Species information

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Accipiter gentilis
Accipiter nisus
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Actitis hypoleucos
Aegithalos caudatus
Aix galericulata
Alauda arvensis
Alca torda
Alcedo atthis
Alectoris rufa
Alle alle
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Anas acuta
Anas carolinensis
Anas clypeata
Anas crecca
Anas penelope
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas querquedula
Anas strepera
Anser albifrons
Anser anser
Anser brachyrhynchus
Anthus petrosus
Anthus pratensis
Anthus richardi
Anthus spinoletta
Anthus trivialis
Apus apus

Arctic Skua
Ardea cinerea
Arenaria interpres
Asio flammeus
Asio otus
Athene noctua

Avocet
Aythya ferina
Aythya fuligula
Aythya marila

Barnacle Goose
Barn Owl
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bearded Tit
Bewick’s Swan
Bittern
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black Guillemot
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black Redstart
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated Diver
Blue Tit
Bombycilla garrulus
Botaurus stellaris

Brambling
Branta bernicla
Branta canadensis
Branta leucopsis

Brent Goose
Bucephala clangula
Bullfinch
Buteo buteo
Buzzard

Calcarius lapponicus
Calidris alba
Calidris alpina
Calidris canutus
Calidris ferruginea
Calidris maritima
Calidris minuta

Canada Goose
Caprimulgus europaeus
Carduelis cabaret
Carduelis cannabina
Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis chloris
Carduelis flammea
Carduelis flavirostris
Carduelis spinus

Carrion Crow
Cepphus grylle
Certhia familiaris
Cettia cetti

Cetti’s Warbler
Chaffinch
Charadrius dubius
Charadrius hiaticula

Chiffchaff
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Cinclus cinclus
Circus aeruginosus
Circus cyaneus
Clangula hyemalis

Coal Tit
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Collared Dove
Columba livia
Columba oenas
Columba palumbus

Common Gull
Common Redpoll
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Corn Bunting
Corncrake
Corvus corax
Corvus corone
Corvus frugilegus
Corvus monedula
Coturnix coturnix
Crex crex

Crossbill
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
Cyanistes caeruleus
Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus olor

Delichon urbicum
Dendrocopos major
Dendrocopos minor

Dipper
Dunlin
Dunnock

Egretta garzetta
Egyptian Goose
Eider
Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza schoeniclus
Erithacus rubecula

Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco subbuteo
Falco tinnunculus

Feral Pigeon
Ficedula hypoleuca
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fringilla coelebs
Fringilla montifringilla
Fulica atra

Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis

Gadwall
Gallinago gallinago
Gallinula chloropus

Gannet
Garden Warbler
Garganey
Garrulus glandarius
Gavia arctica
Gavia immer
Gavia stellata

Glaucous Gull
Goldcrest
Goldeneye
Golden Oriole
Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Goosander
Goshawk
Grasshopper Warbler
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Great Skua
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Green Sandpiper
Greenshank
Green-winged Teal
Green Woodpecker
Grey Heron
Greylag Goose
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Guillemot

Haematopus ostralegus
Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
Hirundo rustica
Hobby
House Martin
House Sparrow
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Iceland Gull

Jackdaw
Jack Snipe
Jay
Jynx torquilla

Kestrel
Kingfisher
Kittiwake
Knot

Lagopus lagopus
Lapland Bunting
Lapwing
Larus argentatus
Larus canus
Larus fuscus
Larus glaucoides
Larus hyperboreus
Larus marinus
Larus melanocephalus
Larus michahellis

Leach’s Petrel
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Whitethroat
Limosa lapponica
Limosa limosa

Linnet
Little Auk
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Little Stint
Locustella naevia
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Loxia curvirostra
Lullula arborea
Lymnocryptes minimus

Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Manx Shearwater
Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Mealy (Common) Redpoll
Mediterranean Gull
Melanitta fusca
Melanitta nigra
Mergellus albellus

Mergus merganser
Mergus serrator
Merlin
Miliaria calandra
Milvus milvus

Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Morus bassanus
Motacilla alba
Motacilla cinerea
Motacilla flava
Muscicapa striata

Mute Swan

Netta rufina
Nightjar
Numenius arquata
Nuthatch

Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Oenanthe oenanthe
Oriolus oriolus

Osprey
Oxyura jamaicensis
Oystercatcher

Pallas’s Warbler
Pandion haliaetus
Panurus biarmicus
Parus major
Passer domesticus
Passer montanus
Perdix perdix

Peregrine
Periparus ater
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phasianus colchicus

Pheasant
Philomachus pugnax
Phoenicurus ochruros
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Phylloscopus collybita
Phylloscopus inornatus
Phylloscopus proregulus
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Phylloscopus trochilus
Pica pica
Picus viridis

Pied Flycatcher
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Platalea leucorodia
Plectrophenax nivalis
Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis squatarola

Pochard
Podiceps auritus
Podiceps cristatus
Podiceps grisegena
Podiceps nigricollis
Poecile montana
Poecile palustris
Porzana porzana
Prunella modularis
Psittacula krameri
Puffinus puffinus

Purple Sandpiper
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Quail

Rallus aquaticus
Raven
Razorbill
Recurvirostra avosetta
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Red Grouse
Red Kite
Red-legged Partridge
Red-necked Grebe
Redshank
Redstart
Red-throated Diver
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Regulus ignicapilla
Regulus regulus

Richard’s Pipit
Ringed Plover
Ring-necked Parakeet
Ring Ouzel
Riparia riparia
Rissa tridactyla

Robin
Rock Pipit
Rook
Ruddy Duck
Ruff

Sanderling
Sand Martin
Saxicola rubetra
Saxicola torquatus

Scaup
Scolopax rusticola
Sedge Warbler
Shag
Shelduck
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Siskin
Sitta europaea
Skylark
Slavonian Grebe
Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting
Somateria mollissima
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spoonbill
Spotted Crake
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Redshank
Starling
Stercorarius parasiticus
Stercorarius skua
Sterna hirundo

Stock Dove
Stonechat
Streptopelia decaocto
Streptopelia turtur
Strix aluco
Sturnus vulgaris

Swallow
Swift
Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia borin
Sylvia communis
Sylvia curruca

Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tadorna tadorna

Tawny Owl
Teal
Treecreeper
Tree Pipit
Tree Sparrow
Tringa erythropus
Tringa nebularia
Tringa ochropus
Tringa totanus
Troglodytes troglodytes

Tufted Duck
Turdus iliacus
Turdus merula
Turdus philomelos
Turdus pilaris
Turdus torquatus
Turdus viscivorus

Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Twite
Tyto alba

Uria aalge

Vanellus vanellus
Velvet Scoter

Water Pipit
Water Rail
Waxwing
Wheatear
Whinchat
White-fronted Goose
Whitethroat
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Willow Tit
Willow Warbler
Woodcock
Woodlark
Woodpigeon
Wood Warbler
Wren
Wryneck

Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellowhammer
Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail