Birds of the Camel Estuary

A complete checklist of the birds seen on or around the Camel Estuary. Click on the species name to see information on the species.

• Mute Swan – Cygnus olor
• [Black Swan – Cygnus atratus]
• Bewick’s Swan – Cygnus columbianus bewickii
• Whooper Swan – Cygnus cygnus
• Bean Goose – Anser fabalis
• Pink-footed Goose – Anser brachyrhynchus
• White-fronted Goose – Anser albifrons
• Greylag Goose – Anser anser
• [Bar-headed Goose – Anser indicus]
• Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens
• Canada Goose – Branta canadensis
• Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis
• Brent Goose – Branta bernicla
• Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca
• [Ruddy Shelduck – Tadorna ferruginea]
• Common Shelduck – Tadorna tadorna
• Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata
• Eurasian Wigeon – Anas penelope
• American Wigeon – Anas americana
• Gadwall – Anas strepera
• Eurasian Teal – Anas crecca
• Green-winged Teal – Anas carolinensis
• Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos
• Black Duck – Anas rubripes
• Northern Pintail – Anas acuta
• Garganey – Anas querquedula
• Blue-winged Teal – Anas discors
• Northern Shoveler – Anas clypeata
• Common Pochard – Aythya ferina
• Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula
• Greater Scaup – Aythya marila
• Common Eider – Somateria mollissima
• King Eider – Somateria spectabilis
• Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis
• Common Scoter – Melanitta nugra
• Surf Scoter – Melanitta perspicillata
• Velvet Scoter – Melanitta fusca
• Common Goldeneye – Bucephala clangula
• Smew – Mergellus albellus
• Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator
• Goosander – Mergus merganser
• Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis
• Red-legged Partridge – Alectoris rufa
• Grey Partridge – Perdix perdix
• Common Quail – Coturnix coturnix
• Common Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus
• Golden Pheasant – Cgrysolophus pictus
• Red-throated Diver – Gavia stellata
• Black-throated Diver – Gavia arctica
• [Pacific Diver – Gavia pacifica]
• Great Northern Diver – Gavia immer
• Northern Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis
• Cory’s Shearwater – Calonectris diomedea
• Great Shearwater – Puffinus gravis
• Sooty Shearwater – Puffinus griseus
• Manx Shearwater – Puffinus puffinus
• Balearic Shearwater – Puffinus mauretanicus
• Macaronesian Shearwater – Puffinus baroli
• Wilson’s Petrel – Oceanites oceanicus
• European Storm Petrel – Hydrobates pelagicus
• Leach’s Petrel – Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Northern Gannet – Morus bassanus
• Great Cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo
• Shag – Phalacrocorax aristotelis
• Eurasian Bittern – Botaurus stellaris
• American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus
• Night-heron – Nycticorax nycticorax
• Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis
• [Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens]
• Little Egret – Egretta garzetta
• Great White Egret – Ardea alba
• Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea
• Purple Heron – Ardea purpurea
• Black Stork – Ciconia nigra
• White Stork – Ciconia ciconia
• Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus
• Eurasian Spoonbill – Platalea leucorodia
• Little Grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Great Crested Grebe – Podiceps cristatus
• Red-necked Grebe – Podiceps grisegena
• Slavonian Grebe – Podiceps auritus
• Black-necked Grebe – Podiceps nigricollis
• Honey-buzzard – Pernis apicorus
• Red Kite – Milvus milvus
• Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus
• Hen Harrier – Circus cyaneus
• Montgu’s Harrier – Circus pygargus
• Goshawk – Accipiter gentilis
• Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus
• Buzzard – Buteo buteo
• Rough-legged Buzzard – Buteo lagopus
• Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
• Common Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus
• Merlin – Falco columbarius
• Hobby – Falco subbuteo
• Gyr Falcon – Falco rusticolus
• Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus
• Water Rail – Rallus aquaticus
• Spotted Crake – Porzana porzana
• Corncrake – Crex crex
• Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus
• Common Coot – Fulica atra
• Common Crane – Grus grus
• Little Bustard – Tetrax tetrax
• Great Bustard – Otis tarda
• Oystercatcher – Haematopus ostralegus
• Black-winged Stilt – Himantopus himantopus
• Avocet – Recurvirostra avosetta
• Stone-curlew – Burhinus oedicnemus
• Collared Pratincole – Glareola pratincola
• Little Ringed Plover – Charadrius dubius
• Ringed Plover – Charadrius hiaticula
• [Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus]
• Kentish Plover – Charadrius alexandrinus
• Dotterel – Charadrius morinellus
• American Golden Plover – Pluvialis dominica
• [“Lesser Golden” Plover – Pluvialis dominica/fulva]
• European Golden Plover – Pluvialis apricaria
• Grey Plover – Pluvialis squatarola
• Northern Lapwing – Vanellus vanellus
• Knot – Calidris canutus
• Sanderling – Calidris alba
• Semipalmated Sandpiper – Calidris pusilla
• [Red-necked Stint – Calidris ruficollis]
• Little Stint – Calidris minutilla
• Temminck’s Stint – Calidris temminckii
• Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla
• White-rumped Sandpiper – Calidris fuscicollis
• Baird’s Sandpiper – Calidris bairdii
• Pectoral Sandpiper – Calidris melanotos
• [Sharp-tailed Sandpiper – Calidris acuminata]
• Curlew Sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea
• Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima
• Dunlin – Calidris alpina
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Tryngites subruficollis
• Ruff – Philomachus pugnax
• Jack Snipe – Lymnocryptes minimus
• Common Snipe – Gallinago gallinago
• Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Woodcock – Scolopax rusticola
• Black-tailed Godwit – Limosa limosa
• Bar-tailed Godwit – Limosa lapponica
• Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus
• [Hudsonian Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus]
• Eurasian Curlew – Numenius arquata
• Common Sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos
• Spotted Sandpiper – Actitis macularius
• Green Sandpiper – Tringa ochropus
• [Solitary Sandpiper – Tringa solitaria]
• Spotted Redshank – Tringa erythropus
• Greater Yellowlegs – Tringa melanoleuca
• Greenshank – Tringa nebularia
• Lesser Yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes
• Wood Sandpiper – Tringa glareola
• Common Redshank – Tringa totanus
• Turnstone – Arenaria interpres
• Wilson’s Phalarope – Phalaropus tricolor
• Red-necked Phalarope – Phalaropus lobatus
• Grey Phalarope – Phalaropus fulicarius
• Pomarine Skua – Stercorarius pomarinus
• Arctic Skua – Stercorarius parasiticus
• Long-tailed Skua – Stercorarius longicaudus
• Great Skua – Stercorarius skua
• Sabine’s Gull – Xema sabini
• Kittiwake – Rissa tridactyla
• Bonaparte’s Gull – Chroicocephalus genei
• Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Little Gull – Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Mediterranean Gull – Larus melanocephalus
• [Audouin’s Gull – Larus audouinii]
• Common Gull – Larus canus
• Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis
• Lesser Black-backed Gull – Larus fuscus
• Herring Gull – Larus argentatus
• Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis
• [American Herring Gull – Larus smithsonianus]
• Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides
• Glaucous Gull – Larus hyperboreus
• Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus
• Little Tern – Sternula albifrons
• Gull-billed Tern – Gelochelidon nilotica
• Whiskered Tern – Chlidonias hybrida
• Black Tern – Chlidonias niger
• White-winged Black Tern – Chlidonias leucopterus
• Sandwich Tern – Sterna sandvicensis
• Common Tern – Sterna hirundo
• Roseate Tern – Sterna dougallii
• Arctic Tern – Sterna paradisaea
• Common Guillemot – Uria aalge
• Razorbill – Alca torda
• Black Guillemot – Cepphus grylle
• Little Auk – Alle alle
• Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica
• Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon – Columba livia
• Stock Dove – Columba oenas
• Woodpigeon – Columba palumbus
• Collared Dove – Streptopelia decaocto
• Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur
• [Ring-necked Parakeet – Psittacula krameri]
• Great Spotted Cuckoo – Clamator glandarius
• Cuckoo – Ciculus canorus
• Barn Owl – Tyto alba
• Little Owl – Athene noctua
• Tawny Owl – Strix aluco
• Long-eared Owl – Asio otus
• Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus
• European Nightjar – Caprimulgus europaeus
• Common Swift – Apus apus
• Pallid Swift – Apus pallidus
• Alpine Swift – Apus melba
• [Little Swift – Apus offinis]
• Common Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis
• Belted Kingfisher – Megaceryle alcyon
• European Bee-eater – Merops apiaster
• Hoopoe – Upupa epops
• Wryneck – Jynx torquilla
• Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis
• Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopus major
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopus minor
• Golden Oriole – Oriolus oriolus
• Red-backed Shrike – Lanius collurio
• Great Grey Shrike – Lanius excubitor
• Woodchat Shrike – Lanius senator
• Chough – Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Magpie – Pica pica
• Eurasian Jay – Garrulus glandarius
• Western Jackdaw – Corvus monedula
• Rook – Corvus frugilegus
• Carrion Crow – Corvus corone
• Hooded Crow – Corvus cornix
• Raven – Corvus corax
• Goldcrest – Regulus regulus
• Firecrest – Regulus ignicapilla
• Blue Tit – Cyanistes caeruleus
• Great Tit – Parus major
• Coal Tit – Periparus ater
• Willow Tit – Poecile montana
• Marsh Tit – Poecile palustris
• Bearded Tit – Panurus biarmicus
• Woodlark – Lullula arborea
• Skylark – Alauda arvensis
• Shore Lark – Eremophila alpestris
• Sand Martin – Riparia riparia
• Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica
• House Martin – Delichon urbicum
• Red-rumped Swallow – Cecropis daurica
• Cetti’s Warbler – Cettia cetti
• Long-tailed Tit – Aegithalos caudatus
• Yellow-browed Warbler – Phylloscopus inornatus
• Dusky Warbler – Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Wood Warbler – Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Common Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus collybita
• Iberian Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus ibericus
• Willow Warbler – Phylloscopus trochilus
• Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla
• Garden Warbler – Sylvia borin
• Lesser Whitethroat – Sylvia curruca
• Common Whitethroat – Sylvia communis
• Dartford Warbler – Sylvia undata
• Common Grasshopper Warbler – Locustella naevia
• Aquatic Warbler – Acrocephalus paludicola
• Sedge Warbler – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• Bohemian Waxwing – Bombycilla garrulus
• Eurasian Nuthatch – Sitta europaea
• Eurasian Treecreeper – Certhia familiaris
• Winter Wren – Troglodytes troglodytes
• Common Starling – Sturnus vulgaris
• Rosy Starling – Pastor roseus
• Dipper – Cinclus cinclus
• Ring Ouzel – Turdus torquatus
• Blackbird – Turdus merula
• Fieldfare – Turdus pilaris
• Song Thrush – Turdus philomelos
• Redwing – Turdus iliacus
• Mistle Thrush – Turdus viscivorus
• Spotted Flycatcher – Muscicapa striata
• Robin – Erothacus rubecula
• Black Redstart – Phoenicurus ochruros
• Common Redstart – Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra
• Stonechat – Saxicola torquatus
• Northern Wheatear – Oenanthe oenanthe
• Pied Flycatcher – Ficedula hypoleuca
• Dunnock – Prunella modularis
• House Sparrow – Passer domesticus
• Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus
• Blue-headed Wagtail – Motacilla flava flava
• [Yellow Wagtail – Motacilla flava flavissima]
• [Black-headed Wagtail – Motacilla flava feldegg]
• Grey Wagtail – Motacilla citerea
• White Wagtail – Motacilla alba alba
• [Pied Wagtail – Motacilla alba yarrelli]
• Richard’s Pipit – Anthus richardi
• Tree Pipit – Anthus trivialis
• Meadow Pipit – Anthus pratensis
• Red-throated Pipit – Anthus cervinus
• Rock Pipit – Anthus petrisus
• Water Pipit – Anthus spinoletta
• [Buff-bellied Pipit – Anthus rubescens]
• Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs
• Brambling – Fringella montifringilla
• Serin – Serinus serinus
• Greenfinch – Carduelis chloris
• Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis
• Siskin – Carduelis spinus
• Linnet – Carduelis cannabina
• Twite – Carduelis flavirostris
• Lesser Redpoll – Carduelis cabaret
• Common Redpoll – Carduelis flammea
• Common Crossbill – Loxia curvirostra
• Common Rosefinch – Carpodacus erythrinus
• Bullfinch – Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Hawfinch – Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Snow Bunting – Plectrophenax nivalis
• Lapland Bunting – Calcarius lapponicus
• Yellowhammer – Emberiza citrinella
• Cirl Bunting – Emberiza cirlus
• Ortolan Bunting – Emberiza hortulana
• Little Bunting – Emberiza pusilla
• Reed Bunting – Emberiza schoeniclus
• Corn Bunting – Emberiza calandra

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