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English Name Scientific Name Status Withheld Code
Brent GooseBranta berniclaVery scarce*
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVery rareBBRC
Canada GooseBranta canadensisVery common
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisRare
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensCommon
Greylag GooseAnser anserCommon
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusRare*
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisRare*
White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsVery scarce*
Mute SwanCygnus olorVery common
Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianusVery scarce*
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusVery scarce*
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaFairly common
ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarce
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataFairly common
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsVery rare*BBRC
ShovelerSpatula clypeataFairly common
GadwallMareca streperaFairly common
WigeonMareca penelopeCommon
MallardAnas platyrhynchosVery common
PintailAnas acutaScarce*
TealAnas creccaCommon
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensisVery rare*
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaVery scarce
PochardAythya ferinaCommon
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaRare*
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare*
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaCommon
ScaupAythya marilaVery scarce*
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisVery rare*BBRC
King EiderSomateria spectabilisVery rare*
EiderSomateria mollissimaVery scarce*
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaRare*
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraRare*
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisVery scarce*
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarce
SmewMergellus albellusVery scarce*
GoosanderMergus merganserScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorVery scarce*
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisVery scarce
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixVery rare*
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaScarce
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixVery scarce1 Mar-31 Jul
QuailCoturnix coturnixVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
PheasantPhasianus colchicusVery common
Red-throated DiverGavia stellataRare*
Black-throated DiverGavia arcticaRare*
Great Northern DiverGavia immerVery scarce*
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicusVery rare*
Leach's PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVery rare*
FulmarFulmarus glacialisVery rare*
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealisVery rare*
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusRare*
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusVery rare*
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroliVery rare*BBRC
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisFairly common
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsVery rare*BBRC
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaRare*
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusCommon
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritusVery scarce*
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Black StorkCiconia nigraVery rare*BBRC
White StorkCiconia ciconiaRare*
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare*BBRC
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaRare*
BitternBotaurus stellarisVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusVery rare*BBRC
Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxVery rare*
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesVery rare*BBRC
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisVery rare*BBRC
Grey HeronArdea cinereaCommon
Purple HeronArdea purpureaVery rare*
Great White EgretArdea albaVery scarce*
Little EgretEgretta garzettaFairly common
GannetMorus bassanusRare*
ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelisVery scarce*
CormorantPhalacrocorax carboFairly common
OspreyPandion haliaetusScarce*
Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusRare*
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosVery rare*
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusCommon
GoshawkAccipiter gentilisVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusVery scarce*
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusRare*
Red KiteMilvus milvusFairly common
Black KiteMilvus migransVery rare*
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaVery rare*
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusRare*
BuzzardButeo buteoCommon
Great BustardOtis tardaVery rare*BBRC
Water RailRallus aquaticusFairly common
CorncrakeCrex crexVery rare*
Little CrakePorzana parvaVery rare*BBRC
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusillaVery rare*BBRC
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaRare*1 Mar-31 Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusVery common
CootFulica atraCommon
CraneGrus grusRare*1 Mar-31 Jul
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusRare*
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusScarce
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusVery rare*BBRC
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
LapwingVanellus vanellusCommon
Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusVery rare*BBRC
White-tailed PloverVanellus leucurusVery rare*BBRC
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaScarce*
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaVery rare*BBRC
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaVery rare*
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVery scarce*
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaScarce
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusVery rare*BBRC
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusVery rare*
DotterelCharadrius morinellusRare*
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusScarce*
CurlewNumenius arquataScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarce*
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarce
TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarce
KnotCalidris canutusVery scarce*
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarce*
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVery rare*BBRC
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVery rare*BBRC
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaRare*
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiVery scarce*
SanderlingCalidris albaScarce
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarce
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaVery rare*
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiVery rare*BBRC
Little StintCalidris minutaVery scarce*
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVery rare*
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVery rare*
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosVery rare*
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriVery rare*BBRC
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusVery rare*BBRC
WoodcockScolopax rusticolaFairly common*
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarce*
Great SnipeGallinago mediaVery rare*BBRC
SnipeGallinago gallinagoCommon
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorVery rare*
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusVery rare*
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusVery scarce*
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosScarce
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusVery rare*BBRC
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarce*
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaVery rare*BBRC
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVery rare*BBRC
RedshankTringa totanusScarce
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisVery rare*BBRC
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaVery scarce*
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusVery scarce*
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarce*
Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursorVery rare*BBRC
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincolaVery rare*BBRC
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaVery scarce*
Sabine's GullXema sabiniVery rare*
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaVery rare*BBRC
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusAbundant
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarce*
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaVery rare*BBRC
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanVery rare*BBRC
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarce*
Common GullLarus canusCommon
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisVery rare*
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarce
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensVery rare*BBRC
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRare*
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesVery scarce*
Herring GullLarus argentatusVery common
Caspian GullLarus cachinnansVery scarce*
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisScarce*
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagusVery rare*
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusVery common
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaVery rare*BBRC
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaVery rare*BBRC
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisVery scarce
Little TernSternula albifronsVery scarce*
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusVery rare*BBRC
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusVery rare*BBRC
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiVery rare*
Common TernSterna hirundoFairly common
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarce*
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaVery rare*BBRC
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterusVery rare*
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarce*
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaVery rare*
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinusVery rare*
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticusVery scarce*
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudusVery rare*
Little AukAlle alleVery rare*
Common GuillemotUria aalgeVery rare*
RazorbillAlca tordaVery rare*
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleVery rare*
PuffinFratercula arcticaVery rare*
Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxusVery rare*BBRC
Rock DoveColumba liviaVery common
Stock DoveColumba oenasCommon
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusAbundant
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalisVery rare*BBRC
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoVery common
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusVery rare*BBRC
CuckooCuculus canorusFairly common*
Barn OwlTyto albaScarce*
Scops OwlOtus scopsVery rare*BBRC
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVery rare*BBRC
Tawny OwlStrix alucoCommon
Little OwlAthene noctuaFairly common*
Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereusVery rare*BBRC
Long-eared OwlAsio otusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorVery rare*
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusFairly common*1 Mar-31 Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaVery rare*
SwiftApus apusCommon
RollerCoracias garrulusVery rare*BBRC
KingfisherAlcedo atthisFairly common
Bee-eaterMerops apiasterVery rare*
HoopoeUpupa epopsRare*
WryneckJynx torquillaRare*
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorCommon
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisCommon
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniVery rare*BBRC
KestrelFalco tinnunculusCommon
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVery rare*
MerlinFalco columbariusVery scarce*
HobbyFalco subbuteoFairly common*1 Mar-31 Jul
Gyr FalconFalco rusticolusVery rare*BBRC
PeregrineFalco peregrinusScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameriFairly common
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusVery rare*BBRC
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioRare*
Daurian ShrikeLanius isabellinusVery rare*BBRC
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minorVery rare*BBRC
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarce*
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorVery rare*
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusRare*
JayGarrulus glandariusCommon
MagpiePica picaVery common
NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesVery rare*BBRC
JackdawColoeus monedulaAbundant
RookCorvus frugilegusVery common
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneVery common
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixVery rare*
RavenCorvus coraxScarce*
WaxwingBombycilla garrulusVery scarce*
Coal TitPeriparus aterCommon
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusVery rare*
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisCommon*
Willow TitPoecile montanusRare1 Mar-31 Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusAbundant
Great TitParus majorAbundant
Penduline TitRemiz pendulinusVery rare*BBRC
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaFairly common*1 Mar-31 Jul
SkylarkAlauda arvensisCommon
Crested LarkGalerida cristataVery rare*BBRC
Shore LarkEremophila alpestrisVery rare*
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaVery rare*
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaFairly common
SwallowHirundo rusticaCommon
House MartinDelichon urbicumCommon
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaVery rare*
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiScarce*
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusVery common
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusCommon*
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaCommon
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericusVery rare*BBRC
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixVery scarce*
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusVery rare*
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziVery rare*
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulusVery rare*
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusVery scarce*
Hume's WarblerPhylloscopus humeiVery rare*BBRC
Eastern Crowned WarblerPhylloscopus coronatusVery rare*
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVery rare*
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusFairly common
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricolaVery rare*BBRC
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorumVery rare*BBRC
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusFairly common
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisRare*1 Mar-31 Jul
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglottaRare*
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaVery rare*
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaVery scarce*
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesVery rare*BBRC
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaVery common
Garden WarblerSylvia borinFairly common
Barred WarblerSylvia nisoriaVery rare*
Lesser WhitethroatSylvia currucaFairly common*
WhitethroatSylvia communisCommon
Dartford WarblerSylvia undataFairly common*1 Mar-31 Jul
Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillansVery rare*
Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephalaVery rare*BBRC
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusCommon
WrenTroglodytes troglodytesAbundant
NuthatchSitta europaeaCommon
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisCommon
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaVery rare*BBRC
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseusRare*
StarlingSturnus vulgarisVery common
Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusVery rare*BBRC
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusVery scarce*
BlackbirdTurdus merulaAbundant
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanniVery rare*BBRC
FieldfareTurdus pilarisFairly common
RedwingTurdus iliacusFairly common
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosCommon
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusCommon
American RobinTurdus migratoriusVery rare*BBRC
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataScarce*
RobinErithacus rubeculaAbundant
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaVery rare*
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosFairly common*1 Mar-31 Jul
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaRare*
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaVery rare*
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusFairly common*
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarce*
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaFairly common
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusVery rare*
WheatearOenanthe oenantheFairly common
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiVery rare*BBRC
DipperCinclus cinclusVery rare*
House SparrowPasser domesticusVery common
Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Alpine AccentorPrunella collarisVery rare*BBRC
DunnockPrunella modularisVery common
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarce
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaVery rare*BBRC
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaFairly common
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaVery common
Richard's PipitAnthus richardiVery rare*
Tawny PipitAnthus campestrisVery rare*
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisVery common
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisFairly common*
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniVery rare*BBRC
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusVery rare*
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescensVery rare*BBRC
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaVery scarce*
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusVery scarce
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsAbundant
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarce*
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorVery rare*BBRC
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaCommon
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusVery rare*
GreenfinchChloris chlorisCommon
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisRare*
LinnetLinaria cannabinaCommon
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaRare*
Lesser RedpollAcanthis cabaretFairly common
Arctic RedpollAcanthis hornemanniVery rare*
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusVery rare*BBRC
CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarce*
Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucopteraVery rare*BBRC
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisVery common
SerinSerinus serinusVery rare*
SiskinSpinus spinusFairly common
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraRare*
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaCommon
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalosVery rare*BBRC
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulanaRare*
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusVery rare*
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaVery rare*
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaVery rare*
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaVery rare*BBRC
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusCommon
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicusVery rare*
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisRare*