List of British Birds

Red-throated diver
Black-throated diver
Great northern diver
Little grebe
Great-crested grebe
Red-necked grebe
Slavonian grebe
Black-necked grebe
Fulmar
Cory’s shearwater
Great shearwater
Manx shearwater
Mediterranean shearwater
Storm petrel
Leach’s petrel
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Bittern
Little egret
Grey heron
White stork
Spoonbill
Mute swan
Bewick’s swan
Whooper swan
Bean goose
White-fronted goose
Pink-footed goose
Greylag goose
Snow goose
Canada goose
Barnacle goose
Brent goose
Ruddy shelduck
Shelduck
Mandarin
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Garganey
Shoveler
Red-crested pochard
Pochard
Ring-necked duck
Ferruginous duck
Tufted duck
Scaup
Eider
Long-tailed duck
Common scoter
Surf scoter
Velvet scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted merganser
Goosander
Ruddy duck
Honey buzzard
Red kite
Marsh harrier
Hen harrier
Montagu’s harrier
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Rough-legged buzzard
Golden Eagle
Osprey
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby Peregrine
Red grouse
Ptarmigan
Black grouse
Capercaillie
Red-legged partridge
Grey partridge
Quail
Pheasant
Golden pheasant
Water rail
Spotted crake
Corncrake
Moorhen
Coot
Crane
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Stone curlew
Little ringed plover
Ringed plover
Kentish plover
Dotterel
Golden plover
Grey plover
Lapwing
Knot
Sanderling
Little stint
Temminck’s stint
Pectoral sandpiper
Curlew sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Dunlin
Buff-breasted sandpiper
Ruff
Jack Snipe
Snipe
Woodcock
Black-tailed godwit
Bar-tailed godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Spotted redshank
Redshank
Greenshank
Green sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Turnstone
Red-necked phalarope
Grey phalarope
Pomarine skua
Arctic skua
Long-tailed skua
Great skua
Mediterranean gull
Little gull
Sabine’s gull
Black-headed gull
Ring-billed gull
Common gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Greater black-backed gull
Herring gull
Iceland gull
Glaucous gull
Kittiwake
Sandwich tern
Roseate tern
Common tern
Arctic tern
Little tern
Black tern
Guillemot
Black guillemot
Razorbill
Little auk
Puffin
Rock dove
Stock dove
Woodpigeon
Collared dove
Turtle dove
Ring-necked parakeet
Cuckoo
Barn owl
Little owl
Tawny owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Nightjar
Swift
Kingfisher
Hoopoe
Wryneck
Green woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Short-toed lark
Woodlark
Skylark
Shorelark
Sand martin
House martin
Swallow
Richard’s pipit
Tawny pipit
Tree pipit
Meadow pipit
Rock pipit
Water pipit
Yellow wagtail
Grey wagtail
Pied wagtail
White wagtail
Waxwing
Dipper
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Nightingale
Bluethroat
Redstart
Black redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear
Ring ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Cetti’s warbler
Grasshopper warbler
Savi’s warbler
Aquatic warbler
Sedge warbler
Marsh warbler
Reed warbler
Icterine warbler
Melodious warbler
Dartford warbler
Barred warbler
Lesser whitethroat
Whitethroat
Garden warbler
Blackcap
Pallas’s warbler
Yellow-browed warbler
Wood warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Spotted flycatcher
Red-breasted flycatcher
Pied flycatcher
Bearded tit
Long-tailed tit
Marsh tit
Willow tit
Crested tit
Coal tit
Blue tit
Great tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Golden oriole
Red-backed shrike
Great grey shrike
Woodchat shrike
Jay
Magpie
Chough
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion crow
Hooded crow
Raven
Starling
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Chaffinch
Brambling
Serin
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Twite
Lesser redpoll
Mealy redpoll
Crossbill
Scottish crossbill
Common rosefinch
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Lapland bunting
Snow bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl bunting
Ortolan bunting
Little bunting
Reed bunting
Corn bunting