Uber patch bird list


These are the species that I have recorded on the uber patch. Beddington SF takes great credit for supplying most of the scarcer species, although Holmethorpe SP and Canons Farm have chipped in with the odd highlight. Nowhere is immune from throwing up a surprise, as the Ewell Ring-necked Duck and the Epsom Common Little Bittern prove. The next goodie might just be around the corner...

Black-throated Diver                                                                                                                  
Great Northern Diver                                        
Little Grebe                                                                                              
Great Crested Grebe                              
Red-necked Grebe                                             
Slavonian Grebe                                                 
Black-necked Grebe                               
Gannet                                                     
Cormorant  
Bittern                                                     
Little Bittern
Cattle Egret 
Great White Egret                                                                                             
Little Egret                                                                                                        
Grey Heron 
Purple Heron
 Spoonbill   
White Stork                                           
Mute Swan  
Whooper Swan                                             
Bewick’s Swan   
Taiga Bean Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose                                                   
White-fronted Goose                                       
Greylag Goose                                        
Canada Goose      
Barnacle Goose                                   
Brent Goose                                            
Egyptian Goose                                      
Shelduck                                                  
Mandarin                                                 
Wigeon                                                     
Gadwall                                                    
Teal                                                            
Mallard                                                     
Pintail                                                       
Garganey                                                  
Shoveler
Red-crested Pochard                                        
Pochard
Ferruginous Duck                                  
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck                                            
Scaup                                                        
Eider
Common Scoter                                                 
Velvet Scoter                                           
Goldeneye                                               
Smew                                                                    
Red-breasted Merganser                                  
Goosander                                              
Ruddy Duck
Honey Buzzard                                                   
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier                                                          
Goshawk                                                  
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard                                                  
Osprey
Merlin                                                                                                                   
Kestrel
Hobby                                    
Peregrine
Red-legged Partridge                             
Grey Partridge
Quail                                                                     
Pheasant
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Moorhen
Coot   
Common Crane
Oystercatcher                                                                             
Avocet
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover                                          
Dotterel                                                                
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Knot   
Little Stint
Temminck’s Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin                                                      
Ruff    
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit                               
Bar-tailed Godwit                                   
Whimbrel                                                 
Curlew                                                      
Spotted Redshank                                 
Redshank                                                 
Greenshank                                             
Lesser Yellowlegs                                    
Green Sandpiper                                    
Wood Sandpiper                                    
Common Sandpiper                              
Turnstone  
Arctic Skua                                               
Mediterranean Gull                               
Little Gull  
Sabine's Gull
Kittiwake                                               
Black-headed Gull                                  
Common Gull                                                 
Lesser Black-backed Gull                      
Herring Gull                                             
Yellow-legged Gull                                  
Caspian Gull                                            
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull                               
Iceland Gull                                             
Sandwich Tern                                        
Common Tern                                         
Arctic Tern                                               
Black Tern                                                
Feral Rock Dove                                      
Stock Dove                                                      
Woodpigeon                                           
Collared Dove                                         
Turtle Dove                                              
Ring-necked Parakeet                            
Cuckoo                                                     
Barn Owl                                                  
Little Owl                                                  
Tawny Owl                                               
Long-eared Owl                                      
Short-eared Owl                                     
Nightjar                                                                                                                                                                
Swift                                                          
Kingfisher  
Hoopoe       
Bee-eater                                        
Green Woodpecker                               
Great Spotted Woodpecker                 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker               
Woodlark                                                                         
Skylark                                                      
Sand Martin                                            
Swallow                                                    
House Martin  
Richard's Pipit                                        
Tree Pipit                                                  
Meadow Pipit                                         
Rock Pipit                                                
Water Pipit                                              
Yellow Wagtail                                         
Citrine Wagtail                                        
Grey Wagtail                                            
Pied Wagtail                                            
Waxwing                                                                          
Wren                                                         
Dunnock                                                  
Robin                                                        
Nightingale                                                          
Bluethroat                                               
Black Redstart                                         
Common Redstart                                 
Whinchat                                                 
Stonechat                                                
Wheatear                                                 
Ring Ouzel                                                       
Blackbird                                                  
Fieldfare                                                   
Song Thrush                                            
Redwing                                                   
Mistle Thrush                                         
Cetti’s Warbler                                        
Grasshopper Warbler                           
Sedge Warbler                                         
Marsh Warbler                                       
Reed Warbler                                                  
Dartford Warbler                                   
Lesser Whitethroat                                
Common Whitethroat                          
Garden Warbler                                      
Blackcap                                                   
Wood Warbler  
Yellow-browed Warbler                                                                                       
Chiffchaff                                                
Willow Warbler                                       
Goldcrest                                                 
Firecrest                                                   
Spotted Flycatcher                                         
Pied Flycatcher                                                   
Bearded Tit                                              
Long-tailed Tit                                         
Marsh Tit                                                                         
Willow Tit                                                 
Coal Tit                                                     
Blue Tit                                                     
Great Tit                                                   
Nuthatch                                                 
Treecreeper                                                                                  
Great Grey Shrike  
Woodchat Shrike                                  
Jay                                                             
Magpie                                                     
Jackdaw                                                    
Rook                                                                 
Carrion Crow
Raven                                          
Hooded Crow                                         
Starling                                                     
House Sparrow                                       
Tree Sparrow                                           
Chaffinch                                                 
Brambling                                                
Greenfinch                                              
Goldfinch                                                
Siskin                                                        
Linnet                                                       
Lesser Redpoll                                        
Common Redpoll                                   
Common Crossbill                                                         
Bullfinch                                                  
Hawfinch                                                                                                                                                             
Ortolan Bunting                                     
Yellowhammer  
Little Bunting                                       
Reed Bunting                                          
Corn Bunting

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