Birds of Jersey
225 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaMost recorded
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Eurasian TealAnas creccaHotspots with the most records
- Les Mielles NR – St. Ouen's Pond and National Trust for Jersey Wetland Centre156 species
- Les Mielles NR – The Scrape103 species
- Durrell Wildlife Park91 species
- La Rocque103 species
- Grouville Marsh123 species
- Noirmont Headland113 species
- Mont a la Brune Sandpits91 species
- Les Landes90 species
- Petit Port Beach80 species
- Les Mielles NR – Le Noir Pré93 species
- La Sente76 species
- Victoria Tower86 species
All 15 hotspots
- Queen's Valley Reservoir81 species
- L'Etacq81 species
- St Aubin's Bay80 species
All species recorded · 225
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- 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
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- 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
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- 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
- 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
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- 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
- 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
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- 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
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- 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
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- 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
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- 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
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- 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
- 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
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- 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
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus