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Birds

574 species

Spotted Flycatcher

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
43,874
Scientific name
Muscicapa striata

Atlantic Puffin

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
38,357
Scientific name
Fratercula arctica

Eurasian Spoonbill

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
37,657
Scientific name
Platalea leucorodia

Brambling

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
36,793
Scientific name
Fringilla montifringilla

Common Redstart

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
35,860
Scientific name
Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Gray Partridge

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
34,405
Scientific name
Perdix perdix

Arctic Tern

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
33,992
Scientific name
Sterna paradisaea

Bearded Reedling

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
33,456
Scientific name
Panurus biarmicus

Firecrest

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
33,295
Scientific name
Regulus ignicapilla

Common Loon

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
32,765
Scientific name
Gavia immer

Corn bunting

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
32,362
Scientific name
Emberiza calandra

Yellow-legged Gull

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
31,327
Scientific name
Larus michahellis

Great Bittern

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
30,985
Scientific name
Botaurus stellaris

Manx Shearwater

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
30,622
Scientific name
Puffinus puffinus

Osprey

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
28,915
Scientific name
Pandion haliaetus

Whinchat

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
28,416
Scientific name
Saxicola rubetra

Great Skua

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
28,354
Scientific name
Stercorarius skua

Spotted Redshank

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
28,229
Scientific name
Tringa erythropus

Little Owl

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
28,128
Scientific name
Athene noctua

Black Guillemot

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
27,934
Scientific name
Cepphus grylle

Cattle Egret

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
27,274
Scientific name
Bubulcus ibis

Tree Pipit

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
26,173
Scientific name
Anthus trivialis

Parasitic Jaeger

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
26,147
Scientific name
Stercorarius parasiticus

Merlin

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
26,138
Scientific name
Falco columbarius

Red Crossbill

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
25,473
Scientific name
Loxia curvirostra

Eurasian Woodcock

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
23,674
Scientific name
Scolopax rusticola

Short-eared Owl

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
23,364
Scientific name
Asio flammeus

Little Gull

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
23,156
Scientific name
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Garganey

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
21,932
Scientific name
Spatula querquedula

Willow Ptarmigan

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
21,736
Scientific name
Lagopus lagopus

Little Tern

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
20,325
Scientific name
Sternula albifrons

Long-tailed Duck

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
20,221
Scientific name
Clangula hyemalis

Greater Scaup

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
19,363
Scientific name
Aythya marila

Purple Sandpiper

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
18,878
Scientific name
Calidris maritima

Curlew Sandpiper

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
16,711
Scientific name
Calidris ferruginea

Red-billed Chough

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
16,591
Scientific name
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Willow Tit

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
16,511
Scientific name
Poecile montanus

Twite

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
16,436
Scientific name
Linaria flavirostris

Black Redstart

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
15,620
Scientific name
Phoenicurus ochruros

Little Stint

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
15,586
Scientific name
Calidris minuta

Wood Lark

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
15,459
Scientific name
Lullula arborea

Hen Harrier

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
14,659
Scientific name
Circus cyaneus