Birds

Total count = 69.

These are the species we've seen actually in the garden; those recorded flying over or on neighbouring properties are not included. Bolded species with an asterisk have nested in the garden. Click on a species name to go to the associated blog post.

Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)*
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Feral Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)*
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)*
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)*
Great Tit (Parus major
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)*

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)*
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)*
Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)*
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)*

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)*
European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)*
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Pied (White) Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)*
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)*
Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)*
Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Last modified on 17 September 2024