Harbour List
Since 1956, 332 species of bird have been recorded in Christchurch Harbour; with a Forster’s Tern from May 2023 pending acceptance by the BBRC.
| Brent Goose (Brant Goose) | Branta bernicla |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus |
| Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris |
| White-fronted Goose (Greater White-fronted Goose) | Anser albifrons |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Bewick's Swan (Tundra Swan) | Cygnus columbianus |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Shelduck (Common Shelduck) | Tadorna tadorna |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors |
| Shoveler (Northern Shoveler) | Spatula clypeata |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera |
| Wigeon (Eurasian Wigeon) | Mareca penelope |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Pintail (Northern Pintail) | Anas acuta |
| Teal (Eurasian Teal) | Anas crecca |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina |
| Pochard (Common Pochard) | Aythya ferina |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Scaup (Greater Scaup) | Aythya marila |
| Eider (Common Eider) | Somateria mollissima |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Goldeneye (Common Goldeneye) | Bucephala clangula |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus |
| Goosander (Common Merganser) | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix |
| Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus |
| Pheasant (Common Pheasant) | Phasianus colchicus |
| Quail (Common Quail) | Coturnix coturnix |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
| Nightjar (European Nightjar) | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| Swift (Common Swift) | Apus apus |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| Cuckoo (Common Cuckoo) | Cuculus canorus |
| Rock Dove/ Feral Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas |
| Woodpigeon (Common Wood Pigeon) | Columba palumbus |
| Turtle Dove (European Turtle Dove) | Streptopelia turtur |
| Collared Dove (Eurasian Collared Dove) | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Corncrake (Corn Crake) | Crex crex |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana |
| Moorhen (Common Moorhen) | Gallinula chloropus |
| Coot (Eurasian Coot) | Fulica atra |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva |
| Crane (Common Crane) | Grus grus |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe) | Podiceps auritus |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Stone-curlew (Eurasian Stone-curlew) | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| Oystercatcher (Eurasian Oystercatcher) | Haematopus ostralegus |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Avocet (Pied Avocet) | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| Lapwing (Northern Lapwing) | Vanellus vanellus |
| Golden Plover (European Golden Plover) | Pluvialis apricaria |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover (Common Ringed Plover) | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Dotterel (Eurasian Dotterel) | Charadrius morinellus |
| Whimbrel (Eurasian Whimbrel) | Numenius phaeopus |
| Curlew (Eurasian Curlew) | Numenius arquata |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Turnstone (Ruddy Turnstone) | Arenaria interpres |
| Knot (Red Knot) | Calidris canutus |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Dowitcher sp. | Limnodromus sp. |
| Woodcock (Eurasian Woodcock) | Scolopax rusticola |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Snipe (Common Snipe) | Gallinago gallinago |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Grey Phalarope (Red Phalarope) | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Redshank (Common Redshank) | Tringa totanus |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Greenshank (Common Greenshank) | Tringa nebularia |
| Kittiwake (Black-legged Kittiwake) | Rissa tridactyla |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus |
| Common Gull | Larus canus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides |
| Herring Gull (European Herring Gull) | Larus argentatus |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| White-winged Black Tern (White-winged Tern) | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua |
| Pomarine Skua (Pomarine Jaeger) | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Arctic Skua (Parasitic Jaeger) | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Skua (Long-tailed Jaeger) | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Little Auk | Alle alle |
| Guillemot (Common Murre) | Uria aalge |
| Razorbill | Alca torda |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle |
| Puffin (Atlantic Puffin) | Fratercula arctica |
| Red-throated Diver (Red-throated Loon) | Gavia stellata |
| Black-throated Diver (Black-throated Loon) | Gavia arctica |
| Great Northern Diver (Common Loon) | Gavia immer |
| Storm Petrel (European Storm Petrel) | Hydrobates pelagicus |
| Leach's Petrel (Leach's Storm Petrel) | Hydrobates leucorhous |
| Fulmar (Northern Fulmar) | Fulmarus glacialis |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Gannet (Northern Gannet) | Morus bassanus |
| Cormorant (Great Cormorant) | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Shag (European Shag) | Gulosus aristotelis |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| Spoonbill (Eurasian Spoonbill) | Platalea leucorodia |
| Bittern (Eurasian Bittern) | Botaurus stellaris |
| Night Heron (Black-crowned Night Heron) | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Cattle Egret (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Great White Egret (Great Egret) | Ardea alba |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Honey Buzzard (European Honey Buzzard) | Pernis apivorus |
| Short-toed Eagle (Short-toed Snake Eagle) | Circaetus gallicus |
| Sparrowhawk (Eurasian Sparrowhawk) | Accipiter nisus |
| Goshawk (Eurasian Goshawk) | Accipiter gentilis |
| Marsh Harrier (Western Marsh Harrier) | Circus aeruginosus |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus |
| Buzzard (Common Buzzard) | Buteo buteo |
| Barn Owl (Western Barn Owl) | Tyto alba |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco |
| Hoopoe (Eurasian Hoopoe) | Upupa epops |
| Kingfisher (Common Kingfisher) | Alcedo atthis |
| Bee-eater (European Bee-eater) | Merops apiaster |
| Wryneck (Eurasian Wryneck) | Jynx torquilla |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major |
| Green Woodpecker (European Green Woodpecker) | Picus viridis |
| Kestrel (Common Kestrel) | Falco tinnunculus |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Hobby (Eurasian Hobby) | Falco subbuteo |
| Peregrine (Peregrine Falcon) | Falco peregrinus |
| Ring-necked Parakeet (Rose-ringed Parakeet) | Psittacula krameri |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Golden Oriole (Eurasian Golden Oriole) | Oriolus oriolus |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Jay (Eurasian Jay) | Garrulus glandarius |
| Magpie (Eurasian Magpie) | Pica pica |
| Jackdaw (Western Jackdaw) | Coloeus monedula |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix |
| Raven (Northern Raven) | Corvus corax |
| Waxwing (Bohemian Waxwing) | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus |
| Blue Tit (Eurasian Blue Tit) | Cyanistes caeruleus |
| Great Tit | Parus major |
| Penduline Tit (Eurasian Penduline Tit) | Remiz pendulinus |
| Bearded Tit (Bearded Reedling) | Panurus biarmicus |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea |
| Skylark (Eurasian Skylark) | Alauda arvensis |
| Shore Lark (Horned Lark) | Eremophila alpestris |
| Short-toed Lark (Greater Short-toed Lark) | Calandrella brachydactyla |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Swallow (Barn Swallow) | Hirundo rustica |
| House Martin (Western House Martin) | Delichon urbicum |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| Pallas's Warbler (Pallas's Leaf Warbler) | Phylloscopus proregulus |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Chiffchaff (Common Chiffchaff) | Phylloscopus collybita |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Reed Warbler (Common Reed Warbler) | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Common Grasshopper Warbler) | Locustella naevia |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Blackcap (Eurasian Blackcap) | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca |
| Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca iberiae |
| Whitethroat (Common Whitethroat) | Curruca communis |
| Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata |
| Firecrest (Common Firecrest) | Regulus ignicapilla |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Wren (Eurasian Wren) | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Nuthatch (Eurasian Nuthatch) | Sitta europaea |
| Treecreeper (Eurasian Treecreeper) | Certhia familiaris |
| Rose-coloured Starling (Rosy Starling) | Pastor roseus |
| Starling (Common Starling) | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
| Blackbird (Common Blackbird) | Turdus merula |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Robin (European Robin) | Erithacus rubecula |
| Nightingale (Common Nightingale) | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva |
| Pied Flycatcher (European Pied Flycatcher) | Ficedula hypoleuca |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| Redstart (Common Redstart) | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus |
| Stonechat (European Stonechat) | Saxicola rubicola |
| Wheatear (Northern Wheatear) | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Tree Sparrow (Eurasian Tree Sparrow) | Passer montanus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis |
| Yellow Wagtail (Western Yellow Wagtail) | Motacilla flava |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| Pied Wagtail (White Wagtail) | Motacilla alba |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta |
| Rock Pipit (European Rock Pipit) | Anthus petrosus |
| Chaffinch (Eurasian Chaffinch) | Fringilla coelebs |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| Bullfinch (Eurasian Bullfinch) | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus |
| Greenfinch (European Greenfinch) | Chloris chloris |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris |
| Linnet (Common Linnet) | Linaria cannabina |
| Mealy Redpoll (Common Redpoll) | Acanthis flammea |
| Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret |
| Crossbill (Red Crossbill) | Loxia curvirostra |
| Goldfinch (European Goldfinch) | Carduelis carduelis |
| Serin (European Serin) | Serinus serinus |
| Siskin (Eurasian Siskin) | Spinus spinus |
| Lapland Bunting (Lapland Longspur) | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica |
| Reed Bunting (Common Reed Bunting) | Emberiza schoeniclus |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana |
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