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Nature — 70 species

Birds

Full birds checklist (PDF) · this month's spotting sheet (PDF)

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Dunnock

Prunella modularis

Resident · here all year

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Blackbird

Turdus merula

Resident · here all year

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Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Resident · here all year

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Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Winter visitor · Oct–Apr

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Redwing

Turdus iliacus

Winter visitor · Oct–Mar

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Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Resident · here all year

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Great Tit

Parus major

Resident · here all year

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Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Resident · here all year

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Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Resident · here all year

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Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Resident · here all year

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Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Resident · here all year

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Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep · some overwinter

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Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Resident · here all year

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Meadow Pipit

Anthus pratensis

Resident · here all year

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Pied Wagtail

Motacilla alba yarrellii

Resident · here all year

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Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Resident · here all year

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Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Resident · here all year

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Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

Resident · here all year

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Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Resident · here all year

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Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Resident · here all year

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Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Resident · here all year

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House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Resident · here all year

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Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Resident · here all year

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Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Resident · here all year

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Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Resident · here all year

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Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Resident · here all year

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Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Resident · here all year

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Common Raven

Corvus corax

Resident · here all year

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Magpie

Pica pica

Resident · here all year

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Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Resident · here all year

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Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Resident · here all year

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Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

Resident · here all year

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Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Resident · here all year

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Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Resident · here all year

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Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Resident · here all year

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Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Resident · here all year

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Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Resident · here all year

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Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Resident · here all year

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Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Resident · here all year

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Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Resident · here all year

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Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Winter visitor · Oct–Apr

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Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Resident · here all year

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Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

Winter visitor · Sep–Apr

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Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Winter visitor · Oct–Apr

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Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Resident · here all year

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Teal

Anas crecca

Mostly a winter visitor · Sep–Apr

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Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Winter visitor · Sep–Apr

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Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Resident · here all year

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Coot

Fulica atra

Resident · here all year

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Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Resident · here all year

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Curlew

Numenius arquata

Resident · here all year

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Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Winter visitor · Aug–Apr

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Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Resident · here all year

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Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Resident · here all year

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Common Woodpigeon

Columba palumbus

Resident · here all year

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Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

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Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Resident · here all year

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Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Resident · here all year

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Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Mostly a winter visitor · Oct–Mar

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Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Resident · here all year

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Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Resident · here all year

Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Summer migrant · Mar–Sep

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep

Common Whitethroat

Curruca communis

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Summer migrant · May–Sep

Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Summer migrant · Apr–Aug

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep

House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Summer migrant · Apr–Jul

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Summer migrant · Apr–Sep