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Ó Wendy & Andy Slade

Updated: 14 March 2004

 

List of Birds recorded at Burnham and Berrow

Common Name Scientific Name Notes
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Rare Winter visitor
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Rare Winter visitor
Great Nothern Diver Gavia immer Rare Winter visitor
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Rare Winter visitor
Great Cresetd Grebe Podiceps cristatus Resident
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Rare Winter visitor
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Rare Winter visitor
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Scarce Migrant
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Vagrant
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis Vagrant
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Vagrant
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Summer visitor
Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Vagrant
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Rare Summer Visitor
Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Scarce Migrant
Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Vagrant
Gannet Morus bassanus Scarce Migrant
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Resident
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Scarce Migrant
Bittern Botaurus stellaris Rare Winter visitor
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Vagrant
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Vagrant
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Resident
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Vagrant
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Resident
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Rare Winter visitor
Bean Goose Anser fabalis Rare Winter visitor
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Scarce Winter visitor
Greylag Goose Anser anser Scarce Winter visitor, mostly feral.
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Resident
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Rare Winter visitor
Brent Goose Branta bernicla Winter visitor
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Resident
Wigeon Anas penelope Winter visitor
Gadwall Anas strepera Winter visitor
Teal Anas crecca Winter visitor
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Resident
Pintail Anas acuta Winter visitor
Garganey Anas querquedula Rare summer visitor
Shoveler Anas clypeata Winter visitor
Pochard Aythya ferina Winter visitor
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Winter visitor
Scaup Aythya marila Rare Winter visitor
Eider Somateria mollissima Scarce Migrant
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Rare Winter visitor
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Scarce Migrant
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Rare Winter visitor
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Scarce Winter visitor
Smew Mergellus albellus Rare Winter visitor
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Scarce Winter visitor
Goosander Mergus merganser Scarce Winter visitor
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Vagrant
Red Kite Milvus milvus Vagrant
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Vagrant
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Scarce Winter visitor
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Vagrant
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Resident
Buzzard Buteo buteo Resident
Osprey Pandion haliaetus Vagrant
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Resident
Merlin Falco columbarius Scarce Winter visitor
Hobby Falco subbuteo Scarce summer visitor
Peregrine Falco peregrinus Resident
Quail Coturnix coturnix Vagrant
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Resident
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Common Winter visitor, Passage migrant.
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Vagrant
Corncrake Crex crex Former migrant
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Resident
Coot Fulica atra Resident
Crane Grus grus Vagrant
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Resident
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Scarce Winter visitor
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Scarce summer visitor
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Common Winter visitor, Passage migrant.
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Vagrant
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Vagrant
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Common Winter visitor, Passage migrant.
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Common Winter visitor, Passage migrant.
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Knot Calidris canutus Common Winter visitor, Passage migrant.
Sanderling Calidris alba Passage Migrant
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Vagrant
Little Stint Calidris minuta Passage Migrant, mostly autumn
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Vagrant
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Passage Migrant, mostly autumn
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Vagrant
Dunlin Calidris alpina Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Ruff Philomachus pugnax Passage Migrant
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus  Winter visitor
Snipe Gallinago gallinago Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Scarce Winter visitor
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Passage Migrant
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Passage Migrant
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Passage Migrant
Curlew  Numenius arquata Resident
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Passage Migrant,  Winter visitor.
Redshank Tringa totanus Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Greenshank Tringa nebularia Passage Migrant
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Passage Migrant
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Scarce Migrant
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Passage Migrant
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Vagrant
Turnstone Arenaria interpres Common Winter visitor
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Scarce storm driven migrant
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Scarce storm driven migrant
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Scarce Migrant
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Vagrant
Great Skua Catharacta skua Scarce Migrant
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Scarce Migrant
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Vagrant
Little Gull Larus minutus Scarce Migrant
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini Vagrant
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Vagrant
Common Gull Larus canus Common Winter visitor, Recorded most months though
Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus Resident
Herring Gull Larus argentatus Resident
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans Rare summer visitor
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Rare Winter visitor
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Rare Winter visitor
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Resident
Kittiwake Rissa triactyla Scarce storm driven migrant
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Scarce summer visitor
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Scarce summer visitor
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Scarce summer visitor
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Vagrant
Little Tern Sterna albifrons Scarce summer visitor
Black Tern Chlidonias niger Scarce summer visitor
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Vagrant
Guillemot Uria aalge Scarce Winter visitor
Little Auk Alle alle Rare Winter visitor
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Vagrant
Rock Dove(Feral) Columbia livia Common Resident
Stock Dove Columbia oenas Uncommon Resident
Wood pigeon Columbia palumbus Resident
Collard Dove Streptopelia decaoto Resident
Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Very rare migrant now, formally annual.
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri Vagrant
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Summer visitor
Barn Owl Tyto alba Uncommon Resident
Little Owl Athene noctua Resident
Tawny Owl Strix aluco Resident
Long-eared Owl Asio otus Scarce Winter visitor
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Scarce Winter visitor
Swift Apus apus Summer visitor
          Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Uncommon Resident
Hoopoe Upupa epops Vagrant
Wryneck Jynx torquilla Vagrant
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Resident
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Resident
          Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Vagrant
Woodlark Lullula arborea Rare passage migrant
Skylark Alauda arvensis Resident
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Rare winter visitor
Sand Martin Riparia riparia Vagrant
Swallow Hirundo rustica Summer visitor
House Martin Delichon urbica Summer visitor
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Vagrant
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Vagrant
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Summer migrant
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Resident
Rock Pipit Anthus pestrosus Winter Visitor
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Winter Visitor
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Summer migrant
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Passage migrant
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Resident
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba Summer migrant
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Vagrant
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Resident
Dunnock Prunella modularis Resident
Robin Erithacus rubecula Resident
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Summer migrant
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Vagrant
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Scarce Winter visitor
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Summer migrant
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Summer migrant
Stonechat Saxicola torquata Scarce Winter visitor
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Summer migrant
Ring Ouzel