2024 Avon Year List

The following species have been reported in Avon in 2024, a total of 222 species as of 21/12.  If you have any species to add, or spot any mistakes, please let us know. New species added to the end of the list. Records for rarer species may not necessarily be approved by the records committee yet, so some records are un-verified.  

*Grey Partridge likely to be a release

** White-tailed Eagle is probably from re-introduced population

*** Crane could be from re-introduced population

Canada Goose

Greylag Goose

Mute Swan

Whooper Swan

Egyptian Goose

Shelduck

Mandarin Duck

Garganey

Shoveler

Gadwall

Wigeon               

Mallard

Pintail 

Teal

Red-crested Pochard

Pochard

Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck

Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Common Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Goldeneye

Goosander

Grey Partridge

Pheasant

Red-legged Partridge

Feral Pigeon

Stock Dove

Woodpigeon

Collared Dove

Water Rail

Moorhen

Coot

Crane

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Slavonian Grebe

Black-necked Grebe

Oystercatcher

Avocet

Lapwing

Golden Plover

Grey Plover

Ringed Plover

Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Turnstone

Knot

Sanderling

Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Woodcock

Jack Snipe

Snipe

Grey Phalarope

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Redshank

Kittiwake

Black-headed Gull

Little Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Common Gull

Ring-billed Gull

GBB Gull

Herring Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

LBB Gull

Great Northern Diver

Fulmar

Gannet

Cormorant

Glossy Ibis

Spoonbill

Bittern    

Cattle Egret

Grey Heron

Great White Egret

Little Egret

Sparrowhawk

Goshawk

Marsh Harrier

Red Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Buzzard

Barn Owl

Little Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Tawny Owl

Kingfisher

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker

Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine

Ring-necked Parakeet

Jay

Magpie

Jackdaw

Rook

Crow

Raven

Waxwing

Coal Tit

Marsh Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Bearded Tit

Skylark

Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tit

Chiffchaff & Siberian Chiffchaff

Blackcap

Lesser Whitethroat

Firecrest

Goldcrest

Wren

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Starling

Song Thrush

Mistle Thrush

Redwing

Blackbird

Fieldfare

Robin

Black Redstart

Stonechat

Dipper

House Sparrow

Dunnock

Grey Wagtail

Pied Wagtail & White Wagtail

Meadow Pipit

Water Pipit

Rock Pipit

Chaffinch

Brambling

Hawfinch

Bullfinch

Greenfinch

Linnet

Redpoll

Goldfinch

Siskin

Corn Bunting

Yellowhammer

Reed Bunting

Hen Harrier 

Sand Martin

Wheatear

Pink-footed Goose

Woodlark

Swallow

Little Ringed Plover

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Barnacle Goose

Willow Warbler

Osprey

Alpine Swift

Brent Goose

Whimbrel

Yellow Wagtail

House Martin

Tree Pipit

Redstart

Whitethroat

Sedge Warbler

Grasshopper Warbler

Common Tern

Ring Ouzel

Cirl Bunting

Pied Flycatcher

Sandwich Tern

Arctic Skua

Reed Warbler

Guillemot

Red-throated Diver

Garden Warbler

Arctic Tern

Ruff

Whinchat

Greenshank

Hobby

Cuckoo

Black-throated Diver

Wood Warbler

Swift

Hooded Crow

Common Redpoll

Red-breasted Merganser

Little Tern

Crossbill

Little Stint

Spotted Flycatcher

Curlew Sandpiper

Quail

Eider

White-fronted Goose

Honey Buzzard

Temminck's Stint

Manx Shearwater

Wood Sandpiper

Razorbill

Black Tern

Caspian Gull

Dartford Warbler

Spotted Redshank

Tree Sparrow

Great Skua

Shag

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lapland Bunting

Hoopoe

White-rumped Sandpiper

Snow Bunting

Leach's Petrel

Richard’s Pipit

Bewick's Swan