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Birds

574 species

Snow Bunting

Peak month
November
Records since 2000
14,211
Scientific name
Plectrophenax nivalis

Ring Ouzel

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
13,904
Scientific name
Turdus torquatus

Common Nightingale

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
13,807
Scientific name
Luscinia megarhynchos

Wood Sandpiper

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
13,506
Scientific name
Tringa glareola

Horned Grebe

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
13,082
Scientific name
Podiceps auritus

Jack Snipe

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
12,579
Scientific name
Lymnocryptes minimus

Caspian Gull

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
12,452
Scientific name
Larus cachinnans

Water Pipit

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
11,870
Scientific name
Anthus spinoletta

Eared Grebe

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
11,738
Scientific name
Podiceps nigricollis

White-tailed Eagle

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
11,717
Scientific name
Haliaeetus albicilla

Smew

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
11,187
Scientific name
Mergellus albellus

Ruddy Duck

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
10,294
Scientific name
Oxyura jamaicensis

Black Tern

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
10,051
Scientific name
Chlidonias niger

Hawfinch

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
9,785
Scientific name
Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Tundra Swan

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
9,716
Scientific name
Cygnus columbianus

Bohemian Waxwing

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
9,660
Scientific name
Bombycilla garrulus

Glossy Ibis

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
9,557
Scientific name
Plegadis falcinellus

Black Swan

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
9,552
Scientific name
Cygnus atratus

Eurasian Nightjar

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
8,474
Scientific name
Caprimulgus europaeus

Sooty shearwater

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
8,460
Scientific name
Puffinus griseus

Black grouse

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
7,389
Scientific name
Lyrurus tetrix

Wood Warbler

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
7,246
Scientific name
Phylloscopus sibillatrix

Iceland Gull

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
6,693
Scientific name
Larus glaucoides

Red-necked Grebe

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
6,573
Scientific name
Podiceps grisegena

Cirl Bunting

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,559
Scientific name
Emberiza cirlus

Ring-necked Duck

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
5,556
Scientific name
Aythya collaris

Glaucous Gull

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
5,212
Scientific name
Larus hyperboreus

Pectoral Sandpiper

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,746
Scientific name
Calidris melanotos

Pomarine Jaeger

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,520
Scientific name
Stercorarius pomarinus

Red-backed Shrike

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,335
Scientific name
Lanius collurio

Balearic Shearwater

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,086
Scientific name
Puffinus mauretanicus

Roseate Tern

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,046
Scientific name
Sterna dougallii

Lapland Longspur

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
4,008
Scientific name
Calcarius lapponicus

Great Gray Shrike

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
3,999
Scientific name
Lanius excubitor

Ruddy Shelduck

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,953
Scientific name
Tadorna ferruginea

Red Phalarope

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,944
Scientific name
Phalaropus fulicarius

Horned Lark

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
3,926
Scientific name
Eremophila alpestris

Crested Tit

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,640
Scientific name
Lophophanes cristatus

White Stork

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,594
Scientific name
Ciconia ciconia

Eurasian Wryneck

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,488
Scientific name
Jynx torquilla

Tundra Bean-Goose

Peak month
January
Records since 2000
3,430
Scientific name
Anser serrirostris

Common Quail

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,344
Scientific name
Coturnix coturnix