SYSTEMATIC LIST
The Systematic List follows the conventions of the British Ornithologist' Union (BOU) and the IOC World Bird List. The list currently stands at 334 - 303 full species and 31 forms. Click on the links to access more details.
The most recent addition: TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE - Anser serrirostris: Oldbury Power Station in December 2020.
RARITY STATUS: M (mega) R (rare) S (scarce) U (uncommon) C (common)
GEESE |
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U |
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla |
R |
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M |
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C |
CANADA GOOSE Branta candensis |
S |
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U |
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser |
M |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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S |
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M |
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SWANS |
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C |
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor |
S |
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R |
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WILDFOWL |
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S |
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C |
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna |
M |
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S |
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S |
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C |
SHOVELER Spatula clypeata |
U |
GADWALL Mareca strepera |
C |
WIGEON Mareca penelope |
M |
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C |
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos |
U |
PINTAIL Anas acuta |
C |
COMMON TEAL Anas crecca |
M |
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R |
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U |
POCHARD Aythya ferina |
M |
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C |
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula |
S |
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S |
EIDER Somateria mollissima |
M |
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M |
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U |
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra |
R |
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S |
GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula |
R |
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S |
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R |
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M |
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GAME |
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C |
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa |
S |
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix |
U |
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C |
COMMON PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus |
DIVERS |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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SEABIRDS |
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S |
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S |
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U |
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis |
M |
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M |
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U |
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus |
M |
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GREBES |
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C |
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis |
C |
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus |
M |
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M |
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STORKS, HERONS ETC |
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M |
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M |
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R |
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R |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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R |
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C |
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea |
R |
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U |
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta |
GANNET, CORMORANTS |
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U |
GANNET Morus bassanus |
R |
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C |
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo |
R |
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RAPTORS |
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R |
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M |
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C |
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus |
S |
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S |
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R |
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M |
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M |
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U |
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M |
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M |
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C |
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo |
RAILS, CRAKES |
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C |
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus |
M |
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M |
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C |
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus |
C |
COOT Fulica atra |
WADERS |
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M |
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C |
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus |
M |
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S |
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C |
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus |
C |
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria |
M |
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M |
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U |
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola |
C |
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula psammodromus |
U |
Tundra Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae |
U |
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius curonicus |
M |
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R |
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S |
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus islandicus |
C |
CURLEW Numenius arquata |
U |
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica |
C |
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa islandica |
R |
Continental Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa |
C |
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres |
U |
KNOT Calidris canutus |
U |
RUFF Calidris pugnax |
M |
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S |
CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea |
M |
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U |
SANDERLING Calidris alba |
C |
DUNLIN Calidris alpina schinzii |
S |
Northern Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina |
M |
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R |
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S |
LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta |
M |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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U |
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola |
U |
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C |
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago |
M |
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M |
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R |
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S |
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos |
S |
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus |
C |
REDSHANK Tringa totanus |
U |
Icelandic Redshank Tringa totanus robusta |
S |
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S |
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U |
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia |
M |
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GULLS |
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U |
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla |
R |
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C |
BLACK-HEADED GULL Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
S |
LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus |
M |
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M |
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S |
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C |
COMMON GULL Larus canus |
M |
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U |
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus |
M |
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M |
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M |
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C |
HERRING GULL Larus argentatus argenteus |
U |
Scandinavian Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus |
M |
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S |
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C |
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus graellsii |
U |
Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius |
TERNS |
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S |
SANDWICH TERN Thalasseus sandvicensis |
S |
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M |
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C |
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo |
C |
ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea |
M |
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M |
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S |
BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger |
SKUA'S |
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S |
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua |
R |
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S |
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M |
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AUK'S |
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M |
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S |
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge |
S |
RAZORBILL Alca torda islandica |
M |
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M |
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SANDGROUSE, DOVES, PIGEONS |
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M |
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C |
ROCK DOVE/ FERAL PIGEON Columba livia |
C |
STOCK DOVE Columba oenas |
C |
WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus |
R |
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C |
COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto |
CUCKOO, OWLS, NIGHTJAR |
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S |
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus |
U |
BARN OWL Tyto alba |
C |
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco |
U |
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua |
R |
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S |
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M |
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SWIFT |
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M |
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C |
COMMON SWIFT Apus apus |
EXOTICS |
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U |
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ispida |
M |
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M |
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U |
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R |
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U |
DIPPER Cinclus cinclus gularis |
M |
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WOODPECKERS |
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M |
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R |
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C |
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major anglicus |
C |
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis |
FALCONS |
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C |
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus |
M |
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S |
MERLIN Falco columbarius aesalon |
R |
Icelandic Merlin Falco columbarius subaesalon |
S |
HOBBY Falco subbuteo |
U |
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus |
SHRIKE |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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CORVID |
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C |
JAY Garrulus glandarius rufitergum |
S |
Continental Jay Garrulus glandarius glandarius |
C |
MAGPIE Pica pica |
C |
JACKDAW Coloeus monedula spermologus |
M |
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C |
ROOK Corvus frugilegus |
C |
CARRION CROW Corvus corone |
M |
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U |
COMMON RAVEN Corvus corax |
TITS |
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C |
COAL TIT Periparus ater britannicus |
M |
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S |
MARSH TIT Poecile palustris dresseri |
R |
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C |
BLUE TIT Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus |
C |
GREAT TIT Parus major newtoni |
M |
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R |
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C |
LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus |
SWALLOWS, MARTINS |
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C |
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica |
M |
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C |
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia |
C |
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbicum |
LARKS |
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M |
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C |
SKYLARK Alauda arvensis |
M |
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WARBLERS |
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S |
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C |
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus |
M |
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C |
COMMON CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita |
R |
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R |
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M |
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R |
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R |
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M |
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S |
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
S |
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
M |
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M |
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R |
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C |
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla |
U |
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin |
U |
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca |
C |
COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis |
M |
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M |
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R |
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C |
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus |
WRENS, NUTHATCH, TREECREEPER |
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C |
WREN Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus |
C |
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea caesia |
C |
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris brittanica |
STARLINGS |
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M |
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C |
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris |
THRUSHES |
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R |
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C |
BLACKBIRD Turdus merula |
S |
Continental Blackbird Turdus merula merula |
C |
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris |
C |
REDWING Turdus iliacus |
S |
Icelandic Redwing Turdus iliacus coburni |
C |
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos clarkei |
S |
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 |
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M |
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R |
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M |
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R |
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S |
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U |
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
U |
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra |
C |
COMMON STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola hibernans |
C |
NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe |
U |
Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa |
M |
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M |
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C |
DUNNOCK Prunella modularis occidentalis |
WAGTAILS |
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U |
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima |
M |
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S |
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M |
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M |
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M |
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C |
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea |
C |
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii |
U |
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba |
PIPITS |
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M |
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C |
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis |
U |
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis |
M |
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S |
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C |
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus |
R |
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FINCHES, BUNTINGS |
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C |
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus |
R |
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C |
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs gengleri |
U |
Continental Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs coelebs |
S |
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla |
S |
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U |
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata |
M |
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U |
GREENFINCH Chloris chloris |
R |
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C |
LINNET Linaria cannabina |
M |
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S |
LESSER REDPOLL Acanthis cabaret |
S |
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C |
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis britannica |
M |
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U |
SISKIN Spinus spinus |
U |
CORN BUNTING Emberiza calandra |
U |
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella |
M |
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M |
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M |
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C |
REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus |
M |
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R |
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IN ADDITION: Not included in the main list |
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Black/ White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica/ grallaria |
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Great Bustard Otis tarda (reintroduction) |
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