Isle of Wight species list

Breeding Status

B – regularly breeds
b – irregularly breeds
b – formerly bred

BBRC – British Birds Rarities Committee
JLRC – Joint Local Rarities Committee (the committee may request documentation should the sighting fall outside of typical occurrence patterns)
JLRC* – Joint Local Rarities Committee (a full description is required)

Last updated: 27/03/2024

Common name	Latin Name	Current Status	Breeding status	BBRC/JLRC*/JLRC
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Fairly common resident	B
Bewick's Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Rare winter visitor, formerly more regular		JLRC*
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	Rare autumn and winter visitor		JLRC*
Taiga Bean Goose	Anser fabalis	Rare winter visitor		JLRC*
Tundra Bean Goose	Anser semirostris	Very rare winter visitor		JLRC*
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus	Rare winter visitor		JLRC*
White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Scarce winter visitor
Greylag Goose	Anser anser	Uncommon winter visitor, occasional at other seasons, has bred	b
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Very Common resident	B
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Locally common resident feral population	b
Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Branta bernicla bernicla	Very common winter vistor and passage migrant
Pale-bellied Brent Goose	Branta bernicla hrota	Very scarce winter vistor and passage migrant
Black Brant	Brabta bernicla nigricans	Rare winter visitor		JLRC
Red-breasted Goose	Branta ruficollis	Very rare winter visitor		BBRC
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Scarce but increasing resident, had recently bred	b
Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Common winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Very scarce resident	b
Wigeon	Anas penelope	Very common winter visitor
Gadwall	Anas strepera	Locally common winter visitor, smaller numbers summer, has bred.
Teal	Anas crecca	Very common winter resident, passage migrant in smaller numbers, has bred	b
Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis	Very rare		JLRC*
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Very common breeding resident, numbers augmented in winter	B
Pintail	Anas acuta	Locally common winter visitor and occasional passage migrant
Garganey	Anas querquedula	Scarce passage migrant, mainly in spring
Shoveler	Anas clypeata	Fairly common winter resident, passage migrant in smaller numbers, has bred	b
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina	Very rare		JLRC
Pochard	Aythya ferina	Locally common winter visitor, smnall numbers summer, breeds in some years.	b
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Very rare		BBRC
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Locally common winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Very rare		JLRC*
Scaup	Aythya marila	Rare and declining winter visitor
Eider	Somateria mollissima	Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Rare winter visitor and passage migrant		JLRC
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra	Fairly common passage migrant (mainly in spring) and uncommon winter visitor
Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata	Very rare		JLRC*
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Scarce passage migrant (mainly in spring) and rare winter visitor
Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Scarce and declining winter visitor
Smew	Mergellus albellus	Rare and declining winter visitor		JLRC
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant
Goosander	Mergus merganser	Scarce but increasing winter visitor.
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	Very rare		JLRC
Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Rare and irregular summer visitor.		JLRC
Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix	Rare and declining breeding resident, formerly common.	B
Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa	Very common breeding resident, number augmented by released birds	B
Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Very common breeding resident, number augmented by released birds	B
Red-throated Diver	Gavia stellata	Uncommon winter visitor and spring passage migrant
Black-throated Diver	Gavia arctica	Scarce spring passage migrant, very scarce in winter
Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer	Very scarce winter vistor and spring passage migrant
Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis	Fairly common visitor to the coast, breeds in small numbers	B
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	Rare visitor in late summer and autumn		JLRC*
Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus	Very scarce passage migrant, mainly in autumn		JLRC
Great Shearwater	Ardena gravis	Rare visitor in late summer and autumn		JLRC*
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Uncommon passage migrant, mainly in spring and early summer
Balearic Shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus	Scarce visitor in late summer and autumn		JLRC
Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Very scarce visitor to south coast in the summer months		JLRC
Leach's Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Rare autumn and winter visitor		JLRC*
Gannet	Morus bassanus	Common visitor to the coast and spring passage migrant
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Very rare		BBRC
Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Fairly common breeding resident
Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	Uncommon breeding resident	B
Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Very scarce winter visitor, has bred in recent years	B
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	Very rare		BBRC
Black Crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Very rare		BBRC
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Scarce but increasing passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Great White Egret	Ardea alba	Very scarce but increasing visitor
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Very rare spring passage migrant		BBRC
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Rare passage migrant and very scarce visitor from mainland introduction project.
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Very scarce but increasing passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Fairly common breeding resident and winter visitor	B
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Fairly common winter visitor, breeds in very small numbers (recent colonist)	B
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Rare winter visitor, occasionally on passage.
Slavonian Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Uncommon winter visitor, occasionally on passage.
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Rare winter visitor, occasionally on passage.
Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus	Very scarce passage migrant, mainly in autumn
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Uncommon but increasing visitor from mainland population, in all months.
White-tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	Scarce resident originating from introduction project
Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Uncommon resident and passage migrant, breeds in very amall numbers	B
Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus	Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	Rare and declining passage migrant		JLRC*
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Very rare but increasing passage migrant		BBRC
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Rare visitor from mainland Britain		JLRC*
Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Common and much increased breeding resident	B
Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus	Very rare autumn and winter vistor		JLRC*
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Scarce passage migrant
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus	Fairly common winter visitor, small numbers breed.	B
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla	Very rare		BBRC
Corncrake	Crex crex	Rare passage migrant, historically more plentiful	b	JLRC*
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Very common breedingt resident	B
Coot	Fulica atra	Common breeding resident and winter visitor	B
Crane	Grus grus	Rare passage migrant		JLRC
Great Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Very rare visitor from mainland Britain release programme		BBRC
Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Very rare		BBRC
Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus	Rare passage migrant, mainly in spring.		JLRC
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Rare spring passage migrant		JLRC*
Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Common winter visitor remaining in small numbers to breed	B
Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Common but local winter visitor
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis dominica	Very rare		JLRC*
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Common winter visitor
Sociable Plover	Vanellus gregarius	Very rare		BBRC
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Common winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Uncommon passgage migrant, has bred	b
Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Common winter visitor, breeds in very small numbers	B
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Very rare		BBRC
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	Rare passage migrant, mainly in autumn		JLRC
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Fairly common passage migrant, occasionally winters
Curlew	Numenius arquata	Common winter visitor and passage migrant
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Common winter visitor and passage migrant
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Common spring passage migrant, very small numbers during autumn and winter
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Fairly common winter visitor
Knot	Calidris canutus	Fairly common winter visitor
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Very scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Very scarce passage migrant
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	Very rare		JLRC*
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Fairly common but local winter visitor and passage migrant
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Very common winter visitor and passage migrant
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima	Uncommon and local winter visitor
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	Very rare		BBRC
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Very scarce passage migrant
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	Very rare		JLRC*
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Very rare		JLRC*
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Very rare		BBRC
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Very rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	Very scarce autumn passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Fairly common pasage migrant, occasional in winter
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	Very rare		BBRC
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Uncommon passage migrant and winter vistor
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Rare and much declined passage migrant and winter visitor
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Very rare		BBRC
Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Uncommon passage migrant and winter vistor
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Very rare		JLRC*
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Very scarce passage migrant
Redshank	Tringa totanus	Common winter visitor and passage migrant, breeds in very small numbers	B
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	Uncommon and local winter visitor
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Very rare		BBRC
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Uncommon breeding resident, mumbers augmented in winter
Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Fairly common winter visitor	b
Great Snipe	Gallinago media	Very rare		BBRC
Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus	Scarce passage migrant
Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	Uncommon passage migrant
Long-tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudus	Very rare		JLRC*
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua	Scarce passage migrant, occasional in winter
Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Rare passage migrant, historically bred.	b
Razorbill	Alca torda	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor, breeds in very small numbers	b
Little Auk	Alle alle	Rare winter visitor
Guillemot	Uria aalge	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor, local breeding bird.	B
Black Guillemot	Cephus grylle	Very rare		JLRC*
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Uncommon passage migrant and summer visitor, formerly bred.	b
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Very rare		BBRC
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Very rare		BBRC
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Very rare		BBRC
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Scarce and declining passage migrant.
White-winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Very rare		JLRC*
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis	Common passage migrant, occcasional in summer, small numbers overwinter, has bred.	b
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Common passage migrant, occcasional in summer, has bred.	b
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	Rare passage migrant		JLRC
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Scarce, but probably overlooked, passage migrant
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Rare and irregular autumn passage visitor.		JLRC*
Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor, formerly bred.	b
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Very common winter visitor, smaller numbers aty othewr seasons, breeds locally.	B
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor.
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	Common passage migrant and winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Common Gull	Larus canus	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitir
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Very rare		JLRC*
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Fairly common passage migrant, small numbers breed and overwinter.	B
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	Common resident and winter visitor	B
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	Uncommon visitor, mainly in late summer
Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	Rare winter visitor		JLRC*
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC*
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare winter visitor		JLRC
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	Fairly common winter vistor, remaining toi breed in small numbers	B
Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	Very rare		BBRC
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon	Columba livia	Very common breeding resident	B
Stock Dove	Columba oenas	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus	Very common breeding resident, numbers augmented in autumn and winter	B
Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	Common breeding resident	B
Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Very scarce and declining passage migrant, formerly bred	b
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Very rare		BBRC
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Uncommon summer visitor.	B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Very rare		BBRC
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Snowy Owl	Bubo scandiacus	Very rare		BBRC
Little Owl	Athene noctua	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	Rare visitor from mainland Britain		JLRC
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Uncommon breeding resident	B
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Uncommon summer visitor	B
Swift	Apus apus	Common passage migrant, breeds in small numbers	B
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Very rare		BBRC
Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Very scarce passage migrant, has wintered
Roller	Coracias garrulus	Very rare		BBRC
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Rare passage migrant, has bred.	b
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Fairly common winter visitor, breeds in very small numbers	B
Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	Very scarce passage migrant, bred historically.	b	JLRC
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Common breeding resident	B
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	Common breeding resident	B
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor	Rare and irregular visitor from mainland Britain		JLRC*
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Scarce passage migrant, occasionally breeds.	b
Peregrine	Falco peregrinus	Scarce breeding resident	B
Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Very scarce spring passage migrant, rare in autumn		JLRC
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus	Very rare		BBRC
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Rare passage migrant, bred historically.	b	JLRC
Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Lesser Grey Shrike	Lanius minor	Very rare		BBRC
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Very rare, bred historically	b	JLRC*
Magpie	Pica pica	Very common breeding resident	B
Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Common breeding resident and occasional autumn passage migrant	B
Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes	Very rare		BBRC
Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	Very common breeding resident	B
Rook	Corvus frugilegus	Very common breeding resident	B
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	Very common breeding resident	B
Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor
Raven	Corvus corax	Uncommon but much increased breeding resident	B
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Common breeding resident, numbers augmented on autumn passage.	B
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor, recent colonist now breeding in increasing numbers	B
Penduline Tit	Remiz pendulinus	Very rare		JLRC*
Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	Very common breeding resident	B
Great Tit	Parus major	Very common breeding resident	B
Coal Tit	Periparus ater	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Willow Tit	Poecile montana	Former very rare resident, no recent records.		JLRC*
Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris	Rare visitor from mainland Britain, formerly bred locally	b	JLRC*
Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.
Woodlark	Lullula arborea	Very scarce passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Common breeding resident, passage migrant and winter visitor	B
Shore Lark	Eremophila alpestris	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	Fairly common passage migrant, occasionally breeds.	b
Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris	Very rare		BBRC
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Very common passage migrant, fairly common brreding bird	B
House Martin	Delichon urbicum	Very common passage migrant, fairly common brreding bird	B
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Fairly common and increasing breeding resident	B
Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	Common resident	B
Pallas's Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Very scarce passage migrant
Hume's Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Very rare		BBRC
Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Very rare		JLRC*
Dusky warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Very rare		JLRC*
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Very scarce and decreasing passage migrant
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Very common passage migrant, common breeding bird, small numbers winter	B
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Very common passage migrant, breeds in very small and declining numbers	B
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Very rare		JLRC*
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Very common passage migrant, common breeding bird, small numbers winter	B
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Uncommon passage migrant, breeding in very small numbers.	B
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Fairly common passage migrant, breeds in small numbers.	B
Asian Desert Warbler	Sylvia nana	Very rare		BBRC
Western Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli	Very rare		BBRC
Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Very common passage migrant, common breeding bird	B
Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata	Uncommon resident, numbers augmented in autumn	B
Eastern Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans	Very rare		BBRC
Western Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia iberiae	Very rare		BBRC
Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides	Very rare		BBRC
Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia	Uncommon passage migrant, formerly bred	b
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Very rare		BBRC
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	Fairly common summer visitor	B
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Blyth's Reed warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Very rare		JLRC*
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Common summer visitor	B
Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	Very scarce and irregular winter visitor
Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	Rare visitor from mainland Britain, has bred in recent past	b
Wallcreeper	Tichodroma muraria	Very rare		BBRC
Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	Common resident	B
Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	Very common resident	B
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	Very rare		JLRC*
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Common resident, numbers augmented in winter	B
Rose-coloured Starling	Pastor roseus	Rare and irregular autumn passage visitor.		JLRC* (imm plumage only)
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Uncommon passage migrant
Blackbird	Turdus merula	Very common resident and autumn passage migrant	B
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	Common autumn passage migrant and winter visitor
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Common resident and autumn passage migrant	B
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Common passage migrant and winter vistor
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Fairly common passaeg migrant, occasionally breeds
Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Very common resident and autumn passage migrant	B
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Uncommon and local summer visitor	B
Red-spotted Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica svecica	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
White-spotted Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica cyanecula	Very rare		BBRC
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Fairly common passage migrant
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Fairly common passage migrant
Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Fairly common passage migrant and winter vistor, breeds in small but increasing numbers	B
Siberian Stonechat	Saxicola maurus	Very rare		BBRC
Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Common passage migrant, breeds occasionally	b
Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	Very rare		BBRC
Pied Wheatear		Very rare		BBRC
Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	Very rare		JLRC*
Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	Scarce passage migrant
Alpine Accentor	Prunella collaris	Very rare		BBRC
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	Very common resident	B
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Very common resident	B
Spanish Sparrow	Passer hispaniolensis	Very rare		BBRC
Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Rare and irregular passage migrant and winter visitor
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Fairly common passage migrant
Black-headed Wagtail	Motacilla feldegg	Very rare		BBRC
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor, breeds in small numbers.	B
Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Very common passage migrant and winter visitor, gbreeds in small numbers	B
Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	Very rare		BBRC
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis	Uncommon passage migrant
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	Very common passage migrant, overwinters in small numbers, small numbers breed.	B
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus	Locally common winter visitor, small numbers breed.	B
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	Very scarce passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Very common bresident, numbers augmented in winter	B
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	Very rare		JLRC*
Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Common breeding resident	B
Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	Common passage migrant and winter visitor, breeds in small numbers	B
Twite	Carduelis flavirostris	Very rare		JLRC*
Lesser Redpoll	Carduelis cabaret	Uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	Scarce and irregular passage migrant
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Common breeding bird and passage migrant, fairly common in winter	B
Serin	Serinus serinus	Very scarce passage migrant, mainly in spring		JLRC
Siskin	Carduelis spinus	Fairly common passage migrant and winter visitor
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	Rare passage migrant and winter visitor		JLRC
Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus	Very scarce passage migrant, mainly in autumn		JLRC
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	Very rare		BBRC
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus	Very rare		BBRC
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Fairly common breeding resident	B
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus	Very rare, formerly bred	b	JLRC*
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	Rare passage migrant		JLRC*
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	Very rare		JLRC*
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	Uncommon breeding resident	B
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	Very rare		BBRC
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra	Rare passage migrant, formerly resident.	b