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Alderney Bird List

This is a complete list of birds seen on Alderney, its surrounding rocks and stacks, including Ortac and Les Casquets,and the islet of Burhou, since recording began in 1879.

The capital letters before each species show the bird’s status as it is today.

  • R = Resident. The bird stays throughout the year.
  • S = Summer Visitor.
  • W = Winter Visitor.
  • M = Passage Migrant.
  • O = Occasional Visitor.
  • V = Vagrant. The bird is outside its usual range and rarely seen here.

Some species have more than one letter after the name. For example, Little Grebe which is resident here and also occurs as a winter visitor

W
Red-throated Diver
O
Scaup
V
Killdeer
W
Black-throated Diver
O
Pochard
WM
Grey Plover
W
Great Northern Diver
V
Ferruginous Duck
WM
Golden Plover
WM
Great Crested Grebe
M
Eider
WM
Lapwing
W
Red-necked Grebe
M
Common Scoter
SWM
Dunlin
W
Slavonian Grebe
O
Velvet Scoter
M
Curlew Sandpiper
W
Black-necked Grebe
O
Goldeneye
M
Knot
RW
Little Grebe
O
Goosander
M
Sanderling
S
Fulmar
O
Red-breasted Merganser
M
Little Stint
M
Sooty Shearwater
O
Smew
WM
Sandpiper
V
Great Shearwater
M
Osprey
M
Ruff
V
Cory’s Shearwater
V
White-tailed Eagle
V
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
SM
Manx Shearwater
M
Black Kite
WM
Snipe
S
Storm Petrel
V
Red Kite
WM
Bar-tailed Godwit
S
Gannet
M
Marsh Harrier
WM
Woodcock
R
Shag
WM
Hen Harrier
O
Black-tailed Godwit
R
Cormorant
M
Montagu's Harrier
WM
Godwit
V
Bittern
R
Sparrow Hawk
SWM
Curlew
V
Squacco Heron
O
Goshawk
M
Whimbrel
V
Night Heron
R
Common Buzzard
O
Spotted Redshank
V
Cattle Egret
O
Rough-legged Buzzard
SWM
Redshank
SW
Little Egret
M
Honey Buzzard
M
Greenshank
SW
Grey Heron
V
Gyrfalcon
M
Wood Sandpiper
V
Purple Heron
O
Peregrine
M
Green Sandpiper
V
Spoonbill
M
Hobby
M
Common Sandpiper
M
White Stork
M
Merlin
S W M
Turnstone
O
Whooper Swan
R
Kestrel
O
Grey Phalarope
O
Mute Swan
V
Red-footed Falcon
V
Wilson’s Phalarope
O
Greylag Goose
R
Pheasant
M
Great Skua
V
Bean Goose
R
Grey Partridge
M
Arctic Skua
O
White-fronted Goose
V
Quail
W M
Black-headed Gull
W
Brent Goose
V
Corncrake
O
Little Gull
O
Barnacle Goose
V
Spotted Crake
O
Mediterranean Gull
O
Canada Goose
W
Water Rail
V
Sabine’s Gull
R
Shelduck
R
Moorhen
R
Herring Gull
V
Ruddy Shelduck
R
Coot
S
Lesser Black-backed Gull
R
Mallard
O
Common Crane
R
Great Black-backed Gull
O
Gadwall
R W
Oystercatcher
O
Glaucous Gull
O
Wigeon
V
Black-winged Stilt
O
Iceland Gull
W
Teal
V
Avocet
O
Common Gull
V
Blue-winged Teal
V
Stone Curlew
S M
Kittiwake
O
Garganey
M
Dotterel
M
Arctic Tern
O
Pintail
R W
Ringed Plover
R M
Common Tern
O
Shoveler
O
Little ringed Plover
M
Little Tern
W
Tufted Duck
V
Kentish Plover
M
Sandwich Tern
M
Black Tern
M
Whinchat
V
Great Grey Shrike
R
Razorbill
M
Black Redstart
V
Lesser Grey Shrike
R
Guillemot
M
Common Redstart
O
Red-backed Shrike
S
Puffin
M
Wheatear
O
Woodchat Shrike
V
Little Auk
M
Black-eared Wheatear
V
Nutcracker
R
Feral Pigeon
R W
Blackbird
V
Jay
SWM
Stock Dove
M
Ring Ouzel
V
Magpie
RWM
Woodpigeon
W M
Fieldfare
V
Chough
R
Collared Dove
W M
Redwing
O
Rook
M
Turtle Dove
R W
Song Thrush
R
Carrion Crow
V
Great Spotted Cuckoo
W
Mistle Thrush
R
Jackdaw
S
Cuckoo
M
Grasshopper Warbler
R
Raven
M
Long-eared Owl
S
Reed Warbler
V
Golden Oriole
W M
Short-eared Owl
O
Marsh Warbler
R
Starling
V
Snowy Owl
V
Aquatic Warbler
V
Rose-coloured Starling
V
Tawny Owl
S
Sedge Warbler
R
House Sparrow
R
Barn Owl
V
Cetti’s Warbler
O
Tree Sparrow
O
Nightjar
V
Fan-tailed Warbler
W
Brambling
V
Alpine Swift
O
Melodious Warbler
R W M
Chaffinch
S M
Swift
O
Icterine Warbler
O
Serin
O
Kingfisher
S M
Garden Warbler
W
Redpoll
M
Hoopoe
S M
Whitethroat
R M
Linnet
V
Bee-eater
M
Lesser Whitethroat
W
Siskin
V
Roller
S W M
Blackcap
R W M
Goldfinch
V
Green Woodpecker
V
Sardinian Warbler
R W M
Greenfinch
V
Great Spotted Woodpecker
R
Dartford Warbler
R
Bullfinch
V
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
V
Subalpine Warbler
R
Hawfinch
M
Wryneck
V
Arctic Warbler
V
Trumpeter Finch
O
Woodlark
V
Greenish Warbler
V
Common Rosefinch
R W M
Skylark
M
Wood Warbler
O
Crossbill
V
Short-toed Lark
S W M
Chiffchaff
V
Corn Bunting
O
Shore Lark
S M
Willow Warbler
O
Yellowhammer
M
Sand Martin
V
Yellow-browed Warbler
V
Cirl Bunting
S M
House Martin
W M
Goldcrest
V
Red-headed Bunting
S M
Swallow
W M
Firecrest
V
Ortolan Bunting
V
Red-rumped Swallow
M
Spotted Flycatcher
O
Reed Bunting
M
Tree Pipit
V
Red-breasted Flycatcher
O
Snow Bunting
R W M
Meadow Pipit
M
Pied Flycatcher
O
Lapland Bunting
V
Water Pipit
V
Bearded Tit
R
Rock Pipit
W
Long-tailed Tit
V
Tawny Pipit
O
Marsh Tit
List courtesy of:
V
Richard’s Pipit
O
Willow Tit
R W M
Pied/White Wagtail
O
Coal Tit
Jill Watson
W M
Grey Wagtail
R
Great Tit
M
Yellow Wagtail
R
Blue Tit
Jeremy Sanders
R
Dunnock
V
Nuthatch
O
Nightingale
V
Wallcreeper
Mark Atkinson
R W M
Robin
O
Short-toed Treecreeper
V
Bluethroat
R
Wren
R
Stonechat
V
Dipper


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