Species

The following table includes all 294 species recorded in Buckinghamshire. Click for photos.

Vernacular Name	Scientific Name	Status
Red-throated Diver	Gavia stellata	Very scarce
Black-throated Diver	Gavia arctica	Rare
Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer	Rare
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Fairly common
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Common
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Very scarce
Slavonian Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Very scarce
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Very scarce
Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis	Very rare
Great Shearwater	Puffinus gravis	Very rare
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Rare
Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Very rare
Leach's Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Rare
Gannet	Morus bassanus	Very rare
Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Fairly common
Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Very scarce
Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Very scarce
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Very rare
Night-heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Very rare
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Very rare
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Fairly common
Great White Egret	Ardea alba	Very rare
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Fairly common
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Very rare
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Very rare
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Very scarce
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Very rare
Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Very rare
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Very common
Bewick's Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Scarce
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	Very scarce
Bean Goose	Anser fabalis	Rare
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus	Very scarce
White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Very scarce
Greylag Goose	Anser anser	Common
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	Common
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Very common
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Fairly common
Brent Goose	Branta bernicla	Very scarce
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Fairly common
Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Fairly common
Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Fairly common
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Fairly common
Wigeon	Anas penelope	Very common
Gadwall	Anas strepera	Fairly common
Teal	Anas crecca	Common
Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis	Very rare
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Very common
Pintail	Anas acuta	Scarce
Garganey	Anas querquedula	Very scarce
Shoveler	Anas clypeata	Fairly common
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	Very scarce
Pochard	Aythya ferina	Common
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Rare
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Very rare
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Common
Scaup	Aythya marila	Very scarce
Eider	Somateria mollissima	Very rare
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Very scarce
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra	Very scarce
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Very rare
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	Very rare
Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Fairly common
Smew	Mergellus albellus	Very scarce
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Very scarce
Goosander	Mergus merganser	Scarce
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Scarce
Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus	Rare
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Very rare
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Fairly common
White-tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	Very rare
Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Very scarce
Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus	Very scarce
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	Very rare
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Very scarce
Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Common
Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Common
Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus	Very rare
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Very scarce
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Common
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Very rare
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Very scarce
Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Fairly common
Peregrine	Falco peregrinus	Scarce
Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa	Very common
Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix	Scarce
Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Very scarce
Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Very common
Golden Pheasant	Chrysolophus pictus	Very rare
Lady Amherst's Pheasant	Chrysolophus amherstiae	Rare
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Fairly common
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Very rare
Corncrake	Crex crex	Rare
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Very common
Coot	Fulica atra	Common
Crane	Grus grus	Very rare
Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Fairly common
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Very rare
Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Rare
Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus	Rare
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Fairly common
Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Fairly common
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Very rare
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	Very rare
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	Very rare
Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Common
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Very scarce
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Common
Knot	Calidris canutus	Very scarce
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Very scarce
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Very scarce
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	Very scarce
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	Very rare
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Very rare
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Very scarce
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima	Very rare
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Fairly common
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Very scarce
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	Scarce
Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Common
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Very rare
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Scarce
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Scarce
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Very scarce
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Scarce
Curlew	Numenius arquata	Scarce
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Fairly common
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Fairly common
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Very scarce
Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Scarce
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Very rare
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Very scarce
Redshank	Tringa totanus	Fairly common
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Rare
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Very rare
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Very rare
Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	Very rare
Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus	Very rare
Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	Very rare
Long-tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudus	Very rare
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua	Very rare
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Very rare
Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Very scarce
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Abundant
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Scarce
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan	Very rare
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	Scarce
Common Gull	Larus canus	Very common
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Very rare
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Very common
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	Very common
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	Scarce
Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	Scarce
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	Very scarce
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Very scarce
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	Fairly common
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Very scarce
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Very rare
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Very rare
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Scarce
White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Very rare
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis	Very scarce
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Fairly common
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Very rare
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Scarce
Guillemot	Uria aalge	Very rare
Razorbill	Alca torda	Very rare
Little Auk	Alle alle	Rare
Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Very rare
Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	Very rare
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon	Columba livia	Very common
Stock Dove	Columba oenas	Common
Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus	Abundant
Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Very common
Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Scarce
Ring-necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	Fairly common
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Fairly common
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Fairly common
Little Owl	Athene noctua	Fairly common
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	Common
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Very scarce
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Very scarce
Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Very scarce
Swift	Apus apus	Common
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Very rare
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Fairly common
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Rare
Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Rare
Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	Rare
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Common
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	Common
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor	Scarce
Woodlark	Lullula arborea	Very scarce
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Common
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	Fairly common
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Common
House Martin	Delichon urbicum	Common
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Very rare
Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	Very rare
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Scarce
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	Very common
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus	Very scarce
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	Rare
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Fairly common
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Fairly common
Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Very common
Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	Very scarce
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	Rare
Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	Abundant
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	Very common
Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Abundant
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Scarce
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Very rare
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Very scarce
Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Very scarce
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Scarce
Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Fairly common
Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Fairly common
Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	Very rare
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Very scarce
Blackbird	Turdus merula	Abundant
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	Fairly common
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Very common
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Fairly common
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus	Common
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Scarce
Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	Scarce
River Warbler	Locustella fluviatilis	Very rare
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Very rare
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Fairly common
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Very rare
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Fairly common
Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	Very rare
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	Very rare
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Very common
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Fairly common
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Fairly common
Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Fairly common
Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata	Very scarce
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Very rare
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Rare
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Common
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Common
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Very common
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla	Scarce
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Scarce
Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	Rare
Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus	Rare
Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	Very common
Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	Abundant
Great Tit	Parus major	Abundant
Coal Tit	Periparus ater	Common
Willow Tit	Poecile montana	Very scarce
Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris	Common
Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	Common
Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	Common
Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Very rare
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Rare
Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor	Very scarce
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Very rare
Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Common
Magpie	Pica pica	Very common
Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes	Very rare
Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Very rare
Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	Abundant
Rook	Corvus frugilegus	Very common
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	Very common
Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	Very rare
Raven	Corvus corax	Fairly common
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Very common
Rose-coloured Starling	Pastor roseus	Very rare
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Very common
Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Scarce
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Abundant
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Fairly common
Serin	Serinus serinus	Very rare
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Very common
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Very common
Siskin	Carduelis spinus	Common
Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	Common
Twite	Carduelis flavirostris	Very rare
Lesser Redpoll	Carduelis cabaret	Fairly common
Mealy Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	Very rare
Two-barred Crossbill	Loxia leucoptera	Very rare
Common Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	Scarce
Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Common
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Very scarce
Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus	Very rare
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	Very rare
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Common
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus	Very rare
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	Very rare
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	Common
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra	Fairly common

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