Axe valley bird list

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Regular winter visitor

Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Winter visitor in small numbers

Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Winter visitor in small numbers

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Breeder

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus annual winter visitor

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegna Uncommon winter visitor

Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus rare winter visitor ( 3 records)

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Rare winter visitor (1 Record)

Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Common breeder

Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Rare migrant ( 3 records)

Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Common migrant (Spring)

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus uncommon migrant

Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Uncommon

Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Rare migrant (3 records)

Gannet Morus bassanus Common all year

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Common

Shag Phalocrocorax aristotelis Common

Bittern Botaurus stellaris Rare (1 record) Little bittern 1 record

Night Heron Nycticorax nyticorax Rare ( 2 records 5,11,1918. 19,3,06)

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Rare (1 Record 2 birds

Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common( 1st-7,8,1930.&17,6,50) Great white Egret Egretta alba 3 records

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Common Purple heron Ardea purpea 2 records 22,3,90.24,5,92 Squacco heron Arbeola ralloides 1 record 15,5,97

Black Stork 2 birds 2007

White Stork Ciconia ciconia Rare 3 records(29,7,76. 2,4,05.21,3 06)

Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia uncommon visitor Glossy ibis 1 record 1964

Mute Swan Cygnus olor Common

Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii Rare 1 Record 5 birds

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus uncommon visitor

Bean Goose(tundra) Anser fabalis 2 records 5 birds

White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Uncommon visitor

Greylag Goose Anser anser Uncommon visitor

Canada Goose Branta canadensis Common breeder

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Rare latest record (17,3,06)

Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla common visitor

(Pale-bellied Brent Goose) Branta hrota Uncommon migrant

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus several records all of doubtful origin

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 1 record 2 birds

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Common

Wigeon Anas penelope Common winter visitor 700 winter 05

Gadwall Anas strepera Uncommon

Teal Anas crecca common winter visitor

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common

Pintail Anas acuta Uncommon

Garganey Anas querquedula Rare visitor Mandarin Aix galericulata Uncommon visitor

Shoveler Anas clypeata common winter visitor

Pochard Aythya ferina Uncommon winter visitor Ferruginous duck aythya nyroca 1 record 14,4,1968

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Uncommon

Scaup Aythya marila Rare 1 record winter 87-88

Eider Somateria mollissima Uncommon winter visitor

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Rare 2 records (29,12,04

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Common

Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Rare 1 record 2 birds

Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Uncommon winter visitor

Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Uncommon none since 04

Smew Mergellus albellus Rare none since 03

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Uncommon migrant

Goosander Mergus merganser uncommon

Red Kite Milvus milvu Annual migrant

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Annual migrant

Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Annual possible breeder

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus common

Buzzard Buteo buteo Common

Osprey Pandion haliaetus Annual passage migrant

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Common

Merlin Falco columbarius Annual passage migrant

Hobby Falco subbuteo Common summer visitor

Peregrine Falco peregrinus Common Breeder Gyr falcon 1 record

Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa Common

Grey Partridge Perdix perdix None since 19,9,89

Quail Coturnix coturnix Rare 3 records since 1985

Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Common

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Common

Corncrake Crex crex Bred branscombe,seaton,up to 1929

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common

Coot Fulica atra Common

Crane Grus grus 2 records,(17)seaton31,10,63,(1) 04

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Common

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Uncommon migrant

Stone Curlew Burhinnus oedicnemus 1 record 10,4,63 colyford

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Annual spring visitor

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula common migrant

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1 record

Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 1 record

Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Annual winter visitor

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Scarce migrant

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus common

Knot Calidris canutus Scarce migrant

Sanderling Calidris alba Scarce migrant

Little Stint Calidris minuta Scarce autumn migrant

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 1 record 9,9,73

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 4 records 12,10,63.. 25,4,02. 28,9,03. 3,10,03

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea scarce annual migrant

Dunlin Calidris alpina common

Ruff Philomachus pugnax annual visitor

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus scarce winter visitor

Snipe Gallinago gallinago Common

Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Common winter visitor

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa common winter visitor

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Scarce vagrant

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common migrant

Curlew Numenius arquata Common

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Rare vagrant

Redshank Tringa totanus Common

Greenshank Tringa nebularia Common vagrant

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Common has wintered

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Scarce vagrant

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common

Turnstone Arenaria interpres scarce Vagrant

Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Uncommon ( 5 records 2005) Wilsons phalarope phalaropus tricolor 1 record 7,10,91

Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Rare vagrant

Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Common migrant

Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Rare migrant

Great Skua Catharacta skua uncommon migrant

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Common winter visitor

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 1 Record 5,1,84

Little Gull Larus minutus Annual migrant

Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 1 record

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Common

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Rare 2 Records

Common Gull Larus canus Common Vagrant

Herring Gull Larus argentatus very common

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Scarce vagrant

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Rare winter visitor 3records

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Rare winter visitor 4 records

Lesser black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Common vagrant

Great black-backed Gull Larus marinus Common vagrant

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Common migrant

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 1 record

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 1 record 6,7,66

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis common migrant

Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1 record

Common Tern Sterna hirundo Common migrant

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Common migrant

Black Tern Chlidonias niger Rare migrant

Guillemot Uria aalge Common winter visitor

Razorbill Alca torda Common winter visitor

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 2 records of 3 birds(14,11,81)2-06

Little Auk Alle alle Scarce migrant

Puffin Fratecula arctica 1 record

Stock Dove Columba oenas Common

Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Common

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common

Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Scarce migrant used to breed

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus very scarce migrant 1 2006

Barn Owl Tyto alba uncommon breeder

Little Owl Athene noctua Uncommon breeder

Tawny Owl Strix aluco Common

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Scarce migrant

Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Scarce breeder Chimney swift 1 record 99

Swift Apus apus Common

Alpine Swift Apus melba 1 record 3 birds 1,4,06

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis common

Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1 record 4 birds june1949

Hoopoe Upupa epops Scarce migrant 10 records

Wryneck Jynx torquilla Scarce migrant 5 records

Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Common

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor Scarce

Skylark Alauda arvensis Uncommon breeder,Common migrant

Sand Martin Riparia riparia Common

Swallow Hirundo rustica Common

House Martin Delichon urbica Common

Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 record

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Scarce breeder.Common migrant

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Common

Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus uncommon breeder

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Scarce winter visitor

Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flavicima Common migrant (Blue headed wagtail) Motacilla flava 2 records

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Scarce breeder,Common migrant

Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Yarrelli Common (white wagtail) Motacilla alba Uncommon Autumn migrant

Dipper Cinclus cinclus Scarce breeder

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Common

Dunnock Prunella modularis Common

Robin Erithacus rubecula Common

Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Past breeder none since 1993

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros UnCommon winter visitor

Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Common migrant

Whinchat Saxicola ruberta Common migrant

Stonechat Saxicola torquata Common migrant

Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Common migrant Black eared wheatear 1 Record musbury 1946

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Scarce migrant

Blackbird Turdus merula Common

Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Common winter vsitor

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Uncommon

Redwing Turdus iliacus Common winter visitor

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Common

Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Uncommon breeder

Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia scarce migrant

Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Common breeder

Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Common breeder

Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1 record 17,5,92

Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata Scarce migrant pos bred 2006

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Common migrant

Whitethroat Sylvia communis Common

Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Common migrant Barred warbler Sylvia nisoria 1 record 25,9,06(I.M)

Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Common

Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1 record 14 dec 2003

Hume's Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus humei 1 record

Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Uncommon migrant 3 records

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Common

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilis Common

Goldcrest Regulus regulus Common

Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus Uncommon migrant,winter visitor

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Common migrant ,

Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Uncommon migrant

Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Rare migrant

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Common

Coal Tit Parus ater Common Marsh tit Parus palustris Uncommon

Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Common

Great Tit Parus major Common

Nuthatch Sitta europea Common

Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common

Redback Shrike Lanius collurio Bred branscombe 6 pairs1915(1)1919

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 record Landslip 1,6,1958

Jay Garrulus glandarius Common

Magpie Pica pica Common

Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes sept 13-23 1968 2 birds

Jackdaw Corvus monedula Common

Rook Corvus frugilegus Common

Carrion Crow Corvus corone Common

Raven Corvus corax Common

Starling Sturnus vulgaris Common Rosey starling Sturnus roseus 2 records28,7,45

House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common

Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Bred branscombe up to 1920's

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Common winter visitor

Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Common

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Common

Siskin Carduelis spinus Common autumn,winter

Linnet Carduelis cannabina Common

Redpoll Carduelis flammea Common migrant

Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Scarce migrant

Bullfinch Pyrrula pyrulla Common

Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 1 record 5 birds dec05

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1 record 8,3,06

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Common Ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana 1 record

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Common

Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 1 record 2 birds 5,4,89.