Alphabetical list of bird species

Here is an alphabetical list of the regularly occurring UK bird species in BirdFacts

BirdFacts includes an entry for all species on the official British List maintained by the British Ornithologists’ Union. The list below provides an index to the common and widespread species that most birdwatchers can expect to encounter. If you are looking for information for one of the scarcer species, use the search box.

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A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  V  W  Y

A

Aquatic Warbler
Arctic Skua
 
Arctic Tern
Avocet
 

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B

Barn Owl
Barnacle Goose
Barred Warbler
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bearded Tit
Bee-eater
Bewick's Swan
Bittern
Black Grouse
Black Guillemot
Black Redstart
Black Tern
 
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated Diver
Blue Tit
Bluethroat
Brambling
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
 

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C

Canada Goose
Capercaillie
Carrion Crow
Caspian Gull
Cattle Egret
Cetti’s Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Chough
Cirl Bunting
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Crossbill
Common Gull
 
Common Redpoll
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Corn Bunting
Corncrake
Crane
Crested Tit
Cuckoo
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
 

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D

Dartford Warbler
Dipper
Dotterel
 
Dunlin
Dunnock
 

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E

Egyptian Goose
 
Eider
 

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F

Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Firecrest
 
Fulmar
 

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G

Gadwall
Gannet
Garden Warbler
Garganey
Glaucous Gull
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Eagle
Golden Oriole
Golden Pheasant
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Goshawk
Grasshopper Warbler
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
 
Great Grey Shrike
Great Northern Diver
Great Skua
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Green Sandpiper
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Grey Partridge
Grey Phalarope
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Guillemot
 

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H

Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
Hobby
Honey-buzzard
 
Hooded Crow
Hoopoe
House Martin
House Sparrow
 

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I

Iceland Gull
 
Icterine Warbler
 

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J

Jack Snipe
Jackdaw
 
Jay
 

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K

Kestrel
Kingfisher
 
Kittiwake
Knot
 

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L

Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
Lapland Bunting
Lapwing
Leach’s Petrel
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Whitethroat
Linnet
Little Egret

Little Grebe
Little Gull
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Little Stint
Little Tern
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
 

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M

Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Manx Shearwater
Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit
Marsh Warbler
 
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Merlin
Mistle Thrush
Montagu’s Harrier
Moorhen
Mute Swan
 

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N

Nightingale
Nightjar
 
Nuthatch
 

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O

Ortolan Bunting
Osprey
 
Oystercatcher
 

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P

Parrot Crossbill
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
 
Pintail
Pochard
Ptarmigan
Puffin
Purple Sandpiper
 

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Q

Quail
 

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R

Raven
Razorbill
Red Grouse  
Red Kite
Red-backed Shrike
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Red-necked Grebe
Red-necked Phalarope
Redshank
Redstart
Red-throated Diver
Redwing
 
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Ring Ouzel
Ringed Plover
Ring-necked Parakeet
Robin
Rock Dove
Rock Pipit
Rook
Roseate Tern
Rough-legged Buzzard
Ruddy Duck
Ruff
 

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S

Sand Martin
Sanderling
Sandwich Tern
Savi’s Warbler
Scarlet Rosefinch
Scaup
Scottish Crossbill
Sedge Warbler
Serin
Shag
Shelduck
Shore Lark
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Siskin
Skylark
Slavonian Grebe
 
Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spoonbill
Spotted Crake
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Redshank
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Stone-curlew
Storm Petrel
Swallow
Swift
 

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T

Taiga Bean Goose
Tawny Owl
Teal
Temminck’s Stint
Tree Pipit
Tree Sparrow
 
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Tundra Bean Goose
Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Twite
 

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V

Velvet Scoter
 

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W

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

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Y

Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail
 
Yellowhammer

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