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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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