BIRDS OF CARDIFF 2008

A provisional species list of reported birds in the Cardiff Unitary Authority for 2008
This report includes description species not yet authorised by the relevant rarities committees: BBRC, WRP & EGRC. Species requiring submitted descriptions are highlighted in grey.
176 species recorded, also includes Rose-ringed Parakeet & White Wagtail (178). In (brackets) = records per species. * = individuals. These records do not indicate the number of individual birds present for the commoner species. Some common species appear unrecorded this maybe due to not all records being on the database for 2008. All records are listed on the local database, in Voous order.

Vernacular - Species List
Little Grebe (47)
Great Crested Grebe (62)
Slavonian Grebe (1*)
Black-necked Grebe (1*)
Manx Shearwater (1)
Northern Gannet (2)
Great Cormorant (25)
European Shag (3, all Flat Holm)
Great Bittern (1*)
Little Egret (18)
Grey Heron (36)
Mute Swan (31)
Greylag Goose (7)
Canada Goose (13)
Common Shelduck (45)
Eurasian Wigeon (7)
Gadwall (5)
Eurasian Teal (34)
Mallard (37)
Northern Pintail (28)
Northern Shoveler (15)
Common Pochard (14)
Tufted Duck (60)
Greater Scaup (11)
Common Scoter (8)
Common Goldeneye (10)
Red-breasted Merganser  (1*)
Goosander (8)
European Honey-buzzard (1*)
Red Kite (1*)
Eurasian Marsh Harrier (1*)
Hen Harrier (1*)
Northern Goshawk (3*)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (10)
Common Buzzard (23)
Osprey (1*)
Common Kestrel (17)
Merlin (6)
Eurasian Hobby (2*)
Peregrine Falcon (5)
Red-legged Partridge (2)
Common Pheasant (1*)
Water Rail (13)
Common Moorhen (21)
Common Coot (22)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (22)
Pied Avocet (5)
Ringed Plover (6)
European Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (9)
Northern Lapwing (22)
Red Knot (14)
Sanderling (3, all Flat Holm)
Little Stint (1*)
Curlew Sandpiper (1*)
Dunlin (26)
Jack Snipe (4)
Common Snipe (7)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Bar-tailed Godwit (2)
Whimbrel (8)
Eurasian Curlew (25)
Common Redshank (33)
Common Greenshank (3)
Green Sandpiper (5)
Common Sandpiper (14)
Spotted Sandpiper (1*)
Ruddy Turnstone (17)
Pomarine Skua (2*)
Arctic Skua (3*)
Great Skua (1*)
Mediterranean Gull  (28)
Little Gull (22)
Black-headed Gull (54)
Ring-billed Gull (1*)
Common Gull (18)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (34)
Herring Gull (28)
Yellow-legged Gull (5)
Iceland Gull (2*)
Glaucous Gull (1*)
Great Black-backed Gull (23)
Sandwich Tern (2)
Common Tern (7)
Arctic Tern (4)
Little Tern (3)
Black Tern (3)
Razorbill (1, Flat Holm)
Feral Pigeon (23)
Stock Pigeon (2)
Common Wood Pigeon (19)
Eurasian Collared Dove (11)
European Turtle Dove (2)
Rose-ringed Parakeet (1*)
Common Cuckoo (1*)
Barn Owl (3)
Little Owl (8)
Tawny Owl (3)
Short-eared Owl (3)
Common Swift (25)
Common Kingfisher (10)
Green Woodpecker (16)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (12)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2*)
Sky Lark (14)
Sand Martin (25)
Barn Swallow (42)
House Martin (17)
Tree Pipit (2*)
Meadow Pipit (37)
Rock Pipit (20)
Water Pipit (5 recs., 6 individuals)
Yellow Wagtail (4)
Grey Wagtail (21)
White Wagtail (5)
Pied Wagtail (40)
Bohemian Waxwing (1)
British Dipper (8)
Winter Wren (14)
Dunnock (21)
European Robin (22)
Black Redstart (9)
Common Redstart (3)
Whinchat (2)
Stonechat (19)
Northern Wheatear (30)
Ring Ouzel (1*)
Common Blackbird (42)
Fieldfare (2)
Song Thrush (20)
Redwing (17)
Mistle Thrush (10)
Cetti's Warbler (20)
Common Grasshopper Warbler (6)
Sedge Warbler (4)
Eurasian Reed Warbler (11)
Lesser Whitethroat (5)
Common Whitethroat (9)
Garden Warbler (4)
Blackcap (21)
Yellow-browed Warbler (1*)
Wood Warbler (1*)
Common Chiffchaff (38)
Willow Warbler (16)
Goldcrest (17)
Firecrest (6)
Spotted Flycatcher (4)
Pied Flycatcher (4)
Long-tailed Tit (16)
Marsh Tit (2)
Willow Tit (2)
Coal Tit (9)
Blue Tit (29)
Great Tit (16)
Wood Nuthatch (9)
Eurasian Treecreeper (6)
Eurasian Jay (14)
Black-billed Magpie (22)
Eurasian Jackdaw (14)
Rook (1)
Carrion Crow (24)
Common Raven (17)
Common Starling (23)
House Sparrow (29)
Chaffinch (31)
Brambling (9)
European Greenfinch (24)
European Goldfinch (27)
Eurasian Siskin (4)
Common Linnet (21)
Lesser Redpoll (4)
Common Crossbill (2)
Common Bullfinch (7)
Hawfinch (5)
Snow Bunting (1*)
Yellowhammer (1)
Reed Bunting (19)


ã CBC Data
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