Annex B – Full breeding bird survey species list

Table B1 – Breeding survey bird results

Vernacular Name

Scientific name

Confirmed Breeding

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Blue tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Corn bunting

Emberiza calandra

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Coal tit

Periparus ater

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Grasshopper warbler

Locustella naevia

Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Linnet

Linaria cannabina

Meadow pipit

Anthus pratensis

Grey partridge

Perdix perdix

Peregrine

Falco peregrinus

Pied wagtail

Motacilla alba

Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Reed bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Red-legged partridge

Alectoris rufa

Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Song thrush

Turdus philomelos

Sedge warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Wood pigeon

Columba palumbus

Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Yellow wagtail

Motacilla flava

Other Species

Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Black-headed gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Common Gull

Larus canus

Curlew

Numenius arquata

Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Great black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Goosander

Mergus merganser

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Greenfinch

Carduelis chloris

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Great Tit

Parus major

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

House Martin

Delichon urbicum

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Lesser Redpoll

Acanthis cabaret

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Lesser whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Magpie

Pica pica

Mediterranean Gull

Larus melanocephalus

Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Redshank

Tringa totanus

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Swift

Apus apus

Siskin

Spinus spinus

Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

Teal

Anas crecca

Sandwich Tern

Sterna sandvicensis

Tree sparrow

Passer montanus

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

[1] Although the UK has left the European Union, there has been no significant change in the wording of UK nature conservation legislation based on European directives, and these therefore remain relevant to the present report.