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From Londonbirders
| Species | Scientific Name | Description Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | ||
| Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianus | N | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | N | |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | D | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | D | |
| White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | ||
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | ||
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | ||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | D - for wild birds only | |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | ||
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | BBRC | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | ||
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | ||
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | ||
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | ||
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | D | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | ||
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | ||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | D | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ||
| Pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | ||
| Blue-winged Tea
l|Anas discors | BBRC | ||
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata | ||
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | ||
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | D | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | D | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | ||
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | ||
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | BBRC | |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | N | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | N | |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | ||
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | N | |
| Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | ||
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | ||
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | ||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | ||
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | ||
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | ||
| Quail | Coturnix coturnix | N | |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ||
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | ||
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | N | |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | N | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | BBRC | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | ||
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | ||
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | ||
| Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | D | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | D | |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | D | |
| Macaronesian Shearwater | Puffinus baroli | BBRC | |
| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | D | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | D | |
| Gannet | Morus bassana | N | |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | ||
| Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | ||
| Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | ||
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | BBRC | |
| Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | D | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | BBRC | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | BBRC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | ||
| Great White Egret | Egretta alba | D | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | ||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | D | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | BBRC | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | D | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | BBRC | |
| Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | N | |
| Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | D | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | D | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | ||
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | BBRC | |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | ||
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | ||
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | D | |
| Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | D | |
| Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | ||
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | ||
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | D | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | D | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | BBRC | |
| Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | ||
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | D | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | N | |
| Hobby | Falco subbuteo | ||
| Gyr Falcon | Falco rusticolus | BBRC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | ||
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | ||
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | D | |
| Little Crake | Porzana parva | BBRC | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | BBRC | |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | D | |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ||
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | ||
| Common Crane | Grus grus | D | |
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | BBRC | |
| Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | ||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | BBRC | |
| Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | ||
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | D | |
| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | BBRC | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | BBRC | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | ||
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | ||
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | BBRC | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | D | |
| Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | D | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | D | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | BBRC | |
| Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | ||
| Sociable Plover | Vanellus gregaria | BBRC | |
| Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | ||
| Knot | Calidris canutus | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | ||
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | BBRC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | ||
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | D | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | D | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | BBRC | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | D | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | BBRC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | N | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | ||
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | BBRC | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | D | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | ||
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | ||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ||
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | BBRC | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | BBRC | |
| Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | ||
| Curlew | Numenius arquata | ||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | ||
| Redshank | Tringa totanus | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | BBRC | |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | BBRC | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | BBRC | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | BBRC | |
| Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | BBRC | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | D | |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria | D | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | D | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | D | |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | D | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | D | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | ||
| Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan | BBRC | |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | ||
| Sabine's Gull | Larus sabini | D | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia | BBRC | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | D | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | ||
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michaellis | D - for 'Caspian Gull' only | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | ||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | D | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | D | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | ||
| Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | ||
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscata | BBRC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anarthetus | BBRC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | BBRC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | BBRC | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | BBRC | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | D | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | ||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | D | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | ||
| Guillemot | Uria aalge | N | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | N | |
| Little Auk | Alle alle | N | |
| Puffin | Fratercula arctica | N | |
| Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | BBRC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | ||
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | ||
| Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | ||
| Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | ||
| Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | ||
| Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | ||
| Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | BBRC | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Scops Owl | Otus scops | BBRC | |
| Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca | BBRC | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | ||
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | ||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | ||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | ||
| Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | BBRC | |
| Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | N | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | BBRC | |
| Swift | Apus apus | ||
| Alpine Swift | Apus melba | D | |
| Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | ||
| Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | D | |
| Roller | Coracias garrulus | BBRC | |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops | D | |
| Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | D | |
| Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | ||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | ||
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos minor | ||
| Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | D | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | BBRC | |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | N (away from breeding areas) | |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Shore Lark | Eremophila alpestris | D | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | ||
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ||
| House Martin | Delichon urbicum | ||
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropsis daurica | D | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | D | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | D | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | BBRC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | ||
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | ||
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | D | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | ||
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | ||
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | ||
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | BBRC | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | ||
| Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba | ||
| Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | ||
| Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | ||
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | ||
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | ||
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | BBRC | |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | ||
| Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | ||
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | D | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | ||
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | ||
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | ||
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | ||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | ||
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | BBRC | |
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | BBRC | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | BBRC | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | ||
| Blackbird | Turdus merula | ||
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus naumanni | BBRC | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | ||
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | ||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | ||
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | ||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | BBRC | |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | D (for non-singing birds) | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | ||
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | BBRC | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | D | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | ||
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | BBRC | |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | BBRC | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | D | |
| Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | ||
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | D | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | D | |
| Dartford Warbler | Sylvia undata | ||
| Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia cantillans | D | |
| Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala | BBRC | |
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | D | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | ||
| Common Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | ||
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | ||
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | ||
| Pallas's Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | D | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | D | |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | BBRC | |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | D | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | ||
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | ||
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | BBRC | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | ||
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | ||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | ||
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | D | |
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | ||
| Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | ||
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | ||
| Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | ||
| Great Tit | Parus major | ||
| Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | D | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | ||
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | ||
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | ||
| Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | ||
| Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | ||
| Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | BBRC | |
| Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | BBRC | |
| Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | D | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | BBRC | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | D | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | BBRC | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | D | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | D | |
| Jay | Garrulus glandarius | ||
| Magpie | Pica pica | ||
| Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | BBRC | |
| Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | ||
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | ||
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | ||
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | D | |
| Raven | Corvus corax | D | |
| Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | ||
| Rose-coloured Starling | Sturnus roseus | D | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | ||
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | ||
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | ||
| Serin | Serinus serinus | D | |
| Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | ||
| Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | ||
| Siskin | Carduelis spinus | ||
| Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | ||
| Twite | Carduelis flavirostris | N | |
| Lesser Redpoll | Carduelis cabaret | ||
| Mealy Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | N | |
| Arctic Redpoll | Carduelis hornemanni | D | |
| Two-barred Crossbill | BBRC | ||
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | ||
| Parrot Crossbill | BBRC | ||
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | D | |
| Pine Grosbeak | BBRC | ||
| Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | ||
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | ||
| Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus | D | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | N | |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | BBRC | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | ||
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | D | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | D | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | D | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | D | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | ||
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | BBRC | |
| Corn Bunting | Miliaria calandra |
