BIRD LIST TO DATE

Most birds common year round & breed at the patch except were shown.
  1. GOLDCREST (Regulus regulus)
  2. FIRECREST (Regulus ignicapillus) - 1st record 1st Jan 2017
  3. WREN (Troglodytes troglodytes)
  4. LONG-TAILED TIT (Aegithalos caudatus)
  5. COAL TIT (Parus ater)
  6. WILLOW TIT (Parus montanus) * - no records for 20 years
  7. BLUE TIT (Parus caeruleus)
  8. GREAT TIT (Parus major)
  9. TREECREEPER (Certhia familiaris)
  10. NUTHATCH (Sitta europaea)
  11. WILLOW WARBLER (Phylloscopus trochilus) - 1st breeding record in 2016
  12. CHIFFCHAFF (Phylloscopus collybita) - fairly common summer visitor, breeds
  13. LESSER WHITETHROAT (Sylvia curruca) - occ Summer visitor, breeds 
  14. WHITETHROAT (Sylvia communis) - common summer visitor, breeds
  15. BLACKCAP (Sylvia atricapilla) - fairly common summer visitor, breeds
  16. GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (Locustella naevia) * - 1st record 3rd May 2019
  17. SEDGE WARBLER - 1st record 6th June 2021 
  18. GARDEN WARBLER (Sylvia borin)- now rare passage migrant
  19. REED WARBLER (Acrocephalus scripaceus) - 1st record 09/06/18, then one on 06/05/19
  20. PIED FLYCATCHER (Ficedula hypoleuca) * - 1 record in Scratch Wood
  21. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (Muscipapa striata) - now scarce passage migrant
  22. HOUSE MARTIN (Delichon urbica) - now occasional passage migrant
  23. SAND MARTIN - 1st record 25th September 2022
  24. SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica) - common summer visitor, breeds
  25. STONECHAT (Saxicola torquata) - occasional passage migrant
  26. WHINCHAT (Saxicola rubetra) - scarce passage migrant
  27. ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)
  28. COMMON REDSTART (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) - occasional passage migrant
  29. BLACK REDSTART (Phoenicurus ochruros)- scarce passage migrant
  30. WHEATEAR  (Oenanthe oenanthe) - regular passage migrant
  31. HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus)
  32. DUNNOCK (Prunella modularis)
  33. SISKIN (Carduelis spinus) * - 1st record 13th October 2018
  34. GREENFINCH (Carduelis chloris)
  35. GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis)
  36. LESSER REDPOLL (Carduelis cabaret) - occasional winter visitor 
  37. LINNET (Carduelis cannabina) - mainly summer visitor, breeds
  38. CHAFFINCH (Fringilla coelebs)
  39. BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla) * very occasional winter visitor
  40. BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
  41. HAWFINCH (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
  42. REED BUNTING (Emberiza schoeniclus) - occasional winter visitor
  43. YELLOWHAMMER (Emberiza citrinella) - now rare visitor
  44. MEADOW PIPIT (Anthus pratensis) - mainly winter visitor
  45. TREE PIPIT (Anthus trivialis) * - very occasional passage migrant
  46. YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava) * - 1st record 6th May 2019
  47. GREY WAGTAIL (Motacilla cinerea) - one record in 2015
  48. PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba) - reasonably common visitor
  49. SKYLARK (Alauda arvensis) - now uncommon visitor, used to breed
  50. RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio) * - one record in June 2010
  51. STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris)
  52. REDWING (Turdus iliacus) - fairly common winter visitor
  53. SONG THRUSH (Turdus philomelos)
  54. RING OUZEL (Turdus torquatus) - occasional passage migrant
  55. BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula)
  56. FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris) - winter visitor
  57. MISTLE THRUSH (Turdus viscivorus)
  58. JAY (Garrulus glandarius)
  59. MAGPIE (Pica pica)
  60. JACKDAW (Corvus monedula)
  61. ROOK (Corvus frugilegus)
  62. CROW (Corvus corone)   
  63. RAVEN (Corvus corax) * - 1st record 14th Feb 2020
  64. SWIFT (Apus apus) - summer visitor
  65. LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Dendrocopos minor) * - no recent records
  66. WRYNECK (Jynx torquilla) * - 1st record 15th September 2019
  67. GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Dendrocopos major)
  68. GREEN WOODPECKER (Picus viridis)
  69. CUCKOO (Cuculus canorus) - once common now occasional passage migrant
  70. COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto) 
  71. STOCK DOVE (Columba oenas)
  72. FERAL PIGEON / WHITE DOVE 
  73. WOODPIGEON (Columba palumbus)
  74. GREY PARTRIDGE (Perdix perdix) * - no records since the 1980's 
  75. RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (Alectoris rufa) * - Only record 28 Mar 2021
  76. PHEASANT (Phasianus colchicus)
  77. LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus) - 1st record 28th Feb 2018, then Autumn 2019
  78. WOODCOCK (Scolopax rusticola) * - 1st record 10th Dec 2017, rarely seen winter visitor 
  79. SNIPE * - 1st record 1st Oct 2024 
  80. GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea) - reasonably common fly over
  81. MALLARD DUCK (Anas platyrhynchos) - uncommon fly over
  82. TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula) - (probable - 5th April 2017 @ 20:10)
  83. GREYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser) - 1st record 6th Feb 2017
  84. CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) - uncommon fly over
  85. EGYPTIAN GOOSE * - 1st record 2020
  86. MUTE SWAN (Cygnus olor) * - Only record 1st Nov 2020 
  87. BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus) - common, mainly winter visitor
  88. COMMON GULL (Larus canus) - fairly common winter visitor
  89. HERRING GULL (Larus argentatus) - year round fly over
  90. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus) - occasional fly over
  91. GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus marinus) - very occasional fly over 
  92. CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) - very occasional fly over
  93. LITTLE OWL (Athene noctua) 
  94. BARN OWL (Tyto alba) *
  95. SHORT-EARED OWL (Asio flammeus) * - one record in 2015  
  96. TAWNY OWL (Strix aluco) 
  97. KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus)
  98. HOBBY Falco subbuteo) - occasional passage migrant
  99. PEREGRINE (Falco peregrinus) - uncommon fly over
  100. SPARROWHAWK (Accipiter nisus)
  101. BUZZARD (Buteo buteo)
  102. RED KITE (Milvus milvus) -  occasional fly over
  103. OSPREY (Pandion haliaetus) * - very occasional passage migrant
  104. RING-NECKED PARAKEET (Psittacula krameri) 
  
Other possible sightings that are unconfirmed

HEN HARRIER (25-12-20), MEDITERRANEAN GULL (winter 2019), ICELAND GULL (10-11-19)