Latin Name

Common Name

Long List

Middle List

Short List

Habitat, distribution

Acrocephalus paludicola

Aquatic Warbler

Autumn migrant to wetland sites along the south coast from Kent to Cornwall.

Alauda arvensis

Skylark

Associated with open farmland. (Resident).

Botaurus stellaris

Bittern

Reedbeds. Breeding birds confined to few known sites in East Anglia, south east England and Lancashire.

Perdix perdix

Grey Partridge

Lowland farmland, associated with grassy hedge banks and cereal field margins. (Resident).

Lullula arborea

Woodlark

Heathland and Breckland. Restricted southerly distribution to a number of discrete heathland areas. (Resident / summer visitor).

Steptopelia turtur

Turtle Dove

Lowland bird, feeding on open farmland. Associated with south and south east England. (Summer visitor).

Accipiter nisus

Sparrowhawk

Breeds in woodland and scrub. Distributed throughout England. (Resident).

Alecedo atthis

Kingfisher

Feeds in shallow and slow moving freshwater. Nests in burrows in sandy / muddy steep banks. (Resident).

Dendrocopus major

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Prefers mature broadleaved woodland but also found in plantation woodland. Distributed throughout country. (Resident).

Dendrocopus minor

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Almost exclusively associated with broadleaved woodland. Restricted to Wales , south and west England and Midlands. (Resident).

Riparia riparia

Sand Martin

Nests communally in sandy banks and gravel pits. (Summer visitor).

Strix aluco

Tawny Owl

Woodland bird, also nesting in trees in farmland and gardens. (Resident).

[Wildfowl]

Pintail, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon, Mallard, Garganey, Gadwall, Tufted Duck and Goldeneye

Open waters with good marginal habitat. Breeding species.

[Waders]

Jack Snipe, Greenshank and Redshank

Wetland, waterbody margins. Breeding species.