The following is a list of species that have been recorded in the Harbour with the type of records requested for each. It is followed by a list of selected subspecies.

Records can be sent by email.

Key

Species

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

Subspecies

The following recognisable subspecies have been recorded in the Harbour, or are likely to occur and may have been overlooked. Records can be sent by email.

• Pale-bellied Brent Goose hrota A
• Black Brant nigricans *
• Greenland White-fronted Goose flavirostris *
• ‘American’ Green-winged Teal carolinensis *
• ‘Scandinavian’ Herring Gull argentatus *
• ‘Intermediate’ Lesser Black-backed Gull intermedius A
• Nordic Jackdaw monedula *
• Hooded Crow cornix A
• ‘Continental’ Coal Tit ater *
• Siberian Chiffchaff tristis A
• Blue-headed Wagtail flava A
• Grey-headed Wagtail thunbergi *
• White Wagtail alba A
• ‘Scandinavian’ Rock Pipit littoralis A
• Common Redpoll flammea *