The Bedfordshire List

Listed updated by Andy Grimsey, 23rd January 2023

Key to Rarities status:- and record info required to the Bird Recorder

B = please share all breeding records; N = National Rarity; L = Local Rarity

1 – Suspected wild origin only; 2 – From Nov-Feb only; 3 – Away from known sites; 4 – Away from The Lodge; 5 – Spring Passage only;

Rarities
Common name Scientific name Status
1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
2 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus L
3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus L
4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris L
5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis L
6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
8 Greylag Goose Anser anser
9 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
10 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis BL1
11 Brent Goose Branta bernicla
12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca B
13 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
15 American Wigeon Anas americana L
16 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope B
17 Gadwall Anas strepera
18 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis L
20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
21 Pintail Anas acuta B
22 Garganey Anas querquedula BL2
23 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors N
24 Shoveler Anas clypeata B
25 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina B
26 Common Pochard Aythya ferina B
27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris L
28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca N
29 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
30 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
31 Common Eider Somateria mollissima L
32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis L
33 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca L
35 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula B
36 Smew Mergellus albellus
37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator L
38 Goosander Mergus merganser
39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis L
40 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix B
41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
43 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
44 Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae L
45 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus L
46 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata L
47 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica L
48 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer L
49 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis L
50 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus L
51 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus L
52 Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa L
53 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus L
54 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
55 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis L
56 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris B
57 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus N
58 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus N
59 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax L
60 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis L
61 Little Egret Egretta garzetta B
62 Great White Egret Ardea alba
63 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
64 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea L
65 White Stork Ciconia ciconia L
66 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus L
67 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia L
68 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
69 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
70 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena L
71 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus L
72 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis L
73 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus L
74 Black Kite Milvus migrans L
75 Red Kite Milvus milvus
76 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla L
77 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus B
78 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus L
79 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus N
80 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus L
81 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis L
82 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
83 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
84 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus L
85 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
86 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus B
87 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana L
88 Little Crake Porzana parva N
89 Corn Crake Crex crex L
90 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
91 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica N
92 Common Coot Fulica atra
93 Common Crane Grus grus L
94 Great Bustard Otis tarda N
95 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus L
96 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus N
97 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta B
98 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
99 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica L
100 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
101 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
102 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
103 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
104 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
105 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus L
106 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus L
107 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
108 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
109 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
110 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
111 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
112 Red Knot Calidris canutus
113 Ruff Calidris pugnax
114 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata N
115 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
116 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii L
117 Sanderling Calidris alba
118 Dunlin Calidris alpina
119 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima L
120 Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii N
121 Little Stint Calidris minuta
122 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos L
123 Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor N
124 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus L
125 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius L
126 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
127 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
128 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
129 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
130 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
131 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
132 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
133 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
134 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
135 Great Snipe Gallinago media N
136 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola N
137 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus L
138 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus L
139 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus L
140 Great Skua Stercorarius skua L
141 Puffin Fratercula arctica L
142 Razorbill Alca torda L
143 Little Auk Alle alle L
144 Common Guillemot Uria aalge L
145 Little Tern Sternula albifrons
146 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia N
147 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida N
148 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
149 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus L
150 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
151 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
152 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
153 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii L
154 Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini L
155 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
156 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
157 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
158 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla N
159 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus B
160 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis L
161 Common Gull Larus canus
162 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
163 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
164 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus L
165 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides L
166 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis B
167 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
168 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
169 Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus N
170 Rock Dove Columba livia
171 Stock Dove Columba oenas
172 Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
173 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
174 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur B
175 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus B
176 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus N
177 Barn Owl Tyto alba
178 Little Owl Athene noctua
179 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
180 Long-eared Owl Asio otus L
181 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
182 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
183 Alpine Swift Apus melba L
184 Common Swift Apus apus
185 Hoopoe Upupa epops L
186 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster L
187 European Roller Coracias garrulus N
188 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
189 Wryneck Jynx torquilla L
190 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
191 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
192 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor B
193 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
194 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus L
195 Merlin Falco columbarius
196 Hobby Falco subbuteo B
197 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus B
198 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
199 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus L
200 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio L
201 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor N
202 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor L
203 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator L
204 Magpie Pica pica
205 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
206 Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula
207 Rook Corvus frugilegus
208 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
209 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix L
210 Common Raven Corvus corax
211 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
212 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla B
213 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus N
214 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
215 Great Tit Parus major
216 Coal Tit Periparus ater
217 Willow Tit Poecile montana L
218 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
219 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus B
220 Woodlark Lullula arborea BL4
221 Skylark Alauda arvensis
222 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris L
223 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
224 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
225 House Martin Delichon urbicum
226 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica L
227 Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti B
228 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
229 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus L
230 Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi L
231 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L
232 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
233 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
234 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
235 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
236 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria L
237 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
238 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
239 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata BL
240 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans L
241 Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides N
242 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
243 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
244 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris L
245 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
246 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus N
247 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
248 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
249 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
250 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
251 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
252 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus L
253 Dipper Cinclus cinclus L
254 Black-throated Thrush Turdus rugicollis N
255 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
256 Blackbird Turdus merula
257 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
258 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
259 Redwing Turdus iliacus
260 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
261 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
262 Robin Erithacus rubecula
263 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
264 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica L
265 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva L
266 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca L
267 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus L
268 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros B
269 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
270 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
271 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
272 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
273 Dunnock Prunella modularis
274 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
275 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
276 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
277 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
278 White Wagtail/Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
279 Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi L
280 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis L5
281 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
282 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta L
283 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
284 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
285 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
286 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
287 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
288 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus L
289 Greenfinch Chloris chloris
290 Linnet Linaria cannabina
291 Twite Linaria flavirostris L
292 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
293 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea L
294 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni L
295 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera N
296 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
297 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
298 European Serin Serinus serinus L
299 Siskin Spinus spinus
300 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis L
301 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus L
302 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
303 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus L
304 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
305 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
306 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana L
307 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla L


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