LondonList
From Londonbirders
The London Area is the area defined by the London Natural History Society as that within 20 miles of St Paul's Cathedral, see LNHSAreaMap. The current list stands at 361 species. The taxonomic order follows that of the BOU taxonomic sub-committee (2005). To view London's top listers and the current standings see: LondonListers Species marked as N or D mean that Notes or a Description is required; those marked BBRC require a formal description to the British Birds Rarities Committee which should be made via the county recorder.
| 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 Teal | Anas discors | BBRC |
| Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | D |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | BBRC |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | BBRC |
| Eider | Somateria mollissima | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | BBRC |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| 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 | N |
| 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 | N |
| 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 | |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | BBRC |
| 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 | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus cachinnans | D |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | N |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | N |
| 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 |
| 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 | N |
| 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 | Loxia leucoptera | BBRC |
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | D |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | D |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | 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 |
