County List

This is the Official County List as at 29/04/2016. The species list used for County year-listing are marked with an asterisk. Species not countable are highlighted in red. The County List currently stands at 335 (BOU) additionally there are three accepted Cat D species not included in the total (Ruddy Shelduck, White-headed Duck and Ring-necked Parakeet).

BOU		Species	Scientific Names	First Date
1	*	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor
2	*	Bewick’s Swan	Cygnus columbianus
3	*	Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus
4	*	Taiga Bean Goose or	Anser fabalis fabalis
		Tundra Bean Goose	Anser fabalis rossicus
5	*	Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
6	*	White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons
		Greenland White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons flavirostris
7	*	Lesser White-fronted Goose	Anser erythropus
8	*	Greylag Goose	Anser anser
		Eastern Greylag Goose	Anser anser rubirostris
9	*	Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	15/12/1890
10	*	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis
11	*	Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis
12	*	Dark-bellied Brent Goose or	Branta bernicla
		Pale-bellied Brent Goose	Branta bernicla hrota
		Black Brant	Branta bernicla nigricans
13	*	Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis	16/02/1941
14	*	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca
		Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
15	*	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
16	*	Mandarin	Aix galericulata
17	*	Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope
18	*	American Wigeon	Anas americana	09/03/1946
19	*	Gadwall	Anas strepera
20	*	Eurasian Teal	Anas crecca
21	*	Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis	07/03/1982
22	*	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
23	*	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
24	*	Garganey	Anas querquedula
25	*	Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors	24/12/1956
26	*	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
27	*	Red Crested Pochard	Netta rufina
28	*	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina
29	*	Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	12/03/1955
30	*	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	21/12/1955
31	*	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula
32	*	Greater Scaup	Aythya marila
33	*	Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	10/11/1994
34	*	Eider	Somateria mollissima
35	*	Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis
36	*	Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra
37	*	Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	01/12/1986
38	*	Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula
39	*	Smew	Mergellus albellus
40	*	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
41	*	Goosander	Mergus merganser
42	*	Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
		White-headed Duck	Oxyura leucocephala
43	*	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
44	*	Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa
45	*	Black Grouse	Tetrao tetrix
46	*	Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix
47	*	Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
48	*	Red-throated Diver	Gavia stellata
49	*	Black-throated Diver	Gavia arctica
50	*	Pacific Diver	Gavia pacifica	18/11/2009
51	*	Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer
52	*	Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
53	*	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
54	*	European Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
55	*	Leach’s Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
56	*	Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus
57	*	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
		Continental Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis
58	*	European Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis
59	*	Eurasian Bittern	Botaurus stellaris
60	*	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	31/05/1964
61	*	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
62	*	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	15/08/1867
63	*	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	20/08/1974
64	*	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
65	*	Great White Egret	Ardea alba	18/06/1989
66	*	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
67	*	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
68	*	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	14/07/1995
69	*	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	20/09/1972
70	*	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	23/10/1943
71	*	Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia
72	*	Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps	24/04/2015
73	*	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
74	*	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
75	*	Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena
76	*	Slavonian Grebe	Podiceps auritus
77	*	Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
78	*	European Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus
79	*	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	15/05/1985
80	*	Red Kite	Milvus milvus
81	*	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
82	*	Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus
83	*	Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	03/04/2012
84	*	Montagu’s Harrier	Circus pygargus
85	*	Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
86	*	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
87	*	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
88	*	Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus	30/03/1907
89	*	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	09/07/1989
90	*	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
91	*	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
92	*	Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana
93	*	Little Crake	Zapornia parva	15/04/1876
94	*	Baillon’s Crake	Zapornia pusilla	05/06/1882
95	*	Corncrake	Crex crex
96	*	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
97	*	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
98	*	Common Crane	Grus grus
99	*	Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	20/05/1946
100	*	Great Bustard	Otis tarda	24/05/1977
101	*	Stone Curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
102	*	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	12/05/2005
103	*	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
104	*	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
105	*	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
106	*	Eurasian Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria
107	*	American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	04/10/1967
108	*	Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus
109	*	Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
		Tundra Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
110	*	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
111	*	White-tailed Plover	Vanellus leucurus	09/07/2010
112	*	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
113	*	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	04/04/1960
114	*	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
115	*	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
116	*	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
		Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa islandica
117	*	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
118	*	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
119	*	Red Knot	Calidris canutus
120	*	Ruff	Calidris pugnax
121	*	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	06/05/1976
122	*	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
123	*	Stilt Sandpiper	Calidris himantopus	15/08/2008
124	*	Temminck’s Stint	Calidris temminckii
125	*	Sanderling	Calidris alba
126	*	Dunlin	Calidris alpina
127	*	Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima
128	*	Baird’s Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	30/08/1966
129	*	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
130	*	White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	14/11/1976
131	*	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	17/09/1961
132	*	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	06/08/1975
133	*	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	22/09/2006
134	*	Wilson’s Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	02/09/1976
135	*	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
136	*	Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
137	*	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
138	*	Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	15/09/2011
139	*	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
140	*	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
141	*	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
142	*	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	02/04/1970
143	*	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	28/08/2014
144	*	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
145	*	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
146	*	Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
147	*	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	12/10/1984
148	*	Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
149	*	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
150	*	Great Snipe	Gallinago media	28/01/1958
151	*	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	30/05/1968
152	*	Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus
153	*	Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
154	*	Long-tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudus	27/05/1967
155	*	Great Skua	Stercorarius skua
156	*	Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica
157	*	Razorbill	Alca torda
158	*	Little Auk	Alle alle
159	*	Common Guillemot	Uria aalge
160	*	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
161	*	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	01/10/1967
162	*	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	08/08/1971
163	*	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	15/04/2002
164	*	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
165	*	White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	27/08/1960
166	*	Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis
167	*	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
168	*	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	27/09/1968
169	*	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
170	*	Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	28/01/1921
171	*	Sabine’s Gull	Xema sabini	27/08/1981
172	*	Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
173	*	Bonaparte’s Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	10/09/2006
174	*	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
175	*	Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus
176	*	Ross’s Gull	Rhodostethia rosea	16/04/2002
177	*	Laughing Gull	Larus atricilla	30/12/1981
178	*	Franklin’s Gull	Larus pipixcan	04/01/1996
179	*	Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus
180	*	Common Gull	Larus canus
181	*	Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis
182	*	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
		Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius)	Larus fuscus intermedius
		Baltic Gull	Larus fuscus fuscus	18/04/2007
183	*	Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
		Scandinavian Herring Gull	Larus argentatus argentatus
		Herring Gull (omissus)	Larus argentatus omissus
184	*	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis
185	*	Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans
186	*	American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianus	15/12/1997
187	*	Iceland Gull or	Larus glaucoides
		Kumlien’s Gull	Larus glaucoides kumlieni
188	*	Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	15/12/2006
189	*	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus
190	*	Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus
191	*	Pallas’s Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	15/06/1863
192	*	Feral Pigeon	Columba livia
193	*	Stock Dove	Columba oenas
194	*	Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus
195	*	Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
196	*	European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
197	*	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
198	*	Barn Owl	Tyto alba
199	*	Little Owl	Athene noctua
200	*	Tawny Owl	Strix aluco
201	*	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus
202	*	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
203	*	European Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
204	*	Common Swift	Apus apus
205	*	Alpine Swift	Apus melba	16/04/1970
206	*	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops
207	*	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	31/05/1979
208	*	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
209	*	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
210	*	Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis
211	*	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
212	*	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dryobates minor
213	*	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
214	*	Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	25/05/1973
215	*	Merlin	Falco columbarius
216	*	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
217	*	Gyr Falcon	Falco rusticolus	26/01/1964
218	*	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
		Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
219	*	Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
220	*	Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus	28/10/2001
221	*	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
222	*	Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor
223	*	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	05/05/1905
224	*	Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica
225	*	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius
226	*	Spotted Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes
227	*	Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
228	*	Rook	Corvus frugilegus
229	*	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
230	*	Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix
231	*	Northern Raven	Corvus corax
232	*	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
233	*	Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla
234	*	Penduline Tit	Remiz pendulinus	06/11/2014
235	*	Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus
236	*	Great Tit	Parus major
237	*	Coal Tit	Periparus ater
238	*	Willow Tit	Poecile montana
239	*	Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris
240	*	Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus	01/11/1959
241	*	Woodlark	Lullula arborea
242	*	Skylark	Alauda arvensis
243	*	Shore Lark	Eremophila alpestris	20/10/1911
244	*	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
245	*	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
246	*	House Martin	Delichon urbicum
247	*	Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	05/04/2001
248	*	Cetti’s Warbler	Cettia cetti	13/01/2002
249	*	Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
250	*	Pallas’s Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	08/11/1999
251	*	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	11/10/1867
252	*	Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	02/05/2004
253	*	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
254	*	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
		Siberian Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita tristis
		Scandinavian Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita abientinus
255	*	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
256	*	Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
257	*	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin
258	*	Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	26/08/1979
259	*	Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca
260	*	Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
261	*	Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata	19/11/1989
262	*	Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia
263	*	Savi’s Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	20/05/2001
264	*	Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	23/09/1983
265	*	Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	12/08/1979
266	*	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
267	*	Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris
268	*	Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
269	*	Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	23/06/1979
270	*	Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus
271	*	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea
272	*	Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris
273	*	Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
274	*	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
275	*	Rose-coloured Starling	Pastor roseus	30/03/1952
276	*	White-throated Dipper	Cinclus cinclus
277	*	White’s Thrush	Zoothera dauma	30/10/1966
278	*	Grey-cheeked Thrush	Catharus minimus	14/10/1990
279	*	Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus
280	*	Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
281	*	Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
282	*	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos
283	*	Redwing	Turdus iliacus
284	*	Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus
285	*	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
286	*	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
287	*	Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
288	*	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	15/04/1951
289	*	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	25/09/1977
290	*	Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
291	*	Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
292	*	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
293	*	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
294	*	European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola
295	*	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
		Greenland Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrhoa
296	*	Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	10/12/1997
297	*	Dunnock	Prunella modularis
298	*	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
299	*	Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus
300	*	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
		Blue-headed Wagtail	Motacilla flava flava
		Grey-headed Wagtail	Motacilla flava thunbergi	28/05/1969
301	*	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
302	*	Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba
		White Wagtail	Motacilla alba alba
303	*	Richard’s Pipit	Anthus richardi	25/10/1985
304	*	Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	01/05/1995
305	*	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
306	*	Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
307	*	Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	18/04/1980
308	*	Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus
		Scandinavian Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus littoralis
309	*	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta
310	*	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
311	*	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
312	*	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
313	*	Common Rosefinch	Erythrina erythrina	31/05/2009
314	*	Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
315	*	Greenfinch	Chloris chloris
316	*	Linnet	Linaria cannabina
317	*	Twite	Linaria flavirostris
318	*	Lesser Redpoll	Acanthis cabaret
319	*	Mealy Redpoll	Acanthis flammea
320	*	Arctic Redpoll	Acanthis hornemanni	16/02/1996
321	*	Two-barred Crossbill	Loxia leucoptera	15/02/1998
322	*	Common Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra
323	*	Parrot Crossbill	Loxia pytyopsittacus	25/11/1861
324	*	Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
325	*	European Serin	Serinus serinus	13/07/1961
326	*	Eurasian Siskin	Spinus spinus
327	*	Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
328	*	Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus	20/11/1967
329	*	Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	01/04/1975
330	*	Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra
331	*	Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	08/09/2013
332	*	Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
333	*	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella
334	*	Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus
335	*	Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	29/11/2002