A - Z of British Birds

eventually I will add a more links and more individual species pages


 


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      205
               British Bird Species that are found on this web site

A

American Golden Plover

Exeminster Marshes,  Devon -
May 2008

 

American Robin

Yorkshire - 2007

 

Artic Skua

Handa Island - June 2006

and

Fair Isle - June 2008

 

   
Arctic Tern

Farne Islands - June 2006

 

Atlantic Puffin

Farne Islands -
June 2006

 

Avocet

B

Barnacle
Goose

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire - Dec. 2007

 

   
Barn Owl

Hickling Broad, Norfolk - Feb. 2007

 

   
Berwick
Swan

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire - Dec. 2007

 

   
Black Grouse

Teesdale, Yorkshire -
Oct. 2006

 

Black Redstart

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire -
Jan. 2006

 

Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe

Rutland Water, Leicestershire -
2007

 

Black-tailed Godwit
Black Guillemot

Lerwick, Shetland -
May 2008

 

Black Tern

Shustoke Reservoir, Warwickshire - Sept, 2008

 

Blue Tit

From my Leicestershire Garden - 2006

 

Brambling

My Leicestershire Garden -
Feb. 2007

 

Brent Goose

Norfolk -
Jan 2007

 

Bullfinch

My Leicestershire Garden -
2007

 

Buzzard

C

Canada Goose

 

Capercaillie

Speyside -
June 2006

 

Carrion Crow
Cattle Egret

Fretherne, Gloucestershire - Feb.  2008

Chaffinch
Chiffchaff

Dovedale, Derbys -
April 2007

 

Chough

South Stack, Anglesey -
May 2008

 

 
Coal Tit
Cirl Bunting

Exeminster Marshes,  Devon -
May 2008

 

Collared Dove
Common Buzzard
Common Crane

Norfolk -
Feb 2007

 

Common Gull
Common Sandpiper
Common Tern

Coot

Cormorant
Curlew
 

D

Dipper

Derbyshire - 2006

Dotterel

Cairngorm Plateau -
June 2006

and

June 2007

 
Dunlin
 
Dunnock

E

Egyptian Goose

Rutland Water, Leicestershire -
2006

 

 
Eider

Seahouses, Northumberland - May 2006

 

F

 

Feral Pigeon

 

Fieldfare
Fulmar

G

Gadwall
Gannet

Bempton, Yorkshire
May 2007

 

   
 
Garden Warbler

Fair Isle -
June 2008

Gargany

Conway RSPB, North Wales -
May 2008

Glossy Ibis

Lincolnshire -
March 2008

Golden Eagle

Torridon -
July 2007

picture coming soon
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch

My Leicestershire Garden - Frequent visitor

   
Goosander    
Great Black Backed Gull
Great Bustard

Somerset - October 2007

and

Gloucestershire - March 2008

Great Crested Grebe
 
Great Grey Shrike

Snowshill, Gloucestershire -
March 2006

Great Northern Diver

Rutland Water, Leicestershire -
October 2006

 
Great Skua
"Bonxie"

Noss, Shetland Islands -
May 2008

Great Spotted Woodpecker

My Leicestershire Garden - Frequent visitor

 
Great Tit
Great White Egret

Saddington, Leicestershire
November 2008

Green Woodpecker

My Leicestershire Garden - Frequent visitor

 
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
 
Grey Partridge
Grey Phalarope

Shustoke Reservoir, Warwickshire - Sept, 2008

Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail

Dovedale -
April 2007

Greylag Goose
Guillemot

Farne Islands -
June 2006

 

H

Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
Hobby
Hooded Crow
Hooded Merganser

Weymouth -
July 2008

Hoopoe

West Midlands -
October 2006

House Martin
House Sparrow

I

Icterine Warbler

Fair Isle -
February 2008

J

Jackdaw
Jay

K

Kestrel
Kingfisher

Durham -
October 2007

Kittiwake
King Eider

Girvan, Ayr -
April 2007

 

Knot

L

Lapwing 
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Lesser Scaup

Draycote Water,
Warwickshire
- Dec.  2007

Lesser Yellowlegs

Thornham, Norfolk -
February  2007

Lesser Whitethroat

Sumburgh, Shetland  -
May 2008

Linnet

My Leicestershire Garden - 2006

Little Egret

Norfolk

2006

Little Grebe

Little Owl

Leicestershire

2007

Little Ringed Plover
(LRP)

Cley, NWT, Norfolk

June 2008 

Long - Eared Owl
(LEO)

Staffordshire

Dec 2008

 
Long Tailed Duck
Long-tailed Skua

Nottinghamshire - 2007 

 

Long-tailed Tit

My Leicestershire Garden - 2007 

M

Magpie

Mallard

Mandarin Duck

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - March, 2008

 

Manx Shearwater

Isle of Muck ferry, Scottish Highlands - July. 2007

 

Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit

Arne, Dorset -
Marsh 2008

 

Marsh Warbler

Fair Isle -
June 2008

 

Meadow Pipit
 
Mediterranean Gull

Hartlepool Headland -
Oct. 2006

 

Mistle Thrush

Morehen

Muscovy Duck

Northamptonshire -
2006

 

Mute Swan    

N

Nuthatch

O

Osprey

Loch Garten, Speyside
June 2006

and

Rutland Water, Leicestershire
April 2008

 
Oystercatcher

P

Peregrine Falcon

Yorkshire Dales -
April 2007
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail    
Pied Flycatcher

Nagshead, RSPB, Gloucestershire -
April 2008

Pink-footed Goose
Pintail

Lancashire -
April 2007

 

Pochard

 

 

Ptarmigan

Cairngorm plateau -
June 2006

Purple Sandpiper

Hartlepool Headland -
Oct 2006

 

R

Raven    
Razorbill

Farne Islands
June 2006

and

Yorkshire
May 2007

    Razorbill at Bempton - May 2007
Red-backed Shrike

male & female

Fair Isle - June 2008

   
Red-breasted Goose

Lancashire -
January 2008

 

Red flanked Bluetail

Suffolk -
October 2006

 

Red throated Diver

Speyside -
July 2006

 

Red necked Grebe

Leicestershire -
September 2008

 

Red Grouse

Speyside -
March 2007

Red Kite    
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Red-necked Phalarope

Fetlar RSPB reserve,
Shetland -
May 2008

Redshank
Redwing
Redstart

Nagshead, RSPB, Gloucestershire -
April 2008

Reed Bunting

 

Reed Warbler
Ring Ouzel

Speyside -
June 2006

Ringed Plover
Ring-necked Parakeet

Northampton -
Jan 2007

Robin
Rock Pipit
Rook
Ruddy Duck

Northamptonshire -
2007

Ruddy Shelduck
Ruff

S

Sandwich Tern

Farne Islands -
June 2006

Scaup

Rutland Water, Leicestershire -
April 2008

 

Sedge Warbler
Shag

Farne Islands -
June 2006

Shelduck
Shore Lark

Norfolk -
November 2006

Short-Eared Owl

Leicestershire -
2007

   
Shoveller
Siskin

Central Scotland -
March 2007

Skylark

Yorkshire -
May 2007

Slavonian Grebe

Loch Ruthen -
June 2006

Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting

Torridon, Northern Scotland -
July 2007

   
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk

My Leicestershire Garden - 2007

and

Fair Isle - June 2008

   
Spoonbill

Lodmor,  Dorset -
March 2008

Spotted Flycatcher
Starling

My Leicestershire Garden - 2007

Stock Dove
Stonechat    
Swallow
Swift

T

Tawny Owl

Warwickshire -
Jan. 2007

Teal
Treecreeper
Tree Pipit
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone    
Twite

W

Waxwing

Allestree, Derbyshire -
February 2008

 

   
Wheatear

Yorkshire Dales -
April 2006

Whitethroat

Snetisham, Norfolk
May 2007

White-crowned Sparrow

Cley, Norfolk
January 2008

Whimbrel

Exeminster Marshes,  Devon -
May 2008

White-fronted Goose

Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk
February - 2008

White-tailed Eagle

Isle of Skye -
July 2007

Whooper Swan

Welney, Norfolk -
2007

   
Wigeon
Willow Warbler

Summer Leys, Northamptonshire -
May 2007

Willow Tit

Leicestershire -
January 2007

Wilson's Phalaropre

Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire -
May 2007

Woodlark

Norfolk -
April 2007

Woodpigeon    
Wood Warbler

Nagshead, RSPB, Gloucestershire

April 2008

Wren

Y

Yellowhammer

 

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I have not counted the following birds, as not sure they are a "separate UK species":
Black Brant, and Black Swan
although they are pictured on the Geese and Swan pages.
 

All Photos Copyright Nigel Spencer