SEVERNSIDE BIRDS
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Red-throated Diver       
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Pied-billed Grebe
Little Grebe         
Great Crested Grebe        
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe         
Black-necked Grebe
Fulmar          
Cory's Shearwater   
Sooty Shearwater         
Manx Shearwater         
Balearic Shearwater        
Storm Petrel         
Leach's Petrel             
Gannet    
Cormorant         
Shag   
Magnificent Frigatebird       
Common Bittern         
Little Bittern         
Night Heron         
Squacco Heron         
Cattle Egret         
Little Egret         
Great White Egret        
Grey Heron         
Purple Heron         
Black Stork         
White Stork
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill         
Mute Swan       
Bewick's Swan         
Whooper Swan         
Bean Goose         
Pink-footed Goose        
White-fronted Goose        
Greylag Goose         
Canada Goose         
Barnacle Goose         
Brent Goose         
Red-breasted Goose  
Egyptian Goose         
Shelduck          
Ruddy Shelduck         
Mandarin Duck         
Wigeon         
American Wigeon        
Gadwall          
Eurasian Teal         
Green-winged Teal        
Mallard          
Pintail          
Garganey       
Blue-winged Teal       
Shoveler       
Red-crested Pochard       
Pochard       
Ring-necked Duck       
Ferruginous Duck       
Tufted Duck       
Scaup       
Lesser Scaup       
Common Eider       
Long-tailed Duck       
Common Scoter       
Velvet Scoter       
Goldeneye       
Smew       
Red-breasted Merganser       
Goosander       
Ruddy Duck       
Honey Buzzard       
Black Kite       
Red Kite       
White-tailed Eagle       
Marsh Harrier       
Hen Harrier       
Montagu's Harrier       
Goshawk       
Sparrowhawk       
Common Buzzard       
Rough-legged Buzzard       
Booted Eagle       
Osprey       
Common Kestrel       
Red-footed Falcon       
Merlin       
Hobby       
Gyr Falcon       
Peregrine       
Black Grouse       
Red-legged Partridge       
Grey Partridge       
Quail       
Pheasant       
Water Rail       
Spotted Crake       
Little Crake       
Baillon's Crake       
Corncrake       
Moorhen        
Coot       
Common Crane       
Oystercatcher       
Black-winged Stilt       
Avocet       
Stone Curlew       
Collared Pratincole       
Black-winged Pratincole
Little Ringed Plover       
Ringed Plover       
Killdeer       
Kentish Plover       
Greater Sand Plover        
Dotterel       
American Golden Plover
Golden Plover       
Grey Plover       
Lapwing       
Knot       
Sanderling       
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Little Stint       
Temminck's Stint       
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper       
Pectoral Sandpiper       
Curlew Sandpiper       
Purple Sandpiper       
Dunlin       
Broad-billed Sandpiper       
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff       
Jack Snipe       
Common Snipe       
Great Snipe       
Long-billed Dowitcher       
Woodcock       
Black-tailed Godwit       
Bar- tailed Godwit       
Whimbrel       
Curlew       
Upland Sandpiper       
Spotted  Redshank       
Common Redshank       
Marsh Sandpiper       
Greenshank       
Lesser Yellowlegs       
Green Sandpiper       
Wood Sandpiper       
Terek Sandpiper       
Common Sandpiper       
Spotted Sandpiper       
Turnstone       
Wilson's Phalarope       
Red-Necked Phalarope       
Grey Phalarope       
Pomarine Skua       
Arctic Skua       
Long-tailed Skua       
Great Skua       
Mediterranean Gull       
Laughing Gull       
Franklin's Gull       
Little Gull       
Sabine's Gull       
Black-headed Gull       
Ring-billed Gull       
Common Gull       
Lesser Black- backed Gull
Herring Gull  
Caspian Gull     
Yellow-legged Gull       
Iceland Gull       
Glaucous Gull       
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake       
Ivory Gull       
Caspian Tern       
Sandwich Tern       
Roseate Tern       
Common Tern       
Arctic Tern       
Bridled Tern       
Sooty Tern       
Little Tern       
Whiskered Tern       
Black Tern       
White-winged Black Tern
Guillemot       
Razorbill       
Black Guillemot       
Little Auk       
Puffin       
Pallas's Sandgrouse       
Rock Dove       
Stock Dove       
Wood Pigeon       
Collared Dove      
Turtle Dove   
Rose-ringed Parakeet   
Cuckoo       
Barn Owl       
Hawk Owl       
Little Owl       
Tawny Owl       
Long-eared Owl       
Short-eared Owl       
Nightjar       
Common Swift       
Alpine Swift       
Common Kingfisher       
European Bee-eater       
Roller       
Hoopoe       
Wryneck       
Green Woodpecker       
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Woodlark       
Skylark       
Shore Lark       
Sand Martin       
Swallow       
Red-rumped Swallow       
House Martin       
Richard's Pipit       
Tawny Pipit       
Tree Pipit       
Meadow Pipit       
Red-throated Pipit       
Rock Pipit       
Water Pipit       
Yellow Wagtail       
Citrine Wagtail       
Grey Wagtail       
Pied Wagtail       
Waxwing       
Dipper       
Wren       
Dunnock       
Robin       
Nightingale       
Bluethroat       
Black Redstart       
Common Redstart       
Whinchat       
Stonechat       
Northern Wheatear       
Desert Wheatear     
White’s Thrush  
Ring Ouzel       
Blackbird       
Black-throated Thrush       
Fieldfare       
Song Thrush       
Redwing       
Mistle Thrush       
Cetti's Warbler       
Grasshopper Warbler       
Savi's Warbler       
Aquatic Warbler       
Sedge Warbler       
Marsh Warbler       
Reed Warbler       
Great Reed Warbler       
Icterine Warbler       
Melodious Warbler       
Dartford Warbler       
Subalpine Warbler       
Lesser Whitethroat       
Common Whitethroat       
Garden Warbler       
Blackcap       
Arctic Warbler       
Pallas's Warbler       
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dusky Warbler       
Wood Warbler       
Chiffchaff       
Willow Warbler       
Goldcrest       
Firecrest       
Spotted Flycatcher       
Pied Flycatcher       
Bearded Tit       
Long-tailed Tit       
Marsh Tit       
Willow Tit       
Coal Tit       
Blue Tit       
Great Tit       
Nuthatch       
Common Treecreeper       
Golden Oriole       
Red-backed Shrike       
Lesser Grey Shrike       
Great Grey Shrike       
Woodchat Shrike       
Jay        
Magpie       
Nutcracker       
Chough       
Jackdaw       
Rook       
Carrion Crow       
Hooded Crow       
Raven       
Starling       
Rose-coloured Starling       
House Sparrow       
Tree Sparrow       
Chaffinch       
Brambling       
Serin       
Greenfinch       
Goldfinch       
Siskin       
Linnet       
Twite       
Lesser Redpoll       
Common Redpoll       
Two-barred Crossbill       
Common Crossbill       
Common Rosefinch       
Bullfinch       
Hawfinch       
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Lapland Bunting       
Snow Bunting       
Yellowhammer       
Cirl Bunting       
Little Bunting       
Reed Bunting   
Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting

Total 339 species
Last updated 12th May 2008    
Checklist  of birds in the Avon recording area
Rare, migrant/winter visitor
Rare, migrant/winter visitor  
Very scarce, migrant/winter visitor
Very rare, one extended record 1964-68
Fairly Common, migrant/winter visitor
Fairly Common, migrant/winter visitor
Very scarce
Scarce, migrant/winter visitor
Scarce, migrant/winter visitor
Uncommon, storm driven visitor
Very rare, 2 records, 2000 and 2004
Very rare, 3 records,  1962, 71 and 74
Uncommon, usually summer/autumn storm driven visitor        
Very rare, one record 1988
Scarce, almost annual storm driven visitor
Scarce, almost annual storm driven visitor
Scarce, storm driven visitor       
Common
Very scarce
Very rare, one record November 2005
Scarce
Very rare, 6 records 1789, 1864, 1912, 17, 58 and 93
Very rare, 6 records 1971, 83, 86, 92, 99 and 2001
Very rare, 3 records 1867,1973 and 77
Very rare, 3 records 1963, 93 and 2005
Fairly common, very rare before 1990
Very rare,  three records 2002,2003 and 2006
Common
Rare, 8 records 1963,70,75,77(2),81, 83 and 2001
Very rare, 2 records 1988 and 92
Very rare, 7 records 1971,72,93,96, 2000, 2005 and 2006
Very rare, one record Nov. 2007
Rare, 23+ records
Fairly common
Uncommon
Rare
Very rare
Rare
Uncommon
Uncommon and some feral birds
Common
Rare as wild bird and some feral birds
Uncommon
Very rare, one record 1909
Very rare . Most recent 2006
Common
Rare with frequent escapes
Very scarce
Common
Very rare, 4 records 1946,77, 78/79 and 88
Fairly common  
Common
Rare, at least 11 records
Common
Fairly common
Scarce migrant
Very rare, 6 records 1979, 92, 93 (2), 95 and 2003
Common
Uncommon, almost annual autumn migrant
Common
Rare, recently annual
Rare, 1922,55,68,69,76,2000,01,02,04,05,06
Common
Scarce
Very rare, 5 records in 2000, 2007 and 2008
Scarce
Scarce
Uncommon
Rare
Fairly common
Scarce
Scarce
Fairly common
Fairly common (until they all get shot!)
Rare
Very rare, 2 records 1983 and 94
Scarce
Very rare, 4 records 1861,71, 1919 and 27
Scarce
Scarce
Very scarce
Scarce
Common
Common
Very rare, 5 records 1906,09,10,71 and 74
Very rare, one record 2000 ( ******** to the BOU)
Scarce
Common
Very rare, 2 records 1967 and 92
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very rare, one record 1961/62
Fairly common
Very rare, last record 1922
Uncommon
Uncommon
Scarce
Common
Uncommon
Rare, almost annual autumn migrant
Very rare, 2 records 1961 and 67
Very rare, 2 records 1840 and 1901
Rare
Common
Common
Very rare, 4 or 5 records 1875?, 1971, 2000(2),2003(5), 2008
Common
Very rare, 3 records 1848, 1965(2) and 97
Scarce
Rare, 9+ records 1925,59,68,88,89,91,99, 2006 and 2008
Very rare, one record before 1881
Very rare, 3 records 1964, 88 and 93
Uncommon
Common
Very rare, one record 1976
Rare, 14 records most recent 1980,84,93, 98, 2004 and 2006
Very rare, one record 1979/80
Rare, 12 records most recent 1981,82,92(14) and 95
Very rare, 2 records 1994 and 2003
Fairly common
Fairly common
Common
Fairly common
Fairly common
Very rare, one record 1990
Scarce
Rare, 18+ records most recent 1987, 2001,02 and 04
Very rare, 6  records 1978(2),85,91,95,98 and 2001
Very rare, one record 2001
Rare, recently almost annual autumn migrant
Scarce
Scarce
Common
Very rare, 2 records 1983 and 88
Rare, 13 records most recent 1990,93 and 2003
Uncommon
Uncommon
Fairly Common
Very rare, 3 old records, before 1893,49, and 50
Very rare, 2 records 1977 and 78
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Common
Very rare, one record 2005
Scarce
Common
Very rare, 2 records 1982 and 84
Uncommon
Very rare, 3 records 1967, 1984 and 2006
Uncommon
Scarce
Very rare, one record 1986
Uncommon
Very rare, 3 records 1982, 2003 and 2007
Fairly common
Rare, 7 records 1967,75,79(2),80,85 and 88
Rare, 11+ records
Scarce
Scarce
Uncommon
Rare, 14+ records, most recent 1990,91,94,99 and 2002
Scarce
Uncommon
Very rare, 2 records 1999 and 2006
Very rare, 4 records 1984, 88, 2000 and 2008
Uncommon
Scarce
Very Common
Scarce
Common
Common
Common
Rare, 7 records. Most recent Jan 08
Scarce
Rare, 26+ records
Rare, 25+ records
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very rare, one record 1864
Very rare, one record 1988
Scarce
Rare, 10+ records, most recent 1982, 90 and 97
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very rare, one dead bird in 1958
Very rare, one record 1885
Scarce
Very rare, 3 records 1959, 83(2) and 2006
Uncommon
Rare, 24 records, most recent 1990,91,96,2001 and 05
Scarce
Scarce
Very rare, two records, 1896 and 1998
Rare, 20+ records, most recent, 1988,90,91,98, 2001,06 and 07
Rare, 8+ records, most recent 1972,97 and 2002(2)
Very rare, 2 records, 1863 and 88
Very Common as Feral (Brick) Dove
Common
Very Common
Common
Very scarce
Very Scarce
Fairly common
Scarce
Very rare, one record 1847
Fairly common
Fairly common
Scarce
Uncommon
Very scarce
Common
Rare, 8 records, 1851,1960,67,69,93,98,99 and 2002
Uncommon
Very rare, 8 records, 1866(4),1963(3),66,94(6), 2000,2002, 2007,2008(2+)
Very rare, one record 1976
Scarce
Very scarce
Fairly common
Fairly common
Uncommon
Scarce
Common
Rare, 9 records, most recent 1977,83,94,97/98 and 2004
Fairly common
Common
Very rare, 4 records, 1970,77,88 and 90
Common
Rare, 25+ records
Very rare, 3 records 1972,82 and 93
Uncommon
Fairly common
Very rare, 2 records, 1973 and 81
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very rare, one record 1996
Fairly common
Common
Scarce, most recent 1999,2000,01,03 and 05(100‘s)
Scarce
Very common
Very common
Very common
Uncommon
Very rare, 5 records, 1968,71,85,88 and 98
Scarce
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Fairly common
Very rare, one record 1997
Very rare, one record 1871
Uncommon
Very common
Very rare, one record 1996
Common
Common
Common
Common
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very rare, 4 records, 1960,80,86 and 2001
Rare, 14 records, most recent 1990,94,95 and 99
Fairly common
Very rare, most recent 1979(2), 86 and 94
Fairly common
Very rare, two records 1992 and 2008
Very rare, one record 1992
Very rare, 4 records, 1961,67,79 and 84
Scarce
Very rare, one record 2004
Fairly common
Fairly common
Fairly common
Common
Very rare, one record 1965
Very rare, one record 1996
Very scarce,17 records, 986(5),88,93,96,98,2001,03(2),05,06 ,07, 08
Very rare, two records in 2004
Uncommon
Common
Common
Common
Scarce
Uncommon
Uncommon
Very scarce
Common
Common
Very scarce
Common
Very common
Very common
Fairly common
Common
Rare
Very rare, most recent 1976, 88, 2003 and 06
Very rare, one record 1982
Very scarce
Very rare, 4 or 5 records, 1887?,1989,93,94 and 2005
Fairly common
Common
Very rare, 2 or 3 records, 1887?, 1925 and 68
Very rare, 3 records, 1900, 41/42 and April 2006
Common
Very common
Common
Rare
Uncommon
Very common
Rare, 8 records, 1871,90,95,2000/01,02,03(2) and 04
Common
Uncommon
Very common
Uncommon
Very rare, 2 records, 1983 and 86
Common
Common
Fairly common
Common
Rare
Fairly common
Rare
Very rare, one record 1895
Uncommon
Very rare, 3 records, 1985, 99 and 2006
Fairly common
Very scarce
Very rare, one record 1994
Very scarce
Scarce
Common
Very rare, last record 1991
Very rare, 4 records, 1976,86,96 and 97/98
Fairly Common
Very rare, some 19th century records
Uncommon
The following is a guide to the frequency of sightings:
Very rare: Six or less records or not recorded for decades
Rare: Less than annual, many years may pass between records
Very scarce: Less than annual, but typically recorded every 2 or 3 years
Scarce: Very small numbers recorded most years
Uncommon: Low numbers recorded in each year
Fairly common: Occurs in reasonable numbers in suitable habitat
Common: Occurs in good numbers most years
Very Common: Occurs in large numbers in all suitable habitat
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Species of unknown origin:       
Greater Flamingo       
Lesser White-fronted Goose       
Snow Goose       
Marbled Duck       
White-headed Duck
The county of Avon no longer exists. In the mid-1990s it was replaced by four Unitary Authorities; South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset, each responsible for all local government tasks in their respective areas. However the old “Avon County” borders have been retained for the purpose of bird recording and records are published in the annual Avon Bird Report.