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Most recent additions: Pacific Diver - Gavia pacifica: 27th November 2009 off Severn Beach. Fregetta Storm Petrel - Fregetta grallaria/tropica: 25th November 2009 off Severn Beach.
 

Species in capitals, forms in lower case! Click on the bird name to access full details! It must be stressed that reports of rare and scarce birds are subject to ratification by the appropriate rarities committees.
 
SPECIES/ FORM TAXON STATUS
     
RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata The most 'common' diver to occur best looked for on the coast from mid December to early May.
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica Very rare and least 'common'; likely to be seen on the coast between December and May.
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer Next to Red-throated the most likely in coastal waters, between November and May.
PACIFIC DIVER Gavia pacifica An extreme extralimital vagrant from western northern Canada and north-east Siberia.
Diver Spp Gavia spp Between November and May unidentified birds are likely to be Red-throated on a percentage basis.
     
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis Resident and passage migrant.
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus Resident and passage migrant.
SLAVONIAN GREBE Podiceps auritus Very rare; Coastal passage migrant from early August to early December.
BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis Very rare; Coastal passage migrant from late August to early April.
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis Regular storm driven in small numbers in south-westerly windy conditions.
CORY’S SHEARWATER Calonectris diomedea Very rare storm driven vagrant that has occurred between late November and mid January.
SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus Extremely rare storm driven with one record in September.
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus Regular storm driven in small numbers in south-westerly windy conditions.
BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus Extremely rare storm driven with one record in September.
STORM PETREL Hydrobates pelagicus The least common of the two petrels to coastal waters but has occurred in all months except March.
LEACH'S PETREL Oceanodroma leucorhoa Between September and late April this is by far the most likely petrel to be seen in coastal waters.
FREGETTA STORM PETREL Fregetta grallaria/tropica An extreme extralimital storm driven vagrant from the southern oceans.
GANNET Morus bassanus Regular storm driven in small numbers in south-westerly windy conditions.
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo Resident and passage migrant.
Continental Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis Extremely rare northern European vagrant noted in January on the coast.
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis Rare passage migrant to the coast noted in all months except March, June and November.
BITTERN Botarus stellaris Very rare winter visitor between December and mid January.
NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax Very rare continental vagrant with records between mid November and early May.
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis Extremely rare continental vagrant.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta Scarce but becoming more regular at coastal sites.
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea Resident and passage migrant.
WHITE STORK Ciconia ciconia Extremely rare continental vagrant.
GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus Extremely rare continental vagrant.
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia Very rare continental vagrant to coastal areas from mid February to early September.
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor Resident and passage migrant.
BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus columbianus Scarce winter visitor to coastal areas.
WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus Rare winter visitor occurring from late October to late March.
TAIGA BEAN GOOSE Anser fabilis fabilis Extremely rare winter vagrant from northern Europe.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhyncus Very rare winter vagrant between late November and late February from Iceland and Svalbard.
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons Scarce but annual in small numbers to coastal sites.
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser Scarce but recently annual in small numbers to coastal sites.
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis Resident feral birds.
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis Rare winter visitor and passage migrant.
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla Scarce migrant and winter visitor.
Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota Very rare winter vagrant to coastal sites from arctic Canada.
RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis Extremely rare vagrant to the coast from western Siberia.
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus Very rare occurrences from 'unknown origins'.
RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea Very rare occurrences but may involve genuine vagrants.
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna Resident and boosted by winter visitors.
MANDARIN Aix galericulata Far eastern introduction, looked for at, Tortworth Court, Heneage Court or Dodington Lakes.
WIGEON Anas penelope Common winter visitor with a count of in excess of 7000 in March 1987.
GADWALL Anas strepera Resident in small numbers boosted by passage birds; bred in 2002.
TEAL Anas crecca Common migrant and winter visitor.
GREEN-WINGED TEAL Anas carolinensis Extremely rare transatlantic vagrant.
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos Common resident.
PINTAIL Anas acuta Seen annually in small numbers at coastal sites.
GARGANEY Anas querquedula Almost annually in fluctuating numbers.
SHOVELER Anas clypeata Passage migrant and winter visitor.
RED-CRESTED POCHARD Netta rufina Very rare, status confused due to escapes and deliberate releases.
POCHARD Aythya ferina Passage migrant and winter visitor.
RING-NECKED DUCK Aythya collaris Very rare transatlantic vagrant.
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula Passage migrant and winter visitor.
SCAUP Aythya marila Rare migrant from subarctic Europe.
EIDER Somateria mollissima Annually storm driven in small numbers.
LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis Rare migrant to coastal sites.
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra Annually storm driven in small numbers.
VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca Very rare migrant and winter visitor.
GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula Scarce migrant and winter visitor.
SMEW Mergellus albellus Very rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator Scarce migrant and winter visitor.
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser Scarce migrant and winter visitor.
RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis Rare migrant to coastal sites.
HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus Very rare spring and autumn passage migrant.
RED KITE Milvus milvus Rare; becoming more regular but some genuine vagrants may be involved.
BLACK KITE Milvus migrans Extremely rare spring vagrant.
WHITE-TAILED EAGLE Haliaetus albicilla No modern day records exist, but one historically 'obtained' in 1871.
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginousus Rare spring and autumn passage migrant.
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus Rare winter visitor as well as a spring and autumn passage migrant.
MONTAGU’S HARRIER Circus pygargus Very rare spring and autumn passage migrant with some post breeding dispersal.
Harrier Spp Circus spp Generally involving spring and autumn passage migrants.
GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis Very Rare resident, has bred in recent years.
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus Common resident.
BUZZARD Buteo buteo Common resident.
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus Rare spring and autumn passage migrant.
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus Common resident.
RED-FOOTED FALCON Falco vespertinus Extremely rare autumn vagrant.
MERLIN Falco columbarius Scarce winter visitor.
HOBBY Falco subbuteo Scarce summer visitor.
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus Scarce resident.
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa Common resident including high numbers of 'released' birds.
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix Once more common now very scarce.
QUAIL Coturnix coturnix Irregular summer visitor.
PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus Common resident including high numbers of 'released' birds.
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus torquatus Common resident including high numbers of 'released' birds.
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus Uncommon migrant and winter visitor.
SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana porzana No modern day records exist, but one historically 'obtained' in 1891.
CORNCRAKE Crex crex Very rare spring and autumn passage migrant.
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus Common resident.
COOT Fulica arta Common resident.
     
COMMON CRANE Grus grus Very rare winter and spring vagrant.
Great Bustard Otis tarda Extremely rare re-introduced wanderer. (Not included in the S. Glos list).
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus Resident with counts in excess of 200.
BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus Very rare spring vagrant.
AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
STONE CURLEW Burhinus oedicnemus Very rare passage migrant.
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubious Scarce but regular passage migrant.
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Tundra Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae Scarce passage migrant & winter visitor. Significantly smaller and darker than nominate form.
KENTISH PLOVER Charadrius alexandrinus Very rare spring and autumn vagrant.
DOTTEREL Charadrius morinellus Very rare spring and autumn passage migrant.
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria Regular winter visitor in the east of the recording area, scarce elsewhere.
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola Spring and autumn passage migrant.
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus Passage migrant and winter visitor, has bred.
KNOT Calidris canutus Passage migrant and winter visitor.
SANDERLING Calidris alba Spring and autumn passage migrant.
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER Calidris pusilla Extremely rare autumn transatlantic vagrant.
LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta Spring and autumn passage migrant.
TEMMINCK’S STINT Calidris temminckii Extremely rare spring vagrant.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Calidris fuscicollis Very rare autumn transatlantic vagrant.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER Calidris melanotos Very rare autumn transatlantic vagrant.
CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea Scarce spring and autumn passage migrant.
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima Historically an annual visitor now becoming rare.
DUNLIN Calidris alpina Mainly seen as a winter visitor.
Northern Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii Mainly seen on passage.
Greenland Dunlin Calidris alpina arctica Mainly as a migrant in small numbers in late spring.
BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER Limicola falcinellus Extremely rare spring and autumn Siberian vagrant.
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Tryngites subruficollis Extremely rare spring and autumn transatlantic vagrant.
RUFF Philomachus pugnax Scarce autumn passage migrant and rare winter visitor.
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus Scarce winter visitor.
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago Regular on passage and a winter visitor.
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Limnodromus scolopaceus Extremely rare transatlantic vagrant.
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola Scarce winter visitor, probably under recorded.
Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica Rare passage migrant to coastal areas.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa Passage migrant and winter visitor.
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica Passage migrant and winter visitor.
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus Spring and autumn passage migrant.
CURLEW Numenius arquata Passage migrant and winter visitor.
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus Scarce migrant and winter visitor.
REDSHANK Tringa totanus Regular in winter, has bred.
Icelandic Redshank Tringa totanus robusta Scarce passage migrant & winter visitor.
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia Uncommon passage migrant.
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus Passage migrant and winter visitor.
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola Scarce passage migrant.
TEREK SANDPIPER Xenus cinereus Extremely rare autumn vagrant.
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos Regular passage migrant.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres Winter visitor and passage migrant.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Phalaropus lobatus Extremely rare autumn vagrant.
GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius Rare autumn and storm driven vagrant.
     
POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus Rare spring migrant, also storm driven.
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus Passage migrant and storm driven.
LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus Very rare passage migrant, also storm driven.
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua Scarce spring migrant and storm driven.
Skua Spp Stercorarius Spp Generally storm driven and distant.
     
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus Migrant and winter visitor, increasing in frequency.
FRANKLIN’S GULL Larus pipixcan Very rare spring and early summer transatlantic vagrant.
LITTLE GULL Larus minutus Spring migrant and storm driven.
SABINE’S GULL Larus sabini Rare storm driven vagrant.
BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus Regular migrant and winter visitor.
RING-BILLED GULL Larus delawarensis Very rare transatlantic vagrant.
COMMON GULL Larus canus Passage migrant and winter visitor.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus graellsii Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Baltic Gull Larus fuscus fuscus Some doubt surrounds this northern European gull and records may refer to the form 'intermedius'.
Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius Scarce winter visitor.
HERRING GULL Larus argentatus Non breeding resident.
Scandinavian Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus Scarce winter visitor.
CASPIAN GULL Larus cachinnans Very rare winter vagrant.
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis Scarce migrant may be seen in all months.
ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides Rare migrant and winter visitor.
Kumlien’s Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni Extremely rare transatlantic vagrant.
GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus Very rare winter vagrant.
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus Resident in very small numbers.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla Regular storm driven in good numbers.
     
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvicensis Annual but scarce passage migrant.
ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougallii Very rare spring and autumn passage vagrant.
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo Annual migrant sometimes in large numbers.
ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea Annual migrant sometimes in large numbers.
LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons Scarce migrant in varying numbers with 74 in 1990.
BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger Scarce but annual migrant.
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN Chlidonias leucopterus Extremely rare spring vagrant wintering in Africa.
     
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge Annual usually storm driven to coastal areas.
RAZORBILL Alca torda Scarce storm driven to coastal waters.
BLACK GUILLEMOT Cepphus grylle Extremely rare storm driven autumn vagrant.
LITTLE AUK Alle alle Rare storm driven winter to coastal waters.
PUFFIN Fratercula artica Very rare autumn and winter vagrant.
     
     PALLAS’S SANDGROUSE Syrrhaptes paradoxus  
     ROCK DOVE Columba livia  
     STOCK DOVE Columba oenas  
     WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus  
     COLLARED DOVE Stretopelia decaocto  
     TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur  
     RING-NECKED PARAKEET Psittacula krameri  
     
     CUCKOO Cuculus canorus  
     
     BARN OWL Tyto alba  
     LITTLE OWL Athena noctua  
     TAWNY OWL Strix aluco  
     LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus  
     SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus  
     
     NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus  
     
     SWIFT Apus apus  
     ALPINE SWIFT Apus melba  
     
     KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis  
     EUROPEAN BEE-EATER Merops apiaster  
     HOOPOE Upupa epops  
     
     WRYNECK Jynx torquilla  
     GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis  
     GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrcopos major  
     LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor  
     
     WOODLARK Lullula arborea  
     SKYLARK Alauda aravensis  
     SHORELARK Eremophila alpestris  
     
     SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia  
     SWALLOW Hirundo rustica  
     RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Hirundo daurica  
     HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica  
     
     RICHARDS PIPIT Anthus richardi  
     TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis  
     MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis  
     ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus  
     Scandinavian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus littoralis  
     WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta  
     YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima  
     Channel Wagtail Motacilla flava flava/ flavissima  
     Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava simillima  
     Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava  
     Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi  
     GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea  
     PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii  
     White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba  
     
     WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus  
     DIPPER Cinclus cinclus  
     WREN Troglodytes troglodytes  
     DUNNOCK Prunella modularis  
     
     ROBIN Erithacus rubecula  
     NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos  
     RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT Luscinia svecica svecica  
     White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula  
     BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros  
     COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus  
     WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra  
     STONECHAT Saxicola torquata  
     WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe  
     Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa  
     RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus  
     BLACKBIRD Turdus merula  
     FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris  
     SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos clarkei  
     Continental Song Thrush Turdus philomelos  
     REDWING Turdus iliacus  
     Icelandic Redwing Turdus iliacus coburni  
     MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus  
     
     CETTI’S WARBLER Cettia cetti  
     GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia  
     SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  
     AQUATIC WARBLER Acrocephalus paludicola  
     MARSH WARBLER Acrocephalus palustris  
     REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus  
     ICTERINE WARBLER Hippolais icterina  
     DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata  
     SUBALPINE WARBLER Sylvia cantillans  
     LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca  
     COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis  
     GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin  
     BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla  
     YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus  
     WOOD WARBLER Phyllosocupus sibilatrix  
     CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita  
     Scandinavian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita abietinus  
     Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis  
     WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus  
     Northern Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus acredula  
     GOLDCREST Regulus regulus  
     FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus  
     
     SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata  
     PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca  
     
     BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus  
     LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus  
     MARSH TIT Parus palustris  
     WILLOW TIT Parus montanus  
     COAL TIT Parus ater  
     BLUE TIT Parus caeruleus  
     GREAT TIT Parus major  
     
     NUTHATCH Sitta europaea  
     TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris  
     
     GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus  
     
     RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio  
     GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor  
     WOODCHAT SHRIKE Lanius senator  
     
     JAY Garrulus glandarius  
     MAGPIE Pica pica  
     JACKDAW Corvus monedula  
     Nordic Jackdaw Corvus monedula monedula  
     ROOK Corvus frugilegus  
     CARRION CROW Corvus corone  
     HOODED CROW Corvus cornix  
     RAVEN Corvus corax  
     
     STARLING Sturnus vulgaris  
     ROSE-COLOURED STARLING Sturnus roseus  
     
     HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus  
     TREE SPARROW Passer montanus  
     CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs  
     Continental Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs solomkoi  
     BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla  
     GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris  
     GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis  
     SISKIN Carduelis spinus  
     LINNET Carduelis cannabina  
     TWITE Carduelis flavirostris  
     LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret  
     MEALY REDPOLL Carduelis flammea  
     CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra  
     BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula  
     HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes  
     LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus  
     SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis  
     YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella  
     CIRL BUNTING Emberiza cirlus  
     REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus  
BLACK-HEADED BUNTING Emberiza melanocephala Extremely rare summer vagrant.
     CORN BUNTING Miliaria calandra  

 

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