Birds of Guernsey
225 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusMost recorded
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusHotspots with the most records
- La Clare Mare NR108 species
- Vale Pond Colin McCathie NR99 species
- Sark87 species
- Herm101 species
- Pleinmont LNR110 species
- Guernsey105 species
- Colin Best NR84 species
- Belle Greve Bay65 species
- St Peter Port Harbour58 species
- St Saviour Reservoir69 species
- Jaonneuse – Seawatching Point79 species
- Saumarez Park44 species
All 15 hotspots
- L'Ereé Headland NR77 species
- Rue Des Bergers NR66 species
- Alderney – ABO Recording Area69 species
All species recorded · 225
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus