Lundy Bird List
This is the definitive list of bird species recorded on Lundy. For more detailed information please visit the Birds of Lundy website.
A total of 334 species (or forms) are listed here.
List alphabetically by scientific nameList in taxonomic order
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collarisBritish vagrant
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melbaNationally scarce migrant
- American Robin Turdus migratoriusBritish vagrant
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquusBritish vagrant
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicolaNationally scarce migrant
- Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticusUncommon but regular passage migrant
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaeaRare passage migrant
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealisBritish vagrant
- Baillon's Crake Porzana pusillaBritish vagrant
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdiiBritish vagrant
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicusNationally scarce migrant
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbulaBritish vagrant
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponicaRare passage migrant
- Barn Owl Tyto albaLundy vagrant
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsisLundy vagrant
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroliBritish vagrant
- Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoriaNationally scarce migrant
- Bean Goose species Anser fabalis/serrirostrisLundy vagrant
- Bee-eater Merops apiasterNationally scarce migrant
- Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianusLundy vagrant
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculataBritish vagrant
- Bittern Botaurus stellarisLundy vagrant
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylleLundy vagrant
- Black Kite Milvus migransNationally scarce migrant
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochrurosCommon late-autumn migrant; uncommon spring migrant
- Black Tern Chlidonias nigerLundy vagrant
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmusBritish vagrant
- Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanicaBritish vagrant
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephalaBritish vagrant
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephalaBritish vagrant
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundusUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollisLundy vagrant
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosaRare passage migrant
- Black-throated Diver Gavia arcticaLundy vagrant
- Blackbird Turdus merulaBreeds; irregular spring migrant and common late-autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapillaVery common spring and autumn migrant; recent breeding record
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striataBritish vagrant
- Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleusUncommon autumn migrant; rare spring migrant
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecicaLundy vagrant
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorumNationally scarce migrant
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorusBritish vagrant
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligataBritish vagrant
- Brambling Fringilla montifringillaUncommon spring migrant; regular autumn migrant, usually in small numbers
- Brent Goose Branta berniclaLundy vagrant
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetusBritish vagrant
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollisNationally scarce migrant
- Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhulaRare spring migrant and very rare autumn migrant
- Buzzard Buteo buteoUncommon but regular visitor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensisLundy vagrant
- Carrion Crow Corvus coroneResident breeder
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibisLundy vagrantfirst: 2019
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cettiLundy vagrant
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebsResident breeder; common (sometimes abundant) autumn migrant
- Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybitaVery common spring and autumn migrant; occasional breeder; rare in winter
- Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLundy vagrant; formerly bred
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlusLundy vagrant
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreolaBritish vagrant
- Coal Tit Periparus aterUncommon autumn migrant; very rare spring migrant; occasional winter visitor
- Collared Dove Streptopelia decaoctoRegular migrant, especially in spring; has bred
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincolaBritish vagrant
- Common Gull Larus canusUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Common Redpoll Acanthis flammeaLundy vagrant
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinaNationally scarce migrant
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucosRegular spring and autumn migrant
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigraUncommon passage visitor
- Common Tern Sterna hirundoUncommon migrant
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichasBritish vagrant
- Coot Fulica atraLundy vagrant
- Cormorant Phalacrocorax carboUncommon, but regular, spring and autumn migrant; scarce in winter; formerly bred
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandraLundy vagrant
- Corncrake Crex crexLundy vagrant
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealisNationally scarce migrant
- Crossbill Loxia curvirostraRare summer and autumn migrant
- Cuckoo Cuculus canorusBreeds irregularly; uncommon passage migrant
- Curlew Numenius arquataUncommon spring and autumn migrant; formerly bred
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrugineaLundy vagrant
- Dartford Warbler Sylvia undataLundy vagrant
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe desertiBritish vagrant
- Dipper Cinclus cinclusLundy vagrant
- Dotterel Charadrius morinellusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Dunlin Calidris alpinaCommon spring and autumn migrant in small numbers
- Dunnock Prunella modularisBreeds in small numbers; present all year; some passage visitors
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalisBritish vagrant
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebeBritish vagrant
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmusBritish vagrant
- Eider Somateria mollissimaLundy vagrant
- Fieldfare Turdus pilarisCommon late-autumn migrant; uncommon spring migrant; irregular in winter
- Firecrest Regulus ignicapillaCommon autumn migrant in small numbers; uncommon spring migrant; rare in winter
- Fulmar Fulmarus glacialisCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Gadwall Mareca streperaLundy vagrant
- Gannet Morus bassanusCommon offshore from spring to autumn; scarce in winter
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borinUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Garganey Spatula querquedulaLundy vagrant
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreusLundy vagrant
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellusNationally scarce migrant
- Goldcrest Regulus regulusVery common autumn migrant; common spring migrant; has bred; scarce in winter
- Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolusRare spring migrant; very rare autumn migrant
- Golden Plover Pluvialis apricariaCommon spring and autumn migrant; sporadic in winter
- Goldeneye Bucephala clangulaLundy vagrant
- Goldfinch Carduelis carduelisBreeds in small numbers; common spring and autumn migrant; uncommon in winter
- Goosander Mergus merganserLundy vagrant
- Goshawk Accipiter gentilisLundy vagrant
- Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naeviaUncommon spring migrant; rare autumn migrant
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinusBreeds; present all year
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatusLundy vagrant
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitorNationally scarce migrant and winter visitor
- Great Northern Diver Gavia immerRegular passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravisNationally scarce migrant
- Great Skua Stercorarius skuaUncommon but regular spring and autumn migrant
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandariusBritish vagrant
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos majorRare passage migrant
- Great Tit Parus majorRare spring and autumn migrant
- Great White Egret Ardea albaUncommon visitorfirst: 2020
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropusRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidusBritish vagrantfirst: 2018
- Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensisNationally scarce migrant
- Greenfinch Carduelis chlorisRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloidesBritish vagrant
- Greenshank Tringa nebulariaUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Grey Heron Ardea cinereaUncommon visitor
- Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicariusLundy vagrant
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarolaRare spring and autumn migrant
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinereaUncommon spring migrant; common autumn migrant in small numbers
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimusBritish vagrant
- Greylag Goose Anser anserLundy vagrant
- Guillemot Uria aalgeCommon breeder; can occur on breeding ledges from Oct
- Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolusBritish vagrant
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustesRare autumn migrant and very rare spring migrant
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Herring Gull Larus argentatusCommon breeder; present all year
- Hobby Falco subbuteoUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorusLundy vagrant
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornixLundy vagrant
- Hoopoe Upupa epopsNationally scarce migrant
- House Martin Delichon urbicumCommon spring and autumn migrant; has bred
- House Sparrow Passer domesticusResident breeder
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoidesLundy vagrant
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterinaNationally scarce migrant
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinusBritish vagrant
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellinaBritish vagrantfirst: 2019
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimusUncommon migrant and winter visitor
- Jackdaw Coloeus monedulaUncommon spring migrant; rare autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Jay Garrulus glandariusLundy vagrant
- Kestrel Falco tinnunculusCommon visitor; occasional breeder
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferusBristish vagrantfirst: 2020
- Kingfisher Alcedo atthisLundy vagrant
- Kittiwake Rissa tridactylaCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Knot Calidris canutusRare spring migrant and uncommon autumn migrant
- Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicusUncommon autumn migrant; rare spring migrant
- Lapwing Vanellus vanellusUncommon migrant; formerly bred
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricillaBritish vagrant
- Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoaLundy vagrant
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutillaBritish vagrant
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscusCommon breeder and passage migrant
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minorBritish vagrant
- Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaretUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia currucaRare spring and autumn migrant
- Linnet Linaria cannabinaBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; rare in winter
- Little Auk Alle alleLundy vagrant
- Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutusBritish vagrant
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusillaNationally scarce migrant
- Little Crake Porzana parvaBritish vagrant
- Little Egret Egretta garzettaUncommon passage migrant
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollisLundy vagrant
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutusLundy vagrant
- Little Owl Athene noctuaLundy vagrant
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubiusLundy vagrant
- Little Stint Calidris minutaUncommon autumn migrant
- Little Tern Sternula albifronsLundy vagrant
- Long-eared Owl Asio otusRare spring and autumn migrant
- Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudusLundy vagrant
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatusRare autumn migrant; very rare spring migrant; has overwintered
- Magpie Pica picaLundy vagrant
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchosResident breeding flock of feral origin
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinusCommon breeder and passage migrant
- Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosusRare passage migrant
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustrisLundy vagrant
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustrisNationally scarce migrant
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensisBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; scarce in winter
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalusRare passage migrant and winter visitor
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglottaNationally scarce migrant
- Merlin Falco columbariusCommon passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorusRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant; rare summer and winter visitor
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargusLundy vagrant
- Moorhen Gallinula chloropusRare visitor; has bred
- Mute Swan Cygnus olorLundy vagrant
- Night-heron Nycticorax nycticoraxNationally scarce migrant
- Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchosVery rare spring and autmn migrant
- Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeusLundy vagrant
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoniNationally scarce migrant
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulanaNationally scarce migrant
- Osprey Pandion haliaetusUncommon passage migrant
- Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegusCommon breeder and passage migrant; fewer in winter
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricolaBritish vagrant
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxusBritish vagrant
- Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulusNationally scarce migrant
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidusBritish vagrant
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotosLundy vagrant
- Peregrine Falco peregrinusBreeds; present all year, though few in winter
- Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleucaUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Pied Wagtail Motacilla albaBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; rare in winter (White Wagtail an uncommon migrant)
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchusLundy vagrant
- Pintail Anas acutaLundy vagrant
- Pochard Aythya ferinaLundy vagrant
- Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinusLundy vagrant
- Puffin Fratercula arcticaBreeds in growing numbers
- Purple Heron Ardea purpureaNationally scarce migrant
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritimaRare spring and autumn migrant
- Quail Coturnix coturnixRare migrant
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarziBritish vagrant
- Raven Corvus coraxResident breeder
- Razorbill Alca tordaCommon breeder; seen offshore outside breeding season
- Red Kite Milvus milvusLundy vagrant
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurioLundy vagrant
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parvaNationally scarce migrant
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serratorLundy vagrant
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceusBritish vagrant
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurusBritish vagrant
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinusNationally scarce migrant
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegenaLundy vagrant
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatusLundy vagrant
- Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis dauricaNationally scarce migrant
- Red-throated Diver Gavia stellataUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinusBritish vagrant
- Redshank Tringa totanusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Redwing Turdus iliacusCommon late-autumn migrant and winter visitor; uncommon spring migrant
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclusRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardiNationally scarce migrant
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticulaUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Robin Erithacus rubeculaCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba liviaCommon visitor
- Rock Pipit Anthus petrosusBreeds; present all year
- Roller Coracias garrulusBritish vagrant
- Rook Corvus frugilegusRare spring migrant; very rare autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianusBritish vagrant
- Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseusNationally scarce migrant
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopusLundy vagrant
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensisLundy vagrant
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferrugineaBritish vagrant; escape from captivity
- Ruff Calidris pugnaxRare passage migrant
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rusticaBritish vagrant
- Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppeliBritish vagrant
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabiniLundy vagrant
- Sand Martin Riparia ripariaCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Sanderling Calidris albaRare migrant
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensisUncommon migrant
- Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephalaBritish vagrant
- Scaup Aythya marilaLundy vagrant
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenusCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusillaBritish vagrant
- Serin Serinus serinusNationally scarce migrant
- Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelisCommon breeder; few in winter
- Shelduck Tadorna tadornaLundy vagrant
- Shore Lark Eremophila alpestrisLundy vagrant
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeusUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactylaNationally scarce migrant
- Shoveler Spatula clypeataLundy vagrant
- Siskin Spinus spinusCommon late-autumn migrant in highly variable numbers; uncommon spring migrant
- Skylark Alauda arvensisCommon breeder and passage migrant; scarce in midwinter
- Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritusLundy vagrant
- Smew Mergellus albellusLundy vagrant
- Snipe Gallinago gallinagoCommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalisUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescensBritish vagrant; escape from captivity
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelosCommon late-autumn migrant and winter visitor; uncommon spring migrant; formerly bred
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna griseusNationally scarce migrant
- Sora Rail Porzana carolinaBritish vagrantfirst: 2020
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensisBritish vagrant
- Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisusCommon spring and autumn migrant; has bred
- Spoonbill Platalea leucorodiaLundy vagrant
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzanaLundy vagrant
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striataCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropusRare passage migrant
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloidesLundy vagrantfirst: 2019
- Starling Sturnus vulgarisResident breeder; common passage migrant and winter visitor
- Stock Dove Columba oenasUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemusLundy vagrant
- Stonechat Saxicola rubicolaCommon passage migrant; irregular breeder affected by cold winters
- Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicusBreeds in small numbers; scarce passage migrant and storm-driven visitor
- Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillansNationally scarce migrant
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillataNationally scarce migrant
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatusBritish vagrant
- Swallow Hirundo rusticaCommon spring and autumn migrant; breeds in very small numbers
- Swift Apus apusCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Tawny Owl Strix alucoLundy vagrant
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestrisNationally scarce migrant
- Teal Anas creccaUncommon migrant and winter visitor; has bred recently
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckiiNationally scarce migrant
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia lusciniaBritish vagrant
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialisUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Tree Sparrow Passer montanusLundy vagrant
- Treecreeper Certhia familiarisUncommon passage migrant
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineusBritish vagrant
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligulaLundy vagrant
- Turnstone Arenaria interpresUncommon spring and autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Turtle Dove Streptopelia turturRare passage migrant
- Twite Linaria flavirostrisLundy vagrant
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucopteraBritish vagrant
- Veery Catharus fuscescensBritish vagrant
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticusCommon passage migrant and winter visitor; uncommon breeder
- Waxwing Bombycilla garrulusLundy vagrant
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelliBritish vagrant
- Wheatear Oenanthe oenantheBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopusCommon spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetraUncommon spring migrant; common autumn migrant in small numbers
- White Stork Ciconia ciconiaNationally scarce migrant
- White's Thrush Zoothera aureaBritish vagrant
- White-fronted Goose Anser albifronsLundy vagrant
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollisNationally scarce migrant
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicillaFormerly bred
- Whitethroat Sylvia communisCommon spring and autumm migrant
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnusLundy vagrant
- Wigeon Mareca penelopeUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Willow Tit Poecile montanaLundy vagrant
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilusVery common spring and autumn nmigrant; has bred
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolorBritish vagrant
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareolaRare passage migrant
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrixRare spring and autumn migrant
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senatorNationally scarce migrant
- Woodcock Scolopax rusticolaCommon passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Woodlark Lullula arboreaLundy vagrant
- Woodpigeon Columba palumbusBreeds in small numbers; irregular passage migrant
- Wren Troglodytes troglodytesCommon breeder, present all year
- Wryneck Jynx torquillaNationally scarce migrant
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flavaUncommon spring migrant
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanusBritish vagrant
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureolaBritish vagrant
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatusNationally scarce migrant
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellisLundy vagrant
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronataBritish vagrant
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinellaLundy vagrant