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Mute swan
Cygnus olor
Canada goose
Branta canadensis
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Branta bernicla
First sighting: 25/12/21
Greylag goose
Anser anser
domesticated variants:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
First sighting: 25/12/21
Barnacle goose
Branta leucopsis
First sighting: 16/8/21
Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiacus
Invasive species
Mallard duck
Anas platyrhynchos
female, summer male:
Eurasian Teal
Anas crecca
First sighting: 2/12/21
Pictured: male
Northern pintail
Anas acuta
First sighting: 24/12/21
Eurasian wigeon
Mareca penelope
First sighting: 9/2/21
Pictured: male
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
female:
Tufted duck
Athya fuligula
First sighting: ?/12/20
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
First sighting: 2/12/21
pictured: male
Common shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
First sighting: 3/8/21
Eurasian coot
Fulica atra
hatchling, juvenile:
Common moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
juvenile:
Great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus
juvenile:
Great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Gray heron
Ardea cinerea
juvenile:
Western great egret
Ardea alba
First sighting: 20/8/21
Eurasian spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
First sighting: 2/6/20
White stork
Ciconia ciconia
Black tailed godwit
Limosa limosa
Curlew
Numenius arquata
First sighting: 26/8/21
Eurasian oystercatcher
Haemantopus ostralegus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
First sighting: 27/7/21
Common redshank
Tringa totanus
First sighting:24/12/21
Sanderling
Calidris alba
First sighting: 25/12/21
Black-headed gull
Croicocephalus ridibundus
juvenile:
Mew gull
Larus canus
FIrst sighting: 25/7/21
European herring gull
Larus argentatus
juvenile:
Yellow-legged gull
Larus michahellis
Lesser black-backed gull
Larus fuscus
juvenile:
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
First sighting: 17/8/20
Western marsh harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Eurasian magpie
Pica pica
Carrion crow
Corvus corone
Western jackdaw
Corvus monedula
Eurasian jay
Garrulus glandarius
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Feral Pigeon
Columba livia domestica
Domesticated rock pigeon, variants:
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Common pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Rose-ringed parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Introduced species
Eurasian green woodpecker
Picus viridis
Song thrush
Turdus philomelos
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
First sighting: 25/12/21
Common blackbird
Turdus merula
female:
Common starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
House sparrow
Passer domesticus
Reed bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Great tit
Parus major
Eurasian blue tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed tit
Aegithalos caudatus
European robin
Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Eurasian Wren
Nannus troglodytes
Common chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Sedge warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
White wagtail
Motacilla alba
First sighting: 26/4/21
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
House martin
Delichon urbicum
First sighting: 31/7/21
Sand martin
Riparia riparia
First sighting: 29/7/21
Common swift
Apus apus