The Filey Bird List (updated November 2022)
Both the English names and scientific names are used, and the species order reflects the latest official British official list as published by the BOU online (The British List, 2022).
The BOURC continues to publish English vernacular names in current usage in its updated British Lists. As these are most familiar to British birders, we use them here.
All rare and unusual species have been submitted to the British Birds Rarities Committee and/or Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union Ornithological Section Reports Committee and are entered here subject to acceptance by those bodies. In addition, local rarities are only included following receipt of an acceptable written record. BBRC, YNU and FBOG description rarities are indicated by these acronyms after the species’ name.
Status summaries are given for all species and indicate frequency since the inception of FBOG in mid-1976. For uncommon or rarer species the total number of records is given up to the end of 2021, with pre-1977 (pre-FBOG) records in parentheses. The first known record for each species is also noted.
Vagrant: 10 records or fewer
Rare: 25 records or fewer
Scarce: 100 records or fewer
Uncommon: 20 records or fewer annually
Fairly common: 200 records or fewer annually
Common: 2000 records or fewer annually
Abundant: more than 2000 records per year
[For most species, maximum day-totals are noted for future reference; where the maximum is pre-FBOG, both the pre-FBOG and FBOG maximums are given in these cases]
(All maximums and first records are subject to amendment)
Brent Goose Branta bernicla (Black Brant subsp. YNU)
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 198 – 01/12/1995
First record: 27th December 1960
Light-bellied hrota 27/10/1971
Dark-bellied nigricans 14/10/1971
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Common non-native resident/breeder
Maximum day-total: 352 – 06/06/1987
First record: 16th March 1963
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Uncommon passage and winter visitor/feral resident
Maximum day-total: 250 – 01/05/2014
First record: 23rd December 1894
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens (FBOG)
Vagrant/escape
2 records
First record: 3rd May 2005 (Escape – 19/05/1079)
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Fairly common non-native resident/occasional breeder and passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 450 – 19/10/2014
First record: 17th September 1962
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Vagrant
Maximum day-total: 13 – 20/02/1993
First record: 18th February 1993
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 5400 – 08/12/2020
First record: 15th October 1960
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Rare winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 18 – 26/10/2020
First record: 26/12/1996
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 150 – 28/01/2012
First record: 30th October 1965
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Breeds at the Dams; uncommon passage visitor;
Maximum day-total: 20 – 07/05/2021
First record: 1st August 1960
Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 10 – 21/10/1990
First record: 27th October 1980
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Uncommon but increasing passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 106 – 14/11/2015
First record: 21st March 1964
Egyptian Goose Alopechen aeygyptiaca (FBOG)
Scarce non-native visitor
26 records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 11/06/2015
First record: 15th March 1999
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Fairly common passage visitor/occasional breeder
Maximum day-total: 250 – 10/01/1987
First record: November 1889
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Scarce non-native visitor
46 records
First record: 23rd April 1997
Wigeon Anas penelope
Abundant passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1150 – 19/09/2014
First record: November 1889
American Wigeon Anas americana (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 31st March 1985
Gadwall Anas strepera
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 15 – 05/11/2009
First record: 15th October 1952
Teal Anas crecca
Abundant passage and winter visitor/occasional breeder
Maximum day-total: 797 – 10/09/2012
First record: 5th March 1977
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (FBOG)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 16th March 2005
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 213 – 29/10/1982
First record: 5th December 1971
Pintail Anas acuta
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 45 – 09/09/2003
First record: 12th August 1961
Garganey Anas querquedula
Uncommon passage visitor
116 (3) records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 09/08/1988
First record: 29th April 1961
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 11th – 14th April 2006
Shoveler Anas clypeata
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 44 – 09/11/2003
First record: 17th September 1961
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (FBOG)
Non-native vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
4 records
First record: 17th August 1991 (3 birds)
Pochard Aythya farina
Uncommon passage and winter visitor/occasional breeder
Maximum day-total: 243 – 29/10/1982
First record: 1961
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Fairly common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 145 – 09/11/2003
First record: 1st March 1983
Scaup Aythya marila
Uncommon passage and winter visitor (0, 3, 6, 4, 7)
Maximum day-total: 103 – 06/01/1979
First record: 1960
Eider Somateria mollissima
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 960 – 12/11/1999
First record: November 1864
King Eider Somateria spectabilis (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 5th – 24th July 2010
Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri (BBRC)
19th c vagrant
1 record
First record: 15th August 1845
Harlequin Duck Histronicus histronicus (BBRC)
19th c vagrant
1 record
First record: Autumn 1862
Long?tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 30 – 19/11/1988
First record: 1907
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1200 – February 1986
First record: 27th October 1950
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (YNU)
Vagrant
5 records
First record: 24th January 1982
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 32 – 01/12/1991
First record: 21st October 1951
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 176 – 29/10/1983
First record: 13th January 1968
Smew Mergellus albellus
Scarce winter visitor (0, 1, 1, 1, 2)
33 (4) records
Maximum day-total: 15 – 15/01/1985
First record: 1907
Red?breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-totals: 32- 07/10/1973; 19 – 02/11/1986
First record: 8th January 1955
Goosander Mergus merganser Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 23 – 22/09/1999
First record: 6th October 1956
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Extirpated non-native former summer breeder, last recorded April 2009
Maximum day-total: 13 – May 2002
First record: 23rd April 1997
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Scarce visitor (3, 0, 4, 3, 4)
42 records
First record: 2nd June 1979
Red?legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Uncommon decreasing non-native visitor/occasional breeder (5, 0, 3, 3, 1)
Maximum day-total: 18 – January 1987
First record: 1882
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Fairly common increasing resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 62 – 26/10/2004
First record: 1960
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Fairly common non-native resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 42 – 08/10/2003
First record: 04/02/1978
Red?throated Diver Gavia stellata
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-totals: 306 – 30/01/1965; 304 – 14/01/1978
First record: 10/03/1949
Black?throated Diver Gavia arctica (FBOG)
Uncommon passage and winter visitor (1, 3, 1, 7, 5)
Maximum day-total: 14 – 01/12/1980
First record: 10/12/1875
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 12 – 01/11/1986
First record: 12/02/1950
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii (YNU)
Vagrant
5 (1) records
First record: 01/03/1969
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 (2) records
First record: 19/10/1967 (FBOG 11/10/1987)
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Abundant visitor/breeder
Maximum day-total: 1810 – 21/12/2000
First record: 26/10/1868
Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 26/08/2002
Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (1, 1, 0, 2, 2)
37 (2) records
First record: 08/09/1971
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis (FBOG)
Vagrant (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
8 (1) records
First record: 23/08/1975
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Common/fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 1706 – 22/09/2002
First record: 26/08/1887
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Common visitor
Maximum day-total: 1413 – 02/08/1984
First record: 1864
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus (FBOG)
Uncommon passage visitor (3, 4, 12, 6, 11)
131 (3) records
First record: 27/07/1969
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Uncommon summer/passage visitor (0, 0, 6, 1, 0)
Maximum day-total: 10 – 31/07/2007; 37 ringed 30/07/1991
First record: 07/10/1979
Leach’s Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa (FBOG)
Rare passage visitor (0, 0, 0, 1, 2)
Maximum day-total: 3 – 9/09/1990
27 records
First record: 07/11/1980
Gannet Morus bassanus
Abundant visitor
Maximum day-total: 6951 24/09/2012
First record: 27/12/1948
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Common visitor/ resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 165 – 28/09/1999
First record: 1884
sinensis 18/04/1976
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Common visitor/possible breeder
Maximum day-total: 670 – 31/01/1993
First record: 04/04/1953
Bittern Botaurus stellaris (FBOG)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 2)
4 records
First record: 29/10/1988
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 01/05/1987
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Scarce passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 6 – 25/08/2007
First record: 13/01/1994
Great White Egret Egretta alba
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
1 record
First record: 11/06/2013
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Fairly common visitor
Maximum day-total: 11 – 28/08/1990
First record: 30/08/1952
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (YNU)
Vagrant
3 records
First record: 02/08/1979
Black Stork Ciconia nigra (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 23/05/2006
White Stork Ciconia ciconia (FBOG)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 15/04/1998
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
1 (1) records
First record: 1863 (FBOG 27/10/2011)
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Scarce passage visitor (2, 0, 0, 0, 2)
45 records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 01/07/2002
First record: 03/06/1982
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Fairly common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 16 – 25/07/2007
First record: 18/12/1969
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 60 – 16/01/2000
First record: 01/11/1970
Red?necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 6 – 20/01/1998
First record: 1891
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Uncommon passage and winter visitor (3, 6, 7, 7, 2)
97 (10) records
Maximum day-total: 4 – 10/01/1998
First record: 14/10/1961
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis (FBOG)
Scarce passage and winter visitor (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
29 (3) records
Maximum day-total: 8 – 08/05/1987
First record: 12/02/1950
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus (YNU)
Scarce passage visitor
34 (1) records
Maximum day-total: 7 – 22/09/2000
First record: 07/03/1929
Black Kite Milvus migrans (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 29/05/1995
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Scarce visitor (1, 3, 2, 4, 23)
42 records
Maximum day-total: 7 – 21/04/2013
First record: 16/04/1988
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
3 records
First record: 27/10/1985
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 5 – 14/05/1995
First record: 13/04/1979
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Scarce passage visitor (0, 1, 5, 1, 0)
77 records
First record: February 1877
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus (YNU)
Rare passage visitor (0, 0, 0, 0, 4)
17 records
Maximum day-total: 2 – 29/05/1995
First record: 29/08/1990
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (FBOG)
Vagrant
2 (1) records
First record: October 1864 (FBOG 22/09/1985)
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Fairly common passage visitor and resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 8 – 21/08/2011
First record: 21/01/1961
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 7 – 21/04/2013
First record: 13/11/1971
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus (YNU)
Rare winter visitor (2, 0, 0, 1, 0)
14 (1) records
First record: 17/11/1974
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Scarce passage visitor (9, 5, 2, 6, 10)
First record: 01/07/1978
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Fairly common passage visitor and resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 12 – 20/09/2000
First record: autumn 1960
Red-footed Falcon Falco vesperitinus (YNU)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 26/05/1992
Merlin Falco columbarius
Scarce passage and winter visitor
First record: 09/04/1966
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 5 – 28/05/2005
First record: 22/08/1970
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus (BBRC)
19th c vagrant
1 record
First record: 04/10/1864 (shot) on Brigg
Peregrine Falco peregrinus
Fairly common visitor and resident breeder
First record: 19th c.
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Uncommon passage/winter visitor and occasional breeder
Maximum day-total: 4 – 27/11/1993
First record: 27/10/1981
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana (FBOG)
Vagrant
3 records
First record: 01/04/1990
Corncrake Crex crex (FBOG)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
5 records
First record: 14/09/1994
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Fairly common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 75 – 18/10/1998
First record: 1922
Coot Fulica atra
Fairly common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 97 – 29/08/1998
First record: 30/03/1963
Crane Grus grus (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (0, 1, 2, 6, 8)
35 records
Maximum day-total: 4 – 01/03/2003
First record: 06/05/1985
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus (FBOG)
Vagrant
1 (1) records
First record: 1907 (FBOG 07/05/2012)
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 11/05/1991
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Scarce passage visitor (0, 0, 0, 18, 5)
30 (2) records
Maximum day-total: 7 – 07/03/2012
First record: 22/05/1965 (2 past Brigg)
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 03/06/1996
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Common passage visitor and resident non?breeder
Maximum day-total: 1148 – 08/08/1981
First record: 1960
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Fairly common visitor
Maximum day-total: 481 – 16/10/2003
First record: 05/01/1970
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 74 – 15/09/1988
First record: <1952
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Abundant passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 2460 – 27/02/1994
First record: April 1934
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Uncommon passage visitor and rare summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 11 – 07/07/1995
First record: 07/05/1978
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 98 – 18/08/2001
First record: April 1960
? tundrae May 2003
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 29/05/1978
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
37 records
Maximum day-total: 9 – 08/05/1993
First record: 16/08/1978
Knot Calidris canutus
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1591 – 31/07/2008
First record: 1952
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 21 – 07/09/1993
First record: 18/09/1976
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Uncommon passage visitor (3, 1, 4, 2, 4)
Maximum day-total: 15 – 31/08/1975; 8 – 25/08/1991
First record: 15/08/1954
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii (FBOG)
Rare passage visitor (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
18 records
Maximum day-total: 6 – 16/05/2004
First record: 05/08/1982
Sanderling Calidris alba
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 278 – 30/07/1994
First record: 1960
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1000 — January 1985
First record: January 1940
alpina
schinzii
arctica
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 500 – 01/03/1983
First record: 1844
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 05/08/1995
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Uncommon passage visitor (0, 2, 0, 0, 3)
Maximum day-total: 14 – 20/09/1996
First record: 18/09/1949
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
3 records
First record: 15/08/2002
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (FBOG)
Vagrant (1, 0, 0, 1, 0)
9 (1) records
First record: 1854 (FBOG 22/09/1991)
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 11 – 22/10/1999
First record: 14/10/1978
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 158 – 23/12/2001
First record: 1960
Great Snipe Gallinago media (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 18/09/1993
Long-billed Dowitcher Limodromus scolopaceus (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 02/08/1983
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 186 – 09/10/2010
First record: January 1939
Black?tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 35 – 10/08/2003
First record: 05/08/1961
Bar?tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 234 – 27/08/1988
First record: 1960
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 480 – 21/07/2004
First record: 19/06/1886
Curlew Numenius arquata
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 238 – 18/01/2011
First record: 1960
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 32 – 18/08/1999
First record: 9/10/1965
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 12 – 14/8/1991
First record: 22/08/1982
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Uncommon passage visitor (6, 2, 2, 4, 1)
Maximum day-total: 7 – 20/09/1961; 4 – 14/08/1986
First record: 05/09/1961
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 43 – 19/08/2001
First record: 19/08/1961
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes (BBRC)
Vagrant
3 records
First record: 26/07/1986
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Uncommon passage visitor (6, 6, 16, 2, 10)
Maximum day-total: 5 – 25/08/1992
First record: 24/07/1971
Redshank Tringa totanus
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 318 – 26/08/2001
First record: 1960
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1000 – April 1985
First record: 1844
Red-necked Phalarope Phalropus lobatus (YNU (flight-only))
Vagrant
4 records
First record: 03/11/1991
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Scarce passage and winter visitor (4, 2, 3, 4, 1)
75 (22) records
Maximum day-total: 4 – 31/10/2008
First record: 13/01/1921
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 170 – 10/11/1985
First record: 14/10/1879
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 707 – 21/08/1988
First record: August 1953
Long?tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Uncommon autumn and rare spring passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 29 – 07/08/1995
First record: 19/09/1973
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 183 – 06/09/2008
First record: August 1964
Puffin Fratercula arctica
Abundant passage and rare winter visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 1583 – 02/07/2012
First record: 1971
Black Guillemot Cephus grille (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (1, 1, 0, 3, 0)
31 (17) records
First record: November 1911
Razorbill Alca torda
Abundant passage/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 10416 – 01/10/2012
First record: 1960
Little Auk Alle alle
Common/fairly common passage/winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 2622 – 13/11/1995
First record: January 1895
Guillemot Uria aalge
Abundant passage/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 24700 – 09/07/1981
First record: 24/04/1871
Brunnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia
Vagrant
1 record (to be accepted)
First record: 3rd December 2013
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Uncommon passage visitor (3, 3, 3, 6, 16)
Maximum day-total: 9 – 01/08/1992
First record: 11/9/1968
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 18/8/1992
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Uncommon passage visitor (2, 3, 9, 2, 11)
Maximum day-total: 24 – 25/08/1999
First record: 2/9/1961
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (YNU)
Vagrant
5 (1) records
First record: 3/8/1975
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Abundant summer/passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 1905 – 03/09/1983
First record: 15/12/1875
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 24/8/1991
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 2300 – 02/09/2006
First record: 28/10/1967
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Uncommon passage visitor (7, 0, 12, 8, 9)
Maximum day-total: 29 – 01/09/2006
First record: 8/9/1961
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 259 – 11/08/2006
First record: 28/10/1967
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnean (BBRC)
19th c vagrant
1 record
First record: August 1875
Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (0, 0, 1, 3, 2)
61 (5) records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 17/09/2001
First record: 18/09/1901
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Abundant passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 15000 per hour – 25/04/1987
First record: 22/3/1950
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 20/6/1969
Black?headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Abundant passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 15000 – 28/09/1982
First record: 05/01/1971
Little Gull Hydrocoleus minutus
Common visitor
Maximum day-total: 1369 – 01/10/2003
First record: 1868
Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 07/12/1980
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 23/7/1984
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Uncommon visitor (10, 8, 19, 26, 16)
Maximum day-total: 3 – 12/03/2000
First record: 01/03/1969
Common Gull Larus canus
Abundant passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 10000 – 28/09/1982
First record: February 1940
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 25/7/1985
Lesser Black?backed Gull Larus fuscus
Common passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 27 – 05/04/1987
First record: July 1884
intermedius 19/05/2005
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Abundant passage & winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 4240 – 23/01/1993
First record: 26/9/1884
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis (FBOG)
Vagrant (1, 0, 0, 1, 5)
11 records
First record: 28/8/2006
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Uncommon passage and winter visitor (1, 1, 1, 6, 4)
131 (5) records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 07/03/1983
First record: 26/10/1974
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Uncommon passage and winter visitor (0, 3, 2, 6, 3)
186 (22) records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 12/01/1980
First record: 1874
Great Black?backed Gull Larus marinus
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1000 – 17/12/1992
First record: 1960
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 3500 – 23/04/1995
First record: 2/4/1977
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Fairly common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 70 – 03/12/2009
First record: 19/6/1977
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
Common winter visitor/ resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 7000 – 10/12/1993
First record: 1966
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 152 – 07/12/2003
First record: 16/08/1964
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Uncommon passage visitor (1, 1, 3, 3, 0)
Maximum day-total: 5 – 09/05/1999
First record: 27/08/1977
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Uncommon passage visitor and summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 3 – 16/05/2003
First record: 30/07/1960
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Fairly common resident breeder
First record: 30/10/1963
Little Owl Athene noctua
Uncommon visitor/occasional breeder
First record: 1949
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Uncommon resident breeder
First record: 20/12/1978
Long?eared Owl Asio otus
Uncommon passage and occasional winter visitor (1, 0, 4, 3, 0)
Maximum day-total: 3 – 12/10/1988
First record: 24/09/1952
Short?eared Owl Asio flammeus
Uncommon passage and occasional winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 13 – 03/11/1984
First record: 31/07/1949
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus (FBOG)
Vagrant
6 records
First record: 29/05/1986
Swift Apus apus
Common passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 2400 – 08/08/08/1993
First record: 1960
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 24/10/2001
Alpine Swift Apus melba (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 1)
4 records
First record: 27/09/1994
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Uncommon visitor (5, 3, 3, 5, 1)
Maximum day-total: 3 – 25/07/1999
First record: 23/07/1977
Bee-eater Merops apiaster (FBOG)
Vagrant
4 records
First record: 9/6/1880 (FBOG 26/05/1992)
Hoopoe Upupa epops (FBOG)
Vagrant (0, 0, 2, 0, 0)
9 records
First record: 30/4/1978
Wryneck Jynx torquilla (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (0, 4, 0, 2, 3)
74 (10) records
Maximum day-total: 4 – 06/05/1978
First record: 04/09/1958
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Rare visitor (2, 0, 2, 1, 1)
24 records
First record: 10/02/1980
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Fairly common resident breeder/occasional passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 5 – 14/06/2011
First record: 26/09/1949
Continental major 20/10/1990
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor (FBOG)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 14/09/1996
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus (FBOG)
Vagrant
7 (1) records
First record: 29/5/1973
Red?backed Shrike Lanius collurio (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (1, 0, 0, 2, 5)
79 (6) records
Maximum day-total: 7 – 21/08/1977
First record: 1/10/1964
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Scarce passage visitor (1, 2, 1, 2, 0)
24 (4) records
First record: 7/10/1961
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 1, 1, 0, 0)
5 records
First record: 09/05/1903
Magpie Pica pica
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 88 – 10/02/2010
First record: 13/01/1960
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Uncommon passage visitor (5, 0, 1, 72, 4)
Maximum day-total: 20 – 18/10/2012
First record: 1/10/1983
Northern glandarius 10/10/1996
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 450 – 27/09/2008
First record: 1960
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 400 – June 1985
First record: 1960
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: c400 – 19/02/1978
First record: 1960
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Uncommon visitor (2, 1, 6, 4, 0)
Maximum day-total: 60 – 03/12/1960; 4 – 1978
First record: 25/9/1950
Raven Corvus corax (FBOG)
Vagrant (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
3 records
First record: 1858 (FBOG 10/12/2000)
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Common passage and scarce winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 2000 – 15/10/2005
First record: 1948
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
Uncommon passage visitor (5, 1, 2, 2, 1)
119 records
Maximum day-total: 7 – 12/10/2002
First record: 25/9/1977
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 100 – 21/10/1988
First record: 26/9/1975
Great Tit Parus major
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 30 – 10/10/1982
First record: 14/5/1977
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Fairly common passage and winter visitor/ resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 45 – 01/10/2003
First record: 3/12/1977
Willow Tit Poecile montana
Scarce visitor (0, 1, 1, 4, 5)
44 records
First record: 22/5/1978
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Scarce visitor (0, 2, 1, 2, 0)
27 records
First record: 14/6/1905
Bearded Tit Panurus biamarcus
Vagrant
9 (1) records
First record: 17/11/1974
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla (YNU)
Vagrant
5 records
First record: 16-18/5/1992
Woodlark Lullula arborea (FBOG)
Rare visitor (0, 0, 0, 0, 2)
11 records
First record: 5/4/1987
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Common winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 1200 – 23/12/2001
First record: 23/10/1950
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris
Uncommon passage and occasional winter visitor (0, 4, 0, 2, 0)
Maximum day-total: 32 – 02/02/1964; 16 – 19/10/1998
First record: March 1853
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Common summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 300 – 07/09/1980
First record: 23/07/1960
Swallow Hirundo rustica
Abundant passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 3687 – 03/09/2011
First record: 2/10/1950
House Martin Delichon urbica
Common summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 2524 – 15/09/2013
First record: 25/11/1948
Red?rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica (YNU)
Vagrant
4 records
First record: 31/05/1992
Long?tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Common passage visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 80 – 18/10/2004
First record: 30/10/1976
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
13 (1) records
First record: 29/08/1976
Two-barred Greenish Warbler plumbeitarsus 16/10/2006
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 23/10/1993
Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus (FBOG)
Scarce autumn passage visitor (0, 2, 0, 1, 1)
47 records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 09/11/2000
First record: 10/10/1982
Yellow?browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Uncommon autumn passage visitor/one spring record (9, 7, 8, 8, 33)
268 (2) records
Maximum day-total: 11 – 15/10/2005
First record: 4/10/1973
Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 8/11/2000
Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwartzi (YNU)
Vagrant
5 records
First record: 20/10/1987
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 0, 0, 2)
6 records
First record: 20/10/1990
Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 13/09/1989
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Scarce passage visitor (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
65 (2) records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 09/09/1996
First record: 31/08/1974
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Fairly common passage and occasional winter visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 60 – 17/04/2011
First record: 1/10/1960
Scandinavian Chiffchaff abletinus 6/05/1985
Siberian Chiffchaff tristis October 1982
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Common passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 170 – 26/09/2000
First record: 3/09/1958
Northern Willow Warbler acredula 06/09/1982
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Fairly common passage and occasional winter visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 30 – 11/10/1982
First record: 15/10/1960
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 90 – 26/08/1986
First record: 2/09/1958
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria (FBOG)
Scarce passage visitor (1, 2, 0, 2, 0)
51 (3) records
First record: 15/8/1975
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Fairly common passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 20 – 15/05/2010
First record: 6/5/1978
Desert Whitethroat minula 07/11/2003
blythi 28/9/1985
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Common passage visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 50 pairs 25/05/2005
First record: <1978
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 24-29/5/1992
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans (YNU)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 13/10/1995
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 27/6 – 16/10/1993
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 10/10/1994
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
Uncommon passage visitor/occasional breeder (1, 9, 9, 5, 1)
Maximum day-total: 6 – 08/04/2011
First record: 12/07/1969
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 18/09/1993
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina (FBOG)
Scarce passage migrant (0, 2, 1, 4, 1)
64 (3) records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 09/09/1995
First record: 1/09/1974
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Fairly common passage visitor/ declining breeder
Maximum day-total: 15 – 09/08/1992
First record: 6/09/1969
Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 21/09/1996
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris (YNU)
Rare passage visitor (1, 1, 0, 2, 1)
12 records
First record: 7/10/1982
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Fairly common passage visitor/increasing breeder
Maximum day-total: 8 – 15/05/2011
First record: 3/09/1958
?fuscus 11/06/2001
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Uncommon to fairly common passage/winter visitor (10, 68, 19, 94, 6)
Maximum day-total: 51 – 03/02/1996
First record: 15/11/1941
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Vagrant
6 records
First record: 31/10/1980
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Uncommon resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 8 – 26/03/1990
First record: 24/8/1977
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 60 – 05/10/1998
First record: 30/12/1971
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Abundant passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 14000 – 20/11/2004
First record: 21/12/1963
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus (FBOG)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 10/10/2004
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 29/03/1981
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 14 – 27/10/1990
First record: 18/10/1953
Blackbird Turdus merula
Abundant passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 8500 – 12/11/2013
First record: 22/10/1950
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 6000 – 24/10/2012
First record: 12/5/1959
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 1225 – 11/10/2006
First record: 12/10/1952
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Abundant passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 5500 – 24/10/2012
First record: 30/09/1961
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Fairly common passage and resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 26 – 28/09/1999
First record: 12/10/1952
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Uncommon passage visitor/former breeder
Maximum day-total: 30 – August 1987
First record: 7/09/1958
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Common passage visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 500 – 03/10/1998
First record: 20/10/1975
Continental rubecula 3/04/1992
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos (FBOG)
Vagrant
1 (1) record
First record: June 1897 (FBOG 14/05/1992)
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica (FBOG)
Scarce spring and autumn migrant (0, 1, 0, 0, 2)
51 (5) records
Maximum day-total: 5 – 14/05/1985
First record: 4/9/1958
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva (FBOG)
Uncommon passage migrant (0, 1, 0, 5, 2)
55 (3) records
Maximum day-total: 4 – 25/09/2008
First record: 16/9/1960
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 21/05/1985
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 62 – 10/08/2004
First record: 2/09/1958
sibirica 16/09/1996
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Uncommon passage and occasional winter visitor/has bred once (5, 4, 3, 8, 7)
275 (13) records
Maximum day-total: 6 – 08/11/2000
First record: 10/1853
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 140 – 16/09/1993
First record: 24/09/1949
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 40 – 10/09/2002
First record: 12/09/1955
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus (BBRC)
Vagrant
7 records
First record: 18/10/1985
Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Uncommon, but increasing passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 13 – 10/10/2007
First record: <1907
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 14/10/2006
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 200 – 03/09/1958; 90 – 26/09/2000
First record: 1883
Greenland leucorrhoa 11/05/1993
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 8-15/11/2008
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 100 – 01/10/1998
First record: 10/10/1949
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 2000 – September 1983
First record: 1960
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Common resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 188 – 02/10/2011
First record: 13/02/1941
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava (FBOG (non flavissima/flava))
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 32 – 22/04/2000
First record: 3/05/1941
Grey-headed thunbergi 20/05/1979
Ashy-headed cinereocapilla 2/6/1983
Syke’s beema 17/04/1989
Blue-headed flava 22/04/1975
Spanish iberiae 26/04/1994
Black-headed feldegg 28/05/2013
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 18-19/06/1995
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Uncommon passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 9 – 13/09/2011
First record: 24/09/1960
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrelli
Scarce winter and common passage visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 150 – 20/09/1998
First record: 1960
White Wagtail alba 29/04/1978
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (FBOG)
Rare autumn migrant (0, 0, 0, 2, 1)
25 (4) records
First record: 12/11/1967
Tawny Pipit Anthus godlewskii (YNU)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 7/08/1978
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 2, 1, 0)
7 records
First record: 22/10/1987
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 27 – 31/08/1974; 15 – 03/09/1998
First record: 31/8/1974
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 9/10/1994
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Common passage and scarce winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 7798 – 13/09/2011
First record: 24/10/1949
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (YNU)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 12-14/6/1985
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Fairly common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 23 – 20/10/1993
First record: 1959
Scandinavian littoralis 29/04/1978
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta (FBOG)
Rare passage visitor (2, 0, 0, 0, 2)
17 records
First record: 30/03/1977
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 300 – 28/09/2010
First record: 1960
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 160 – 12/10/1991
First record: 1963
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 600 – 21/10/1990
First record: 1960
Serin Serinus serinus (FBOG)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 7-8/11/1993 (2 birds)
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Common passage and summer breeder/scarce in winter
Maximum day-total: 1150 – 07/10/2010
First record: 1960
Siskin Carduelis spinus
Fairly common passage and occasional winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 1197 – 13/09/2011
First record: 29/10/1960
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Common passage and summer breeder/scarce in winter
Maximum day-total: 3500 – 22/09/2002
First record: 20/3/1950
Twite Carduelis flavirostris
Uncommon/fairly common passage and occasional winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 60 – 29/10/2005
First record: 7/11/1949
Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
Fairly common passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 489 – 13/09/2011
First record: 29/09/1962
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: c30 – 04/10/1985
First record: September 1972
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni (YNU)
Vagrant
5 records
First record: 29/12/1985-4/1/1986
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Uncommon passage visitor
Maximum day-total: 105 – 10/09/2002
First record: 3/07/1958
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus (FBOG)
Rare passage visitor (0, 1, 0, 1, 0)
17 records
First record: 3/06/1984
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Fairly common passage and winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 11 – 09/02/2008
First record: 22/07/1978
Northern pyrrhula 25/10/1988
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes (FBOG)
Rare visitor (1, 1, 0, 1, 2)
11 (1?) records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 3/10/2013
First record: ?1960 (FBOG 18/9/1994)
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 300 – 16/11/1963; 150 – 16/02/1978
First record: 7/01/1967
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus
Fairly common passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 200 – 17/01/1994
First record: 31/12/1960
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos (BBRC)
Vagrant
1 record
First record: 3/03/2001
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Fairly common winter visitor/resident breeder
Maximum day-total: 500 – 01/01/1990
First record: 1960
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana (FBOG)
Rare passage visitor
14 records
Maximum day-total: 3 – 26/08/1986
First record: 26/08/1986
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica (YNU)
Vagrant (0, 0, 1, 1, 0)
8 records
First record: 11-12/05/1985
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla (YNU)
Vagrant
8 records
First record: 30/09/1979
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola (BBRC)
Vagrant
2 records
First record: 16-18/09/1994
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Fairly common passage and winter visitor/summer breeder
Maximum day-total: 150 – February 1978
First record: 1961
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Uncommon declining passage and winter visitor
Maximum day-total: 650 – 25/12/1981
First record: 5/12/1971