Year List

This is a list of the bird species I saw in 2005 in the UK - 166 species in all.
Apologies to anyone interested, but I did not keep track of 2007 or 2008, and 2009 looks like it's going the same way. Sorry, life just keeps getting the way...

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Fulmar (Northern) Fulmarus glacialis
Gannet (Northern) Morus bassanus
Cormorant (Great) Phalacrocorax carbo
Bittern (Great) Botaurus stellaris
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
White-fronted Goose (Greater) Anser albifrons
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Wigeon Anas penelope
Pintail (Northern) Anas acuta
Gadwall Anas strepera
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Teal Anas crecca
Shoveler (Northern) Anas clypeata
Pochard Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Scaup (Lesser) Aythya affinis
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Eider Somateria mollissima
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Goosander Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Avocet (Pied) Recurvirostra avosetta
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Lapwing (Northern) Vanellus vanellus
Knot (Red) Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew Numenius arquata
Redshank Tringa totanus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Turnstone (Ruddy) Arenaria interpres
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus Iobatus
Common Gull Larus Canus
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Little Gull Larus minutus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Guillemot Uria aalge
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Swift Apus apus
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow (Barn) Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbica
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Pied Wagtail / White Motacilla alba
Waxwing (Bohemian) Bombycilla garrulus
Dipper (White-throated) Cinclus cinclus
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Wheatear (Northern) Oenanthe oenanthe
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Marsh Tit Parus palustris
Willow Tit Parus montanus
Coal Tit Parus ater
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie (Common) Pica pica
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Raven Corvus corax
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparow Passer montanus
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Redpoll (Mealy)
Redpoll (Lesser) Carduelis flammea
Siskin Carduelis spinus
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra