THE MARSHFIELD PATCH LIST
The Systematic List follows the conventions of the British Ornithologist' Union (BOU) and the IOC World Bird List. The list currently stands at 164 - 155 full species and 9 forms.
The most recent addition: WIGEON - Mareca penelope: West Littleton Pond on March 10th 2021. (John Barnett)
RARITY STATUS: M (mega) R (rare) S (scarce) U (uncommon) C (common)
GEESE, SWANS
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U |
CANADA GOOSE Branta candensis |
S |
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor |
WILDFOWL
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M |
MANDARIN Aix galericulata |
M |
GADWALL Mareca strepera |
M |
WIGEON Mareca penelope |
C |
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos |
R |
COMMON TEAL Anas crecca |
M |
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula |
M |
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra |
GAME
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|
C |
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa |
R |
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix |
S |
COMMON QUAIL Coturnix coturnix |
C |
COMMON PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus |
GREBES
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|
R |
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis |
STORKS, HERONS
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M |
WHITE STORK Ciconia ciconia |
M |
COMMON CRANE Grus grus |
C |
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea |
S |
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta |
CORMORANTS
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S |
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo |
RAPTORS
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|
M |
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus |
C |
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus |
S |
GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis |
R |
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus |
R |
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus |
M |
PALLID HARRIER Circus macrourus |
M |
MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus |
U |
RED KITE Milvus milvus |
M |
BLACK KITE Milvus migrans |
C |
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo |
RAILS, CRAKES
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|
U |
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus |
M |
CORNCRAKE Crex crex |
C |
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus |
S |
COOT Fulica atra |
WADERS
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|
M |
STONE CURLEW Burhinus oedicnemus |
M |
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus |
S |
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus |
C |
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria |
M |
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus |
M |
DOTTEREL Charadrius morinellus |
M |
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus islandicus |
M |
CURLEW Numenius arquata |
S |
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola |
R |
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus |
U |
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago |
M |
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos |
M |
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus |
M |
REDSHANK Tringa totanus |
M |
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola |
M |
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia |
GULLS
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|
C |
BLACK-HEADED GULL Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
R |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus |
C |
COMMON GULL Larus canus |
R |
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus |
C |
HERRING GULL Larus argentatus argenteus |
S |
Scandinavian Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus |
M |
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis |
C |
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus graellsii |
S |
Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius |
AUKS
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|
M |
LITTLE AUK Alle alle |
DOVES, PIGEONS
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|
C |
ROCK DOVE Columba livia |
C |
STOCK DOVE Columba oenas |
C |
WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus |
M |
TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur |
C |
COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto |
CUCKOO, OWLS
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|
S |
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus |
U |
BARN OWL Tyto alba |
C |
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco |
U |
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua |
R |
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus |
NIGHTJAR, SWIFT, EXOTICS, WOODPECKERS
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|
M |
EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus |
C |
COMMON SWIFT Apus apus |
S |
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ispida |
M |
HOOPOE Upupa epops |
M |
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus |
M |
DIPPER Cinclus cinclus gularis |
M |
WRYNECK Jynx torquilla |
M |
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dryobates minor comminutus |
C |
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major anglicus |
C |
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis |
FALCONS
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|
U |
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus |
U |
MERLIN Falco columbarius aesalon |
U |
HOBBY Falco subbuteo |
U |
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus |
SHRIKES
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|
M |
RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio |
M |
GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor |
M |
WOODCHAT SHRIKE Lanius senator |
CORVIDS
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|
U |
JAY Garrulus glandarius rufitergum |
M |
Continental Jay Garrulus glandarius glandarius |
U |
MAGPIE Pica pica |
C |
JACKDAW Coloeus monedula spermologus |
M |
Nordic Jackdaw Coloeus monedula monedula |
C |
ROOK Corvus frugilegus |
C |
CARRION CROW Corvus corone |
C |
COMMON RAVEN Corvus corax |
TITS
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|
C |
COAL TIT Periparus ater britannicus |
U |
MARSH TIT Poecile palustris dresseri |
M |
WILLOW TIT Poecile montanus kleinschmidti |
C |
BLUE TIT Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus |
C |
GREAT TIT Parus major newtoni |
C |
LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus |
MARTINS, SWALLOW
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|
U |
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia |
C |
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbicum |
C |
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica |
WARBLERS
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|
U |
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus |
C |
COMMON CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita |
M |
WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
R |
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
R |
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
R |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia |
U |
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla |
U |
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin |
U |
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca |
C |
COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis |
M |
DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata |
C |
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus |
WREN, NUTHATCH, TREECREEPER
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|
C |
WREN Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus |
C |
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea caesia |
C |
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris brittanica |
STARLING, THRUSHES
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|
C |
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris |
M |
RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus |
C |
BLACKBIRD Turdus merula |
U |
Continental Blackbird Turdus merula merula |
C |
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris |
C |
REDWING Turdus iliacus |
C |
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos clarkei |
U |
Continental Song Thrush Turdus philomelos philomelos |
C |
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus |
CHATS
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|
S |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata |
C |
ROBIN Erithacus rubecula melophilus |
M |
RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT Luscinia svecica |
M |
NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos |
M |
RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Tarsiger cyanurus |
R |
PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca |
R |
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis |
S |
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
S |
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra |
U |
COMMON STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola hibernans |
U |
NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe |
S |
Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa |
C |
DUNNOCK Prunella modularis occidentalis |
LARKS, PIPITS, WAGTAILS
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|
C |
SKYLARK Alauda arvensis |
C |
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis |
S |
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis |
S |
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima |
C |
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea |
C |
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii |
S |
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba |
FINCHES, BUNTINGS
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|
C |
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus |
M |
TREE SPARROW Passer montanus |
C |
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs gengleri |
S |
Continental Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs coelebs |
R |
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla |
R |
HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
U |
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata |
U |
GREENFINCH Chloris chloris |
C |
LINNET Linaria cannabina |
U |
LESSER REDPOLL Acanthis cabaret |
M |
COMMON CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra |
C |
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis britannica |
U |
SISKIN Spinus spinus |
C |
CORN BUNTING Emberiza calandra |
C |
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella |
U |
REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus |
M |
LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus |