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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 common nameList in taxonomic order
- Acanthis cabaret Lesser RedpollUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Acanthis flammea Common RedpollLundy vagrant
- Accipiter gentilis GoshawkLundy vagrant
- Accipiter nisus SparrowhawkCommon spring and autumn migrant; has bred
- Acrocephalus agricola Paddyfield WarblerBritish vagrant
- Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth’s Reed WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Acrocephalus paludicola Aquatic WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Acrocephalus palustris Marsh WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Sedge WarblerCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Acrocephalus scirpaceus Reed WarblerUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Actitis hypoleucos Common SandpiperRegular spring and autumn migrant
- Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed TitRare autumn migrant; very rare spring migrant; has overwintered
- Alauda arvensis SkylarkCommon breeder and passage migrant; scarce in midwinter
- Alca torda RazorbillCommon breeder; seen offshore outside breeding season
- Alcedo atthis KingfisherLundy vagrant
- Alle alle Little AukLundy vagrant
- Anas acuta PintailLundy vagrant
- Anas carolinensis Green-winged TealNationally scarce migrant
- Anas crecca TealUncommon migrant and winter visitor; has bred recently
- Anas platyrhynchos MallardResident breeding flock of feral origin
- Anser albifrons White-fronted GooseLundy vagrant
- Anser anser Greylag GooseLundy vagrant
- Anser brachyrhynchus Pink-footed GooseLundy vagrant
- Anser caerulescens Snow GooseBritish vagrant; escape from captivity
- Anser fabalis/serrirostris Bean Goose speciesLundy vagrant
- Anthus campestris Tawny PipitNationally scarce migrant
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated PipitBritish vagrant
- Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed PipitNationally scarce migrant
- Anthus petrosus Rock PipitBreeds; present all year
- Anthus pratensis Meadow PipitBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; scarce in winter
- Anthus richardi Richard's PipitNationally scarce migrant
- Anthus trivialis Tree PipitUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Apus apus SwiftCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Apus pallidus Pallid SwiftBritish vagrant
- Ardea alba Great White EgretUncommon visitorfirst:2020
- Ardea cinerea Grey HeronUncommon visitor
- Ardea purpurea Purple HeronNationally scarce migrant
- Ardenna gravis Great ShearwaterNationally scarce migrant
- Ardenna griseus Sooty ShearwaterNationally scarce migrant
- Ardeola ralloides Squacco HeronLundy vagrantfirst:2019
- Arenaria interpres TurnstoneUncommon spring and autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Asio flammeus Short-eared OwlUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Asio otus Long-eared OwlRare spring and autumn migrant
- Athene noctua Little OwlLundy vagrant
- Aythya ferina PochardLundy vagrant
- Aythya fuligula Tufted DuckLundy vagrant
- Aythya marila ScaupLundy vagrant
- Bombycilla garrulus WaxwingLundy vagrant
- Botaurus stellaris BitternLundy vagrant
- Branta bernicla Brent GooseLundy vagrant
- Branta canadensis Canada GooseLundy vagrant
- Branta leucopsis Barnacle GooseLundy vagrant
- Bubulcus ibis Cattle EgretLundy vagrantfirst:2019
- Bucanetes githagineus Trumpeter FinchBritish vagrant
- Bucephala clangula GoldeneyeLundy vagrant
- Burhinus oedicnemus Stone-curlewLundy vagrant
- Buteo buteo BuzzardUncommon but regular visitor
- Buteo lagopus Rough-legged BuzzardLundy vagrant
- Calandrella brachydactyla Short-toed LarkNationally scarce migrant
- Calcarius lapponicus Lapland BuntingUncommon autumn migrant; rare spring migrant
- Calidris alba SanderlingRare migrant
- Calidris alpina DunlinCommon spring and autumn migrant in small numbers
- Calidris bairdii Baird's SandpiperBritish vagrant
- Calidris canutus KnotRare spring migrant and uncommon autumn migrant
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew SandpiperLundy vagrant
- Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped SandpiperNationally scarce migrant
- Calidris maritima Purple SandpiperRare spring and autumn migrant
- Calidris melanotos Pectoral SandpiperLundy vagrant
- Calidris minuta Little StintUncommon autumn migrant
- Calidris minutilla Least SandpiperBritish vagrant
- Calidris pugnax RuffRare passage migrant
- Calidris pusilla Semipalmated SandpiperBritish vagrant
- Calidris subruficollis Buff-breasted SandpiperNationally scarce migrant
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's StintNationally scarce migrant
- Calonectris borealis Cory's ShearwaterNationally scarce migrant
- Caprimulgus europaeus NightjarLundy vagrant
- Carduelis carduelis GoldfinchBreeds in small numbers; common spring and autumn migrant; uncommon in winter
- Carduelis chloris GreenfinchRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Carpodacus erythrina Common RosefinchNationally scarce migrant
- Catharus fuscescens VeeryBritish vagrant
- Catharus minimus Grey-cheeked ThrushBritish vagrant
- Catharus ustulatus Swainson's ThrushBritish vagrant
- Cecropis daurica Red-rumped SwallowNationally scarce migrant
- Cepphus grylle Black GuillemotLundy vagrant
- Certhia familiaris TreecreeperUncommon passage migrant
- Cettia cetti Cetti's WarblerLundy vagrant
- Charadrius dubius Little Ringed PloverLundy vagrant
- Charadrius hiaticula Ringed PloverUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Charadrius morinellus DotterelUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Charadrius vociferus KilldeerBristish vagrantfirst:2020
- Chlidonias niger Black TernLundy vagrant
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed GullUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Ciconia ciconia White StorkNationally scarce migrant
- Cinclus cinclus DipperLundy vagrant
- Circus aeruginosus Marsh HarrierRare passage migrant
- Circus cyaneus Hen HarrierUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Circus pygargus Montagu's HarrierLundy vagrant
- Clamator glandarius Great Spotted CuckooBritish vagrant
- Coccothraustes coccothraustes HawfinchRare autumn migrant and very rare spring migrant
- Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed CuckooBritish vagrant
- Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed CuckooBritish vagrant
- Coloeus monedula JackdawUncommon spring migrant; rare autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Columba livia Rock Dove / Feral PigeonCommon visitor
- Columba oenas Stock DoveUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Columba palumbus WoodpigeonBreeds in small numbers; irregular passage migrant
- Coracias garrulus RollerBritish vagrant
- Corvus corax RavenResident breeder
- Corvus cornix Hooded CrowLundy vagrant
- Corvus corone Carrion CrowResident breeder
- Corvus frugilegus RookRare spring migrant; very rare autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Coturnix coturnix QuailRare migrant
- Crex crex CorncrakeLundy vagrant
- Cuculus canorus CuckooBreeds irregularly; uncommon passage migrant
- Cyanistes caeruleus Blue TitUncommon autumn migrant; rare spring migrant
- Cygnus columbianus Bewick's SwanLundy vagrant
- Cygnus cygnus Whooper SwanLundy vagrant
- Cygnus olor Mute SwanLundy vagrant
- Delichon urbicum House MartinCommon spring and autumn migrant; has bred
- Dendrocopos major Great Spotted WoodpeckerRare passage migrant
- Dolichonyx oryzivorus BobolinkBritish vagrant
- Egretta garzetta Little EgretUncommon passage migrant
- Emberiza aureola Yellow-breasted BuntingBritish vagrant
- Emberiza calandra Corn BuntingLundy vagrant
- Emberiza cirlus Cirl BuntingLundy vagrant
- Emberiza citrinella YellowhammerLundy vagrant
- Emberiza hortulana Ortolan BuntingNationally scarce migrant
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed BuntingBritish vagrant
- Emberiza pusilla Little BuntingNationally scarce migrant
- Emberiza rustica Rustic BuntingBritish vagrant
- Emberiza schoeniclus Reed BuntingRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced BuntingBritish vagrant
- Eremophila alpestris Shore LarkLundy vagrant
- Erithacus rubecula RobinCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Falco columbarius MerlinCommon passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Falco peregrinus PeregrineBreeds; present all year, though few in winter
- Falco rusticolus Gyr FalconBritish vagrant
- Falco subbuteo HobbyUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Falco tinnunculus KestrelCommon visitor; occasional breeder
- Falco vespertinus Red-footed FalconNationally scarce migrant
- Ficedula hypoleuca Pied FlycatcherUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Ficedula parva Red-breasted FlycatcherNationally scarce migrant
- Fratercula arctica PuffinBreeds in growing numbers
- Fringilla coelebs ChaffinchResident breeder; common (sometimes abundant) autumn migrant
- Fringilla montifringilla BramblingUncommon spring migrant; regular autumn migrant, usually in small numbers
- Fulica atra CootLundy vagrant
- Fulmarus glacialis FulmarCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Gallinago gallinago SnipeCommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Gallinula chloropus MoorhenRare visitor; has bred
- Garrulus glandarius JayLundy vagrant
- Gavia arctica Black-throated DiverLundy vagrant
- Gavia immer Great Northern DiverRegular passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Gavia stellata Red-throated DiverUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Geothlypis trichas Common YellowthroatBritish vagrant
- Glareola pratincola Collared PratincoleBritish vagrant
- Haematopus ostralegus OystercatcherCommon breeder and passage migrant; fewer in winter
- Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed EagleFormerly bred
- Hippolais icterina Icterine WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Hippolais polyglotta Melodious WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Hirundo rustica SwallowCommon spring and autumn migrant; breeds in very small numbers
- Hydrobates pelagicus Storm PetrelBreeds in small numbers; scarce passage migrant and storm-driven visitor
- Hydrocoloeus minutus Little GullLundy vagrant
- Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Mediterranean GullRare passage migrant and winter visitor
- Icterus galbula Baltimore OrioleBritish vagrant
- Iduna caligata Booted WarblerBritish vagrant
- Ixobrychus minutus Little BitternBritish vagrant
- Jynx torquilla WryneckNationally scarce migrant
- Lanius collurio Red-backed ShrikeLundy vagrant
- Lanius excubitor Great Grey ShrikeNationally scarce migrant and winter visitor
- Lanius isabellinus Isabelline ShrikeBritish vagrant
- Lanius minor Lesser Grey ShrikeBritish vagrant
- Lanius senator Woodchat ShrikeNationally scarce migrant
- Larus argentatus Herring GullCommon breeder; present all year
- Larus canus Common GullUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed GullCommon breeder and passage migrant
- Larus glaucoides Iceland GullLundy vagrant
- Larus hyperboreus Glaucous GullLundy vagrant
- Larus marinus Great Black-backed GullBreeds; present all year
- Larus michahellis Yellow-legged GullLundy vagrant
- Leucophaeus atricilla Laughing GullBritish vagrant
- Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed GodwitRare passage migrant
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed GodwitRare passage migrant
- Linaria cannabina LinnetBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; rare in winter
- Linaria flavirostris TwiteLundy vagrant
- Locustella naevia Grasshopper WarblerUncommon spring migrant; rare autumn migrant
- Loxia curvirostra CrossbillRare summer and autumn migrant
- Loxia leucoptera Two-barred CrossbillBritish vagrant
- Lullula arborea WoodlarkLundy vagrant
- Luscinia luscinia Thrush NightingaleBritish vagrant
- Luscinia megarhynchos NightingaleVery rare spring and autmn migrant
- Luscinia svecica BluethroatLundy vagrant
- Lymnocryptes minimus Jack SnipeUncommon migrant and winter visitor
- Mareca penelope WigeonUncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
- Mareca strepera GadwallLundy vagrant
- Melanitta nigra Common ScoterUncommon passage visitor
- Melanitta perspicillata Surf ScoterNationally scarce migrant
- Melanocorypha bimaculata Bimaculated LarkBritish vagrant
- Mergellus albellus SmewLundy vagrant
- Mergus merganser GoosanderLundy vagrant
- Mergus serrator Red-breasted MerganserLundy vagrant
- Merops apiaster Bee-eaterNationally scarce migrant
- Milvus migrans Black KiteNationally scarce migrant
- Milvus milvus Red KiteLundy vagrant
- Morus bassanus GannetCommon offshore from spring to autumn; scarce in winter
- Motacilla alba Pied WagtailBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant; rare in winter (White Wagtail an uncommon migrant)
- Motacilla cinerea Grey WagtailUncommon spring migrant; common autumn migrant in small numbers
- Motacilla citreola Citrine WagtailBritish vagrant
- Motacilla flava Yellow WagtailUncommon spring migrant
- Muscicapa striata Spotted FlycatcherCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Numenius arquata CurlewUncommon spring and autumn migrant; formerly bred
- Numenius phaeopus WhimbrelCommon spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Nycticorax nycticorax Night-heronNationally scarce migrant
- Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach's PetrelLundy vagrant
- Oenanthe deserti Desert WheatearBritish vagrant
- Oenanthe hispanica Black-eared WheatearBritish vagrant
- Oenanthe isabellina Isabelline WheatearBritish vagrantfirst:2019
- Oenanthe oenanthe WheatearBreeds; common spring and autumn migrant
- Onychoprion anaethetus Bridled TernBritish vagrant
- Oriolus oriolus Golden OrioleRare spring migrant; very rare autumn migrant
- Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy DuckLundy vagrant
- Pandion haliaetus OspreyUncommon passage migrant
- Parus major Great TitRare spring and autumn migrant
- Passer domesticus House SparrowResident breeder
- Passer hispaniolensis Spanish SparrowBritish vagrant
- Passer montanus Tree SparrowLundy vagrant
- Pastor roseus Rose-coloured StarlingNationally scarce migrant
- Periparus ater Coal TitUncommon autumn migrant; very rare spring migrant; occasional winter visitor
- Pernis apivorus Honey-buzzardLundy vagrant
- Phalacrocorax aristotelis ShagCommon breeder; few in winter
- Phalacrocorax carbo CormorantUncommon, but regular, spring and autumn migrant; scarce in winter; formerly bred
- Phalaropus fulicarius Grey PhalaropeLundy vagrant
- Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked PhalaropeLundy vagrant
- Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's PhalaropeBritish vagrant
- Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-breasted GrosbeakBritish vagrant
- Phoenicurus ochruros Black RedstartCommon late-autumn migrant; uncommon spring migrant
- Phoenicurus phoenicurus RedstartUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Phylloscopus bonelli Western Bonelli's WarblerBritish vagrant
- Phylloscopus borealis Arctic WarblerBritish vagrant
- Phylloscopus collybita ChiffchaffVery common spring and autumn migrant; occasional breeder; rare in winter
- Phylloscopus inornatus Yellow-browed WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Phylloscopus nitidus Green WarblerBritish vagrantfirst:2018
- Phylloscopus orientalis Eastern Bonelli's WarblerBritish vagrant
- Phylloscopus proregulus Pallas's WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Phylloscopus schwarzi Radde's WarblerBritish vagrant
- Phylloscopus sibilatrix Wood WarblerRare spring and autumn migrant
- Phylloscopus trochiloides Greenish WarblerBritish vagrant
- Phylloscopus trochilus Willow WarblerVery common spring and autumn nmigrant; has bred
- Pica pica MagpieLundy vagrant
- Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern TowheeBritish vagrant
- Platalea leucorodia SpoonbillLundy vagrant
- Plectrophenax nivalis Snow BuntingUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Plegadis falcinellus Glossy IbisNationally scarce migrant
- Pluvialis apricaria Golden PloverCommon spring and autumn migrant; sporadic in winter
- Pluvialis squatarola Grey PloverRare spring and autumn migrant
- Podiceps auritus Slavonian GrebeLundy vagrant
- Podiceps cristatus Great Crested GrebeLundy vagrant
- Podiceps grisegena Red-necked GrebeLundy vagrant
- Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked GrebeLundy vagrant
- Poecile montana Willow TitLundy vagrant
- Poecile palustris Marsh TitLundy vagrant
- Porzana carolina Sora RailBritish vagrantfirst:2020
- Porzana parva Little CrakeBritish vagrant
- Porzana porzana Spotted CrakeLundy vagrant
- Porzana pusilla Baillon's CrakeBritish vagrant
- Prunella collaris Alpine AccentorBritish vagrant
- Prunella modularis DunnockBreeds in small numbers; present all year; some passage visitors
- Puffinus baroli Barolo ShearwaterBritish vagrant
- Puffinus mauretanicus Balearic ShearwaterNationally scarce migrant
- Puffinus puffinus Manx ShearwaterCommon breeder and passage migrant
- Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ChoughLundy vagrant; formerly bred
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula BullfinchRare spring migrant and very rare autumn migrant
- Rallus aquaticus Water RailCommon passage migrant and winter visitor; uncommon breeder
- Regulus ignicapilla FirecrestCommon autumn migrant in small numbers; uncommon spring migrant; rare in winter
- Regulus regulus GoldcrestVery common autumn migrant; common spring migrant; has bred; scarce in winter
- Riparia riparia Sand MartinCommon spring and autumn migrant
- Rissa tridactyla KittiwakeCommon breeder, passage migrant and winter visitor
- Saxicola rubetra WhinchatUncommon spring migrant; common autumn migrant in small numbers
- Saxicola rubicola StonechatCommon passage migrant; irregular breeder affected by cold winters
- Sayornis phoebe Eastern PhoebeBritish vagrant
- Scolopax rusticola WoodcockCommon passage migrant and winter visitor in small numbers
- Serinus serinus SerinNationally scarce migrant
- Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped WarblerBritish vagrant
- Setophaga striata Blackpoll WarblerBritish vagrant
- Somateria mollissima EiderLundy vagrant
- Spatula clypeata ShovelerLundy vagrant
- Spatula querquedula GarganeyLundy vagrant
- Spinus spinus SiskinCommon late-autumn migrant in highly variable numbers; uncommon spring migrant
- Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed SkuaLundy vagrant
- Stercorarius parasiticus Arctic SkuaUncommon but regular passage migrant
- Stercorarius pomarinus Pomarine SkuaLundy vagrant
- Stercorarius skua Great SkuaUncommon but regular spring and autumn migrant
- Sterna hirundo Common TernUncommon migrant
- Sterna paradisaea Arctic TernRare passage migrant
- Sternula albifrons Little TernLundy vagrant
- Streptopelia decaocto Collared DoveRegular migrant, especially in spring; has bred
- Streptopelia turtur Turtle DoveRare passage migrant
- Strix aluco Tawny OwlLundy vagrant
- Sturnus vulgaris StarlingResident breeder; common passage migrant and winter visitor
- Sylvia atricapilla BlackcapVery common spring and autumn migrant; recent breeding record
- Sylvia borin Garden WarblerUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Sylvia cantillans Subalpine WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Sylvia communis WhitethroatCommon spring and autumm migrant
- Sylvia curruca Lesser WhitethroatRare spring and autumn migrant
- Sylvia melanocephala Sardinian WarblerBritish vagrant
- Sylvia nisoria Barred WarblerNationally scarce migrant
- Sylvia ruppeli Rüppell's WarblerBritish vagrant
- Sylvia undata Dartford WarblerLundy vagrant
- Synthliboramphus antiquus Ancient MurreletBritish vagrant
- Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas's SandgrouseBritish vagrant
- Tachybaptus ruficollis Little GrebeLundy vagrant
- Tachymarptis melba Alpine SwiftNationally scarce migrant
- Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy ShelduckBritish vagrant; escape from captivity
- Tadorna tadorna ShelduckLundy vagrant
- Tarsiger cyanurus Red-flanked BluetailBritish vagrant
- Thalasseus sandvicensis Sandwich TernUncommon migrant
- Tringa erythropus Spotted RedshankRare passage migrant
- Tringa glareola Wood SandpiperRare passage migrant
- Tringa nebularia GreenshankUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Tringa ochropus Green SandpiperRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant
- Tringa totanus RedshankUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Troglodytes troglodytes WrenCommon breeder, present all year
- Turdus iliacus RedwingCommon late-autumn migrant and winter visitor; uncommon spring migrant
- Turdus merula BlackbirdBreeds; irregular spring migrant and common late-autumn migrant and winter visitor
- Turdus migratorius American RobinBritish vagrant
- Turdus philomelos Song ThrushCommon late-autumn migrant and winter visitor; uncommon spring migrant; formerly bred
- Turdus pilaris FieldfareCommon late-autumn migrant; uncommon spring migrant; irregular in winter
- Turdus torquatus Ring OuzelUncommon spring and autumn migrant
- Turdus viscivorus Mistle ThrushRare spring migrant; uncommon autumn migrant; rare summer and winter visitor
- Tyto alba Barn OwlLundy vagrant
- Upupa epops HoopoeNationally scarce migrant
- Uria aalge GuillemotCommon breeder; can occur on breeding ledges from Oct
- Vanellus vanellus LapwingUncommon migrant; formerly bred
- Vireo olivaceus Red-eyed VireoBritish vagrant
- Xema sabini Sabine's GullLundy vagrant
- Zoothera aurea White's ThrushBritish vagrant