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The Somerset Bird List

No. Species Scientific Name Status
1 MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor Fairly common RB. SV & WV.
2 TUNDRA (BEWICK'S) SWAN Cygnus columbianus bewickii Uncommon WV.
#WHISTLING SWAN Cygnus columbianus columbianus Accidental (assumed same bird)
  05-24/01/1986;  Hay & Curry Moor;  
  12/12/1987-11/02/1988;  Levels south of Poldens & Durleigh;  
  27/11/1988-12/02/1989;
  26/11/1989-03/03/1990;
3 WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus Scarce WV.
4 BEAN GOOSE * Anser fabalis Very rare WV.
5 PINK-FOOTED GOOSE* Anser brachyrhynchus Rare WV.
6 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons Scarce WV & PM.
7 GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser Uncommon feral RB. Rare WV & PM.
8 CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis Common RB & irregular visitor.
9 BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis Rare WV. Most escapes or feral.
10 BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla Uncommon WV & PM.
11 EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus Scarce or rare visitor.
12 RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea Rare feral or accidental visitor.
  13/11/1915; Porlock Marsh; Two shot
  12/05/1928; Porlock Marsh; Tired but not tame
13 COMMON SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna Uncommon RB.
14 MANDARIN DUCK Aix galericulata Scarce feral R or escapee.
15 EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope Common WV & PM.
16 AMERICAN WIGEON Anas americana Very rare visitor.
17 GADWALL Anas strepera Fairly common B AV, WV & PM.
18 EURASIAN TEAL Anas crecca Scarce B. Common PM & WV.
19 GREEN-WINGED TEAL Anas carolinensis Very rare visitor.
20 MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos Common RB, PM & WV.
21 NORTHERN PINTAIL Anas acuta Fairly common WV & PM.
22 GARGANEY Anas querquedula Scarce MB. Uncommon PM.
23 BLUE-WINGED TEAL Anas discors Accidental.
17/04/1981; Porlock Marsh; A male
13/01/1982; Sutton Bingham Res; One female
24 NORTHERN SHOVELER Anas clypeata Scarce B. Fairly common PM & WV.
25 RED-CRESTED POCHARD Netta rufina Scarce feral visitor.
26 COMMON POCHARD Aythya ferina Rare B. Fairly common WV.
27 RING-NECKED DUCK Aythya collaris Rare visitor.
28 FERRUGINOUS DUCK Aythya nyroca Very rare visitor.
29 TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula Uncommon B. Common PM & WV.
30 GREATER SCAUP Aythya marila Uncommon & irregular WV.
31 COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima Scarce PM, SpV & WV.
32 LONG-TAILED DUCK * Clangula hyemalis Scarce & irregular WV.
33 BLACK (COMMON) SCOTER Melanitta nigra Uncommon visitor.
34 VELVET SCOTER* Melanitta fusca Rare PM & WV.
35 COMMON GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula Uncommon PM & WV.
36 SMEW Mergellus albellus Scarce & irregular WV.
37 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator Scarce PM & WV
38 GOOSANDER Mergus merganser Scarce B. Common PM & WV.
39 RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis Rare B. Uncommon WV.
40 WILLOW PTARMIGAN (RED GROUSE) Lagopus lagopus Introduced almost extinct .
41 BLACK GROUSE Tetrao tetrix Formally RB.
42 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa Introduced RB. Reared & released.
43 GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix Scarce RB.
44 COMMON QUAIL Coturnix coturnix Scarce MB & SV. Nos. highly variable.
45 COMMON PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus Common RB. Many released.
46 GOLDEN PHEASANT Chrysolophus pictus Occasional escape
47 RED-THROATED DIVER* Gavia stellata Uncommon PM & WV.
48 BLACK-THROATED DIVER* Gavia arctica Rare PM & WV.
49 GREAT NORTHERN DIVER* Gavia immer Scarce PM & WV.
50 LITTLE GREBE   Tachybaptus ruficollis Fairly common RB & PM.
51 GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus Fairly common RB, PM & WV.
52 RED-NECKED GREBE* Podiceps grisegena Rare PM & WV.
53 SLAVONIAN GREBE* Podiceps auritus Rare PM & WV.
54 BLACK-NECKED GREBE* Podiceps nigricollis Rare PM & WV.
55 NORTHERN FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis Fairly common SV. Scarce B & WV.
56 CORY'S SHEARWATER Calonectris diomedea Very rare visitor.
57 GREAT SHEARWATER Puffinus gravis Accidental.
  20/08/2002;  Berrow;   Andrew M. Slade
58 SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus Very rare visitor.
59 MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus Common SV & storm-vagrant.
60 BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus Very rare visitor.
61 N. ATLANTIC LITTLE SHEARWATER Puffinus assimilis Accidental.
03/09/1988;  Hinkley Point;  J.G. Hole
62 WILSON'S STORM-PETREL Oceanites oceanicus Accidental.
02/10/1999;  Burnham-on-sea;   Brian E.Slade, Andrew M. Slade, R.John Ingram
63 EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL* Hydrobates pelagicus Scarce SV, storm-vagrant & PM.
64 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL* Oceanodroma leucorhoa Rare visitor & storm-vagrant .
65 NORTHERN GANNET Morus bassanus Fairly common SV.
66 GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo Fairly common SV, PM & WV.
67 EUROPEAN SHAG* Phalacrocorax auritus Scarce visitor. Rare inland.
68 GREAT BITTERN  Botaurus stellaris Scarce WV.
69 AMERICAN BITTERN Botaurus lentiginosus Accidental visitor (2-old records).
1898; Long Sutton; One in the winter period
26/05/1928;  Remains found on the central levels.  Had evidently died of shot wounds; Stanley Lewis
70 LITTLE BITTERN Ixobrychus minutus Accidental.
71 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax Very rare visitor.
72 SQUACCO HERON Ardeola ralloides Accidental.
12/07/1825; Bridgwater; Female shot just before this date
13/06/1997; Nr. Rode; Alan Bundy, G.A. Crouch, Dave W. Helliar, B.J. Widden; First-summer;
73 CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis Very rare visitor.
17/12/1985-23/02/1986; East Coker & Sutton Bingham Res; Taken into care last date, released 18/3 & last seen Othery 18/04/1986
21/03-18/04/1998; Berrow; First summer; Robert S. Cropper & Mr & Mrs Brian E. Slade et al
03-08/04/1998; Chilton Trinity; One feeding amongst sheep (different to Berrow bird); Cyril Avent & W.P. Bovett
  23-27/05/2002; Catcott Lows; Anonymous finder, Brian Gibbs
74 LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta Scarce RB & irregular visitor.
75 GREAT (WHITE) EGRET Ardea alba Very rare SV.
76 GREY HERON Ardea cinerea Fairly common RB. PM & WV.
77 PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea Very rare Sp & SV.
78 BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra Accidental.
13/05/1814; West Sedge Moor; One caught alive
18/08/1993; Shapwick Heath; A juvenile
13/09/1993; Sharpham; A second-year bird
79 WHITE STORK Ciconia ciconia Very rare visitor.
80 GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus Accidental.
1859; Shapwick; Single bird
11/1920; Brean; Single bird
early 12/1921; Cannington; Single bird
28/08/1977; Templecombe; Single bird
28/11/1996;  Ston Easton; Juvenile; D. Clothier & B. Watts
81 EURASIAN SPOONBILL* Platalea leucorodia Rare PM. 
82 EUROPEAN HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus Rare PM or SV.
83 BLACK KITE Milvus migrans Accidental.
18/05/1986; Near Bruton; One
15/04/1995; Ham Wall NNR; One seen for 15 minutes before flying off NE
84 RED KITE* Milvus milvus Scarce SV, PM & WV
85 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE Haliaeetus albicilla Former WV
86 EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus Accidental
10/1825; Kilve; One immature shot over the cliffs
87 EURASIAN MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus Rare MB, Uncommon SV, PM & WV.
88 HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus Uncommon PM & WV.
89 MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Rare SV & PM.
90 NORTHERN GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis Rare RB. Scarce visitor & PM.
91 EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus Common RB. PM & WV.
92 COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo Common RB. PM & possible WV.
93 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus Very rare WV. 
94 OSPREY* Pandion haliaetus Scarce PM.
95 COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus Common RB. PM & possible WV.
96 RED-FOOTED FALCON Falco vespertinus Very rare SpV & SV.
97 MERLIN Falco columbarius Scarce RB. Uncommon PM & WV.
98 EURASIAN HOBBY Falco subbuteo Scarce MB. Uncommon PM.
99 GYR FALCON Falco rusticolus Accidental visitor (1 record)
20/02/1926; Picked up disabled in a garden at Watchet. Died next day. Had previously been seen flying on the Quantocks;  Mr. E.B. Bellamy acquired the bird on 22/02/1926 and it was set up by Mr. F.H.L. Whish.
100 PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus Uncommon RB. Common PM & WV.
101 WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus Fairly common RB, PM & WV.
102 SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana porzana Rare PM & WV.
103 LITTLE CRAKE Porzana parva Accidental.
  October 1824 ; Avalon Marshes; Two birds shot evidently in the marsh area
Before 1858; Presumably Avalon Marshes; A single bird shot
104 BAILLON'S CRAKE Porzana pusilla Accidental.
About 07/10/1870; R. Tone near Taunton; One
29/09/1874; Knapp Bridge near Taunton; One
1887; Stogursey; One
09/1901; Axbridge; One
12/11/1912; Minehead; One
105 CORNCRAKE Crex crex Very rare PM. Last bred 1954.
106 COMMON MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus Common RB & WV.
107 COMMON COOT Fulica atra Common RB & WV.
108 COMMON CRANE Grus grus Very rare PM.
109 LITTLE BUSTARD Tetrax tetrax Accidental.
circa. 1872; Sedge Moor; One shot
19/10/1894; Near Drayton; Juvenile female shot, now in City Museum, Bristol
28/12/1914; Isle Abbotts; One shot
110 GREAT BUSTARD Otis tarda Accidental.
22/09/1870; Shapwick Heath; One seen from a train
111 EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus Scarce RB. Common SV, PM & WV.
112 BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus Accidental.
113 PIED AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta Scarce PM & WV.
114 STONE-CURLEW Burhinus oedicnemus Very rare visitor.
115 CREAM-COLOURED COURSER Cursorius cursor Accidental.
24-27/09/1941; Minehead golf course; One
116 COLLARED PRATINCOLE Glareola pratincola Accidental.
Before 1858; North Mendips; One possibly not in modern county but North Somerset
117 BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE Glareola nordmanni Accidental.
15/06/1957; Steart; A single bird, J. Reynolds
08/09/1968; Near Ilchester; One
118 LITTLE (RINGED) PLOVER Charadrius dubius Rare MB. Uncommon PM.
119 RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula Scarce B. Common PM & V.
120 KENTISH PLOVER Charadrius alexandrinus Very rare PM & WV.
121 EURASIAN DOTTEREL* Charadrius morinellus Scarce PM.
122 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis dominica Accidental.
23-24/09/1973; Steart; One
  04-26/10/1984; Stoke Moor & Cheddar Res; one, moved around the Stoke area before settling at Cheddar Res.
05/11/2003; Templedown Farm, Yoxter; S. Isgar.
123 EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria Common PM & WV.
124 GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola Fairly common PM & WV.
125 NORTHERN LAPWING Vanellus vanellus Fairly common B. PM & WV.
126 RED KNOT Calidris canutus Common PM & WV.
127 SANDERLING Calidris alba Common PM & uncommon WV.
128 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER Calidris pusilla Accidental.
18-21/10/1973; Sutton Bingham Res; One accepted by BBRC as either this species or Western Sandpiper
02-07/10/1982; Sutton Bingham Res; One juvenile;
16-18/09/2000; Burnham-on-Sea; One juvenile; Andrew M. Slade et al
129 LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta Uncommon PM. Rare WV.
130 TEMMINCK'S STINT Calidris temminckii Very rare PM.