The Christchurch Harbour List

To date, 321 species of have been recorded in Christchurch Harbour, with three more: Elegant Tern in May 2005 and Red-breasted Goose in October 2011 pending acceptance with the BBRC; and Rose-coloured Starling in October 2011 pending acceptance with the DRP.

Status of all Species: click here

National and County Rarities: click here

To view the running total for 2012, click here

For previous years' lists, click: 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

For personal Harbour List totals, click here

Systematic List

Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Little Shearwater
European Storm-petrel
Leach's Storm-petrel
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Great Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
White Stork
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Pink-footed Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Brent Goose
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Eurasian Teal
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck
European Honey Buzzard
Black Kite
Red Kite
Eurasian Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Rough-legged Buzzard
Osprey
Common Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Common Quail
Common Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Little Crake
Corncrake
Common Moorhen
Coot
Common Crane
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Stone-curlew
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Dotterel
American Golden Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
European Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Northern Lapwing
Red Knot
Sanderling
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Dowitcher sp.
Eurasian Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-necked Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Pomarine Skua
Arctic Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Great Skua
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Little Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Common Guillemot
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Little Auk
Atlantic Puffin
Stock Dove
Common Wood Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
European Turtle Dove
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
European Nightjar
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
Common Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Bee-eater
Eurasian Wryneck
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Greater Short-toed Lark
Woodlark
Skylark
Horned Lark
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
House Martin
Richard's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
White/Pied Wagtail
Bohemian Waxwing
Winter Wren
Hedge Accentor
European Robin
Rufous Nightingale
Bluethroat
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Ring Ousel
Common Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Cetti's Warbler
Zitting Cisticola
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Greenish Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Bearded Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Red-backed Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Eurasian Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Common Raven
Common Starling
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Red-eyed Vireo
Chaffinch
Brambling
European Serin
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Siskin
Common Linnet
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Mealy Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Common Rosefinch
Common Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Northern Parula
Bobolink
Lapland Bunting
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Little Bunting
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting