Birds of Isle of Man
264 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
European RobinErithacus rubeculaMost recorded
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusHotspots with the most records
- Calf of Man208 species
- Langness159 species
- Derbyhaven142 species
- Lower Ballabeg98 species
- Peel Bay117 species
- Castletown110 species
- Baie ny Carrickey131 species
- Douglas Bay90 species
- Manx BirdLife Point of Ayre National Reserve140 species
- Point of Ayre153 species
- MWT Ballachurry Nature Reserve87 species
- Kionslieu92 species
All 15 hotspots
- Niarbyl98 species
- River Neb – from road bridge at the head of the harbour upriver to & including Congary Curragh92 species
- Peel Castle rocks95 species
All species recorded · 264
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- 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
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- 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
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- 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
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- 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
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris