita |
Scarce breeding summer visitor, and abundant spring and autumn migrant. A few overwinter. |
|
| Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus |
Occasional passage migrant. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides |
Occasional passage migrant. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis |
Accidental visitor. 1 record (1998). |
Yes |
| Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola |
Occasional passage migrant. 3 records, last 1987. |
Yes |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Occasional passage migrant. 1 record, 2016. |
Yes |
| Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
Rare breeder, very common spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
Scarce breeding summer visitor and common spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris |
Occasional passage migrant. Records : 3 accepted records. |
Yes |
| Booted Warbler Iduna caligata |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2019. |
Yes |
| Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta |
Rare, mainly autumn migrant; probably annual. |
Yes |
| Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina |
Accidental passage migrant. 11 records. |
Yes |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Fan-tailed Warbler / Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis |
Rare resident. |
|
| Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla |
Scarce breeding summer visitor and abundant spring and autumn migrant. A few overwinter. |
|
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant, has bred but not in recent years. |
|
| Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria |
Accidental visitor. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca |
Scarce migrant. |
|
| Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala |
Accidental visitor. 1 record 1976 (Casquets). |
Yes |
| Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae/C. cantillans/C. subalpina |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2016. |
Yes |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2016. |
Yes |
| Common Whitethroat Curruca communis |
Common breeder, spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Dartford Warbler Curruca undata |
Scarce resident and occasional migrant. |
|
| Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla |
Scarce winter visitor and very common spring and autumn migrant, also a rare breeder. |
|
| Goldcrest Regulus regulus |
Common winter visitor and spring migrant and abundant autumn migrant. Occasionally breeds. |
|
| Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes |
Abundant resident but with many additional winter visitors. |
|
| Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 1983. |
Yes |
| Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria |
Accidental (historic) visitor. 1 record, 1899. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris |
Accidental visitor. 1 confirmed record, 2022 (ringed) and a reported 2nd record in 2025. |
Yes |
| Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla |
Former scarce resident, ‘extinct’ since 1990. |
Yes |
| Rose-coloured / Rosy Starling Pastor roseus |
Rare visitor. 14 records. |
|
| Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
Very common resident and abundant mainly autumn migrant. |
|
| Song Thrush Turdus philomelos |
Common resident, winter visitor and spring migrant; and very common autumn migrant. |
|
| Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus |
Scarce migrant and former breeding species (last bred 1980). |
|
| Redwing Turdus iliacus |
Abundant winter visitor and autumn migrant. Scarce spring migrant. |
|
| Common Blackbird Turdus merula |
Very common resident, abundant migrant and winter visitor. |
|
| Fieldfare Turdus pilaris |
Common winter visitor and migrant. |
|
| Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus |
Common spring and autumn migrant. |
|
| Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. No recent breeding records. |
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| European Robin Erithacus rubecula |
Common resident and very common mainly autumn migrant (and winter visitor). |
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| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
Occasional passage migrant. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia |
Accidental visitor. Records : 1 record, 2019. |
Yes |
| Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos |
Rare spring migrant. |
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| Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus |
Accidental visitor. 2 records, 2010 and 2024. |
Yes |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva |
Rare autumn migrant. 4 records. |
Yes |
| European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros |
Rare breeder, scarce but regular spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
Fairly common spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Whinchat Saxicola rubetra |
Scarce spring and common autumn migrant. |
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| Eurasian Stonechat Saxicola rubicola |
Scarce resident, winter visitor and migrant. |
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| Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe |
Very common spring and autumn migrant, pair regularly breeds Burhou. |
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| Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2017. |
Yes |
| Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica |
Occasional visitor. 2 records, 1977 and 1982. |
Yes |
| White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus. |
Accidental (historic) visitor, winter 1861/2. |
Yes |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus |
Rare, usually spring and summer migrant. Last recorded 1996. |
Yes |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus |
Common resident. |
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| Dunnock Prunella modularis |
Very common resident and occasional migrant. |
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| Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava |
4 subspecies recorded. M. flava flavissima: common spring and scarce autumn migrant M. flava flava: rare spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea |
Scarce autumn and winter visitor. |
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| Pied Wagtail / White Wagtail Motacilla alba |
M. alba yarrellii: common winter visitor and very common spring and autumn migrant (bred 2003), and M. alba alba: scarce breeding resident and very common spring migrant. |
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| Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi |
Occasional visitor. 2 accepted records, 1979, and 2023. |
Yes |
| Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris |
Occasional passage migrant. 2 records, 1988 and 2018. |
Yes |
| Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis |
Common resident and abundant spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis |
Scarce spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2019. |
Yes |
| Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta |
Rare mainly winter visitor. |
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| Eurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus |
Common resident. |
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| Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs |
Common resident, winter visitor and spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Brambling Fringilla montifringilla |
Scarce winter visitor, and occasional spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
Rare migrant. |
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| Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Rare migrant, scarce in some years. Rare breeding species. |
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| Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus |
Accidental visitor. Records : 1 record, 1973. |
Yes |
| Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus |
Occasional passage migrant. Records : 5 records. |
Yes |
| European Greenfinch Chloris chloris |
Very common resident, winter visitor and migrant. |
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| Common Linnet Linaria cannabina |
Common breeder and migrant, scarce winter visitor. |
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| Mealy/Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea |
Occasional passage migrant. |
Yes |
| Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret |
Rare, mainly spring migrant. |
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| Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra |
Rare, under-recorded, annual migrant since 2016. |
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| European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis |
Common breeder and migrant, scarce winter visitor. |
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| European Serin Serinus serinus |
Scarce summer visitor and scarce migrant. Bred 2007. |
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| Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus |
Scarce winter visitor and common spring and autumn migrant. |
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| Lapland Bunting / Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus |
Rare passage migrant. |
Yes |
| Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis |
Rare winter visitor, scarce autumn and spring migrant. |
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| Corn Bunting Milaria calandra |
Occasional passage migrant. 4 records. |
Yes |
| Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella |
Formerly scarce resident, now occasional visitor. |
Yes |
| Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana |
Occasional passage migrant. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus |
Rare mainly winter visitor. |
Yes |
| Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla |
Occasional visitor. 5 records. |
Yes |
| Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica |
Accidental visitor. 3 records. |
Yes |
| Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus |
Rare winter visitor, autumn and spring migrant. |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus |
Accidental visitor. 1 record, 2015. |
Yes |
