Birds of St Ives 1

LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis Winter and passage visitor

GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo Passage visitor

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea Resident and colonial breeder nearby

WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus Rare passage visitor

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor Rare passage visitor

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus Over-flying passage/winter visitor

GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser Rare visitor

CANADA GOOSE Branta Canadensis Resident breeder (first bred in 2002), winter visitor

EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope Rare passage visitor

COMMON TEAL Anas crecca Rare passage visitor

MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos Common resident breeder

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula Rare passage/winter visitor

GOOSANDER Mergus merganser Occasional winter visitor

EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus Resident breeder

COMMON BUZZARD Buteo Buteo Rare passage visitor

COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus Resident breeder

MERLIN Falco columbarius Rare passage visitor

HOBBY Falco subbuteo Rare passage visitor

PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus Passage visitor

RED GROUSE Lagopus lagopus scoticus Visitor from Harden Moor

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix Rare visitor from adjacent farmland

COMMON PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus Resident, possible breeder

MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus Resident breeder

COMMON COOT Fulica atra Resident breeder

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus Passage visitor

NORTHERN LAPWING Vanellus vanellus Passage visitor, breeds nearby

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago Rare visitor, has bred nearby

WOODCOCK Scolopus rusticola Resident breeder, passage visitor

EURASIAN CURLEW Numenius arquata Passage visitor, breeds nearby

GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus Rare passage visitor

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos Rare passage visitor

BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus Resident, passage/winter visitor

COMMON GULL Larus canus Passage/winter visitor

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus Passage visitor

HERRING GULL Larus argentatus Passage/winter visitor

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus Passage/winter visitor

STOCK DOVE Columba oenas Resident breeder

WOOD PIGEON Columba palumbus Resident breeder/winter visitor

COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto Resident breeder

COMMON CUCKOO Cuculus canorus Uncommon migrant breeder

BARN OWL Tyto alba Rare visitor

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua Resident breeder

TAWNY OWL Strix aluco Resident breeder

LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus Rare visitor

SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus Rare passage migrant

COMMON SWIFT Apus apus Summer migrant and passage visitor

COMMON KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis Rare visitor

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis Resident breeder

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopus major Resident breeder

LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopus minor Uncommon visitor, has bred

SKY LARK Alauda arvensis. Scarce migrant breeder/passage visitor

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia. Passage visitor

BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica Migrant breeder

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica Common Passage visitor, breeds nearby

RICHARD'S PIPIT Anthus novaeseelandiae Rare vagrant, seen in 2002 (YNU decision pending)