The checklist below follows the systematic order, nomenclature and taxonomy of the IOC
World Bird List and covers all 324 species officially recorded in Northamptonshire up to 31st
December 2019.
For record submission to the Northamptonshire Bird Report, species denoted with letters
require a written description, as follows:
N Description and/or photograph required by County Records Committee;
N* Description required when not heard;
N= Description required in ‘non-invasion’ years;
BB Description required by British Birds Rarities Committee.
The Northants County Bird Recorder is Jon Cook (from May 2020). Jon can be contacted at joncooknorthantsbirds@gmail.com
For downloadable versions of this list and for full details about record submissions and for a record submission form please visit Northants Birds. This list is reproduced with the permission of the Northants County Records Committee. The checklists and recording requirements are based upon the list published in the 2018 Northamptonshire Bird Report and originally compiled by Bob Bullock.
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Canada Goose B. canadensis
Barnacle Goose B. leucopsis
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Pink-footed Goose A. brachyrhynchus
Tundra Bean Goose A. fabalis N
White-fronted Goose A. albifrons
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Bewick's Swan C. columbianus bewickii
Whooper Swan C. cygnus
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Garganey Anas querquedula
Blue-winged Teal A. discors BB
Shoveler A. clypeata
Gadwall A. strepera
Falcated Duck Marecca falcata BB
Wigeon Anas penelope
American Wigeon A. americana N
Mallard A. platyrhynchos
Pintail A. acuta
Teal A. crecca
Green-winged Teal A. carolinensis N
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck A. nyroca BB
Ring-necked Duck A. collaris N
Tufted Duck A. fuligula
Scaup A. marila
Eider Somateria mollissima N
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca N
Common Scoter M. nigra
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis N
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Goosander Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser M. serrator
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix N
Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus N
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Quail Coturnix coturnix N*
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata N
Black-throated Diver G. arctica N
Great Northern Diver G. immer N
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus N
Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa N
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis N
Cory's Shearwater Calonectis borealis N
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus N
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps BB
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena N
Great Crested Grebe P. cristatus
Slavonian Grebe P. auritus N
Black-necked Grebe P. nigricollis N
Black Stork Ciconia nigra BB
White Stork C. ciconia N
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus N
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia N
Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus BB
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax N
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis N
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron A. purpurea N
Great White Egret A. alba N
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Gannet Morus bassanus N
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis N
Cormorant P. carbo
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus N
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos N
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Goshawk A. gentilis N
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier C. cyaneus
Montagu's Harrier C. pygargus N
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Black Kite M. migrans N
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla N
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus N
Buzzard B. buteo
Great Bustard Otis tarda BB
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax BB
Water Rail Rallus aquatica
Corncrake Crex crex N
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana N
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Crane Grus grus N
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus N
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus N
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Sociable Plover V. gregarius BB
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
American Golden Plover P. dominica N
Grey Plover P. squatarola
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus N
Ringed Plover C. hiaticula
Dotterel C. morinellus N
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew N. arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit L. limosa
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Knot Calidris canutus
Ruff C. pugnax
Broad-billed Sandpiper C. falcinellus BB
Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea
Temminck's Stint C. temminckii N
Sanderling C. alba
Dunlin C. alpina
Purple Sandpiper C. maritima N
Baird's Sandpiper C. bairdii BB
Little Stint C. minuta
White-rumped Sandpiper C. fuscicollis N
Buff-breasted Sandpiper C. subruficollis N
Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos N
Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla BB
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus BB
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe G. media BB
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor BB
Red-necked Phalarope P. lobatus N
Grey Phalarope P. fulicarius N
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes N
Redshank T. totanus
Marsh Sandpiper T. stagnatilis BB
Wood Sandpiper T. glareola
Spotted Redshank T. erythropus
Greenshank T. nebularia
Greater Yellowlegs T. melanoleuca BB
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola BB
Black-winged Pratincole G. nordmanni BB
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini N
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia BB
Black-headed Gull C. ridibundus
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan BB
Mediterranean Gull L. melanocephalus
Common Gull L. canus
Ring-billed Gull L. delawarensis N
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Glaucous Gull L. hyperboreus N
Iceland Gull L. glaucoides N
Herring Gull L. argentatus
Caspian Gull L. cachinnans
Yellow-legged Gull L. michahellis
Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia BB
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus BB
Sooty Tern O. fuscatus BB
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii N
Common Tern S. hirundo
Arctic Tern S. paradisaea
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida BB
White-winged Black Tern C. leucopterus N
Black Tern C. niger
Great Skua Stercorarius skua N
Pomarine Skua S. pomarinus N
Arctic Skua S. parasiticus N
Long-tailed Skua S. longicaudus N
Little Auk Alle alle N
Common Guillemot Uria aaige N
Razorbill Alca torda N
Puffin Fratercula arctica N
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus BB
Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Stock Dove C. oenas
Woodpigeon C. palumbus
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Collared Dove S. decaocto
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Scops Owl Otus scops BB
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Little Owl Athene noctua
Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus BB
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl A. flammeus
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Alpine Swift Apus melba N
Swift A. apus
Pacific Swift A. pacificus BB
Roller Coracias garrulus BB
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Bee-eater Merops apiaster N
Hoopoe Upupa epops N
Wryneck Jynx torquilla N
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus minor
Great Spotted Woodpecker D. major
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon F. vespertinus N
Merlin F. columbarius
Hobby F. subbuteo
Peregrine F. peregrinus
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio N
Lesser Grey Shrike L. minor BB
Great Grey Shrike L. excubitor N
Woodchat Shrike L. senator N
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus N
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie Pica pica
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes BB
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook C. frugilegus
Carrion Crow C. corone
Hooded Crow C. cornix N
Raven C. corax
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus N=
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Willow Tit P. montana
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus N
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus N
Woodlark Lullula arborea N
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris N
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla N
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica N
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Chiffchaff P. collybita
Wood Warbler P. sibilatrix
Dusky Warbler P. fuscatus N
Yellow-browed Warbler P. inornatus N
Hume's Warbler P. humei BB
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus BB
Aquatic Warbler A. paludicola BB
Sedge Warbler A. schoenobaenus
Reed Warbler A. scirpaceus
Marsh Warbler A. palustris N
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina N
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
Savi's Warbler L. luscinioides BB
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler S. borin
Lesser Whitethroat S. curruca
Whitethroat S. communis
Dartford Warbler S. undata N
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla N
Goldcrest R. regulus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus N
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird T. merula
Eye-browed Thrush T. obscurus BB
Fieldfare T. pilaris
Redwing T. iliacus
Song Thrush T. philomelos
Mistle Thrush T. viscivorus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica N
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca N
Red-breasted Flycatcher F. parva N
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart P. phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat S.rubicola
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Dipper Cinclus cinclus N
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow P. montanus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail M. citreola N
Grey Wagtail M. cinerea
Pied Wagtail M. alba
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi N
Meadow Pipit A. pratensis
Tree Pipit A. trivialis
Water Pipit A. spinoletta
Rock Pipit A. petrosus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling F. montifringilla
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Twite Linaria flavirostris N
Linnet L. cannabina
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea N
Lesser Redpoll A. cabaret
Arctic Redpoll A. hornemanni BB
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus N
Crossbill L. curvirostra
Two-barred Crossbill L. leucoptera BB
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Siskin Spinus spinus
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Yellowhammer E. citrinella
Ortolan Bunting E. hortulana N
Cirl Bunting E. cirlus N
Reed Bunting E. schoeniclus
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus N
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis N
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