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Blagdon Lake Bird List

This page is work-in-progress and will be subject to fairly regular updates as records get checked and added. If you can provide any information to add to my database of bird sightings at the lake I will gladly accept. You will notice that historical records of common passerines is particularly weak, so I'd particularly like to hear from you if you can help with these. I plan to publish a paper in due course and any information that is provided will be duly acknowledged. I am currently updating the abundance of each species and looking for most recent records.

Category A, B & C

	English Name	Scientific Name	Abundance	Status	First Record	Last Record
1	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Uncommon	Resident, passage migrant & summer visitor	1944	2010
2	Bewick's (Tundra) Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1941	2009
3	Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1956	1974
4	Bean Goose
	- Taiga Bean Goose	Anser fabalis fabalis	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1990	1990
	- Tundra Bean Goose	Anser fabalis serrirostris	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1996	2006
5	Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1986	2000
6	(Greater) White-fronted Goose
	- Greenland White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons flavirostris		Passage migrant & winter visitor	?	1993
	- Eurasian White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons albifrons		Passage migrant & winter visitor	?	2010
7	Greylag Goose	Anser anser	Very scarce	Introduced resident	1959	2010
8	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Common	Introduced resident	1935	2010
9	Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Uncommon	Introduced resident	1959	2010
10	Brent (Brant) Goose
	- Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Branta bernicla bernicla	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1985	2007
11	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus	Accidental	Introduced resident	1991	2007
12	(Common) Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Scarce	Resident	1929	2010
13	Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Accidental	Introduced resident	1993	2006
14	(Eurasian) Wigeon	Anas penelope	Fairly common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1924	2010
15	American Wigeon	Anas americana	Accidental	Vagrant winter visitor	1946	1946
16	Gadwall	Anas strepera	Common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1915	2010
17	(Eurasian) Teal	Anas crecca	Common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1924	2010
18	Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis	Accidental	Vagrant winter visitor	1949	2002
19	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Common	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1929	2010
20	(Northern) Pintail	Anas acuta	Uncommon	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1913	2010
21	Garganey	Anas querquedula	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1910	2009
22	(Northern) Shoveler	Anas clypeata	Fairly common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1905	2010
23	Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina		Introduced resident & passage migrant	1953	2007
24	(Common) Pochard	Aythya ferina	Fairly common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1924	2010
25	Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris		Passage migrant & winter visitor	1971	2009
26	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1922	2008
27	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Abundant	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1924	2010
28	(Greater) Scaup	Aythya marila	Very scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1908	2010
29	Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	Accidental	Vagrant	2000	2008
30	Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1925	2000
31	Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra	Rare	Passage migrant	1911	2010
32	Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1939	1987
33	(Common) Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Uncommon	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1927	2010
34	Smew	Mergellus albellus	Very scarce	Winter visitor	1908	2010
35	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1920	2009
36	Goosander (Common Merganser)	Mergus merganser	Uncommon	Winter visitor	1915	2010
37	Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Uncommon	Introduced resident & winter visitor	1960	2010
38	Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa	Accidental	Introduced resident	1993	1993
39	(Common) Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Fairly common	Introduced resident	1993	2010
40	Red-throated (Loon) Diver	Gavia stellata	Very rare	Passage migrant	1927	1998
41	Black-throated (Loon) Diver	Gavia arctica	Accidental	Passage migrant	1946	1975
42	Great Northern (Loon) Diver	Gavia immer	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1925	2010
43	Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps	Accidental	Vagrant	1963	1968
44	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Fairly common	Resident	1933	2010
45	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Fairly common	Resident	1924	2010
46	Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1914	1992
47	Slavonian (Horned) Grebe	Podiceps auritis	Rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1935	2008
48	Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1930	2009
49	(European) Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Accidental	Wind-blown vagrant	1983	1983
50	Leach's (Storm) Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Accidental	Wind-blown vagrant	1952	2006
51	(Northern) Gannet	Morus bassanus	Very rare	Wind-blown vagrant	1950	2009
52	(Great) Cormorant
	-	Phalacrocorax carbo carbo	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	?	2010
	-	Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis			?	2008
53	(European) Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Very rare	Winter wind-blown vagrant	1954	1998
54	(Eurasian) Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1947	2010
55	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Accidental	Passage migrant & summer visitor	2009	2009
56	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Uncommon	Resident, passage migrant & summer visitor	1997	2010
57	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Uncommon	Resident	1946	2010
58	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Accidental	Vagrant	1963	1963
59	Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Accidental	Introduced resident & passage migrant	2002	2010
60	(Western) Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Very rare	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1992	2009
61	Hen (Northern) Harrier	Circus cyaneus	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1966	2003
62	(Northern) Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Accidental	Introduced resident & passage migrant	1999	2000
63	(Eurasian) Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Uncommon	Resident	1961	2010
64	(Common) Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Fairly common	Resident	1930	2010
65	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1914	2010
66	(Common) Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Uncommon	Resident	1965	2010
67	Merlin	Falco columbarius	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1950	2009
68	(Eurasian) Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1938	2010
69	Peregrine (Falcon)	Falco peregrinus	Uncommon	Resident	1938	2010
70	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Uncommon	Winter visitor	1927	2010
71	Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Accidental	Passage migrant	1996	1996
72	Corncrake	Crex crex	Accidental	Passage migrant	1927	2003
73	(Common) Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Fairly common	Resident & passage migrant	1936	2010
74	(Common) Coot	Fulica atra	Abundant	Resident, passage migrant & summer visitor	1931	2010
75	(Eurasian) Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1939	2010
76	(Pied) Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Accidental	Passage migrant	2006	2006
77	Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	1993	1993
78	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Scarce	Passage migrant	1956	2010
79	(Common) Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Scarce	Passage migrant	1924	2010
80	American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	2003	2003
81	(European) Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Scarce	Passage migrant	1939	2007
82	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola		Passage migrant	1949	2003
83	(Northern) Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Uncommon	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1929	2010
84	(Red) Knot	Calidris canutus		Passage migrant	1955	2010
85	Sanderling	Calidris alba		Passage migrant	1939	2010
86	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Rare	Passage migrant	1933	2010
87	Temminck's Stint	Calidris teminckii	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	2001	2002
88	Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	2001	2001
89	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos		Passage migrant	1964	2006
90	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Rare	Passage migrant	1953	2010
91	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1929	2010
92	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	Accidental	Passage migrant	1973	1986
93	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Scarce	Passage migrant	1933	2010
94	Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus		Passage migrant & winter visitor	1935	1997
95	(Common) Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Uncommon	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1929	2010
96	Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Accidental	Vagrant & winter visitor	1949	1950
97	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1977	1978
98	(Eurasian) Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola		Winter visitor	1973	2010
99	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Scarce	Passage migrant	1926
	- Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa islandica		Passage migrant		2010
	- European Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa limosa		Passage migrant		2010
100	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rare	Passage migrant	1937	2004
101	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Scarce	Passage migrant	1945	2009
102	(Eurasian) Curlew	Numenius arguata	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1937	2010
103	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1924	2010
104	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Scarce	Passage migrant	1932	2010
105	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1933	2010
106	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Scarce	Passage migrant	1930	2010
107	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Accidental	Passage migrant	1984	1984
108	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola		Passage migrant	1951	2010
109	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1929	2010
110	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres		Passage migrant	1965	2010
111	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus		Passage migrant	1921	1999
112	Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius		Summer wind-blown vagrant	1924	2005
113	Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus		Passage migrant	1903	2006
114	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Accidental	Summer wind-blown vagrant	1988	1988
115	(Black-legged) Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla		Summer wind-blown vagrant	1957	1992
116	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Abundant	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1924	2010
117	Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1938	2010
118	Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	2008	2008
119	Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1986	2010
120	Common (Mew) Gull	Larus canus	Common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1929	2010
121	Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Accidental	Vagrant, passage migrant & winter visitor	1998	1998
122	Lesser Black-backed Gull
	- Western Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus graellsii	Fairly common		?	2010
	- Northern Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus intermedius			?	?
123	Herring Gull
	- Northern Herring Gull	Larus argentatus argentatus			?	?
	- Western Herring Gull	Larus argentatus argenteus	Uncommon		?	2010
124	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1993	2010
125	Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1967	1967
126	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Accidental	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1995	1995
127	Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	Uncommon	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1934	2010
128	Little Tern	Sterna albifrons		Passage migrant	1930	1996
129	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Scarce	Passage migrant	1933	2009
130	White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Accidental	Passage migrant	2001	2001
131	Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis	Very rare	Passage migrant	1938	2009
132	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Scarce	Passage migrant	1938	2010
133	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Scarce	Passage migrant	1947	2010
134	Little Auk	Alle alle	Very rare	Summer wind-blown vagrant	1950	1975
135	Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon	Columba livia	Uncommon	Resident	?	2010
136	Stock Dove	Columba oenas	Uncommon	Resident	1961	2010
137	(Common) Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus	Common	Resident & passage migrant	1967	2010
138	(Eurasian) Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Fairly common	Resident	1964	2010
139	(European) Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Very rare	Passage migrant	1924	1970
140	(Common) Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1924	2010
141	Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Very scarce	Resident	1936	2010
142	Little Owl	Athene noctua	Uncommon	Introduced resident	1966	2010
143	Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	Uncommon	Resident	1965	2010
144	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1928?	1973
145	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1945	1947
146	(Common) Swift	Apus apus	Common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1924	2010
147	(Common) Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Uncommon	Resident	1925	2010
148	(Eurasian) Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Very rare	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1948	1977
149	(European) Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Uncommon	Resident	1947	2010
150	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	Fairly common	Resident	1939	2010
151	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor	Rare	Resident	1937	2002
152	Woodlark	Lullula arborea			1943	1960?
153	Skylark	Alauda arvensis		Passage migrant	1967	2010
154	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	Fairly common	Passage migrant	1926	2010
155	(Barn) Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1924	2010
156	House Martin	Delichon urbicum	Common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1926	2010
157	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Rare	Passage migrant	1924	1952?
158	Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	Fairly common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1967	2010
159	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	Accidental	Vagrant & passage migrant	1973	1973
160	(Eurasian) Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1952	2002
161	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1950	1997
162	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava flavissima	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1924	2010
163	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinera	Uncommon	Resident	1935	2010
164	White Wagtail
	- White Wagtail	Motacilla alba alba	Scarce	Passage migrant	1924	2010
	- Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba yarellii	Fairly common	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1935	2010
165	(White-throated) Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	Very rare	Resident	1924	1933
166	(Winter) Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1953	2010
167	Dunnock (Hedge Accentor)	Prunella modularis	Fairly common	Resident	1967	2010
168	(European) Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1965	2010
169	(Common) Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Rare	Passage migrant	1966	1984
170	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Accidental	Passage migrant	1971	1971
171	Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Rare	Passage migrant	1930	2009
172	(Common) Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Rare	Passage migrant	1927	2002
173	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1934	2009
174	(Eurasian) Stonechat	Saxicola torquata	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1949	2010
175	(Northern) Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Uncommon	Passage migrant	1926	2009
176	(Common) Blackbird	Turdus merula	Fairly common	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1965	2010
177	Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	Common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	?	2010
178	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Uncommon	Resident	1940	2010
179	Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Common	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1930	2010
180	Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus	Uncommon	Resident & passage migrant	1992	2010
181	Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Rare	Resident	1998	2010
182	(Common) Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	Very scarce	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1925	2009
183	Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Very rare	Vagrant & passage migrant	1963	1969
184	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1925	2010
185	(Eurasian) Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Fairly common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1925	2010
186	Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Fairly common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1925	2010
187	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Fairly common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1925	2010
188	Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1929	2010
189	(Common) Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Uncommon	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1924	2010
190	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Very rare	Passage migrant	1925	1998
191	Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Common	Passage migrant, summer & winter visitor	1924	2010
192	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Fairly common	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1924	2010
193	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1947	2010
194	Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus	Very rare	Winter visitor	1950	2001
195	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Scarce	Passage migrant & summer visitor	1939	2010
196	(Eurasian) Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoeuca	Rare	Passage migrant	1947	2006
197	Bearded Tit (Reedling)	Panurus biarmicus	Very rare	Passage migrant	1965	1980
198	Long-tailed (Bush) Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1953	2010
199	Blue Tit	Parus caeruleus	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1965	2010
200	Great Tit	Parus major	Uncommon	Resident	1965	2010
201	Coal Tit	Parus ater	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1952	2010
202	Willow Tit	Parus montanus	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1974	2001
203	Marsh Tit	Parus palustris	Uncommon	Resident	1967	2007
204	(Eurasian) Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	Uncommon	Resident	?	2010
205	(Eurasian) Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	Fairly common	Resident & winter visitor	1966	2010
206	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio		Passage migrant	1927	1937?
207	Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor	Very rare	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1964?	1973
208	(Eurasian) Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Uncommon	Resident	1965	2010
209	(Eurasian) Magpie	Pica pica	Fairly common	Resident	1927	2010
210	(Western) Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	Common	Resident	1965	2010
211	Rook	Corvus frugilegus	Common	Resident	1966	2010
212	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	Common	Resident	1964	2010
213	(Northern) Raven	Corvus corax	Scarce	Resident	1933	2010
214	(Common) Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Common	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1965	2010
215	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Fairly common	Resident	1967	2010
216	(Eurasian) Tree Sparrow	Passer monatus	Very rare	Passage migrant	1962	1967
217	Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Fairly common	Resident & passage migrant	1966	2010
218	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Scarce	Passage migrant & winter visitor	1965	2003
219	(European) Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Fairly common	Resident & passage migrant	?	2010
220	(European) Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Fairly common	Resident & passage migrant	1939	2010
221	(Eurasian) Siskin	Carduelis spinus	Scarce	Passage migrant	1926	2009
222	(Common) Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	Common	Resident & passage migrant	1990	2010
223	Lesser Redpoll	Carduelis canabina	Very scarce	Passage migrant	1927	2007
224	Mealy (Common) Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	Very rare	Passage migrant	1965	1967
225	Common (Red) Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	Rare	Passage migrant	1943	2009
226	(Eurasian) Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Uncommon	Resident	1961	2010
227	Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	Very rare	Passage migrant	1959	1959?
228	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Rare	Resident & passage migrant	?	2004
229	(Common) Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	Uncommon	Resident, passage migrant & winter visitor	1925	2010

Category D

	English Name	Scientific Name	Status		First Record	Last Record
1	Marbled Duck	Marmaronetta angustirostris	Accidental		1984	1984

Category E

	English Name	Scientific Name	Status		First Record	Last Record
1	Fulvous Whistling Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1998	1998
2	Black Swan	Cygnus atratus	Very scarce	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1983	2008
3	Swan Goose	Anser cygnoides	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1982	?
4	Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus	Very rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1991	1991
5	Bar-headed Goose	Anser indicus	Very scarce	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1992	2010
6	Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	Very scarce	Introduction, transportee or escaped	?	?
7	Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis		Introduction, transportee or escaped	?	2003
8	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1987	1987
9	Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata		Introduction, transportee or escaped	?	2000
10	Ringed Teal	Callonetta leucophrys	Very rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	?	1991
11	Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Very rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1993	2006
12	Chiloe Wigeon	Anas sibilatrix	Very rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1978	2005
13	Yellow-billed (Chilean) Pintail	Anas georgica spinicauda	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	2008	2008
14	White-cheeked Pintail	Anas bahamensis	Very rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1991	?
15	Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1993	1993
16	Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera	Rare	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1993	1995
17	Rosy-billed Pochard (Rosybill)	Netta peposaca	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1993	1993
18	Harris's Hawk	Parabuteo unicinctus	Accidental	Introduction, transportee or escaped	1992	1992
19	Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove	Columba livia	Common	Introduction, transportee or escaped	?	2010

Tables last updated on 31st August 2010

130 spp. recorded in 2010

Key to abundance:

• Accidental - five or less records
• Very rare - twenty or less records
• Rare - less than annual; many years between records
• Very scarce - less than annual; typically every 2 or 3 years
• Scarce - very small numbers virtually every year
• Uncommon - recorded in low numbers each year
• Fairly common - occurs in reasonable numbers
• Common - regularly occurs in good numbers
• Abundant - occurs in large numbers

Other species recorded:

• Little Bittern (bird recorded Nov - Dec 1916 with location given as 'Ubley' per Palmer & Ballance from a report of the Wells Nat Hist Soc.)
• Night Heron (sight record submitted to AOG by N Milbourne of a bird watched in flight for several minutes but presumably rejected)
• Montagu's Harrier (a 'ringtail' harrier on 26th Sep 1965 recorded by Harry Thornhill thought to have been this sp.)
• Common Crane (flyover reported on RBA pager service)
• Golden Oriole (sight record by Mike Jenkins on unknown date but record not submitted to AOG)

Other species likely to have occurred but unrecorded:

• Grey Partridge
• Spoonbill
• Honey Buzzard
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Purple Sandpiper
• Great Skua
• Common Guillemot
• Razorbill
• Wryneck
• Hooded Crow
• Hawfinch
• Corn Bunting

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